Legal
Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 2026
What we collect
When you use Scout NYC, we collect:
– Your email address
– Your search preferences, such as neighborhoods, budget, bedrooms, must-haves, and building types
– Your interactions with our emails and product, such as opens and clicks
– Account and recommendation metadata, such as match scores and whether we surfaced a likely rent-stabilized building signal
How we use it
We use your information to:
– Send you ranked apartment listings and alerts tailored to your search
– Generate and explain building-level likely rent-stabilized signals using public listing data and public records
– Improve our matching systems, product quality, and operations
– Communicate with you about your account
What we don't do
– We don't sell your data to third parties
– We don't share your email with landlords or brokers
– We don't send spam or promotional emails from partners
Data retention
We keep account data while your account is active and may retain account, recommendation, and email-event records for a period after you unsubscribe to support reactivation, debugging, fraud prevention, and legal or compliance needs. If you want your data deleted, email us at hello@usescoutnyc.com.
Contact
Questions? Email us at hello@usescoutnyc.com