Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2026

PeckCheck (“PeckCheck,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, how we share it, how long we keep it, and what choices you may have.

PeckCheck provides informational land and parcel analysis reports, including buildability-related checks based on public records, third-party data sources, automated analysis, AI-assisted interpretation, and information submitted by users.

By using PeckCheck, submitting information, creating an account, purchasing a report, or otherwise using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information.

Information You Provide to Us

When you use PeckCheck, create an account, contact us, purchase a report, request support, submit a parcel, or use our tools, you may provide:

• Name
• Email address
• Account login information
• Parcel address
• Listing URL
• APN, parcel ID, tax map number, or similar property identifier
• ZIP code, county, city, state, GPS coordinates, or other location details
• Property details, notes, documents, screenshots, or descriptions
• Information about what you want to check, build, buy, or understand
• Messages, feedback, questions, or support requests
• Payment-related information if you purchase a report, credit, pack, subscription, or other paid feature

We do not store full credit card numbers. Payments are processed by third-party payment processors.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit or use PeckCheck, we may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, including:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Pages visited
• Referring website or source
• Approximate location based on IP address
• Date and time of visits
• Usage activity
• Feature interactions
• Report generation activity
• Error logs
• Performance data
• Security and abuse-prevention data
• Cookies or similar tracking technologies

Information From Public and Third-Party Sources

To generate reports and operate the Service, we may collect parcel-related and property-related information from public records, government sources, third-party providers, mapping services, listing pages, and other data sources, including:

• County assessor records
• County GIS records
• Recorder or property records
• State parcel databases
• FEMA flood data
• Wetland, slope, soil, zoning, utility, access, environmental, and other public or third-party datasets
• Real estate listing pages submitted by users
• Maps, aerial imagery, geospatial layers, and related data
• Publicly available information about land, parcels, ownership, improvements, assessed values, boundaries, and restrictions

Some property records may include owner names, mailing addresses, assessed values, parcel boundaries, acreage, property characteristics, and other public-record information.

Information Generated by PeckCheck

When you use the Service, we may generate and store information related to your use of PeckCheck, including:

• Parcel reports
• Risk summaries
• Friction ratings
• AI-generated analysis
• Report history
• Viewed parcels
• Search history
• Submitted parcel history
• Free check usage
• Paid check usage
• Credit or pack balances
• Processing logs
• Data-source results
• Internal quality, debugging, and abuse-prevention records

2. How We Use Information

We use information to:

• Operate, provide, and maintain PeckCheck
• Generate parcel and land analysis reports
• Identify parcel boundaries, zoning, flood risk, wetlands, slope, utilities, access, septic/sewer indicators, and other buildability-related factors
• Run automated analysis, AI-assisted interpretation, geospatial checks, and rule-based evaluations
• Display report history, viewed parcels, account information, free checks, paid checks, credits, or pack balances
• Process payments and manage paid features
• Respond to questions, feedback, and support requests
• Improve our website, reports, data quality, accuracy, user experience, and product features
• Monitor performance, debug errors, and maintain security
• Prevent abuse, fraud, scraping, unauthorized use, payment bypass, spam, or attacks
• Enforce our Terms of Service
• Comply with legal, tax, accounting, security, and regulatory obligations
• Analyze usage trends and understand how users interact with PeckCheck
• Develop new features, improve report quality, and train or evaluate internal systems where permitted by law

3. AI and Automated Processing

PeckCheck may use AI systems, automated tools, algorithms, geospatial analysis, and rule-based systems to process parcel information and generate reports.

Information you submit, public property data, third-party data, and report outputs may be processed by AI systems or other automated tools to provide the Service.

AI and automated systems may be used to:

• Interpret parcel data
• Summarize public records
• Identify possible land-use risks
• Compare data sources
• Generate report language
• Classify risk or friction levels
• Improve report quality and internal workflows
• Detect errors, abuse, or unusual activity

We may use third-party AI providers or infrastructure providers to process information. We take reasonable steps to use service providers that protect information appropriately, but no system is completely secure.

You should not submit highly sensitive personal information, confidential documents, or information you do not have the right to provide.

4. How We Share Information

We may share information with the following categories of recipients.

Service Providers

We may share information with service providers that help us operate PeckCheck, including providers for:

• Website hosting
• Cloud storage
• Databases
• Analytics
• Email delivery
• Customer support
• Payment processing
• Fraud prevention
• Security monitoring
• AI processing
• Mapping, geospatial, parcel, zoning, environmental, or property data services

These service providers may process information on our behalf to provide services to PeckCheck.

Payment Processors

If you purchase a report, credit, pack, subscription, or other paid feature, your payment information is processed by third-party payment processors such as Stripe or similar providers.

PeckCheck does not store your full credit card number.

We may receive limited payment-related details, such as:

• Payment status
• Transaction ID
• Billing email
• Billing name
• Last four digits of a payment card, if provided by the processor
• Card brand, if provided by the processor
• Purchase amount
• Purchase date
• Refund or chargeback status

Data Providers and APIs

To generate reports, we may send parcel identifiers, addresses, coordinates, listing URLs, or other property-related information to data providers, mapping services, APIs, or other tools used to retrieve parcel, zoning, environmental, utility, geospatial, or public-record information.

