Effective Date: August 29, 2026
1. Who We Are
Restaurantor is a unique dining discovery and editorial site that produces city guides, local listings, research content, and additional related content.
When it comes to this Privacy Policy, all references to “Restaurantor,” “we,” “our,” or “us” are made to Restaurantor.com and the management of the site.
This Privacy Policy applies to information gathered via our website and any additional pages connected to this Privacy Policy.
2. Information We May Collect
The data that we gather depends on your use of our site.
Information You Provide
The following are examples where you can voluntarily supply information:
- When you contact us
- When you submit feedback
- When you subscribe to newsletters or updates
- When you report an error
- When you suggest a location or make corrections
- When you communicate with our staff
- When you engage in other interactive tools that we will offer
The information may include your name, your email address, your message, and any additional information that you provide us.
It is advisable not to supply sensitive personal information except where it is necessary for your inquiry.
Information Collected Automatically
When you access Restaurantor, we or our service providers will gather some technical information about you.
Such information includes:
- Your IP address
- Type of browser
- Type of device
- Type of operating system
- Referring websites or pages
- Pages visited
- Your approximate geographic location
- Access date and time
- And performance data
- Cookie or similar identifiers
This data allows us to see how the website is being used and discover any technical problems.
3. How We Use Information
The collected information is used by us only if we have a reasonable reason for doing so.
Information can be used depending on the circumstances in order to:
- Maintain Restaurantor
- Answer inquiries or messages
- Improve our content and website.
- Learn what pages are liked by our readers.
- Discover any technical problems or abuse
- Ensure the safety of our system.
- Protect from spam, fraud, or any malicious activity.
- Increase the speed and usability of our website.
- Track the overall interest of our audience.
- Meet any legal requirements.
- Create new products and services.
Identification of our visitors is usually not needed for the majority of those purposes.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website use cookies and similar technologies to ensure proper functioning of the website and learn how visitors use the website.
A cookie is a small file that may be placed by the website on your browser or device.
The purposes of cookies include:
- Remembering preferences
- Ensuring proper functionality of the website
- Learning traffic patterns
- Analyzing page performance
- Preventing abuse
- Providing analytics
- Tracking or analyzing advertisements, if any
Certain cookies may be necessary for the proper functioning of the website, while other cookies may not be.
In cases when it is necessary, the visitor may be provided with controls for acceptance or rejection of certain types of cookies.
Cookies can also be controlled in your browser settings. Blocking of certain cookies may affect the functionality of the website.
5. Analytics
Analytics technologies may also be used to assess general visitor behavior patterns.
Analytics technology can help us answer the following questions:
- What pages are being visited the most?
- What are the main ways people reach the website?
- What devices do people use to browse the website?
- Do pages load properly?
- What content looks useful to our visitors?
The data received from the analytics technology is usually used to assess the general patterns and not to identify any specific visitor.
Technical information may be processed by third-party analytics technology in accordance with the third party’s privacy policy.
6. Advertising and Affiliate Relationships
Our website contain advertisements and/or affiliate relationships now or in the future.
Advertising partners may use cookies, device information, and similar technologies to choose, deliver, restrict, and analyze the ads served, where allowed.
In case we have affiliate links on the website, we will receive the commission in case a visitor performs a qualified action via such a link.
It doesn’t mean that an affiliate or advertising relationship affects the choice of restaurants featured in our articles.
When applicable, the commercial relationship should be separately indicated from the editorial recommendation.
7. Third-Party Links
Our websites may include links to external sites, including business sites, booking systems, maps, social networks, delivery systems, travel services, and other external sources.
Upon leaving Restaurantor, the privacy policy of the third party will apply.
We have no control over the way in which the external sites collect and use the information, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to such activities.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any third party before providing your personal information.
8. Embedded Content
Some of the pages on the website may have embedded content from third parties.
Embedded content can include things like maps, videos, social media posts, or other interactive elements.
Embedded content could function as if you had visited the third party directly. The third party could gather technical data, use cookies, or track interactions based on their own privacy policy.
9. How We Share Information
We do not sell any personally identifiable information just because a visitor browsed Restaurantor.
Data might, however, be provided to third-party vendors that help us run the site.
