Privacy Policy | EstateSales101.com

Last Updated: September 29, 2026

EstateSales101.com respects the privacy of its visitors and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.

This Privacy Policy explains the types of information that may be collected through EstateSales101.com, how that information may be used, when it may be shared, how artificial-intelligence-assisted features and provider analytics may operate, and the choices and privacy rights that may be available to visitors.

By using EstateSales101.com or voluntarily submitting information through the website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Information We May Collect

The information we collect depends on how you use EstateSales101.com.

Information You Choose to Provide

You may provide information when you:

Submit a contact form
Submit a service request
Use the Hire A Company feature
Use the Find Estate Services feature
Ask a question
Communicate with EstateSales101.com
Use a chat or artificial-intelligence-assisted feature
Upload a photograph or file when an available feature permits it
Provide feedback or corrections concerning an AI response
Create or use a website account or member feature
Use another interactive feature of the website

Information you provide may include:

Name
Email address
Telephone number
ZIP code or general location
Preferred contact method
Type of service requested
Questions or messages
Information about an estate, household, move, downsizing situation, property, probate matter, or similar circumstance
General project details
Approximate timeline
Information about household contents or personal property
Categories of items involved
Information reasonably relevant to the service requested
Photographs or files you voluntarily upload
Feedback concerning AI-generated responses
Corrections, identifications, or research information you voluntarily provide
Other information you choose to provide

Please do not submit confidential or highly sensitive information that is unnecessary for the feature you are using.

Hire A Company and Estate Service Requests

EstateSales101.com may allow homeowners or other authorized adults to request assistance locating estate-sale companies and other participating service providers.

Available service categories may include:

Estate-sale companies
Cleaning services
Cleanout and hauling services
Moving services
Storage providers
Appraisers
Auction and specialty-sale providers
Real-estate services
Home-buying companies
Probate and estate attorneys
Other estate-related or household-transition services that may be added in the future

A service request may include information such as:

Name
Email address
Telephone number
ZIP code or general location
Preferred contact method
Type of service requested
Approximate timeline
Property or household information relevant to the requested service
Information about household contents or personal property
General project details
Photographs or files, when an available feature permits them
Other information voluntarily provided by the person submitting the request

EstateSales101.com does not require a homeowner to provide a street address through the initial Estate Services request form.

Participating providers may request additional information directly from the homeowner after contact if additional information is necessary to evaluate or perform the requested service.

When a person voluntarily submits a service request, EstateSales101.com may share relevant information from that request, including contact information, with one or more participating service providers that may serve the requested area so those providers may consider the request and contact the person regarding the specific service requested.

There is no charge to homeowners for submitting a service request through EstateSales101.com.

Participating service providers may pay EstateSales101.com for leads, referrals, participation, placement, sponsorship, advertising, or other related services.

Compensation from a participating provider does not guarantee that the provider will receive any particular request, that a homeowner will select the provider, or that EstateSales101.com endorses or guarantees the provider.

Submitting a service request does not guarantee that:

A participating provider is available in the requested area
A participating provider will respond
A provider will accept the project
A homeowner will select or hire a particular provider
A provider will perform in any particular manner
Any particular price, result, service level, or outcome will be available

EstateSales101.com provides a connection service and does not make the homeowner's final hiring decision.

Participating providers are independent businesses or professionals and may maintain their own privacy policies, terms, licensing requirements, professional obligations, insurance arrangements, pricing, and business practices.

Once information has been provided to an independent participating provider for the purpose requested by the homeowner, that provider may have separate legal responsibilities concerning the information it receives.

Chat and Artificial Intelligence Features

EstateSales101.com may provide chat, item-research, identification, educational, search, market-research, service-provider, and other artificial-intelligence-assisted features.

Visitors may voluntarily submit:

Questions
Messages
Information about personal property
Information about an estate or household situation
General location or service-related information
Photographs
Feedback
Corrections
Other information reasonably necessary to use an available feature

Information submitted through these features may be processed by technology and artificial-intelligence service providers used to operate the service and generate responses.

EstateSales101.com may retain AI conversations for purposes such as:

Maintaining conversational context
Operating the AI Assistant
Troubleshooting technical problems
Quality review
Evaluating AI performance
Improving responses
Identifying recurring questions
Developing or improving EstateSales101.com features
Measuring use of provider features
Security
Fraud or abuse prevention
Platform analytics

Visitors should not submit passwords, Social Security numbers, complete financial-account information, credit card numbers, access codes, medical records, highly confidential legal documents, or other unnecessary sensitive or confidential information through the AI Assistant.

