Privacy Policy – BlazingMenu.org
Effective Date: December 17, 2025
At BlazingMenu.org, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your data when you visit our website. By accessing or using the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please refrain from using the Site.
BlazingMenu.org is dedicated to providing users with menu information, restaurant reviews, and culinary resources. We aim to enhance your food exploration experience while maintaining transparency in our data practices.
1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information to improve our services and user experience:
- Personal Information: Name, email, username, password, user-generated content, dietary preferences.
- Non-Personal Information: IP address, browser type, device data, pages visited, search queries, approximate location.
- Third-Party Sources: Data from social media logins or analytics providers.
2. How We Use Your Information
- Service Provision: Personalize content, process user submissions, send notifications.
- Analytics and Improvement: Track usage patterns, optimize site performance, generate reports.
- Marketing: Targeted ads, newsletters, retargeting for site visits.
- Legal and Security: Comply with laws, prevent fraud, enforce Terms of Service.
We retain personal information as long as necessary for these purposes, typically up to 5 years for account data.
3. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell personal information. We may share data in limited circumstances:
- Service Providers: Hosting, analytics, email services bound by confidentiality.
- Business Transfers: In case of mergers or asset sales.
- Legal Requirements: As required by law or emergencies.
- Aggregated Data: Anonymized statistics shared with partners or advertisers.
4. Cookies and Tracking
We use cookies to enhance site functionality:
- Essential Cookies: Core operations like login sessions.
- Performance Cookies: Track site speed, errors via analytics.
- Advertising Cookies: Personalized ads via networks like Google AdSense.
You can manage cookies in your browser settings or via our consent banner.
5. Data Security
We implement reasonable measures including encryption, firewalls, access controls, and audits. In case of a breach, we notify affected users within 72 hours as required by applicable laws.
6. Your Privacy Rights
- Access and Correction – Request a copy or correct inaccuracies.
- Deletion – Ask us to erase your information.
- Opt-Out – Withdraw consent for marketing or data sharing.
- Portability – Receive your data in structured format.
For California or EU residents, rights are protected under CCPA/GDPR.
7. International Data Transfers
Data may transfer internationally. We ensure safeguards for countries without equivalent protections.
8. Third-Party Links
External links, such as restaurant websites or affiliate partners, have separate privacy policies. Review them independently.
We may update this policy to reflect changes in practices or laws. Revisions post here with the effective date. Continued use constitutes acceptance.
We appreciate your trust and strive to handle your data responsibly.
Ezoic Services
This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”), including to manage third-party interest-based advertising. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including tools to serve content, display advertisements and enable advertising to visitors of this website, which may utilize first and third-party cookies.
A cookie is a small text file sent to your device by a web server that enables the website to remember information about your browsing activity. First-party cookies are created by the site you are visiting, while third-party cookies are set by domains other than the one you’re visiting. Ezoic and our partners may place third-party cookies, tags, beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to monitor interactions with advertisements and optimize ad targeting. Please note that disabling cookies may limit access to certain content and features on the website, and rejecting cookies does not eliminate advertisements but will result in non-personalized advertising. You can find more information about cookies and how to manage them here.
The following information may be collected, used, and stored in a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP address
- Operating system type and version
- Device type
- Language preferences
- Web browser type
- Email (in a hashed or encrypted form)
Ezoic and its partners may use this data in combination with information that has been independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements across various platforms and websites. Ezoic’s partners may also gather additional data, such as unique IDs, advertising IDs, geolocation data, usage data, device information, traffic data, referral sources, and interactions between users and websites or advertisements, to create audience segments for targeted advertising across different devices, browsers, and apps. You can find more information about interest-based advertising and how to manage them here.
You can view Ezoic’s privacy policy here, or for additional information about Ezoic’s advertising and other partners, you can view Ezoic’s advertising partners here.