Privacy Policy

bengaluru.rent is operated by Harshit Anand. This page explains what data we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and how you can control it.

What we collect

• IP address — auto-detected on visit. Used to identify your pins, prevent spam, and enforce bans. Never displayed publicly.
• Email address — required when you drop a seeker pin or list a flat. Shared with users whose pins match yours (see "How matching shares your contact" below). Never displayed on the map. Never sold, never given to advertisers or third parties outside matches.
• Phone number — required when you drop a seeker pin or list a flat. Same handling as email — shared only in match emails, never shown on the map, never sold.
• Location coordinates — the latitude/longitude you place on the map. Rounded to ~100 meters in public API responses for privacy.
• Rent details & preferences — BHK, rent amount, furnishing, optional bio/preferences. Displayed publicly on the map (except your email and phone, which never appear).
• Ratings & reports — linked to your IP for deduplication. Not displayed publicly.

How matching shares your contact

When you drop a seeker pin or list a flat, our matching pipeline periodically compares your pin against others within a 2.5 km radius that are compatible on budget, BHK, and (for room listings) gender, smoking, and food preferences.

When a match is found, both sides receive a single email that contains each other's email address and phone number. This is the only way the matching feature can work — without contact sharing, there is no way for a matched pair to reach each other.

Contact details are never displayed on the map. They only appear in match emails delivered to people whose pins actually passed the match criteria. If you don't want your contact shared with anyone, delete your pin — we only share while your pin is active.

Match emails are cc'd to the bengaluru.rent team for quality and abuse review. We do not use your contact info for anything else, and we never share it with brokers, advertisers, or third parties.

Cookies

bengaluru.rent itself does not set any cookies for site functionality or analytics. The only cookies on the site are Google AdSense advertising cookies, which fund infrastructure costs. See the section below for full details and opt-out options.

Third-party services

• Google Maps — map tiles and place search. Subject to Google's privacy policy.
• Supabase — database hosting on AWS infrastructure. Subject to Supabase's privacy policy.
• Resend — transactional email delivery (the daily match emails). Subject to Resend's privacy policy.
• Netlify — static hosting and CDN. Subject to Netlify's privacy policy.
• ipify.org — IP address lookup on page load.
• Copernicus / ESA — satellite imagery for the optional green-cover layer. No user data sent.
• Google AdSense — advertising network used to fund infrastructure costs. Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads. You can opt out of personalized advertising at adssettings.google.com. See the next section for full disclosure.

Google AdSense — full advertising disclosure

bengaluru.rent uses Google AdSense to display ads. We adopted this in June 2026 to fund growing infrastructure costs (database, email delivery, hosting) while keeping the rent data free, anonymous, and broker-free. See our About page and the FAQ Q15 for the full reasoning.

What this means for your privacy:

• Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on bengaluru.rent.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.
• You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
• For visitors from the European Economic Area, the UK, and Switzerland, we use Google's Consent Management Platform to collect consent for personalized ads before any ad cookies are set.
• You may also visit aboutads.info to opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies for personalized advertising.
• If you'd rather see no ads at all, an ad-blocker (uBlock, AdBlock Plus, Brave browser) works fine on bengaluru.rent. We do not detect or fight ad-blockers. The site works the same either way.

We never share your bengaluru.rent personal data (email, phone, location) with Google AdSense or its advertisers. The advertising tracking is browser-level; it does not have access to your seeker pin, listing, or any matching data.

Data retention

• Rent pins — kept until you delete them or they receive 3 or more abuse reports.
• Seeker pins — auto-expire after 30 days. You can re-pin anytime.
• IP addresses — retained for abuse prevention.
• Email & phone — kept until you request deletion or your pin is removed. Once a match email is sent, the recipient may keep your contact information; we cannot recall it.
• Match history — retained for deduplication so the same pair never receives the same match twice.

Your rights

• Delete your own pins anytime: tap your pin on the map, then choose "Delete."
• Request deletion of all your data by emailing hi@bengaluru.rent — we respond within 24–48 hours.
• Opt out of personalized ads via Google Ads Settings or use an ad-blocker.
• We never sell, trade, or share your personal data with brokers, advertisers, or third parties.

Security

All data is transmitted over HTTPS. API rate limiting and coordinate rounding protect against scraping. Emails are protected by database security policies. No passwords, no accounts. The only cookies on the site are Google AdSense advertising cookies (described above) — these fund server costs and can be opted out at adssettings.google.com.

Children's privacy

bengaluru.rent is not intended for users under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected data from a minor, email hi@bengaluru.rent and we'll delete it promptly.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of bengaluru.rent after changes constitutes acceptance.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your data: email hi@bengaluru.rent or visit the contact page.