Chat Is Separate From a Service Request

Information submitted through EstateSales101.com chat or AI features is not automatically treated as a Hire A Company or Estate Services request and is not automatically shared with participating providers merely because it was submitted through chat.

If a visitor wants EstateSales101.com to share information for the purpose of locating an estate-sale company or another service provider, the visitor should use the designated service-request process when such a process is available.

The AI Assistant may identify or mention participating providers based on the visitor's question, general location, service needs, or information available through EstateSales101.com.

A provider being mentioned by the AI Assistant does not mean that the visitor's chat transcript or personal information has been provided to that provider.

AI Responses

Artificial-intelligence-assisted responses are generated using automated technology and may be incomplete, inaccurate, or based on limited information.

AI responses are provided for general educational, research, informational, and decision-support purposes and should not be treated as guaranteed facts, professional appraisals, legal advice, financial advice, tax advice, or other professional advice.

An AI-generated identification of an item may be tentative and may depend on the quality of the description, photographs, identifying marks, or other information provided.

Additional limitations concerning educational content and automated responses may be described in the EstateSales101.com Disclaimer.

Photographs and Uploaded Files

Certain EstateSales101.com features may allow visitors to voluntarily upload photographs or other files.

A photograph may reveal more information than the visitor intends, including information about:

A home or property
Household contents
Personal belongings
Valuable property
Documents visible in the image
Addresses or identifying information
People appearing in the image
Account or access information
The surrounding environment

Visitors are responsible for deciding which photographs or files they choose to submit.

Before uploading a photograph, visitors should review the entire image and avoid including unnecessary sensitive, confidential, or private information such as:

Financial records
Identification documents
Account numbers
Passwords
Access codes
Private medical information
Confidential correspondence
Private legal documents
Personal addresses that are not necessary for the request
Other information that does not need to be submitted

Visitors should also consider whether people, documents, computer screens, mail, photographs, license plates, security devices, keys, or other identifying material appear in the background.

How Photographs May Be Used

Photographs may be used to:

Respond to a visitor's question
Assist with item identification
Assist with general educational or research guidance
Understand the nature of an inquiry
Operate an AI or other website feature
Improve item-research features
Evaluate the accuracy or usefulness of AI responses
Understand a service request
Allow participating providers to consider a service request when photographs were submitted specifically for that purpose

Photographs submitted to EstateSales101.com are not intended for public display merely because they were uploaded.

Photographs may be processed or stored by technology providers necessary to operate the website, data systems, image-processing functions, storage systems, or artificial-intelligence features.

When photographs are voluntarily submitted as part of a service request, relevant photographs may also be shared with participating providers receiving that request.

Visitors should submit only photographs they are comfortable providing for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

AI Item Research, Feedback, and Corrections

EstateSales101.com may allow visitors to submit photographs or descriptions for AI-assisted item research.

When a visitor submits an item for research, EstateSales101.com may retain information associated with that research case, including:

The photograph or photographs submitted
The visitor's question or description
The AI-generated response
A tentative identification
Feedback concerning the response
Whether the visitor indicated that the response was helpful
A reason an answer was considered inaccurate or incomplete
A corrected identification
Additional research notes or supporting information
Information indicating that a correction was provided with a stated level of confidence

A visitor may be offered an opportunity to indicate whether an AI response was helpful or inaccurate and may voluntarily provide a correction, additional identification, or explanation.

Item-research records may be retained for purposes including:

Improving item-identification features
Evaluating AI performance
Identifying recurring mistakes
Developing reference information
Comparing future research cases
Improving future responses
Testing changes to AI behavior
Building a curated EstateSales101.com research resource

Feedback or corrections supplied by users are not automatically treated as established facts.

EstateSales101.com may distinguish between ordinary user feedback and information that has been reviewed, corroborated, verified, or otherwise considered sufficiently reliable for research purposes.

Information from prior research cases may be used as supporting reference information in future EstateSales101.com research features when appropriate.

Provider Mentions and Referral Analytics

EstateSales101.com may record when its AI Assistant identifies or mentions a participating service provider in response to a visitor's inquiry.

A provider-mention record may include information such as:

The participating provider
Provider account or internal provider identification
The provider's membership, sponsorship, or participation level
Date and time of the mention
The type of service involved
General location information relevant to the request
The question or general context that resulted in the provider being mentioned
An internal conversation or interaction identifier

EstateSales101.com may use provider-mention information for purposes including:

Platform analytics
Measuring provider exposure
Measuring the usefulness of provider features
Service improvement
Sponsorship administration
Provider reporting
Demonstrating participation activity to service providers
Evaluating geographic or service demand

A provider is not necessarily counted as having been mentioned merely because the provider was considered internally by a search or matching process. EstateSales101.com may distinguish between providers considered by the system and providers actually displayed or identified to the visitor.

