privacy

This page covers personal software I write and run for myself under the demarest.dev name. It exists because Google requires a published privacy policy before an OAuth application can leave testing mode.

RackScout

RackScout is a personal tool that runs entirely on my own computer. It watches marketplace and surplus-auction listings for used server hardware and tells me when something looks worth a closer look. It is not a service, there are no user accounts, and nobody else signs into it.

What it accesses. With my permission, RackScout reads mail in a single Gmail account that exists only to receive saved-search alerts from marketplaces. It requests the gmail.readonly scope, which is read-only: it cannot send, delete, or modify mail. It reads those alert messages to extract listing links and prices.

Where the data goes. Nowhere. Message contents and anything derived from them are stored on local disk on my own machine. No data is transmitted to me as a third party, to any server I operate, or to anyone else. There is no analytics, no telemetry, and no advertising. Nothing is sold or shared.

Who can see it. Only me, on the machine the software runs on.

Google user data and AI models. Data obtained through Google APIs is not used to develop, improve, or train generalized artificial intelligence or machine learning models.

Retention and deletion. Data stays on local disk until I delete it. Access can be revoked at any time from the Google Account permissions page at myaccount.google.com/permissions, which immediately ends the application’s access to that mailbox.

Limited Use. RackScout’s use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Contact

Questions about any of this: joseph@demarest.dev.

Last updated: 11 September 2026.