Your privacy at MunchRanks

Updated September 14, 2026.

Deal-making pilot

We store meal requests and restaurant offers so you can return to them. Anyone with a restaurant request link can see the meal, area, budget, dietary needs and timing. Do not put personal contact details or street addresses in a request. Offers and restaurant contact details are available through the private customer link; anyone holding that link can view offers and manage the request. Keep it private. Requests and offers remain stored until removal is requested at the email below. Daily spam counters use a hash of the network address and date. QR codes are generated on your device. Sharing through WhatsApp opens WhatsApp and is subject to its privacy practices.

Newsletter signups

When you join, we store your email, consent and signup time, along with the city and food preferences selected at signup. Emails remain pending until we connect a newsletter service and verify addresses. We do not send newsletters yet.

Hidden-gem tips and giveaway entries

The optional AI chat sends your business-description messages to OpenAI to prepare a draft. Draft chats are not saved to our discovery database until you submit; the reviewed description is then saved. The AI request disables response storage. Provider processing policies still apply. Your email and consent choices entered in the review form are not sent to AI. Temporary daily usage counters use a hash of your network address; raw network addresses are not stored in these counters.

Visitor tips and contact emails are saved privately for review. Approved business details may be published; submitter emails are not published. Giveaway entries separately record email, eligibility attestation, rules version and entry time. Drawing, contact and delivery records are private. Newsletter signup is optional and does not affect entry or odds. See giveaway rules and sponsor contact for entry removal and winner-information requests.

Optional visitor insights

Only after you allow insights, we record a random visit identifier, approximate city and country when supplied by our hosting provider, masked IP network, general device type, referring domain, selected city, food filters, keyword, ranking choice, and estimated active time while the page is visible and focused. We do not store the full IP address or precise GPS coordinates in analytics. Approximate network location may be unavailable or inaccurate.

If you subscribe during a consented visit, that visit can be linked to your signup. Anonymous visitors have no email attached. Your choice is stored on your device; a secure visit cookie lasts up to 24 hours. Global Privacy Control disables optional insights.

Hidden-gem submissions

We retain submitted business tips and the submitter’s email privately for editorial review and follow-up. Approved business information may be published; the submitter’s email is not published. Newsletter signup from this form is optional and recorded separately. We use temporary submission counters and duplicate detection to limit spam. Contact us to request removal.

Your choices and retention

Browse normally with insights off. Use “Change privacy choice” near the bottom of the home page to withdraw consent and delete the current visit. The dashboard shows visitor insights from the last 90 days. Older visits are removed when a new consented visit starts; subscriber records remain until removal or migration to a newsletter provider. Ask for access or deletion at aamirsayeed@gmail.com.

Google ratings

When a restaurant card is visible, we may send its public business name and address to Google Places to retrieve its rating and review count. We do not send your chat messages, email or precise location with these requests. Ratings are displayed for this visit and are not saved in our directory. Google processes information under the Google Privacy Policy. Opening Google Maps is subject to its own privacy practices.

Who can access this?

Subscriber and analytics data are available only through an owner-authorized dashboard. The site uses its hosting database for storage. Google Maps and other linked services have their own privacy practices when you use them. We do not sell this information.