Data Practices
Last updated: April 26, 2026 · How we collect, verify, and handle competitive intelligence data
What We Collect
Ryearc's collection systems retrieve publicly available sources for information about the competitors you specify. This includes: • Public-facing website pages (pricing pages, product pages, feature lists) • Company blog posts and press releases • Public changelog and release notes • Job postings on public job boards (LinkedIn, Indeed, company careers pages) • Digital advertising from public ad libraries (Meta Ad Library, Google Ads Transparency) • Customer reviews on public review platforms (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot) • Public social media posts (LinkedIn company pages, public Twitter/X) • Public GitHub repositories and technical documentation We do not collect: content behind logins, private messages, internal company documents, employee personal data, or any information that requires authentication to access. We do not claim exclusive access to underlying public facts. Ryearc's protectable value is in its report structure, source selection, signal taxonomy, scoring, synthesis, workflows, and delivery format.
How We Verify
Every signal in a Ryearc Report goes through a two-stage verification process: Stage 1 — Detection: Our collection agent identifies a potential change by comparing current page content against the previous week's baseline snapshot. Stage 2 — Confirmation: A second independent agent cross-references the detected change against at least one additional source before it is included in the report. Changes that cannot be confirmed by a second source are either excluded or flagged as "Low confidence" in the Report. High-confidence signals require corroboration from two or more independent sources.
Confidence Scoring
Every signal in a Ryearc Report includes a confidence rating: High — Change confirmed by 2+ independent sources. Direct observation of the change (e.g., pricing page updated, changelog entry published). Medium — Change observed from primary source, plausibly corroborated by secondary signals (e.g., job postings suggesting a product direction mentioned in a blog post). Low — Indirect signal or single-source observation. Worth monitoring but not confirmed. We recommend treating Low signals as intelligence to watch, not facts to act on.
Source Citations
Every claim in a Ryearc Report includes a source URL pointing to the public page where the information was detected. This allows you to: • Verify the claim independently before acting on it • Understand the context of the change • Assess whether the source is authoritative We aim not to make material claims that cannot be sourced to a publicly accessible URL. Source links are provided to help customers independently verify material claims before acting on them. Source availability can change after collection, and some pages may be modified or removed by third parties.
Data Freshness
Competitor data is collected within 7 days of your Report delivery date. Reports reflect the state of your competitors as of the collection window, not necessarily at the moment of delivery. The "Detected" timestamp on each signal indicates when the change was first observed by our systems.
Data Retention
We retain baseline snapshots of monitored competitor pages for up to 90 days. This allows us to detect changes week-over-week and provide context in Reports. Snapshots are stored securely and are not shared with third parties or other customers. Your account data (email, company name, competitor list) is retained for the duration of your subscription plus 90 days. You may request deletion at any time by emailing hello@ryearc.com.
Limitations
Ryearc's data practices have the following known limitations: • We only monitor sources that are publicly accessible and not behind login walls • Dynamic content (A/B tests, geo-targeted pricing, logged-in vs. logged-out pricing) may not be captured accurately • Information that exists only in private communications, internal wikis, or closed beta programs is outside our scope • Analysis is AI-generated with automated source verification and citation linking; we flag uncertainty where it exists and recommend verifying material claims before acting • Confidence scores, recommendations, and implications are analytical estimates, not guarantees, instructions, or professional advice • We do not claim to monitor all competitors or all signal types comprehensively; our coverage is limited to the sources listed above • Reports are decision-support inputs only. Customers remain responsible for their own decisions, verification, and professional advice needs
Robots.txt and Platform Terms
Our monitoring systems are designed to respect robots.txt directives. Where a website's robots.txt explicitly disallows crawling, we exclude that domain from our automated collection and rely on manual research methods or exclude the source entirely. We aim to operate within the acceptable use policies of the platforms we access. If you believe our collection practices are inconsistent with a platform's terms, please contact us at hello@ryearc.com.
Report Use and Proprietary Methods
Reports are licensed for the recipient's internal business use. The underlying public facts may be independently available, but Ryearc's selection, arrangement, scoring, commentary, signal taxonomy, source strategy, workflows, formatting, and delivery method are proprietary. Customers and visitors may not copy, scrape, reverse engineer, or use Ryearc reports or report structure to build or train a competing product or service.
Questions
For questions about our data practices or to request information about what data we hold: Email: hello@ryearc.com Ryearc LLC, 30 N Gould St Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801