MapBeacon Beta Terms of Use & Privacy

1. The beta

MapBeacon (“we”, “us”) is offered as a free, invitation-only beta. Features may change, pause or be removed, data may be reset, and we may end the beta or your access at any time. There is no charge during the beta; if we introduce paid plans, we will ask you to accept updated terms first and nothing will be charged without your explicit consent.

2. Not advice

MapBeacon helps you find and research property. It is not a real-estate broker or agent, lender, appraiser, attorney, inspector, insurer, tax or financial adviser, and nothing in it is professional advice or an offer, valuation or guarantee.

Rent estimates, cash flow, cap rates, mortgage figures, flood zones, water proximity, drive times, research files and short-term-rental outlooks are estimates from third-party data and models. Always verify with qualified professionals and official records before you make an offer or any decision.

3. Data and AI

Listings, property records, maps, imagery and rates come from third parties and may be incomplete, delayed or wrong. Listing availability, price and status can change at any time; confirm with the listing agent.

Parts of MapBeacon use artificial intelligence (Cloudflare Workers AI) to interpret requests, read documents, rank homes and give second opinions. AI output can be mistaken; MapBeacon labels opinions as opinions and shows where facts come from.

4. Your account and use

Keep your sign-in details to yourself; you are responsible for activity on your account. Share watches only with people you trust. Don’t misuse the service: no scraping, automated bulk access, reselling data, uploading anything unlawful or that you have no right to share, attempts to break security, or use that violates fair-housing or other laws.

You keep ownership of what you add (notes, documents, links). You give us permission to store and process it to provide the service to you and the people you share with.

5. Privacy

We collect what you give us (name, email, searches, notes, uploads, feedback) and how you use the app (pages, actions, errors), to run MapBeacon, keep it secure and improve it. During the beta the team reviews usage and feedback for this purpose.

We don’t sell or rent your personal information and don’t show ads. We share data only with the service providers that run the app (hosting, email, maps, listing data and AI providers), with people you choose to share with, or when the law requires it.

You can ask us to export or delete your account and data at any time using “Send feedback” in the app. Email alerts include an unsubscribe link.

6. No warranty; limits

The beta is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, including accuracy, fitness for a purpose or uninterrupted service. To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for decisions made using MapBeacon; our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us for MapBeacon in the 12 months before the claim — which, during the free beta, is nothing. Some places don’t allow these limits; there, they apply as far as the law permits.

7. Changes and contact

We may update these terms. When we do, we will change the version shown below and ask you to accept the new version before you continue; we keep a record of each version you accepted and when. These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA.

Questions or requests: use “Send feedback” in the app, or reply to any MapBeacon email.