Privacy

Last updated October 26, 2026

SwapTrek is a small, independent fan site run by one collector (Jason). This page explains, in plain words, what we keep and who can see it.

Who is responsible: SwapTrek is run by Jason, in California, USA. For anything about your data, email support@swaptrek.com. This page is also available in French; if the two versions differ, the English version is the reference.

Without an account

Your missing cards and spares are saved only in your own browser. Nothing is sent to our servers.

With a free account

We store what's needed to make SwapTrek work:

• Account: your email address (for sign-in codes and the alerts you turn on), your trader name, avatar or profile photo, bio and trade style.
• Your lists: your missing cards and spares.
• Trading: your chats, trade offers, gifts, stars, favorites and anyone you've blocked.
• Your WeWard name, if you add it. It stays private unless you tap "Share my WeWard name" in a chat or accept a gift.
• Basic activity, like when you were last online and how many new chats you start (used for spam protection).

Your trader name, avatar or photo, bio, trade style, badges, stars and card lists are shown publicly so other collectors can find trades. Your email address is never shown to anyone. We never sell your data, and ads (if shown) never use your lists, chats or email.

Who can see your messages

Chats are private between you and the other collector. Other members can't read them.

Messages are stored on our database so they work on all your devices. They are not end-to-end encrypted, which means the site owner can technically access stored data, including messages. We only look at a conversation when we need to for safety: for example, if someone reports a scam, threats or abuse, to stop spam, or if the law requires it. We never read chats out of curiosity or for advertising.

To keep SwapTrek safe, text you type (names, bios and messages) is also checked automatically for things our community rules don't allow, like links, swearing or contact details. That check is done by a computer, not a person.

Photos and screenshots

If you upload a profile photo, it's stored so others can see it on your profile, and it may be checked by an AI service (Anthropic) or by us to make sure it follows the rules.

If you use Fast fill with screenshots, the pictures are sent to an AI service (Anthropic) only to read your card numbers. They are not stored and nobody looks at them.

If you tap Translate on a chat message, the text of that one message is sent to the same AI service (Anthropic) only to translate it for you. It isn't stored, and nothing is sent unless you tap.

Alerts

If you turn on email alerts or phone notifications, we use your email address or your browser's notification address only to send you those alerts. You can turn them off any time in Settings.

SwapTrek is independent from WeWard

SwapTrek collects and stores this data itself, for its own purposes and under its sole responsibility. WeWard has no access to it and is not involved in collecting, using, storing or securing it. SwapTrek never collects data from the WeWard app, and your SwapTrek account is separate from your WeWard account.

Why we're allowed to use it

We use your account, lists, chats and trades because that's what you ask SwapTrek to do for you (the service you signed up for). Spam protection, the automatic text check and photo checks keep other collectors safe (our legitimate interest in running a safe site). Email and phone alerts, profile photos and the language flag on your profile are optional and only happen if you turn them on or add them, and you can switch them off any time.

How long we keep it

Your profile, lists, chats, trades and gifts stay as long as your account exists. Alert logs and spam-protection counters are only used for a few days and are removed together with your account. Screenshots sent to Fast fill and messages you translate are never stored. If you don't sign in for a long time, we may delete your account after letting you know by email.

Deleting your data

You can change your email settings or delete your account at any time in Settings. Deleting removes everything: your profile, lists, trades, gifts, stars and your chats (on the other person's side too). If you'd like anything else removed, email us and we'll take care of it.

Your rights

You can see, correct, download or delete your data at any time. Most of it is in Settings and My Cards; for a copy of everything we hold about you, or to object to a use of your data, email support@swaptrek.com and we'll answer within a month. If you live in the EU or the UK you also have the right to complain to your data protection authority (in France, the CNIL).

Where your data is kept

SwapTrek's services (Supabase, Vercel, Resend and Anthropic) run in the United States. If you use SwapTrek from Europe, your data is transferred there under those providers' standard contractual clauses.

Ads and cookies

To help cover the cost of running the site, SwapTrek may show ads from Google (Google AdSense).

Google and its partners use cookies to show these ads, including ads based on your visits to SwapTrek and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies lets it and its partners show you ads based on your visits to this and other sites.

You can turn off personalised ads in Google's Ad Settings, or opt out of some other companies' ad cookies at aboutads.info. Learn more in how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Where the law requires it (for example in the EU and UK), we ask for your consent before any advertising cookies are used, and you can change your choice at any time. Ads never get your lists, chats, email or WeWard name.

Your browser's storage keeps the things the site needs to work: your lists (if you're not signed in), your sign-in session, your language and small preferences like tips you closed.

We also use Google Analytics to count visits (pages viewed, rough location, device type), so we can see how the site is used and show ad partners our traffic. In the EU, the UK and Switzerland it sets no cookies and only sends anonymous counts. It never gets your lists, chats, email or WeWard name.

Public profiles

Your trader profile (name, avatar, bio, trade style, badges, stars and card lists) is public: anyone can open it, and search engines may list it. Your email, WeWard name and chats are never public.

Services we use

Accounts, data and photos: Supabase. Emails: Resend. Hosting and visitor counts: Vercel Web Analytics, which uses no cookies and only shows us totals like page views and countries. Reading screenshots and checking photos: Anthropic. Donations: Ko-fi and PayPal (we never see your payment details). Ads: Google AdSense. These services only get what they need to do their job.

Minimum age

You must be at least 16, or the minimum age to use WeWard in your country. We don't knowingly keep data about anyone younger, and we remove it as soon as we're told. See our Terms.

Questions? Email support@swaptrek.com.