Provider Website and Telephone Interaction Analytics

EstateSales101.com may measure interactions with provider information displayed through the website or AI Assistant.

These interactions may include:

Clicking a provider's website link
Clicking a provider's telephone-number link
Clicking a provider profile
Clicking another provider-related call-to-action or contact feature

This information may be used to:

Measure platform activity
Understand whether provider information is useful to visitors
Provide participating providers with activity reports
Administer sponsorship or participation programs
Improve provider-placement and service-matching features
Evaluate the value EstateSales101.com provides to participating businesses

A click on a telephone-number link does not mean EstateSales101.com records the contents of the resulting telephone call.

EstateSales101.com does not record the content of telephone conversations between visitors and participating providers.

EstateSales101.com also does not control a visitor's activity after the visitor leaves EstateSales101.com for an independent provider's website or service.

Information Collected Automatically

EstateSales101.com and services used to operate the website may automatically collect certain technical and usage information.

This information may include:

Internet Protocol address
Browser type
Device type
Operating system
General geographic information derived from technical data
Pages viewed
Referring source
Date and time of visits
Time spent on pages
Links or website features used
Provider links or contact features clicked
Website performance information
Security and diagnostic information

This information may be used to operate and protect the website, understand how visitors use it, improve functionality and content, evaluate website traffic and performance, and measure use of provider features.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

EstateSales101.com and services used to operate the website may use cookies and similar technologies.

These technologies may help:

Enable website functionality
Maintain security
Remember visitor preferences
Support account or member features
Measure website traffic
Understand how visitors interact with the website
Measure interaction with provider features
Improve website performance

Visitors may be able to manage certain cookie preferences through available website controls, browser settings, or privacy tools.

Disabling certain cookies may affect the operation of some website features.

How We May Use Information

Information collected through EstateSales101.com may be used to:

Operate and maintain the website
Respond to questions and inquiries
Provide educational information
Provide automated or AI-assisted responses
Conduct item research
Evaluate AI-generated responses
Review visitor feedback and corrections
Improve AI-assisted features
Maintain research and reference information
Process service requests
Identify the type of service requested
Determine whether participating providers may serve a requested area
Route service requests to participating providers
Allow participating providers to consider and respond to requests
Review information or photographs voluntarily submitted by visitors
Operate website accounts or member features
Record provider mentions
Measure provider website or telephone-link interactions
Prepare provider participation or activity reports
Administer memberships, sponsorships, referrals, or provider programs
Improve website content and functionality
Understand visitor interests
Measure website traffic and performance
Maintain security
Detect or prevent fraud, abuse, misuse, or technical problems
Maintain appropriate business records
Resolve disputes
Comply with applicable legal obligations
Protect EstateSales101.com, its visitors, and others

We do not intend to use personal information for purposes materially different from those described in this Privacy Policy without providing appropriate notice or obtaining authorization when required by applicable law.

Technology and Operational Service Providers

EstateSales101.com uses third-party technology and operational service providers to operate the website and provide certain features.

These providers may assist with services such as:

Website hosting
Data storage
Database services
Website security
Forms
File and photograph processing or storage
Email and communications
Analytics
Artificial intelligence
Website functionality
Technical support
Website administration

These providers may process information as reasonably necessary to provide their services.

EstateSales101.com does not need to publicly identify every technology or service provider in order for this Privacy Policy to explain how visitor information may be processed.

Sharing of Information

EstateSales101.com does not intend to make personal information submitted by visitors publicly available unless the visitor knowingly submits information through a feature intended for public display.

Information may be shared or made accessible in the circumstances described below.

Participating Service Providers

When a visitor voluntarily submits a Hire A Company request or another Estate Services request, relevant information may be shared with one or more participating providers for the purpose of allowing those providers to consider and respond to the specific service requested.

Depending on the request, information shared may include:

Name
Contact information
ZIP code or general location
Type of service requested
Project details
Approximate timeline
Information about the property, household, move, estate, probate situation, or personal property relevant to the requested service
Photographs or files voluntarily included for that purpose
Other information voluntarily supplied as part of the request

EstateSales101.com attempts to limit information shared to information reasonably related to the homeowner's requested service.

