PRIVACY POLICY

1. WHO WE ARE

World's Best Pizzas ("we", "us", "our") is a community platform dedicated to discovering and ranking the world's greatest pizzas. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our site.

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect information you provide directly to us, including:

• Account information — your name, email address, and password when you create an account.
• Profile information — optional details such as your country, bio, avatar photo, and social media links.
• Pizza reviews — the content, photos, scores, and location details you submit when posting a pizza review.
• Votes — your votes on pizza reviews, associated with your account or IP address.
• Communications — messages you send us via contact forms or email.

We also collect certain information automatically when you visit our site, including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and referring URLs. This is used for security, spam prevention, and improving the site.

3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

• To create and manage your account.
• To display your reviews, scores, and profile on the platform.
• To send you account-related emails (e.g. password resets, review approvals).
• To prevent fraud, spam, and duplicate votes.
• To improve and maintain the site.
• To comply with legal obligations.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

4. COOKIES

We use essential cookies to keep you signed in and maintain your session. We may also use analytics cookies to understand how visitors use the site. You can disable cookies in your browser settings, though some features may not function correctly without them.

5. SHARING YOUR INFORMATION

We do not share your personal information with third parties except in the following circumstances:

• Service providers — trusted partners who help us operate the site (e.g. hosting, email delivery), bound by confidentiality agreements.
• Legal requirements — if required by law or to protect the rights and safety of our users.
• Business transfers — in the event of a merger or acquisition, your data may be transferred as part of that transaction.

6. PUBLIC CONTENT

Pizza reviews, scores, photos, and your display name are public by default — they are visible to all visitors of the site and may be indexed by search engines. Your email address is never made public. If you wish to have a review removed, please contact us.

7. DATA RETENTION

We retain your account information for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, we will remove your personal data within 30 days, except where we are required to retain it for legal or fraud-prevention purposes. Public pizza reviews may remain on the site in anonymised form.

8. YOUR RIGHTS

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

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate data.
• Request deletion of your data.
• Object to or restrict certain processing.
• Data portability (receive your data in a machine-readable format).

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the address below.

9. SECURITY

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. Passwords are stored using industry-standard hashing. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

World's Best Pizzas is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

11. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

12. CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please reach out to us at: info@zonflower.com