Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 8, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to Check This Deal, operated by Lunch Time Surf LLC ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This policy covers this website and the Check This Deal Chrome extension.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly to us when you use our services, create an account, or communicate with us.

  • Account information. Your name, email address, and profile picture when you sign in with Google, your credit balance, and a record of each credit purchase.
  • Appraisals on this website. The photo and item details you upload.
  • Appraisals from the Chrome extension. When you open its popup, the extension checks the current tab's URL on your device to see whether it is a marketplace listing. If it is, the extension sends us that listing's URL to ask whether it has been appraised before, so it can show that appraisal. Only when you click Appraise this listing does it take a screenshot of the visible part of the tab and read the tab's text, and send both to us with the listing's URL. The extension does not read or send any other page, your browsing history, or anything in the background. It saves appraisal results in Chrome's local storage on your device so reopening the popup on the same listing shows the result again.
  • Cookies. A session cookie keeps you signed in. The extension sends it with each appraisal request so the appraisal is charged to your account, and when its popup opens, to show your remaining credits.
  • Usage data. We may use Google Analytics to measure traffic on this website. It collects pages visited, browser and device details, and approximate location derived from your IP address.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our services, including to:

  • Process your appraisals and transactions.
  • Send you technical notices and support messages.
  • Monitor and analyze trends and usage.

We do not sell your personal information.

4. Service Providers

We share information with these providers only as needed to run the service:

  • Google Gemini API receives the uploaded photo or listing screenshot, with the item details, or the listing's URL and text, and returns the appraisal.
  • Stripe processes credit purchases. Your card details go directly to Stripe; we never see or store them.
  • Google Sign-In authenticates your account.
  • Google Analytics measures website traffic, as described above.

5. Public Appraisals

Appraisals are shared. Each appraisal's result and listing link appear on the public History page and at their own link, and anyone who appraises the same listing sees the same result. Photos you upload through the website are shown publicly with their appraisal, as our Terms of Service describe. Screenshots taken by the Chrome extension are never shown publicly; only our admins can see them, to check appraisals. Your name and email address are never shown with an appraisal.

6. Retention and Deletion

We retain your account, purchase records, and appraisals, including their screenshots, until you ask us to delete them. To delete your account and appraisal history, email us at the address below. In the Chrome extension, Clear removes the saved result for the current listing, and uninstalling the extension removes all saved results from your device.

7. Chrome Web Store User Data Policy

The use of information received from the Check This Deal Chrome extension adheres to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

8. Contact Us

Check This Deal is operated by Lunch Time Surf LLC of Santa Cruz, CA. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, or want your account and appraisal history deleted, email tacos@lunchtimesurf.com.