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Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 1, 2026
This policy explains what information Scentbase (run by Samyan Pendro) collects, why, and the choices you have. We don’t sell your personal information.
What we collect
- Account details: your email address, username, display name, bio and password (stored securely and never visible to us). If you log in with Google, we receive your name and email from Google.
- What you add: discussions, replies, votes, reviews, ratings, performance reports, your collection and wishlist, journal entries, prices, alerts you set, the people you follow or block, and private messages.
- Purchases: when you buy Premium, Stripe handles the payment. We receive a record that you paid and the amount, but not your card details.
- AI tools: what you type into the AI Finder, Ask the Expert, and What to Wear is sent to our AI provider to create an answer, along with relevant parts of your scent profile and collection to personalise it. For What to Wear, the city you enter is used to look up the weather.
- Technical information: basic information your browser sends (such as IP address and browser type), which our hosting providers use to run and protect the site.
Cookies
We use a small number of essential cookies: one to keep you logged in, and one to count free daily searches. We don’t use advertising cookies. When you click a store link, that store or its affiliate network may set its own cookies to track the referral; their privacy policies apply.
How we use it
- to run your account and show your content on the site;
- to provide Premium features, including alerts and AI answers;
- to send emails you asked for (sign-up confirmation, password resets, and alerts you switched on);
- to keep the community safe (for example, reviewing reported content);
- to meet legal obligations.
What’s public
Your username, display name, bio, profile, collection, reviews, ratings, discussions, replies, and who you follow are public. Your email address, journal, wishlist, saved posts, alerts, block list and private messages are private.
Service providers we use
- Supabase: database and log-in;
- Vercel: website hosting;
- Stripe: payments;
- Anthropic: AI features;
- Open-Meteo: weather for What to Wear;
- Resend: sending emails;
- Google: optional “Continue with Google” log-in.
These providers only use your information to provide their service to us. Some are located in the United States.
How long we keep it
We keep your information while your account is open. If you delete your account, we delete your personal information within 30 days, except records we must keep by law (such as purchase records for tax).
Your choices and rights
You can edit your profile on your account page, change alert emails on the alerts page, and delete your own content. To get a copy of your information, correct it, or delete your account, email samibrahim5@yahoo.com. Depending on where you live (for example the EU, UK or California), you may have further rights, and you can complain to your local data protection authority.
Children
Scentbase isn’t meant for children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect their information.
Changes
If we change this policy in an important way, we’ll let members know on the site.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Email samibrahim5@yahoo.com.