Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 2024

Pakistani Food Directory ("we," "our," or "us") operates the website pakistanifooddirectory.com. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

Information We Collect

Personal Information

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:

  • Submit a restaurant listing (name, email address, phone number, business address)
  • Contact us via email
  • Subscribe to our newsletter (if applicable)

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information, including:

  • IP address and approximate geographic location
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited and time spent on pages
  • Referring website addresses
  • Device information

How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for various purposes:

  • To display and manage restaurant listings on our directory
  • To verify restaurant submissions via email
  • To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
  • To improve our website and user experience
  • To analyse website traffic and usage patterns
  • To detect and prevent fraudulent or suspicious activity
  • To comply with legal obligations

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience:

  • Essential Cookies: Required for website functionality, such as remembering your country preference
  • Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website
  • Advertising Cookies: Third-party advertising partners (including Google AdSense) may use cookies to display relevant advertisements

You can control cookie preferences through your browser settings. Note that disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

Third-Party Services

We work with third-party service providers:

  • Google Analytics: For website analytics and traffic analysis
  • Google AdSense: For displaying advertisements on our website
  • Google Maps: For displaying restaurant locations

These third parties have their own privacy policies governing how they use your information. We encourage you to review their policies.

Data Retention

We retain restaurant listing information for as long as the listing remains active on our directory. You may request deletion of your listing at any time by contacting us. We retain analytics data in aggregate form and do not store personally identifiable analytics data beyond what is collected by third-party analytics services.

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

  • Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you
  • Correction: Request correction of inaccurate personal information
  • Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information
  • Portability: Request transfer of your data in a machine-readable format
  • Objection: Object to certain processing of your personal information

To exercise these rights, please contact us at admin@pakistanifooddirectory.com.

Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately.

International Users

Our website is operated from the United Kingdom. If you are accessing our website from outside the UK, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the UK where our servers are located. By using our website, you consent to this transfer.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us: