INDEPENDENT MERCHANT INTELLIGENCEPUBLIC BETA / SEPTEMBER 2026 BASELINE
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Independence, privacy & disclosures.

How commercial relationships, scan data and local preferences are handled in V1.

Commercial independence

No affiliate program is approved and no sponsor is booked in this Public Beta. Outbound commercial links use official vendor destinations. A future affiliate approval must be recorded centrally before any tracking link is used. Payments or sponsorship cannot affect filters, comparisons, Stack Finder matches or editorial order.

Scan privacy

Store URLs are processed to perform the requested public scan. The application does not publish individual reports or log full store URLs, query strings or page bodies in its application events. Results remain in the current page unless you choose to save or download them. Hosting infrastructure may process request metadata for security and operations.

Saving a report, shortlist, checklist or profile uses this browser’s local storage. No account or email is required. A downloaded file is under your control. Sharing a Stack Finder URL exposes the non-sensitive selections encoded in it; individual scan reports are not added to share URLs.

Local controls and tracking

Fonts are served locally. First-party analytics records approved event names, check IDs and bounded counts for up to 35 days. Raw pasted content, full merchant URLs and feedback text are never included in analytics. A random browser identifier lasts 30 days; Do Not Track and the tracking preference below are respected. No third-party analytics or advertising scripts are installed. Local watch preferences do not sign you up for notifications. Feedback is submitted to our private operations backend. Optional contact email is encrypted and requires consent. Records expire after 90 days. Clear browser site storage to remove saved local data.

First-party measurement preference

Only approved event categories and counts are recorded. Pasted product data is never included. Do Not Track is respected.

Evidence limitations

Vendor capability descriptions are attributed. Performance, security outcomes, ROI and adoption claims require their own evidence and are not implied by inclusion. This platform provides scoped product information, not merchant-specific payment, legal or compliance approval.