Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains what RentFrat ("we", "us") collects when you use rentfrat.com, how we use it and the choices you have. Last updated: November 10, 2026.

The short version

• There are no accounts. We do not ask for your name, phone number or home address.
• Rentals you save, rentals you compare, your own star ratings and street-check results are kept in your browser, on your device.
• We use Google Analytics, through Google Tag Manager, to understand how the site is used, and we may show advertising (see below).
• We do not sell your personal information for money.

Information we collect

Collected automatically

When you visit, our hosting and network provider, Cloudflare, processes technical data such as your IP address, browser and device type, the pages you request and the time of the request. This is needed to deliver the site, keep it secure and stop abuse. Google Analytics measures traffic using cookies or similar identifiers and receives information such as your approximate location, device, the pages you view and how you arrived at the site.

Stored on your device

The site uses your browser's local storage, which is not sent to us automatically, for: rentals you save; rentals you pick to compare; star ratings you have given, so we can show them back to you; and street-check results, kept for up to 7 days so a repeat check is instant. You can clear all of this at any time in your browser settings.

What you give us

• Star ratings. When you rate a place we store the listing, the category and the number of stars, added into totals. A rating is not linked to your name or an account. To limit repeat votes we keep a temporary marker derived from your IP address for up to 24 hours in Cloudflare's cache. It is not saved in our database.
• Emails. If you contact us, we keep your message and email address so we can reply and keep a record.

Outbound clicks

When you press "View original listing" you pass through a RentFrat link that adds a tag (utm_source=rentfrat.com) so the listing source can see the visit came from us. We count the click per day and per source, without any information that identifies you, and we exclude automated crawlers.

Third parties your browser may contact

Some features load content straight from other companies. When that happens they can see your IP address and basic browser details, and their own privacy policies apply.

• Google. Tag Manager and Analytics (analytics), Fonts (typefaces) and Google Maps (when you press a Map link).
• Map data providers, when you use the street check. Our server asks Geoapify, a map-data service built on OpenStreetMap, for the places around a listing's coordinates and keeps the answer so the next visitor gets it instantly. No visitor information is sent. If that is unavailable, your browser may ask the OpenStreetMap Overpass servers (overpass-api.de and overpass.kumi.systems) directly. It sends them the coordinates of the listing, not your own location, and they can see your IP address.
• Listing photo hosts, such as RentCafe's image network. Photos load from the site that hosts them. We ask your browser not to send them the address of the page you came from.
• The listing's source website, when you click through. You leave RentFrat and that site's policy applies.

Our servers also use services that do not receive your personal information: the FBI Crime Data Explorer for crime statistics, Geoapify for places near a listing, Cloudflare Workers AI to write the verdict from a listing's facts, and the rental platforms we collect listings from.

Advertising

RentFrat may display advertising. Advertising partners, including Google, may use cookies and similar technologies to show ads based on your visits to this and other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising at adssettings.google.com or through aboutads.info/choices. To opt out of Google Analytics, use the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

How we use information

• To run, secure and improve the site, and to show the tools you ask for.
• To understand which pages and features are used, using analytics.
• To show advertising that helps pay for the site.
• To answer your messages and handle listing and privacy requests.
• To meet legal obligations and protect against fraud and abuse.

How long we keep it

Rating totals stay while the listing page exists. Click counts are kept as daily totals. Messages are kept as long as needed to deal with your request and for our records. Data held by Cloudflare and Google follows their own retention rules.

Your choices and rights

• On your device. Clear your browser's site data to remove saved rentals, compare picks and cached street checks, and block or delete cookies in your browser settings.
• Do Not Track. We do not currently respond to browser Do Not Track signals.
• California and other US states. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to know what personal information we hold, to correct or delete it, and to opt out of its sale or sharing for targeted advertising. We do not sell personal information for money. Because there are no accounts, most information about you is in your own browser. To use these rights, email us. We will not treat you differently for using them.
• European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland. You may have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to our use of your personal data, to data portability, to withdraw consent where we rely on it, and to complain to your data protection authority. We use your data for our legitimate interests in running and securing the site, and with your consent for analytics and advertising cookies where the law requires it.

Children

RentFrat is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has sent us information, tell us and we will delete it.

Security and where data is processed

We use reputable infrastructure and encryption in transit (HTTPS). No system is perfectly secure. Our providers, including Cloudflare and Google, process data in the United States and other countries where they operate.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy we will update the date at the top. Material changes will be noted on this page.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email contact@rentfrat.com or use the contact page.