Security

Read-only, in full.

What Postalyzer asks for, what it keeps, where, for how long, who can see it, and
how you get rid of all of it. Written for the person deciding whether to connect a
business account.

last updated · 2026-09-24

THE CLAIM

Every scope Postalyzer requests is a read scope. None permits publishing, scheduling, editing, deleting or messaging. Where a platform only offers a scope that bundles write access, Postalyzer does not connect to that platform.

The scopes, by name

Platform
Scope
Used for
Instagram
instagram_business_basic
Account ID, handle and the list of posts.
Instagram
instagram_business_manage_insights
Reach and engagement per post, and follower breakdowns. Despite the name, this scope is read-only.
Facebook
public_profile
Identifying who approved the connection.
Facebook
pages_show_list
Listing the Pages you can choose to connect.
Facebook
pages_read_engagement
Page posts and their engagement.
Facebook
read_insights
Reach per Page post.
TikTok
user.info.basic · video.list
Account handle and public videos with their counts.
YouTube
youtube.readonly · yt-analytics.readonly
Channel videos, views and view duration.
LinkedIn
r_organization_social
Organisation page posts and engagement.
Threads
threads_basic · threads_manage_insights
Posts and their view counts. Read-only.

When you connect through Facebook, the two Instagram scopes are requested on the same screen, for the Instagram account linked to your Page.

What is stored

Your email address and name. For each connected account: the account ID, handle, display name and follower count. For each post in the last 90 days: its ID, format, timestamp, caption, hashtags, a small preview image and the metrics in the table above.

Captions are kept so we can show each post in your report and find the caption
habits that work for you. We keep a small preview image of each post. We read the
start of a video file to measure its length and shape; video files themselves are never
kept.

Where

United States regions only, on managed cloud infrastructure. Encrypted in transit with TLS 1.2 or better and at rest with AES-256.

How long

Post data is kept while the account is connected. When you disconnect an account you can choose to delete its data at the same time. Deleting your Postalyzer account removes everything from primary storage within 30 days and from encrypted backups within 90.

Who can see it

You, and anyone you send a share link to. Share links expire on their own: the share image after 12 hours, the PDF link after 24 hours. Postalyzer staff access is role-restricted, requires a support reason, and is logged. SocialTrend’s production team does not see your report unless you send it to them.

How OAuth tokens are held

Access and refresh tokens are encrypted with keys held separately from the data they unlock, never sent to your browser, refreshed server-side, and deleted the moment you disconnect.

Deleting your account and data

In the app: Settings → Account → Delete account. Deletion starts straight away and cannot be undone. Or write to privacy@postalyzer.com and we will do it within 30 days.

UP TO YOUR LAST 90 DAYS

Analyze my accounts

Tell us which accounts to read and we'll be in touch by email.Postalyzer reads. It never writes.

Business or Creator accounts only — personal accounts return no data.
The Page your Instagram account is linked to.