Participating providers may include estate-sale companies, cleaners, cleanout and hauling companies, movers, storage providers, appraisers, auction or specialty-sale providers, real-estate professionals, home-buying companies, attorneys, and other businesses or professionals associated with estate transitions.

Information submitted only through an AI chat is not automatically shared with a participating provider merely because that provider is mentioned by the AI Assistant.

Technology and Operational Providers

Information may be processed by companies that provide technology or operational services necessary to operate EstateSales101.com.

These providers may have access to information only to the extent reasonably necessary to perform services for EstateSales101.com or as otherwise permitted by applicable law and their agreements or policies.

Legal and Safety Reasons

Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:

Comply with applicable law or lawful legal process
Respond to a lawful governmental request
Protect the rights, safety, or property of EstateSales101.com, its visitors, or others
Investigate suspected fraud, abuse, security incidents, or misuse
Enforce applicable website policies
Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

Sale, Sharing, and Compensation

EstateSales101.com does not intend to sell personal information as a standalone mailing list, database, or data product for unrelated third-party marketing.

When a visitor voluntarily requests assistance locating a service provider, EstateSales101.com may disclose information from that request to participating providers for the purpose of helping fulfill the visitor's specific request.

Participating providers may compensate EstateSales101.com for leads, referrals, participation, placement, sponsorship, advertising, or other related services.

The homeowner is not charged by EstateSales101.com for submitting a service request.

Provider sponsorship or participation may also include features such as company mentions, provider profiles, website links, telephone links, placement opportunities, service-request opportunities, or other platform benefits.

Privacy laws in some jurisdictions use terms such as "sale," "sharing," "targeted advertising," or similar concepts more broadly than those words are commonly used.

Where applicable law treats an EstateSales101.com activity as a sale, sharing, targeted advertising, or another regulated use of personal information, EstateSales101.com intends to provide the disclosures, choices, and opt-out rights required by applicable law.

EstateSales101.com does not intend to use information provided for a specific homeowner service request for materially unrelated purposes without appropriate notice or authorization when required.

Service-Request Authorization

When a visitor voluntarily submits a service request and affirmatively authorizes EstateSales101.com to share the information provided with participating providers, EstateSales101.com may rely on that authorization to process the request.

A visitor who does not want information from a service request shared with potential providers should not submit the request.

The authorization associated with a particular service request does not eliminate any privacy rights the visitor may have under applicable law regarding other uses of personal information.

Data Security

EstateSales101.com takes reasonable steps to use technology, procedures, access controls, and service providers designed to protect information.

Photographs used for AI item research may be stored in systems that are not intended for public access.

Access to internal research records, conversation records, provider analytics, and administrative information may be limited to persons or systems reasonably requiring access for EstateSales101.com operations.

However, no website, internet transmission, database, third-party service, artificial-intelligence system, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Visitors should use reasonable care when deciding what information, photographs, or files to submit online.

Data Retention

Information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or for a legitimate business, research, operational, security, or legal purpose.

This may include retaining information as necessary to:

Respond to inquiries
Operate website features
Maintain AI conversational functionality
Review or improve AI performance
Process service requests
Maintain appropriate records
Document homeowner authorization
Administer provider relationships
Measure provider mentions and interaction activity
Prepare provider reports
Maintain useful item-research records
Maintain feedback and corrections
Resolve disputes
Prevent fraud or misuse
Comply with legal obligations
Protect legitimate business interests

Retention periods may differ depending on the type of information.

Ordinary AI conversation records may be retained for a limited period for operational, quality, security, troubleshooting, analytics, and service-improvement purposes and may thereafter be deleted, anonymized, aggregated, or otherwise disposed of when they no longer serve a reasonable purpose.

Provider-mention and interaction records may be retained for business analytics, provider reporting, sponsorship administration, and historical platform reporting.

Item-research records, photographs, feedback, corrections, and reviewed or otherwise useful research information may be retained for a longer period when they continue to have legitimate research or service-improvement value.

Service-request information may be retained as reasonably necessary to administer the request, document authorization, manage provider relationships, maintain records, or satisfy applicable legal or business requirements.

Information that no longer serves a reasonable business, operational, research, security, or legal purpose may be deleted, anonymized, aggregated, or otherwise disposed of as appropriate.

Third-Party Websites and Independent Businesses

EstateSales101.com may provide links to:

Estate-sale companies
Participating service providers
News organizations
Government agencies
Professional resources
Other websites or services

Once a visitor leaves EstateSales101.com, the visitor's activity is governed by the privacy practices of the website or business being visited.

EstateSales101.com does not control the privacy, security, content, pricing, services, or business practices of independent third-party websites or businesses.

