Privacy Policy

Menu Food Advisor ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website menufoodadvisor.com. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We may collect information you voluntarily provide when you:

• Fill out the contact form (name, email address, message content)
• Request a restaurant listing or report a correction
• Send us an email at hello@menufoodadvisor.com

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information, including:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Pages visited and time spent on those pages
• Referring website addresses
• IP address (anonymized where possible)
• General geographic location (city/region level)

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Operate and maintain our website
• Respond to your inquiries and messages
• Process restaurant listing requests and corrections
• Understand how visitors use our site to improve the experience
• Monitor and analyze usage trends
• Protect against unauthorized access and abuse

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience. These include:

• Essential cookies: Required for basic site functionality.
• Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our site. We use privacy-respecting analytics that do not track you across other websites.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of our site may not function properly without cookies.

4. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services for analytics and site functionality. These services may collect information sent by your browser, such as cookies or your IP address. We select third-party providers that respect user privacy and comply with applicable data protection laws.

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties.

5. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months unless you request earlier deletion.

6. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your personal information
• Opt out of certain data processing activities
• Request data portability

California Residents (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, request deletion of your personal information, and opt out of the sale of your personal information. We do not sell personal information.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information.

9. Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites (e.g., restaurant websites, map services). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us:

• Email: hello@menufoodadvisor.com
• Contact form: menufoodadvisor.com/contact