At Food Influencers United, accessible from https://www.foodinfluencersunited.com, and through our technology integrated across various food blogs and brand websites, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information that is collected and recorded by Food Influencers United and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to all our online activities across our website and integrated partner sites. It is valid for visitors regarding the information they shared and/or collect in Food Influencers United. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than our digital presence.

Consent
By using our website and our integrated technology on partner sites, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. We process personal data based on your explicit consent, legitimate interests, contractual necessity, or other lawful bases as required by applicable data protection laws.

Information We Collect
The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

Data Minimization
We collect and process only the personal data that is necessary for the specified purposes.

How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website and integrated services.
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website and services.
• Understand and analyze how you use our website and integrated technology.
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website and our services, and for marketing and promotional purposes.
• Send you emails.
• Find and prevent fraud.

Log Files
Food Influencers United follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies
Like any other website, Food Influencers United uses 'cookies'. However, Food Influencers United only uses essential cookies. Essential cookies are limited to cookies that allow the website to function correctly. These cookies are necessary for the website and our services to function and cannot be disabled. Essential cookies enable core functionalities such as security, network management, and accessibility. We use the following essential cookies:

• __cf_bm: Industry standard (Cloud Flare) bot fighting cookie.
• remember-token: Used to auto-login a user when they are already authenticated.
• user-id: Unique id to a logged-in user. Is not available for anonymous users.
• displayed-cookie-wall: Boolean value to prevent showing the cookie wall on every request.
• session-id: Unique anonymous id to track behaviour and to find and prevent fraud.

Third-Party Privacy Policies
Food Influencers United's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

• The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
• The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Security Measures
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk. This includes measures to protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

Children's Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Food Influencers United does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 16 without parental consent. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Data Transfers
Any transfer of personal data outside the EU/EEA is done in compliance with GDPR requirements. We ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as standard contractual clauses or other lawful mechanisms for data transfer.