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DUST & FOUND PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: August 27, 2026

Dust & Found respects your privacy.

This Privacy Policy explains how Dust & Found ("Dust & Found," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects information when you:

  • Visit our website
  • Request an estimate
  • Book cleaning services
  • Create a customer account
  • Communicate with us
  • Receive cleaning services
  • Apply for employment
  • Interact with our advertising
  • Otherwise use our services

By using our website or services, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with Dust & Found.

Contact Information

We may collect:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Mailing address
  • Service address

Property Information

To provide estimates and cleaning services, we may collect:

  • Property address
  • ZIP code
  • Approximate square footage
  • Number of bedrooms
  • Number of bathrooms
  • Property type
  • Cleaning frequency
  • Home condition
  • Pets
  • Special surfaces
  • Rooms to clean
  • Rooms to exclude
  • Service preferences

Booking Information

We may collect:

  • Requested services
  • Requested dates
  • Appointment history
  • Recurring-service preferences
  • Add-ons
  • Promotions
  • Estimates
  • Booking status
  • Cancellation history

Property Access Information

If you provide it, we may collect:

  • Door codes
  • Lockbox instructions
  • Alarm instructions
  • Parking instructions
  • Gate instructions
  • Doorman instructions
  • Key-related information
  • Other access notes

Please provide only information reasonably necessary for us to access your property.

Do not place unrelated financial credentials, passwords, or other highly sensitive information in access notes.

Cleaning Preferences and Instructions

We may collect:

  • Areas needing special attention
  • Cleaning-product preferences
  • Surface instructions
  • Pet instructions
  • Rooms not to enter
  • Household preferences
  • Customer notes

Account Information

If you create an account, we may collect:

  • Login identifier
  • Encrypted or hashed password information
  • Account preferences
  • Saved properties
  • Saved service preferences

Payment Information

Payments are processed using Stripe.

Stripe may collect and process payment-card and billing information.

Dust & Found may receive and store limited information such as:

  • Stripe customer identifier
  • Payment-method token
  • Card brand
  • Last four digits
  • Expiration information
  • Payment status
  • Transaction identifier
  • Billing address
  • Payment history

Dust & Found does not intend to store complete raw payment-card numbers on its own systems.

Stripe processes payment information according to its own privacy practices.

Communications

We may collect communications you send us, including:

  • Email
  • Text messages
  • Contact-form submissions
  • Customer-support messages
  • Service complaints
  • Feedback

Reviews and Ratings

We may collect:

  • Star ratings
  • Written reviews
  • Service feedback
  • Re-clean requests
  • Survey responses

Photos

Employees may take photographs where reasonably necessary for operational purposes, including:

  • Documenting pre-existing damage
  • Documenting unsafe conditions
  • Verifying completion
  • Quality control
  • Addressing complaints
  • Documenting service issues

We do not intend to publicly use identifiable photographs of a customer's home or belongings for advertising without appropriate permission.

Website and Device Information

When you use our website, we and our technology providers may automatically collect information including:

  • IP address
  • Browser
  • Device type
  • Operating system
  • Referring page
  • Pages viewed
  • Approximate location
  • Date and time
  • Website interactions
  • Booking-funnel activity

2. Google Analytics

We use or intend to use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website.

Google Analytics may collect information such as:

  • Pages visited
  • Session duration
  • General geographic information
  • Browser/device information
  • Referral sources
  • Website interactions

We use this information to understand website performance and improve the customer experience.

Google may process information according to its own privacy policies and technologies.

3. Meta Pixel

We use or intend to use the Meta Pixel to help measure and improve advertising on platforms operated by Meta, including Facebook and Instagram.

