Privacy & security
How Listings Studio handles, protects, and respects your data.
Data we collect
We only collect what is necessary to provide the service. Here is exactly what we store:
- Profile information — your name, company name, phone number, location, and tagline. All entered by you and editable at any time from your profile.
- Listing drafts — AI-generated copy (title, subtitle, intro, description, highlights, location story, buyer angle, CTA), your uploaded media files, layout and style selections, and property details (type, intent, price, bedrooms, bathrooms, area).
- Usage metrics — aggregate page views on your published listings, WhatsApp CTA tap counts, and activity events (listing created, published, edited, shared). These power your Insights dashboard.
- Session and authentication data — login tokens for keeping you signed in. Passwords are never stored in plain text.
- Device preferences — your selected theme (light/dark), notification settings, and WhatsApp-ready CTA toggle. These are stored locally on your device.
Data we do not collect
- Buyer or visitor personal information — the WhatsApp CTA connects buyers directly to your phone. We never see, intercept, or store their messages or contact details.
- Browsing history or cross-site tracking — we do not use third-party trackers, advertising pixels, or fingerprinting.
- Financial details — plan upgrades and payments are handled by our payment processor. Your card number never touches our servers.
- Precise device location — we do not request GPS or geolocation permissions. The location field in your listings is text you type manually.
AI processing
- Listing copy is generated server-side using Groq (LLaMA 3.3 70B). Your property details, rough notes, and media summary are sent to the AI only during generation.
- Groq does not retain your data after the response is returned. Your content is not used to train or fine-tune any AI model.
- AI output is validated through strict Zod schemas before it reaches your listing page. Any HTML tags, scripts, or markup in the AI response are automatically rejected — not sanitised, rejected entirely.
- If the AI returns invalid output, we automatically retry once with a repair prompt. If it fails a second time, the request is rejected and you are notified.
- AI fair-use limits are enforced per plan (e.g. 5 full generations on Trial, 40 on Pro). When limits are reached, manual editing remains fully available.
Security measures
- All connections between your device and our servers are encrypted with HTTPS/TLS. There is no fallback to unencrypted HTTP.
- API keys and secrets (including the Groq API key) are stored server-side only and never exposed to the browser. The AI client module explicitly imports 'server-only' to prevent accidental bundling.
- Every piece of user input is validated through Zod schemas with strict length limits and content rules. The safeText validator rejects any string containing < or > characters to block HTML injection at the schema level.
- AI generation endpoints are rate-limited to 6 requests per minute per IP address to prevent abuse.
- The listing renderer whitelists all layout recipe IDs, hero variants, gallery variants, and section types. Any ID not in the approved set is silently dropped — unknown values can never reach the rendered page.
- No use of dangerouslySetInnerHTML anywhere in the application. All text content is rendered through React JSX, which escapes special characters by default.
- Public listing pages sanitise all rendered content to prevent cross-site scripting (XSS). Content is always treated as plain text, never as HTML.
Your published listings
- Public listing pages are accessible at /p/your-slug to anyone with the link. They are not indexed by search engines by default.
- Published pages display the property details, media, and broker contact information you have chosen to include. Nothing is shown that you did not provide.
- The broker card on public pages shows your name, company, tagline, and WhatsApp number — all fields you control from your profile and listing editor.
- You can unpublish a listing at any time from the editor, which removes it from public access immediately. You can also delete it entirely.
- Every public listing page includes a 'Powered by Listings Studio' footer. This is non-removable across all plans.
Local storage on your device
- Listing drafts are stored in your browser's localStorage under the key listings-studio:drafts:v1. A maximum of 24 drafts are retained — older drafts are automatically removed when the cap is reached.
- Theme preference, notification settings, and other UI state are stored locally and never sent to our servers.
- Clearing your browser cache or using a different device will remove locally-stored drafts. Published listings are stored on our servers and are not affected.
- Media uploaded during listing creation uses temporary blob URLs that are lost on page refresh. Published media is persisted server-side.
Third-party sharing
- We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data or listing content to any third party.
- Your listing content is not shared with or used by any AI training pipeline, data broker, or advertising network.
- The only third-party service that receives your data is Groq (for AI generation), and only the specific property details needed for that generation request. Groq does not retain this data.
- WhatsApp links on your listing pages open the buyer's own WhatsApp app — the conversation happens entirely within WhatsApp, not through our platform.
Data retention
- Active listings and their associated data are retained as long as your account is active.
- Deleted listings are removed from public access immediately. Associated data may be retained in backups for up to 30 days before permanent deletion.
- If your trial expires without upgrading, your existing listings remain accessible but you cannot create new ones or use AI generation until you upgrade.
- Inactive accounts (no login for 12 months) may be flagged for review. We will notify you by email before taking any action.
Your rights
- Access — you can view all data we hold about you from your profile and listings pages at any time.
- Edit — you can update your profile information, listing content, and preferences at any time.
- Delete — you can delete individual listings from the editor. To request full account deletion including all associated data, contact us.
- Export — you can copy your listing links and share them freely. Full data export is available on request.
- Withdraw consent — you can stop using the service at any time. Deleting your account removes your data as described above.
Account & data deletion
You can delete individual listings from the listing editor at any time. To request complete account deletion — including your profile, all listings, media, analytics data, and any backups — contact us at support@listingsstudio.com. We will process deletion requests within 7 business days and confirm once complete.
Changes to this policy
We may update this page as the product evolves. Material changes will be communicated via email or an in-app notification. Continued use of Listings Studio after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
Last updated · May 2026