Privacy Policy | MyPickyFork

Overview

We run a small, independent restaurant-review site. We do not sell personal information. We do not run advertising profiles. We do not operate social media accounts for this brand. We collect only what we need to receive submissions, process optional payments, publish reviews, and keep the Site secure.

The public Site does not offer user accounts or a login. You interact by browsing published reviews, submitting a restaurant, or (optionally) paying through Stripe Checkout.

Information we collect

Information you provide

Restaurant submissions. When you use the submission form, we collect your name, email address, restaurant name, full address, optional reason text, tier selection (Standard, Priority, Full meal, or Custom), custom amount if applicable, and the three consent confirmations required on the form. Standard (free) submissions are sent from your browser to our database provider (Supabase). If the form cannot reach our database, you may use the email fallback instead.
Payments. If you choose a paid tier, you are redirected to Stripe Checkout. Stripe collects payment card and billing information directly. We receive payment confirmation, the amount paid, your email as supplied to Stripe, and identifiers (such as Checkout Session and Payment Intent IDs) needed to match payment to your submission. We do not store full card numbers on our servers.
Email. If you email us directly (for example at [email protected] or [email protected]) or use a mailto link on the Site, we receive whatever information you include in that message.

Information we create or publish

Published reviews. Reviews may include restaurant name, address, city, neighborhood, cuisine, price range, visit date, order details, scores, written paragraphs, verdict, return call, disclosure text, and photographs of food taken by our operators during visits.
Internal operator records. Our team may add internal queue status and notes to a submission. These operator notes are not published on the Site.
Contribution ledger. When a paid submission is completed, we record the contribution amount and payment reference in our database for disclosure and accounting purposes.

Information collected automatically

Hosting and security logs. Our host (Cloudflare) and database provider (Supabase) process standard technical data such as IP address, browser type, device type, referring URL, and request timestamps to deliver, protect, and troubleshoot the Site.
Fonts. The Site loads typography from Google Fonts. Google may receive your IP address and basic technical data when your browser requests those files. See Google’s privacy policy for how Google handles that data.
Public review browsing. When you browse published reviews, your browser requests review data from Supabase using a public (anon) API key embedded in the Site configuration. No account is required.

How we use information

We use personal information to:

Receive, queue, and manage restaurant submissions.
Process optional contributions through Stripe and record them in our ledger when disclosed on a review.
Plan visits, write, edit, and publish independent restaurant reviews.
Communicate with you about your submission, payment, or refund request when you contact us or when operational follow-up is needed.
Maintain security, prevent abuse, enforce our Terms, and comply with applicable law.

We do not use your information to sell advertising profiles, and we do not accept payment from restaurants in exchange for coverage.

Legal bases (EEA/UK visitors). Where applicable, we rely on: (1) performance of a contract or steps at your request (processing submissions and payments), (2) legitimate interests (operating and securing the Site, publishing reviews, preventing fraud), and (3) consent (where required, such as optional paid contributions and the consent checkboxes on the submission form).

We do not sell or rent your personal information. We share information only with service providers that help us operate the Site, and only as needed for their services:

Supabase — database, authentication for internal operators, and file storage for review images. Submission data and published review content are stored here. Privacy: supabase.com/privacy
Stripe — payment processing for optional contribution tiers. Privacy: stripe.com/privacy
Cloudflare — hosting, CDN, serverless functions (including checkout and configuration endpoints), and security. Privacy: cloudflare.com/privacypolicy
Google — font delivery when you load pages that use Google Fonts. Privacy: policies.google.com/privacy

Public reviews. Published reviews are public by design. They may include restaurant details and, when applicable, disclosure that a reader requested or funded a visit. They do not include your submission email address unless we choose to quote you with permission (we do not do this by default).

Legal and safety. We may disclose information if we believe in good faith that disclosure is required by law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; to enforce our Terms; to protect the rights, safety, and integrity of the Site, our users, or others; or to detect, prevent, or address fraud or security issues.

Business transfers. If Intelliquinte is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to this Privacy Policy or a successor policy with notice to you where required by law.

Retention

We keep submission records, payment references, and contribution ledger entries as long as needed to operate the review queue, honor disclosures on published reviews, resolve disputes, and comply with law. Published reviews may remain publicly available indefinitely as part of our archive.

You may request deletion of personal data in a submission that has not yet led to a published review, subject to legal, accounting, and operational limits (for example, we may retain information needed to respond to a payment dispute or legal request).

Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures appropriate to the size and nature of the Site, including encrypted connections (HTTPS), access controls on internal tools, and row-level security on our database. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security.

If we become aware of a data breach that affects your personal information and we are legally required to notify you, we will do so using the contact information we have or by posting a notice on the Site.

Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or export personal information we hold about you, and to object to certain processing or withdraw consent where processing is consent-based.

To exercise these rights, email [email protected] from the email address associated with your submission (or explain why you cannot). We will verify reasonable requests before acting on them and respond within the time required by applicable law.

California residents

We do not sell personal information as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the CPRA. California residents may request: (1) the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, (2) deletion of personal information, (3) correction of inaccurate personal information, and (4) information about how we use and disclose personal information. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights. You may designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf with proof of authorization.

Other U.S. states

Residents of other states with similar privacy laws may contact us at the same address. We will honor applicable rights to the extent required by law.

EEA, UK, and Switzerland

If you are in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you may lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority. Our service providers may process data in the United States and other countries. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses implemented by our providers.

Cookies and similar technologies

The public Site itself does not use analytics cookies or advertising trackers that we control. Your browser may still store minimal data needed to load pages.

Stripe Checkout may set cookies or use local storage during the hosted payment flow.
Cloudflare may set security-related cookies when delivering the Site.
Google Fonts may involve requests to Google servers as described above.
Internal admin tools (not part of the public Site) use authentication sessions through Supabase when operators sign in.

Most browsers let you block or delete cookies. Blocking cookies may affect checkout or Site functionality.

Children

MyPickyFork is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 submitted information, contact [email protected] and we will delete it promptly. Paid tiers and submissions are intended for users 18 or older; see our Terms of Service.

International visitors

The Site is operated from the United States. If you access the Site from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be processed and stored in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate, which may have different data protection laws than your country.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date above will change when we do. Material changes will be posted on this page. Continued use of the Site after an update means you accept the revised policy.

MyPickyFork is one project under Intelliquinte L.L.C. Our sibling project Dear Nobody (dearnobody.org) is a separate anonymous writing platform with its own Privacy Promise and Terms of Service.

This Privacy Policy applies only to MyPickyFork. We do not automatically share personal information between MyPickyFork and Dear Nobody. If you use both services, each collects and processes data only through that service’s own forms, payments, and infrastructure. Corporate information about Intelliquinte is available at corp.intelliquinte.com.

Privacy questions about Dear Nobody should be directed to that project’s published contact channels (for example [email protected] if listed on dearnobody.org). MyPickyFork privacy requests stay with [email protected].

Contact

Intelliquinte L.L.C. (MyPickyFork)
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Privacy requests: [email protected]
Submission questions: [email protected]
Legal: [email protected]

This policy describes our actual practices on the Site. It is not legal advice; consult your own attorney if you need guidance for your situation.