Porchia Privacy Policy
Effective August 15, 2026 · Updated October 17, 2026 · Covers the website, the free scam check, email alerts, and the text messages sent by the Porchia purchase-review service.
What messages we send
Porchia sends transactional SMS alerts to one trusted contact chosen by the account holder, only when the account holder pauses an online purchase for review. Each message contains the purchase amount, the website, and a secure review link.
Message frequency varies and depends entirely on how often the account holder pauses a purchase. Typically this is a few messages per month, never on a schedule, and never marketing.
Message and data rates may apply according to your mobile carrier plan.
Your mobile number is never shared
No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent are not shared with any third party. Your number is used for exactly one thing: delivering the purchase-review alerts described above.
What we store, and for how long
Each purchase review (including the trusted contact's name and phone number) is stored with a 24-hour expiry and is automatically and permanently deleted after that. There is no archive of your purchases, no profile is built about the person being protected, and nothing is sold to anyone, ever.
The website versus the service
These are two different things and we treat them differently, so here is how it works.
The Porchia service (the browser extension, the app, and purchase reviews) does not track you. Purchase review data is deleted after 24 hours as described above. We do not run advertising or analytics inside the protection itself, and we never monetize what it sees.
This marketing website (porchia.app) does use standard advertising measurement, described next, so we can tell whether our ads reach people who need this.
The free scam check
When you upload a screenshot to the scam check at porchia.app/check, it is sent to an AI service (Anthropic, with Google as a backup) only to produce your answer. Porchia does not store your screenshot or the answer. It exists only for the length of that one request.
Email alerts and the waitlist
If you join the waitlist or sign up for scam alerts, we keep your email address, when you signed up, which page you signed up from, and which updates you asked for. We use it only to send those emails, through our email provider (Resend). Every email has an unsubscribe link, and you can ask us to delete your address at support@porchia.app. We never sell or share it.
Our own visit counter
Besides the advertising measurement below, porchia.app keeps simple daily counts (page visits, scam checks used, signups) and which link brought the visit (for example, our YouTube channel). These are totals only, with no names, emails, or cookies. To stop abuse, your IP address is held for about 90 seconds for rate limiting and then deleted.
Advertising and measurement on this website
We use the Meta Pixel on porchia.app. It is a small piece of code from Meta (Facebook and Instagram) that tells us when someone visits the site and when someone joins the waitlist, so we can measure whether our advertising is working.
What it collects: page views, the fact that a waitlist signup happened, your IP address, browser and device information, and cookie identifiers. What it does not collect: your email address is not sent to Meta, and nothing about anyone the service protects is involved.
Meta may use this information to show you Porchia ads later and for their own purposes as described in the Meta Privacy Policy.
How to opt out. Use your browser's tracking protection or an ad blocker, turn on Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control in your browser, adjust your Meta ad preferences, or email us at support@porchia.app and we will honor any request to opt out of sharing. California residents may request that we stop sharing their personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising at that same address.
We may add or remove measurement tools as the business grows. When we do, this page changes first.
Our publishing tool and YouTube API Services
Porchia runs an internal tool, "Porchia Poster", that our own team uses to publish Porchia's videos to Porchia's own YouTube channel, Instagram account and Facebook Page, and to read how those videos perform. It is not offered to the public and does not access anyone else's account.
On YouTube, the tool uses YouTube API Services. It reads Porchia's own channel information, video details and YouTube Analytics reports (views, watch time, likes, comments, audience retention), and uploads videos we choose to publish. It does not read, collect or store any information about viewers beyond the summary statistics YouTube provides to every channel owner. This data stays on our own computer, is used only to decide what videos to make next, and is never sold or shared.
By using our YouTube features you agree to the YouTube Terms of Service, and the Google Privacy Policy applies to data handled by YouTube. Access can be revoked at any time on the Google security settings page. Stored statistics are kept while the channel is active and deleted within 30 days of a request to support@porchia.app.
How consent works
The account holder personally asks a family member to be their trusted reviewer and, with that person's agreement, enters their number in Porchia's settings. Messages are only ever sent to that one chosen contact.
Opting out
Reply STOP to any message to opt out permanently. Reply HELP for help, or contact us at support@porchia.app.