What we keep, and why.
PlotCipher LLC ("PlotCipher", "we") runs plotcipher.com, a service that reads public foreclosure records in Dallas and Collin County, Texas, and emails subscribers the filings that match their criteria. This page says what we collect about you, what we do with it, and what you can ask of us.
What we collect about you
Account details. Your name, email address and a salted hash of your password. We never store the password itself and cannot read it.
Your criteria and activity. The filters you save for the morning email, which properties you open and research, when you sign in, and whether the email is on or off. This is what makes the service work and lets us answer support questions.
Billing. Payments are handled by Stripe. We keep Stripe's identifiers for your customer record and subscription, your plan, and its status and renewal date. Card numbers never touch our servers.
Technical. Standard server logs (IP address, browser, pages requested) kept for a short period for security and debugging. Two cookies of our own: one that keeps you signed in, one that protects forms from forgery. No advertising cookies.
Usage analytics. We use Microsoft Clarity to see how the site is used: pages viewed, clicks, scrolling, and anonymised session replays that help us fix confusing screens. Clarity sets its own cookies and masks the text you type. Microsoft's privacy statement covers what it collects; you can block it with any tracker-blocking browser setting and the site works the same.
Property data is public record
Everything shown about a property comes from public sources: notices of foreclosure sale filed with the county clerk and appraisal district records. Owner and borrower names appear because the county publishes them. We do not collect phone numbers, email addresses or other contact details for property owners, and we never contact owners on your behalf. Figures such as "apparent spread" are arithmetic on those public numbers, not statements of a person's finances.
Who else sees your data
Only the services we need to run PlotCipher, each for its own job: Stripe for payment, Resend for sending email, Amazon Web Services for hosting, Microsoft Clarity for usage analytics, and OpenAI for writing short summaries of property records. The summaries are generated from public property facts; your account details are not sent to OpenAI. We do not sell or rent subscriber data to anyone.
Every morning email has an unsubscribe link that works without signing in. You can also turn the email off or change what it contains from the Notices page. Transactional messages about your account, such as a password reset or a receipt, are sent only when you ask for them or when something about your subscription changes.
How long we keep it
Account data for as long as you have an account, plus what we need to answer billing disputes afterwards. Logs for a few weeks. Email us and we delete your account and its data; Stripe keeps payment records for the period the law requires.
Your choices
Correct your details, export what we hold about you, or delete your account by writing to jeriel@plotcipher.com. Cancel a subscription any time from the Billing page.
Changes
If this policy changes in a way that matters, we email subscribers before it takes effect. The date at the top is the current version.
Questions: jeriel@plotcipher.com. See also the terms of service and the refund and cancellation policy.