Who we are

StocksSense is operated by StocksSense, based in Cambridge, MA.
Contact: arav.stocksense@gmail.com

What we collect

Your email address and name when you create an account
Your restaurant name, city, and profile information
Sales data you upload by CSV and catalog data you sync from a supported POS system
If you connect a POS provider (Square, Clover, Lightspeed, Toast, or Squarespace), the access token and location/merchant ID needed to keep that connection working
If you use the affiliate program, your referral code, referral activity, and the payout method/handle you provide to get paid
Product usage data — which features you use (forecasts run, imports, POS connections, plan changes) and when you're active — used to improve the product and understand business performance. This is aggregated internally; we do not sell it.

How we use it

To generate demand forecasts for your restaurant
To send you weekly forecast summaries and stock alerts
To improve our forecasting model over time
To track and pay out affiliate referral commissions, if you participate in that program

We do not sell your data to anyone, ever. Aggregated, anonymized business metrics (e.g. total active users, revenue, feature-adoption rates — never individual user data) may be shared with a prospective acquirer or investor as part of ordinary business diligence.

We use the following third-party services to operate StocksSense:

Turso (database hosting) — turso.tech
Vercel (app hosting) — vercel.com
Stripe (payment processing) — stripe.com
Brevo (email delivery) — brevo.com
Groq, Google (Gemini), and OpenRouter (AI processing — Groq is primary, the others are automatic fallbacks if Groq is unavailable)
Tavily (web search used for AI competitor analysis) — tavily.com
Google Maps/Places (address autocomplete when you enter your restaurant's location) — google.com
Square, Clover, Lightspeed, Toast, or Squarespace — only if you choose to connect that POS provider

Each of these services has their own privacy policy. We only share the minimum data necessary for each service to function.

Cookies

We use required cookies to keep you signed in. If you arrive via a StocksSense affiliate link, we set a 90-day referral cookie so the right affiliate is credited. If you accept analytics, we also set a one-year anonymous visitor cookie to measure page views and conversion steps. Declining analytics prevents optional browser analytics and clears that visitor cookie. We do not use these cookies for advertising or sell them to third parties.

Your rights

You can:

Export all your data at any time from the Settings page
Delete your account and all associated data by emailing arav.stocksense@gmail.com — we will delete everything within 7 days
Update your personal information from the Settings page

Data storage

Your data is stored on Turso, a US-based database provider. Passwords are hashed with bcrypt and never stored in plain text. We do not store payment information — all payments are handled directly by Stripe.

Beta disclaimer

StocksSense is currently in beta. While we take data security seriously, the product is under active development. We recommend not uploading highly sensitive business data during the beta period.

Changes to this policy

If we make material changes to this policy we will email you at the address associated with your account before the changes take effect.