The Meta Pixel may collect or receive information about:

  • Website visits
  • Pages viewed
  • Estimate activity
  • Booking activity
  • Advertising interactions
  • Browser/device information

This information may help us:

  • Measure advertising performance
  • Understand conversions
  • Build advertising audiences
  • Deliver more relevant advertising

Meta processes information according to its own privacy practices.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Dust & Found and its providers may use:

  • Cookies
  • Local storage
  • Pixels
  • Tags
  • Analytics technologies
  • Similar technologies

These may help us:

  • Keep customers signed in
  • Remember preferences
  • Measure website performance
  • Understand booking behavior
  • Detect technical problems
  • Prevent fraud
  • Measure advertising
  • Improve our website

5. How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

Provide Cleaning Services

Including to:

  • Generate estimates
  • Determine service-area eligibility
  • Schedule appointments
  • Assign employees
  • Provide necessary cleaning instructions
  • Manage recurring service
  • Process cancellations and rescheduling

Communicate With You

Including:

  • Estimate confirmations
  • Booking confirmations
  • Appointment reminders
  • Arrival notifications
  • Service updates
  • Payment notices
  • Customer-service communications

Process Payments

Including:

  • Deposits
  • Cleaning charges
  • Recurring charges
  • Tips
  • Refunds
  • Payment authorizations
  • Cancellation fees

Manage Customer Accounts

Including:

  • Saved homes
  • Cleaning history
  • Upcoming appointments
  • Cleaning preferences
  • Payment references
  • Recurring-service settings

Operate and Improve Our Business

Including:

  • Employee scheduling
  • Route planning
  • Quality control
  • Financial reporting
  • Analytics
  • Service improvement
  • Fraud prevention
  • Website improvement

Improve Pricing and Scheduling

We may analyze operational information such as:

  • Estimated labor
  • Actual labor
  • Property size
  • Service type
  • Add-ons
  • Job duration

to improve future pricing and scheduling.

We do not automatically change an agreed customer price after booking solely based on analytics.

Marketing

Where permitted, we may use information to:

  • Send promotions
  • Advertise services
  • Measure advertising performance
  • Request reviews
  • Operate referral programs
  • Understand customer acquisition

Legal and Safety Purposes

We may use information to:

  • Protect customers
  • Protect employees
  • Investigate fraud
  • Enforce agreements
  • Respond to legal process
  • Comply with law
  • Address safety concerns
  • Establish or defend legal claims

6. How We Share Information

We do not sell customer lists for money.

We may disclose information to service providers and other recipients where reasonably necessary to operate Dust & Found.

Stripe

Stripe processes payments and payment-related information.

Twilio

We use or intend to use Twilio to provide SMS and other communications services.

Twilio may process:

  • Phone numbers
  • Message content
  • Message-delivery information
  • Communication metadata

Resend

We use or intend to use Resend for email delivery.

Resend may process:

  • Email addresses
  • Email content
  • Delivery status
  • Email-related metadata

Google

We may share or allow collection of information through Google Analytics and Google advertising technologies.

Meta

We may share or allow collection of information through Meta Pixel and related advertising technologies.

Other Service Providers

We may also use providers for:

  • Hosting
  • Databases
  • Authentication
  • Mapping
  • Security
  • Customer support
  • Accounting
  • Business analytics

Providers may process information as necessary to perform services for us.

7. Cleaning Employees and Teams

We provide cleaning employees only information reasonably necessary to perform assigned jobs.

This may include:

  • Customer name
  • Service address
  • Phone number where appropriate
  • Appointment details
  • Access instructions
  • Pet information
  • Cleaning preferences
  • Checklist
  • Customer notes

Cleaning employees do not receive full payment-card information.

8. Professional Advisers

We may disclose information to:

  • Attorneys
  • Accountants
  • Insurers
  • Auditors
  • Other professional advisers

where reasonably necessary.

9. Legal and Safety Disclosures

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

  • Comply with law
  • Respond to legal process
  • Protect rights or property
  • Protect customers
  • Protect employees
  • Investigate fraud
  • Address emergencies

10. Business Transactions

If Dust & Found participates in a:

  • Merger
  • Acquisition
  • Reorganization
  • Sale
  • Financing
  • Franchise transaction
  • Sale of assets
  • Similar business transaction

information may be disclosed as part of evaluating or completing the transaction, subject to applicable law.

