Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2026

Your privacy matters to us. This Privacy Policy describes the information SOUQ SHARE collects, how we use it, who we share it with, and your rights under applicable laws including the EU GDPR and the California CCPA.

1. Information we collect

Account info: name, email, phone (optional), country, city, password (hashed).
Ads you post: title, description, price, location, images, video.
Communication: messages between users, comments, offers.
Usage data: IP address, browser type, device, operating system, pages visited, time spent, referrer.
Cookies and similar technologies: see our Cookie Policy for details.

2. How we use your data

To operate the platform and maintain your account.
To show ads relevant to your country, language and interests.
To prevent fraud, spam and abuse.
To analyze site usage and improve our service.
To send transactional emails (welcome, password reset, message notifications).

3. Third-party advertising — Google AdSense

We use third-party advertising companies, including Google AdSense, to serve ads when you visit SOUQ SHARE. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites (not including your name, address, email or phone) in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Google uses cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
You can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting aboutads.info.
For more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services: policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

4. Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager to understand how visitors use the site. These services may collect anonymized usage data (IP anonymized). See Google Privacy Policy.

5. Data sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We share information only:

With other users — your public ad contact info, profile name and avatar.
With service providers under contract (hosting, email delivery, analytics, payment processors).
With Google for advertising and analytics as described above.
With law enforcement when legally required by court order or subpoena.

6. International data transfer

Your data may be processed in countries outside your own. We rely on standard contractual clauses and adequacy decisions to protect your data.

7. Data retention

We retain your data while your account is active. You can delete your account at any time. Backups may persist for up to 30 days after deletion.

8. Your rights

Access: see what data we hold from your account dashboard.
Correct: update your profile any time.
Delete: request full account deletion by emailing info@souqshare.com.
Object: opt out of marketing emails any time (link in footer of each email).
Portability: request a copy of your data in machine-readable form.
Complain: lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

9. Security

We use HTTPS encryption, bcrypt password hashing, CSRF protection, rate limiting, and regular security reviews. However, no platform is 100% secure.

10. Children

The platform is not intended for users under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect data from children.

11. Changes

We may update this policy at any time. The latest version is always at this URL. Continued use of the site after a change constitutes acceptance.

12. Contact

Privacy questions or to exercise your rights: info@souqshare.com