Legal, Safety, and Compliance

We may disclose information if we believe it is reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with law, legal process, court orders, subpoenas, or government requests
• Protect the rights, property, security, or safety of PeckCheck, users, or others
• Investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, or violations of our Terms
• Prevent payment abuse, scraping, cyberattacks, or unauthorized access
• Enforce our agreements and policies

Business Transfers

If PeckCheck is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

Aggregated or De-Identified Information

We may share aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified information that does not reasonably identify you.

5. Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

We do not sell your personal information for money.

We do not knowingly share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising unless clearly disclosed and controlled through appropriate opt-out mechanisms.

If our practices change in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any legally required choices or notices.

6. Public Records and Property Data

Many parcel and property details used by PeckCheck come from public government records, real estate listings, third-party datasets, maps, or other public or semi-public sources.

These records may remain available from the original source even if you request that we delete information from PeckCheck’s own systems.

PeckCheck does not control county, city, state, federal, listing-site, data-provider, or third-party public records.

If you want to correct, remove, or restrict public property records, you may need to contact the original source directly.

7. Cookies and Analytics

We may use cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies to:

• Keep the website working properly
• Remember user preferences
• Maintain sessions and login status
• Understand how visitors use the website
• Improve performance and usability
• Measure marketing or product performance
• Prevent abuse, fraud, scraping, or unauthorized use
• Debug errors and improve reliability

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Some features may not work correctly if cookies are disabled.

We may use analytics tools to understand website usage and improve PeckCheck. These tools may collect information such as pages visited, device type, browser type, approximate location, referral source, and interactions with the Service.

8. Payments

If you purchase a report, credit, pack, subscription, or other paid feature, payment information is handled by our payment processor.

We may receive and store limited payment-related information, such as:

• Payment status
• Transaction ID
• Billing email
• Billing name
• Purchase amount
• Purchase date
• Product or package purchased
• Refund status
• Chargeback status
• Last four digits of a payment card, if provided by the processor

We do not store full credit card numbers.

Your use of payment services may also be subject to the payment processor’s own privacy policy and terms.

9. Accounts, Free Checks, and Paid Checks

If you create an account or use free or paid checks, we may collect and store information related to your account and usage, including:

• Email address
• Login method
• Free check balance
• Paid check balance
• Credit or pack history
• Purchase history
• Report history
• Parcel submission history
• Viewed parcels
• Usage limits
• Abuse-prevention signals
• Account status

We use this information to operate the Service, manage access, prevent abuse, enforce limits, process paid features, and provide user support.

10. Data Retention

We keep information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including:

• Providing reports
• Supporting users
• Maintaining accounts
• Processing payments
• Preserving report history
• Improving the Service
• Keeping business records
• Preventing abuse
• Maintaining security
• Resolving disputes
• Complying with legal, tax, accounting, reporting, or regulatory requirements

We may retain certain records even after account deletion where necessary for legitimate business, security, legal, tax, accounting, or fraud-prevention purposes.

We may retain anonymized, aggregated, or de-identified data that does not reasonably identify you.

11. Data Security

We use reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures to protect information.

However, no website, database, cloud service, AI system, payment system, or internet transmission is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

You are responsible for keeping your account login information secure and for using a secure device and network when accessing PeckCheck.

12. Your Privacy Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have certain privacy rights, which may include the right to:

• Request access to personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information
• Request deletion of personal information
• Request a copy of personal information
• Opt out of certain data sharing or targeted advertising, if applicable
• Request information about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information
• Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, if applicable

To make a privacy request, contact us at: privacy@peckcheck.com

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.

Certain information may be exempt from deletion or access requests if we need to keep it for legal, tax, accounting, security, fraud-prevention, dispute-resolution, or legitimate business purposes.

13. California Privacy Notice

If you are a California resident, California law may provide additional privacy rights regarding your personal information.

Depending on our business practices and applicable legal thresholds, these rights may include the right to know, access, correct, delete, and opt out of certain sharing or sale of personal information.

PeckCheck does not sell personal information for money.

To exercise privacy rights, contact us at: privacy@peckcheck.com

We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights required by applicable law.

14. Children’s Privacy

PeckCheck is not intended for children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to PeckCheck, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps to delete the information.

15. Third-Party Links

Our website or reports may link to third-party websites, including county GIS pages, government records, mapping services, real estate listing sites, utility providers, environmental data sources, payment processors, or other data providers.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, accuracy, or policies of third-party websites or services.

Your use of third-party websites and services is governed by their own privacy policies and terms.

16. International Users

PeckCheck is operated from the United States.

If you access PeckCheck from outside the United States, your information may be processed and stored in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.

By using the Service, you understand that your information may be transferred to and processed in countries that may have different privacy laws than your location.

17. Do Not Track

Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” signals. Because there is no common industry standard for responding to these signals, PeckCheck may not respond to them in a standardized way.

18. Email Communications

We may send you emails related to:

• Account access
• Report delivery
• Payment confirmations
• Support requests
• Service updates
• Security notices
• Product changes
• Legal or policy updates
• Optional marketing or promotional messages

You may unsubscribe from promotional emails by using the unsubscribe link in those emails, if available.

Even if you unsubscribe from promotional emails, we may still send transactional, account, payment, legal, security, or service-related messages.

19. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

If we make material changes, we will update the effective date above and may provide additional notice, such as by posting a notice on the website or sending an email where appropriate.

Your continued use of PeckCheck after the updated Privacy Policy becomes effective means you accept the updated policy.

20. Contact Us

For questions, privacy requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy, contact us at:

PeckCheck
Email: support@peckcheck.com
Privacy requests: privacy@peckcheck.com