BidHaul LLCPrivacy Policy – BidHaul LLC
Last Updated: May 29, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how BidHaul LLC ("BidHaul", "we", "us") collects, uses, and protects your information when you use the BidHaul marketplace.
1. Information We Collect
- Name
- Email address
- Mobile phone number (if provided)
- Job details (description, photos, materials)
- General pickup location (city, ZIP) before payment
- Exact pickup address after payment is secured
- Messages exchanged between Customers and Haulers
- Payment status and history
- Stripe account and payment details (handled directly by Stripe)
- SMS notification preferences and opt-in consent records
- Basic device and usage data for security and reliability
2. How We Use Information
- Creating and managing your account
- Posting jobs and submitting bids
- Processing payments and payouts through Stripe
- Customer support
- Dispute review and resolution
- Fraud prevention and platform safety
- Sending email and SMS notifications you have opted into
- Maintaining marketplace integrity and legal compliance
3. Address Privacy
Your exact pickup address is hidden from Haulers until you accept a bid and payment is secured through Stripe. Before payment, Haulers only see a general area (city / ZIP) so they can price the job accurately.
4. SMS Privacy
BidHaul does not sell, rent, trade, or share mobile phone numbers or SMS opt-in consent data with third parties for promotional or marketing purposes. SMS consent information is used only to provide BidHaul job alerts, account updates, payment notifications, dispute notifications, and related service messages.
You can opt out at any time by replying STOP to any BidHaul SMS, or by turning off Text Alerts in your Notification Settings.
5. Third-Party Services
We share only the information necessary for the following service providers to operate BidHaul:
- Stripe — payments, payouts, identity verification
- Telnyx — SMS delivery for opted-in users
- Email provider — transactional email delivery
- Hosting / database provider — secure storage and operation of the Platform
These providers are contractually limited to processing data on our behalf. We never sell user data.
6. Your Controls
- Turn off SMS alerts in your Notification Settings.
- Reply STOP to any BidHaul SMS to unsubscribe.
- Contact admin@bidhaul.net for account, data, or privacy requests.
- Manage payment and bank info directly in your Stripe account.
7. Data Retention & Security
We retain account, job, payment, and dispute records for as long as required to operate the marketplace and comply with legal obligations. Payment data is stored by Stripe under PCI-DSS standards. We use industry-standard security practices to protect data in transit and at rest.
8. Children
BidHaul is not intended for users under 18. We do not knowingly collect information from children.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Continued use of BidHaul after updates constitutes acceptance.
10. Contact
Questions about privacy or this Policy? Email admin@bidhaul.net or visit the Support page. See also our Terms of Service.