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Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 2026

At Mesnaldo, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website. Please read this policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when you:

Cast a vote in our GOAT poll (stored locally in your browser)
Submit a message through our Contact form (name, email, message)
Subscribe to our newsletter (email address)
Contact us via email directly

1.2 Automatically Collected Information

When you visit Mesnaldo, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including:

Browser type - Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.
Operating system - Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
IP address - General location data (country/city level only)
Pages visited - Which stats and comparisons you view
Time spent - How long you browse our content
Referring URL - How you found our website

2. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier.

2.1 Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies - Required for the website to function properly (e.g., saving your poll vote)
Analytics Cookies - Help us understand how visitors interact with our website (e.g., which pages are most popular)
Preference Cookies - Remember your preferences (e.g., your poll vote choice)

2.2 How to Control Cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, some features of our site may not function properly.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

To provide, operate, and maintain our website
To improve, personalize, and expand our website
To understand and analyze how you use our website
To develop new products, services, features, and functionality
To communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners
To send you emails (if you have subscribed to our newsletter)
To find and prevent fraud
To display the GOAT poll results accurately

4. Third-Party Advertising

We may use third-party advertising companies, such as Google AdSense, to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

4.1 Google AdSense

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

4.2 Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

5. Data Storage & Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information. All data is stored on secure servers provided by Supabase and Vercel. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

Contact form submissions are stored securely in our database
Poll votes are stored in our database with minimal information
We do not store credit card information or financial data
We do not collect sensitive personal information

6. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

Poll votes: Retained indefinitely for statistical purposes
Contact messages: Retained for 12 months
Newsletter subscriptions: Retained until you unsubscribe
Analytics data: Retained for 26 months

7. Children's Privacy

Our website is intended for general audiences and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. We will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

8. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

Right to Access - You can request copies of your personal data
Right to Rectification - You can request correction of inaccurate data
Right to Erasure - You can request deletion of your data
Right to Object - You can object to processing of your data
Right to Data Portability - You can request transfer of your data

9. CCPA Privacy Rights (California Residents)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California residents have the right to:

Know what personal data is being collected about them
Know whether their personal data is sold or disclosed and to whom
Say no to the sale of personal data
Access their personal data
Request deletion of their personal data
Not be discriminated against for exercising their privacy rights

10. GDPR Compliance (EU Residents)

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), EU residents have the right to:

Access their personal data
Rectify inaccurate personal data
Erase their personal data (right to be forgotten)
Restrict processing of their personal data
Data portability
Object to processing of their personal data

Our legal basis for processing your data is legitimate interest (providing and improving our service) and consent (for newsletter subscriptions and marketing communications).

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via a prominent notice on our website prior to the change becoming effective. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

📧 Email: privacy@mesnaldo.app
📝 Contact Form: Contact Page
⏱️ Response Time: We typically respond within 48 hours