Visitors should review the policies of third parties they choose to use.

Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have rights concerning personal information EstateSales101.com maintains about you.

These rights may include the right to:

Confirm whether EstateSales101.com processes personal information about you
Access certain personal information
Correct inaccurate personal information
Request deletion of certain personal information
Obtain a copy of certain personal information in a usable or portable format
Obtain information concerning how personal information is collected, used, or disclosed
Opt out of certain sales or sharing of personal information
Opt out of certain uses of personal information for targeted advertising
Withdraw consent where applicable law provides that right
Appeal certain decisions concerning a privacy request where applicable law provides an appeal right

Not every right applies to every visitor, business, jurisdiction, or circumstance.

EstateSales101.com may take reasonable steps to verify the identity or authority of a person submitting a privacy request before acting on the request.

EstateSales101.com intends to respond to valid privacy requests as required by applicable law.

EstateSales101.com will not discriminate against a visitor for exercising privacy rights provided by applicable law.

Visitors may exercise available privacy rights through the Your Privacy Choices feature available on EstateSales101.com or by using the contact information provided on the website.

Your Privacy Choices

EstateSales101.com provides a Your Privacy Choices process through which visitors may submit privacy-related requests.

Depending on applicable law and the circumstances, visitors may use this process to request:

Access to personal information
Correction of inaccurate personal information
Deletion of certain personal information
A copy of certain personal information
Information about certain uses or disclosures of personal information
An applicable opt-out of sale or sharing
An applicable opt-out of targeted advertising
Other privacy rights provided by applicable law

A privacy request should include enough information for EstateSales101.com to understand and appropriately verify the request but should not include passwords, Social Security numbers, complete financial-account information, medical records, or other unnecessary sensitive information.

EstateSales101.com may request additional information when reasonably necessary to verify the identity or authority of the person making the request.

Universal Privacy and Opt-Out Signals

Certain jurisdictions allow consumers to communicate privacy choices through browser- or device-based universal opt-out mechanisms.

Where EstateSales101.com is legally required to recognize an applicable universal opt-out signal, EstateSales101.com intends to honor qualifying signals, including recognized implementations of Global Privacy Control, for the purposes required by applicable law.

A universal opt-out signal may apply to activities such as the sale or sharing of personal information or targeted advertising where those activities and rights are covered by applicable law.

A universal privacy signal does not necessarily prevent a visitor from voluntarily asking EstateSales101.com to share information with a service provider when sharing that information is reasonably necessary to fulfill the visitor's specific service request, subject to applicable law.

Adults and Children's Privacy

EstateSales101.com is intended for adults.

The website's service-request features, AI tools, interactive features, and other services relating to estate property, household transitions, estate-sale companies, and other estate-related service providers are intended for adults age 18 or older.

EstateSales101.com does not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children.

If we learn that personal information from a child has been submitted in circumstances where it should not have been collected, reasonable steps may be taken to delete it.

Sensitive and Confidential Information

Visitors should avoid submitting unnecessary sensitive or confidential information through:

Forms
Chat
AI features
Email
Photographs
File uploads
Service requests
Feedback or correction features
Other website features

Do not submit information such as:

Passwords
Social Security numbers
Complete financial-account numbers
Credit card numbers
Access codes
Private medical records
Highly confidential legal documents
Other highly sensitive information unless specifically necessary and appropriate

When submitting photographs, visitors should also inspect the background of the image for documents, identifying information, addresses, access information, account information, people, or other material they do not intend to share.

Professional and Legal Service Requests

Some EstateSales101.com service categories may involve regulated or licensed professionals, including attorneys, real-estate professionals, appraisers, or other providers.

Submitting a request through EstateSales101.com does not create an attorney-client relationship, fiduciary relationship, agency relationship, professional-client relationship, or other professional relationship between the visitor and EstateSales101.com.

A professional relationship, if any, is established separately between the visitor and the independent provider according to that provider's own requirements and applicable law.

Visitors should not submit privileged, confidential, or highly sensitive legal information through an initial provider request.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

EstateSales101.com may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in:

Website features
Service-request programs
Participating provider programs
Artificial-intelligence features
Item-research features
Provider-analytics features
Technology
Business practices
Data practices
Privacy choices
Applicable legal requirements

When material changes are made, the Last Updated date may be revised.

Visitors are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

Contact

If you have questions concerning this Privacy Policy or wish to make a privacy-related request, please use the Your Privacy Choices feature, contact information, or contact form available on EstateSales101.com.

Please provide enough information for us to understand and respond to your request without submitting unnecessary sensitive personal information.