TakeScout

TakeScout ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard information when you use our website.

1. Information We Collect

Contact information: If you email us or join our waitlist, we collect your email address and anything else you choose to share.
Usage data: Log data such as pages visited, referrers, approximate location (country/region), device type, and general usage patterns. We use this to operate, maintain, and improve the site.

Public content about destinations and businesses

As part of our service, TakeScout collects and analyzes AI assistant responses to travel-related questions, which may reference publicly known businesses, destinations, and attractions. This is not personal data about individuals — it is information about places and businesses, generated by AI assistants in response to our questions.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

Operate, maintain, and improve the website
Respond to inquiries and manage waitlist signups
Send updates you've asked to receive (for example, when your destination is added)
Monitor usage, ensure security, and prevent abuse

3. Sharing of Information

We do not sell your personal data. We may share information with:

Service providers: Trusted third parties who help us run the site (for example, hosting and email delivery providers). They are only allowed to use your data as needed to provide services to us.
Legal authorities: If required by law, court order, or to protect our rights, users, or the public.

4. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect data from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or disclosure. However, no system is 100% secure.

5. Data Retention

We keep personal information (such as your email, if you contact us or join our waitlist) only as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.

6. Your Choices & Control

You can:

Unsubscribe from any non-essential emails using the link in those messages
Request deletion of your personal data by emailing us

7. International Users

TakeScout is based in Canada and may process and store data in Canada or other countries, which may have different data protection laws than your country of residence.

8. GDPR (for EU/EEA & UK Users)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, you have rights under the GDPR and UK GDPR, including the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data, object to or restrict processing, request data portability, withdraw consent, and lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. To exercise any of these rights, email us at info@takescout.com. We will respond as required by applicable law (typically within 30 days).

9. Cookies & Analytics

For website analytics, we use Plausible Analytics, a privacy-focused, cookieless analytics service. Plausible does not use cookies, does not collect personal data such as full IP addresses or persistent identifiers, and only provides us with aggregated statistics about traffic and usage patterns.

Because our analytics setup does not rely on tracking cookies or personal data, you generally will not see a cookie consent banner when using TakeScout. If this changes in the future — for example, if we introduce cookies for other purposes — we will update this policy and ask for your consent where required by law.

10. Children's Privacy

TakeScout is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from minors.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Effective Date."

12. Contact Us

Questions about this policy or how we handle your data? Email us at info@takescout.com.