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Last updated: December 26, 2025

Community Data Policy

PriceMapper is powered by community-contributed price data. Learn how we handle, process, and use the data you contribute.

1. What We Extract From Your Receipts

When you upload a receipt, our AI system extracts:

  • Product Information: Item name, brand, size/quantity, unit of measure
  • Price Data: Regular price, sale price, discounts applied
  • Store Information: Store name, location (city/address), date of purchase
What We DO NOT Extract
  • Payment method or card numbers
  • Personal names or addresses
  • Loyalty card numbers
  • Cashier or employee information

2. How Your Data Becomes Community Data

Your contributed price observations go through a pipeline:

  1. 1
    Extraction

    AI processes your receipt image and extracts structured data

  2. 2
    Validation

    Data is checked for anomalies (impossible prices, duplicates)

  3. 3
    Normalization

    Products are matched to our catalog, units standardized

  4. 4
    Aggregation

    Your observation joins others to build price statistics

  5. 5
    Anonymization

    Individual user identity is removed from community views

3. Data Visibility

What Other Users CAN See

  • Aggregated price statistics (average, min, max, trend)
  • Number of observations ("8 community reports")
  • Confidence scores based on data freshness and volume
  • Store-level price comparisons

What Other Users CANNOT See

  • Your individual receipts or receipt images
  • Your username or account information
  • Your specific shopping history
  • Your location or household data

4. Data Quality Indicators

We display confidence metrics to help users understand data reliability:

Confidence LevelMeaning
High (80-100%)10+ recent observations, consistent data
Medium (50-79%)3-9 observations, some variance
Low (Below 50%)1-2 observations or stale data

5. Your Contribution Rights

As a data contributor, you can:

  • View Your Contributions: See all receipts and data you've submitted
  • Delete Contributions: Remove your submitted data from our system
  • Report Errors: Flag incorrect extractions for correction
  • Opt Out: Choose to keep your data private (not shared with community)

6. Data Ownership

  • Your Receipts: You retain ownership of your original receipt images
  • Extracted Data: Individual observations remain associated with your account
  • Aggregated Data: We own all derived, anonymized, and aggregated datasets

7. Questions?

If you have questions about how your contributed data is used:

support@pricemapper.ca