Privacy Policy

Effective 13 July 2026

This policy explains what personal data Scout (“Scout”, “we”, “us”) collects, why, and the choices you have. It covers the Scout website at scout-source.com and the Scout web app. If you have any questions, email scout.source.contact@gmail.com.

Who we are

Scout is an outreach assistant that helps you find relevant people and opportunities and draft personalized messages in your own voice. For data- protection purposes, Scout is the controller of the personal data described here. Contact us at scout.source.contact@gmail.com.

Data we collect

• Account data, your name, email address, and password, handled by our authentication provider (Supabase). We never see your raw password.
• Profile you provide, your bio, résumé, use case, LinkedIn, writing samples/templates, and project context you add to personalize drafts.
• Outreach content, the searches you run, the people and opportunities you save, notes, statuses, and the messages you draft and send.
• Mailbox access, if you connect Gmail or Outlook, we store an OAuth token so Scout can create drafts or send from your address and detect replies in those threads. We access message metadata (headers) to track replies; we do not read unrelated mail.
• Contact information about other people, when you search, Scout surfaces names, roles, and public contact details it finds on the open web about potential recipients. See “Data about third parties” below.
• Usage and billing, basic activity (e.g. counts of searches and drafts) and, if you subscribe, billing status via Stripe. We do not store your card details; Stripe processes payments.

How we use your data

• To provide the service: run searches, surface matches, and draft messages.
• To personalize drafts so they sound like you, using the profile you provide.
• To send or draft email on your behalf through your connected mailbox.
• To improve Scout using aggregate, anonymized patterns (for example, which kinds of matches people tend to act on). This never exposes your résumé, templates, contacts, or messages to other users.
• To operate billing, prevent abuse, and meet legal obligations.

Data about third parties

Scout surfaces contact information about people from publicly available sources so you can reach out. Where we process this without collecting it directly from the person, our lawful basis is our and your legitimate interest in relevant B2B and professional outreach, balanced against those individuals’ rights. Any person can ask us to stop processing their information or to be removed by emailing scout.source.contact@gmail.com, and every outreach email includes a way to opt out. You are responsible for contacting people lawfully (see our Terms).

Search history

We keep a history of the searches you run in Scout. It is used for one thing: making your own future searches better, for example noticing the places, industries, or kinds of people you keep looking for so results anticipate what you need. We will never sell your search history or your profile, never share them with advertisers or marketing companies, and never use them for anything beyond running Scout for you. Deleting your account deletes your search history, and you can ask us to clear it at any time at scout.source.contact@gmail.com.

Who we share data with

We do not sell your personal data, and we never will. We share it only with service providers that help us run Scout, under contract and only as needed:

• Supabase, authentication and database hosting.
• Google / Microsoft, when you connect Gmail or Outlook to send or draft mail.
• Stripe, subscription billing.
• Search and AI providers (e.g. web search and the model that drafts your messages), to find people and generate drafts. Only the content needed for the request is sent.

International transfers

Some providers process data outside your country. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards (such as standard contractual clauses) for those transfers.

Retention

We keep your account and content for as long as your account is active. You can delete finds, projects, and templates in the app, disconnect your mailbox at any time, and ask us to delete your account and associated data by emailing scout.source.contact@gmail.com.

Your rights

Depending on where you live (including under UK/EU GDPR), you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or export your data, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to withdraw consent. To exercise any of these, email scout.source.contact@gmail.com. You also have the right to complain to your local data- protection authority (in the UK, the ICO).

Cookies and local storage

Scout uses your browser’s local storage to keep you signed in and to remember your settings and drafts. We do not use third-party advertising cookies.

Security

We use industry-standard measures to protect your data, including encryption in transit and access controls. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to keep your information safe.

Children

Scout is not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their data.

Changes

We may update this policy. When we make material changes, we will update the effective date above and, where appropriate, notify you in the app.

Contact

Questions or requests: scout.source.contact@gmail.com. See also our Terms of Service.