Trunk or Treat Near Me ("we", "us") runs trunkortreatnearme.com, a free map of trunk-or-treats, haunted houses and Halloween events, with sponsor spots for local Halloween businesses. This policy explains what we collect, why, and who we share it with.
What we collect
- Visitors: pages viewed and general device and location information through Google Analytics, and the city or ZIP you search. "Use my location" runs in your browser; we use your coordinates only to find nearby events and don't store them.
- People who add an event: the event details you enter (published once approved), photos if you upload them, and your name and email (kept private, used to confirm the listing and contact you about it).
- Hosts who claim a listing: name, email, optional phone, and the photo you upload to prove you run the event (kept private).
- Businesses that sponsor: business name, contact name, email, phone, website, logo, area and billing details. Card payments are processed by Stripe; we never see or store your full card number.
- Messages and reports you send through the contact form, and email addresses you give us to send a route or directions to.
How we use it
- To run the map, city pages and route planner, and to review listings before they go live.
- To check that submitted and claimed photos are real and match the address (see "Service providers" below).
- To bill sponsors for their listings.
- To answer messages, send listing updates, and send the directions or route links you ask us to email.
- To prevent spam, fraud and abuse.
Who we share it with
- The public: approved event details (name, address, dates, times, cost, description, photos) are shown on the site. Submitters' and hosts' names and emails are not.
- Service providers that help us run the site, under their own privacy terms:
- Cloudflare (hosting, database, email delivery)
- Stripe (sponsor payments)
- Google (Analytics; Maps Street View, used to verify photos)
- Anthropic (Claude AI, used to review listings, edits and photos for spam, fakes and accuracy)
- Meta (if a listing is featured on our Facebook or Instagram pages)
- OpenStreetMap and the U.S. Census geocoder (turning addresses into map pins)
- When required by law or to protect people from harm.
We never sell your information.
Cookies and local storage
Google Analytics uses cookies to count visits. Admin logins use a session cookie. Your Halloween route is saved in your browser's local storage so it's there when you come back. You can clear these anytime in your browser settings.
How long we keep it
Listings stay up until they're removed. Messages are kept for up to two years. Sponsor billing records are kept as long as tax and accounting rules require. Uploaded photos of a removed listing are deleted with it.
Your choices
- Ask us to correct or remove a listing, or any information about you, through the contact page. If you own a listed home and want it off the map, we'll take it down.
- Sponsors can update their card or cancel anytime from the billing link in their emails.
Children
The site is meant for families and general audiences, but it isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information. Parents, not kids, should add events.
Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update the date above. Big changes will be noted on the site.
Contact
Questions or requests: contact us.