Privacy

What we collect, why, how long we keep it and how to reach us. Last updated 29 October 2026.

Beacon CRE is run by Simply Stats LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company doing business as Beacon CRE, 226 Tyndale Court, Waxhaw, NC 28173. We don't sell personal information, we don't use advertising trackers or third-party analytics, and we only collect what we need to run the service.

Using the public map

You don't need an account. Your browser stores your light or dark choice and map preferences on your own device.
Our servers keep a keyed, one-way hash of your network address and your browser's user agent with requests that change something (such as a correction request or a pilot request), to stop abuse. These are cleared after 90 days.
The base map is loaded from OpenFreeMap (tiles.openfreemap.org), which sees your network address when it serves the map images.

Pilot requests and customers

When you request a pilot we keep your name, work email, organisation, area, role and message to reply and set up the pilot. We delete them after 24 months, or sooner if you ask.
Workspace users sign in with a one-time email link. We store your email, name, role and a session cookie (crec_ws) that is strictly necessary to keep you signed in. Sessions last up to 14 days.
For billing we keep invoice records as tax law requires. Card and bank payments, once online payment is live, are handled by Stripe; we never see or store card numbers.

Our emails to economic developers

We send a small number of business emails to economic development staff, using only the work address their organisation publishes for business enquiries. Every email says where we found the address and has a one-click unsubscribe link.
We keep a record of what we sent and when, and of any reply, so we never send more than one follow-up.
If you unsubscribe or ask us to stop, we keep your address on a do-not-email list for as long as we send email, so we can honour it.

Public records in the data

Some layers come from public property records. We show owner names only where they are organisations, never mailing addresses or contact details. To correct or hide a record, use "Report a problem" on its card; privacy requests are handled first.

Who helps us

Hosting: Hetzner (servers in Finland). Email: Migadu (Switzerland). Payments: Stripe (once online payment is live). Domain names: Porkbun. They process data only to provide their service to us.

Your choices

Email privacy@beaconcarolinas.com to see, correct or delete what we hold about you, or to stop our emails (or use unsubscribe). We answer within 30 days. We don't knowingly collect information from children.