11. Email Communications

Dust & Found may use Resend to deliver email messages.

Transactional emails may include:

  • Booking confirmations
  • Appointment reminders
  • Payment receipts
  • Schedule updates
  • Account-security notices

Marketing emails may also be sent where permitted.

Marketing emails will include an applicable unsubscribe mechanism.

Unsubscribing from marketing emails does not stop transactional communications related to active bookings, payments, security, or customer service.

12. Text Messages

Dust & Found may use Twilio to send text messages.

If you opt in, messages may include:

  • Appointment reminders
  • Arrival notices
  • Scheduling messages
  • Customer-service messages
  • Promotional messages where separately authorized

Message and data rates may apply.

Consent to promotional SMS is not required as a condition of purchasing services.

You may opt out of marketing text messages by replying STOP.

13. Payment Security

Payment-card data is generally handled by Stripe.

Dust & Found aims to retain only limited payment references necessary to administer customer accounts and transactions.

We do not intend to store complete credit-card numbers.

14. Access Credentials and Home Security Information

Because customers may provide information allowing access to their homes, we treat property-access information as sensitive operational information.

Access should be limited to employees and service providers who reasonably need it to perform or manage your cleaning service.

We encourage customers to use temporary or service-specific codes when possible.

Customers should update or revoke access codes when they no longer wish them to be used.

15. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect personal information.

These may include:

  • Access controls
  • Authentication
  • Encryption where appropriate
  • Secure payment processing
  • Role-based permissions
  • Logging
  • Limited employee access
  • Security monitoring

No electronic system can guarantee absolute security.

If you believe your account or property-access information has been compromised, contact us promptly.

16. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

  • Provide services
  • Maintain customer accounts
  • Maintain business and tax records
  • Process payments
  • Resolve disputes
  • Enforce agreements
  • Maintain security
  • Comply with legal obligations

Different categories of information may have different retention periods.

Where reasonably practicable, property-access information that is no longer needed should be deleted, disabled, or restricted.

17. Your Choices

Account Information

Customers may be able to update certain information through their customer portal.

You may also contact us to request correction of inaccurate information.

Marketing Email

You may unsubscribe using the link included in marketing emails.

Marketing SMS

You may reply STOP or use another provided opt-out mechanism.

Cookies

Your browser may allow you to reject or remove cookies.

Disabling some technologies may affect website functionality.

18. Requests Regarding Personal Information

You may contact us to request that we:

  • Provide information concerning information associated with your account
  • Correct inaccurate information
  • Delete certain information where appropriate
  • Close your account

Certain information may need to be retained for:

  • Legal obligations
  • Tax and accounting records
  • Fraud prevention
  • Transaction records
  • Dispute resolution
  • Security purposes

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

19. Children

Our website and cleaning services are intended for adults arranging household services.

They are not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly seek to collect personal information directly from children under 13.

If you believe a child has submitted information without appropriate authorization, contact us.

20. Employment Applicants

If you apply to work for Dust & Found, we may collect:

  • Name
  • Contact information
  • Employment history
  • Availability
  • Qualifications
  • References
  • Application responses
  • Other information you submit

Applicant information may be used for:

  • Recruitment
  • Hiring
  • Workforce planning
  • Background-screening processes
  • Legal compliance

Background checks, if used, will be handled separately in accordance with applicable requirements.

21. Multi-Location and Franchise Operations

Dust & Found may eventually operate through multiple locations, affiliates, or franchisees.

If that occurs, customer information may be made available to the Dust & Found location responsible for serving your property.

We will update this Privacy Policy as appropriate to reflect material changes in our structure or information practices.

22. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party sites.

Dust & Found is not responsible for privacy practices of websites or services we do not control.

23. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically.

When we do, we will update the Effective Date.

If a change materially alters how we use previously collected personal information, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent where required by applicable law.

24. Contact Us

For privacy questions or requests, contact:

Dust & FoundPO Box 204Meridian, ID 83616info@dustandfound.com(208) 606-2001