Third parties that can provide help with:
- Website hosting
- Security
- Analytics
- Email delivery
- Content distribution
- Technical support
- Spam prevention
- Advertising
- Website performance
We will disclose data if we need to under applicable laws, in response to proper legal requests, to protect our rights, for abuse investigations, and to protect users’ safety.
In the event of a reorganization, acquisition, sale, or merger of Restaurantor with another business entity, appropriate information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
10. How Long We Keep Information
We retain personal data only as long as is necessary for the purposes it was collected for.
Retention periods may differ depending on:
- What type of data
- What it was collected for
- Security considerations
- Legality
- Whether there is a continuing business relationship
Technical logs may be stored for certain periods of time for security, diagnostic, and administrative purposes.
Personal data may also be stored in backups for reasonable time periods until it is automatically deleted.
11. Data Security
We undertake reasonable technical and organizational steps to assist in protecting personal data processed via the website.
Such steps may include access control measures, software updates, safe web hosting practices, monitoring, backup, and other steps as appropriate to the data concerned.
There is no such thing as guaranteed security of any internet services.
For this reason, even though we take measures to minimize risks, we cannot provide any guarantees that processing will be totally safe.
12. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Based on your location, there may be specific privacy laws that grant you specific rights with regard to your personal information.
These rights might consist of your right to:
- Obtain access to your personal information.
- Get any inaccuracies in the information corrected.
- Have information deleted in some cases
- Object to or limit certain processing
- Revoke consent in cases where the processing depends on consent.
- Receive information on how data are processed.
- Opt-out of certain advertising or data-sharing activities
Not all rights will apply in all instances.
In some cases, we will have to verify your identity prior to fulfilling your request.
You can reach out to us using the contact details provided at Restaurantor if you have a request in relation to privacy matters.
13. California and Other U.S. Privacy Rights
Individuals who reside in California and some other states in the U.S. may benefit from further rights depending on relevant privacy legislation.
Such rights could relate to access, correction, deletion, and portability, as well as to some types of sharing or targeting activities.
The restaurant will consider valid requests, taking into account relevant laws applicable to our business and the person who made the request.
We will not discriminate against a person exercising a privacy right pursuant to relevant legislation.
14. Visitors From the European Economic Area and Other Regions
Visitors from the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and other territories may enjoy further privacy rights.
In case of application of relevant provisions, the grounds for processing could be as follows:
- Consent
- Legitimate interests
- Necessity of performance of a contract
- Compliance with legal obligations
In case your consent is necessary, you can usually withdraw it, although withdrawal will not impact the legitimacy of past processing activities.
15. Children’s Privacy
The website is meant for general public consumption and is not targeted toward children.
We make no effort to gather personal information from children without violating any laws applicable to the matter.
In case you feel that a child has submitted his/her personal information through our website improperly, please let us know about the situation so that we can check it out.
16. Do Not Track and Browser Privacy Controls
There are some browsers that have privacy controls like “Do Not Track,” among others.
Since standards and legal requirements differ, the responses of websites to such controls may differ too.
In case it is legally required and technologically possible, Restaurantor recognizes the privacy preference controls on browsers.
You can manage cookies and other tracking technologies using your browser settings and other devices.
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
Our website will keep developing, and our privacy policy may be changed in case of implementation of any new technology, features, or legal obligations.
In such situations, we can update this Privacy Policy page and modify the effective date indicated above.
We suggest all users periodically visit this Privacy Policy page, especially when using some new features.
18. Questions About Your Privacy
Transparency matters to us.
In case of any questions concerning this Privacy Policy or information handling process, or any privacy-related requests, please address the Restaurantor team via the Contact Us page of Restaurantor.
When writing to us regarding the privacy issues, please provide us with enough details about your request; however, do not disclose any passwords, credit card or other financial details, government-issued ID numbers, or any other unnecessary sensitive information.
Our Approach to Privacy
Restaurantor has been created using useful information and the trust of readers. Collecting more personal information than what is necessary defeats the purpose of Restaurantor.
This means that we will be collecting only a reasonable amount of personal data, using the information for appropriate reasons, taking care of information, and offering users an option where needed.
In simple terms, this is how we view privacy at our website.