Privacy Policy
Last updated: 12 November 2026
BazaarGo is a classified marketplace app for buying and selling locally. This policy explains what information the BazaarGo Android app and website collect, why, and the choices you have. BazaarGo is operated by an independent developer, reachable at smeellu87@gmail.com.
Information we collect
- Account information: your name, email address and a unique account identifier when you register with email or sign in with Google. Passwords are handled by Google Firebase Authentication and are never visible to us.
- Advertisements you post: title, description, price, category, country, city and the photos you upload. Before storing photos we remove hidden camera and location (GPS) metadata from them.
- Location: the city, town or village you choose for an advertisement. Optionally, an exact map pin you place yourself: it is stored with the advertisement, but other users only see an approximate area of about 1 km, never the exact point. If you tap Use my current location, the app asks for approximate (not precise) location permission, rounds the position to about 1 km and sends it once to find nearby place names; we do not store it. Location is never collected in the background.
- Preferences: your app language (English or Urdu) and similar settings. These are stored on your device.
- Messages and offers: chats and price offers you exchange with other members about an advertisement, and whether they have been read.
- Profile, shop and reviews: the optional photo, description and city you add, your business shop details, reviews you write or receive, and seller verification requests.
- Notifications: a device token from Firebase Cloud Messaging so we can tell you about new messages and offers. Notifications show the advertisement title, never the message text.
- Usage counts: advertisement view counts stored as anonymous hashes, and how often you use smart tools such as price guidance, so we can enforce fair-use limits.
- Payments (when available): promotion purchases are processed by Google Play or another payment provider; we keep the amount, status and reference, never your card details.
- Technical data: our servers record request times, IP addresses and error information to keep the service secure and working. If ads are shown in the app (see Advertising below), Google may also process your device's advertising ID.
How we use information
- To create and secure your account and keep you signed in.
- To store your advertisements, review them before publication and show approved advertisements to other users.
- To prevent fraud, spam and abuse, including upload and posting limits and moderation.
- To respond to your support requests.
We do not sell personal information, and we do not share your advertisements, messages or account details with advertisers.
Advertising
The BazaarGo Android app may show a small number of clearly labelled banner ads from Google AdMob. Ads never appear on sign-in, the Post Ad form, chats or moderation screens. To show and measure ads, Google may collect your device's advertising ID, IP address, approximate location derived from the IP address, and information about ad views and taps. Where the law requires it (for example in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland) we ask for your consent first using Google's consent tool, and you can change your choice at any time in Profile → Privacy choices. You can reset or delete your advertising ID in your Android settings. The website does not show ads. Learn more: how Google uses information from apps that use its services.
Photos and publication
Photos are uploaded to private storage. They are visible only to you and our moderators until your advertisement is approved. Once approved, the advertisement, its photos and your display name become visible to other users of BazaarGo.
Service providers
- Google Firebase (authentication and push notifications).
- Cloudflare (API hosting and private photo storage).
- Neon (database hosting).
- Google AdMob (advertising in the Android app).
- OpenStreetMap or another map tile provider (map images; the provider sees the requested map area and your IP address). Place names come from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
These providers process data on our behalf under their own security and privacy commitments. Data may be processed in countries other than your own.
Data security
All data is transmitted over encrypted HTTPS connections. Access to moderation tools requires a verified administrator account.
Retention and deletion
We keep your account and advertisements while your account is active. You can delete your account at any time from Profile → Delete account in the app, or by following the steps on our account deletion page. Deletion removes your profile, advertisements and photos. A minimal anonymised record of actions (such as moderation history) is kept for security and legal purposes and is not linked to your name or email.
Children
BazaarGo is not directed to children under 13, and they should not create accounts.
Your rights
You may request access to, correction of or deletion of your personal information by contacting smeellu87@gmail.com.
Changes
We will update this page when our practices change and revise the date above.