Privacy policy

We may collect data you provide directly when you sign up, vote, save places, comment, or contact support. This may include email address, account identifiers, and any content you choose to publish.

We may also collect technical usage data such as approximate IP address, device, browser, pages visited, interactions, and performance metrics.

We use information to operate Votty, improve rankings and recommendations, protect platform security, prevent abuse, and provide a better product experience.

We may also use data for operational communications, analytics, and acquisition campaign measurement, always subject to applicable law.

Votty may use cookies, local storage, and similar technologies to remember preferences, maintain sessions, measure usage, personalize the experience, and enable measurement and advertising features from authorized providers.

These technologies may be associated with browser, device, approximate IP address, visited pages, and interactions within Votty in order to understand product performance and, where applicable, ad performance.

Votty may use Google Analytics to measure traffic, browsing behavior, and page performance. This tool processes events and aggregated data for product and marketing analysis.

Votty may use Google AdSense, Meta Pixel (Facebook Pixel), and similar technologies to display ads, limit ad frequency, measure conversions, build audiences, and evaluate advertising campaign effectiveness.

These providers may use cookies, local storage, web beacons, and online identifiers to process signals such as browser, device, approximate IP address, pages visited, and interactions with content or ads for measurement, attribution, and ad personalization where applicable.

When Votty displays ads or measures campaigns, certain information may be shared with Google and other advertising partners acting as third-party service providers. You can read more about how Google handles business data at business.safety.google/privacy.

Data processing may rely on contract performance, legitimate interest, legal compliance, or consent, depending on the type of data and its use.

We retain information for as long as necessary to operate the service, comply with legal obligations, or resolve disputes. We apply reasonable technical and organizational security measures to protect personal data.

We may share data with providers that help us operate Votty, including infrastructure, analytics, authentication, support, advertising, and measurement providers, subject to appropriate confidentiality and security obligations.

This may include Google and other advertising platforms when services such as Google Analytics, Google AdSense, or attribution tools are used to operate, measure, or monetize the platform.

We do not sell personal information unless expressly stated and permitted by applicable law.

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict the use of your personal data, as well as withdraw consent where applicable.

To exercise your rights, use the legal or privacy contact channel indicated in this policy.

We may update this policy periodically to reflect legal, product, or provider changes. We will publish the current version on this page together with its update date.

For privacy questions, rights requests, or reports related to personal data, contact Votty through the designated privacy contact.

Votty allows places to be suggested for review. Suggestions are not published automatically: we may review, verify, and correct the information before adding a place to the platform or leaderboard.

To validate suggestions, Votty may compare data with public sources such as Google Maps or Google Places, reputation signals such as rating and review count, category and location consistency, and community reports. If we cannot verify a place, if it is duplicated, or if it fails quality requirements, we may reject it, merge it, or limit its visibility.

Submitting false, misleading, or repetitive information may be treated as abuse and may result in usage restrictions under these Terms.