Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 15, 2025

Introduction

Welcome to Steader. We take your privacy seriously and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our platform. By using Steader's website or mobile application, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.

Information We Collect

1. Personal Information

We may collect the following types of personally identifiable information:

First and last name
Mailing address
Email address
Phone number
Payment information (processed securely through our payment processors)
Profile information you choose to share
Location data for marketplace functionality
Photos and media you upload to the platform

If you purchase Steader's products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used solely to complete purchase transactions.

Please be aware that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Steader's public message boards or communication features, this information may be collected and used by others.

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information when you:

Register for an account
List products or services
Send us messages
Submit payment information

2. Automatically Collected Information

Steader may automatically collect information about your computer hardware and software, including:

Device information and identifiers
IP address
Browser type
Domain names
Access times
Referring website addresses
Usage data and analytics
Location data (when permitted)
Communication data between users

This information is used for operating our service, improving service quality, and providing general statistics regarding use of the Steader platform.

How We Use Your Information

Steader collects and uses your personal information in the following ways:

To operate and maintain the Steader marketplace
To process your transactions and payments
To connect buyers with sellers in their local area
To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us
To provide customer support and respond to inquiries
To provide you with notices about your account
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts between you and us, including for billing and collection
To notify you about changes to our platform or any products or services we offer
To send important platform updates and notifications
To improve our services and develop new features
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information
For any other purpose with your consent

Steader may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Steader and its affiliates.

Location Services

Steader uses location data to:

Show you relevant sellers in your area
Calculate delivery ranges and pickup points
Optimize marketplace matching
Enhance user experience with location-based features

You can control location permissions through your device settings.

Use of Cookies

Steader's website may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize Steader's pages, or register with Steader's site or services, a cookie helps us to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. When you return to the same website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Steader services.

Tracking User Behavior

Steader may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within the platform in order to determine what services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Steader to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Data Sharing and Disclosure

Sharing Information with Third Parties

Steader does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties.

Steader may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (email, name, address, phone number) is not transferred to the third party.

Steader may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Steader, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Steader may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Steader or the site
Protect and defend the rights or property of Steader
Act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Steader, or the public

Links to Other Sites

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Data Storage and Security

Steader secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure using the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol when personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites.

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that:

There are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet that are beyond our control
The security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this site cannot be guaranteed

We may store your data on servers provided by third-party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.

Your Rights and Choices

Access and Control of Your Information

You can:

Access and update your personal information
Control your privacy settings within the app
Opt-out of marketing communications
Request deletion of your account and data

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

Delete your personal information from our records
Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records

Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us
Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity
Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality
Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law
Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent
Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us
Comply with an existing legal obligation
Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information

Children Under Thirteen

Steader does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

Disconnecting Your Account from Third Party Websites

You will be able to connect your Steader account to third-party accounts. BY CONNECTING YOUR STEADER ACCOUNT TO YOUR THIRD-PARTY ACCOUNT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE CONTINUOUS RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU TO OTHERS (IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS ON THOSE THIRD-PARTY SITES). IF YOU DO NOT WANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, INCLUDING PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, TO BE SHARED IN THIS MANNER, DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE.

You may disconnect your account from a third-party account at any time.

Email Communications

From time to time, Steader may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Steader or click on a link therein.

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Steader, you may opt out of such communications by clicking the unsubscribe link.

Changes to This Policy

Steader reserves the right to change this Policy from time to time. For example, when there are changes in our services, changes in our data protection practices, or changes in the law.

When changes to this Policy are significant, we will inform you. You may receive a notice by email to the primary email address specified in your account, by prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information.

Your continued use of the website and/or services available after such modifications will constitute your:

Acknowledgment of the modified Policy
Agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you believe that Steader has not adhered to this Policy, please contact us at:

Steader LLC

5900 Balcones Dr, Ste 8330

Austin, Texas 78731

Email Address:

hello@steader.com

Phone Number:

(737) 510-4582

Effective as of May 15, 2025

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