Privacy Policy

Last updated November 13, 2026

This explains what TaoFinder, operated by Amal Shakhshaev, collects about you and what we do with it. Questions: support@taofinder.app.

What we collect

• Account details: your email address, a scrambled (hashed) version of your password, and the name, agency name, service, description of what you offer and pitch language you enter in your profile.
• What you do in the app: your searches, the businesses you save, your leads, their stages and your notes.
• Billing details: your plan, purchases, and a Stripe customer reference. Card details go straight to Stripe and never reach us.
• Technical details: the network (IP) address used to create your account, the website or tagged link that brought you to us when you signed up, and basic server logs.

Cookies

We set one cookie, to keep you signed in. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies.

How we use it

• to run your account and show you your searches, saved businesses and leads;
• to write audits and outreach drafts for you;
• to take payment and apply your plan or purchases;
• to send service emails, such as confirming your address or resetting your password;
• to prevent abuse, for example limiting sign-ups from one network address.

We do not sell your personal information and we do not use it for advertising.

Who helps us run the service

We share only what each provider needs:

• Stripe: payments.
• Google (Places): business listings. Your search terms (business type and city) are sent to it.
• Anthropic (Claude): drafting outreach messages. The business's details and the name, agency, service and description from your profile are sent to it.
• Resend: sending emails to your address: service emails (confirming your address, password resets), and follow-up reminders and occasional tips, which you can switch off on the Account page or with the link in each one.
• Railway: hosting the app and its database, in the United States.
• Cloudflare: our domain and email forwarding, and anonymous visitor counts (Cloudflare Web Analytics, which sets no cookies and does not track you across sites).

Some of these providers are outside your country, so your information may be processed abroad, including in the United States.

Information about businesses

TaoFinder shows business information that is publicly listed, such as a name, address, phone number, website and public ratings, plus what we observe on the business's public website. If you run a business and want its listing removed from TaoFinder, write to support@taofinder.app.

How long we keep it

We keep your account information while your account is open. Ask us to delete your account and we will remove it, except records we must keep for tax or legal reasons. Saved business listings are refreshed or removed regularly.

Your choices

You can ask for a copy of your information, ask us to correct or delete it, or object to how we use it, by writing to support@taofinder.app. Depending on where you live you may also have the right to complain to your data protection authority.

Security

Passwords are stored hashed, connections use HTTPS, and payment details stay with Stripe. No online service can promise perfect security; tell us straight away if you think your account has been accessed by someone else.

Changes

We will post any changes here with a new date, and email you if they are significant.