Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 31, 2026

1. Introduction

Central PA Foodies respects your privacy and is committed to being transparent about how information is collected and used through centralpafoodies.com, referred to in this Privacy Policy as the “Website.”

The Website is owned and operated by Central PA Foodies LLC, doing business as Central PA Foodies (“Central PA Foodies,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the Website, including information submitted through contact forms, newsletter signup forms, restaurant recommendation forms, review forms, and other interactive features.

By using the Website or submitting information through it, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect information that you provide directly to us, information collected automatically when you use the Website, and information received through third-party services used to operate the Website.

Information You Provide

Depending on how you interact with the Website, you may provide:

Your name
Your email address
Your telephone number, when requested
Restaurant recommendations, reviews, comments, or corrections
Photographs or other submitted content
Information about your dining experience
Newsletter preferences
Information included in messages sent through contact forms
Any other information you voluntarily provide

You are not required to provide personal information merely to browse the publicly available portions of the Website.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, Wix and other service providers may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, including:

Internet Protocol address
Approximate location derived from your IP address
Browser type and version
Device type and operating system
Referring and exit pages
Pages viewed
Date and time of access
Time spent on pages
Links, buttons, and features used
Cookie identifiers and similar technical information
Website performance, security, and diagnostic information

This information may be collected through cookies, server logs, analytics tools, pixels, and similar technologies.

3. How We Collect Information

We may collect information when you:

Visit or browse the Website
Submit a restaurant recommendation or review
Complete a contact form
Subscribe to a newsletter or mailing list
Send us an email or other communication
Submit a photograph, correction, comment, or other material
Interact with a map, embedded feature, social-media element, or third-party link
Accept or adjust cookies through a cookie consent tool
Otherwise voluntarily provide information to us

4. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

Operate, maintain, and improve the Website
Respond to questions, requests, and other communications
Review, verify, edit, and publish restaurant recommendations or visitor submissions
Contact contributors about submitted content
Send newsletters and other communications requested by subscribers
Maintain and manage newsletter subscriptions
Understand how visitors use the Website
Measure Website traffic, performance, and engagement
Diagnose technical problems
Protect the Website against fraud, spam, abuse, and security threats
Enforce our Terms and Conditions
Maintain records of communications and submissions
Comply with applicable legal obligations
Establish, exercise, or defend legal rights
Carry out another purpose disclosed when the information is collected

We may also use aggregated or de-identified information that does not reasonably identify an individual for analytics, research, planning, and Website improvement.

5. Visitor Reviews and Public Submissions

Restaurant reviews, recommendations, photographs, comments, and other materials submitted for publication may be displayed publicly on the Website or on Central PA Foodies’ related social-media accounts.

Depending on what you submit and authorize us to publish, publicly displayed information may include:

Your name or chosen display name
Your restaurant recommendation or review
Photographs you provide
The location or restaurant associated with your submission
Other information included in the submitted content

Do not include information in a public submission that you do not want other people to see.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information, such as Social Security numbers, financial-account information, passwords, medical information, government-identification numbers, or another person’s private information.

We may retain records identifying the person who submitted content even when the public version is displayed without a full name.

6. Newsletter and Email Communications

When you subscribe to a newsletter or mailing list, we may use your name, email address, and subscription preferences to send restaurant recommendations, Website updates, announcements, and related communications.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by selecting the unsubscribe link included in the email or by contacting us at info@centralpafoodies.com.

After you unsubscribe, we may retain limited information necessary to record and honor your opt-out request. Unsubscribing from promotional messages does not prevent us from responding to a message or submission you initiated.

We do not sell our newsletter mailing list to third parties for their independent marketing use.

7. Wix Hosting and Data Processing

The Website is created and hosted using the Wix.com platform. Wix provides hosting, data storage, databases, security, form-processing, communication, analytics, and other website-related services.

Information submitted through the Website may be stored or processed through Wix’s data storage, databases, applications, and service providers. Wix may process technical and personal information as described in its own privacy policy.

Wix acts as an independent service provider and maintains its own privacy and security practices. Central PA Foodies does not control all data-processing activities performed independently by Wix.

8. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Website may use cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies are small data files placed on or associated with your browser or device. They may be used to operate Website features, remember settings, analyze traffic, maintain security, and understand how visitors interact with the Website.

Cookies used on the Website may include:

Essential Cookies

These cookies support security, fraud prevention, network management, page rendering, and other functions necessary for the Website to operate. Essential cookies generally cannot be disabled through a Website cookie-preference tool.

Functional Cookies

These cookies may remember choices or support optional features, such as maps, forms, videos, or embedded content.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand Website traffic, page usage, visitor interactions, and technical performance.

Advertising or Social-Media Cookies

These cookies may be placed by advertising services, social-media platforms, or embedded third-party features when such services are used on the Website.

Where a cookie consent tool is available, you may use it to accept or decline categories of nonessential cookies. You may also control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may prevent certain Website features from operating correctly.

The exact cookies used may change when Website features, Wix applications, or third-party integrations are added, removed, or updated.

9. Analytics

We may use Wix Analytics or other analytics services to better understand Website activity and performance.

Analytics providers may collect information such as your IP address, device information, browser information, approximate location, pages visited, referring website, and interactions with Website features.

Analytics data may be aggregated, summarized, or combined with information from other visitors to help us understand general usage trends.

10. Maps, Embedded Content, and Third-Party Features

The Website may include maps, videos, social-media posts, reservation links, menus, restaurant websites, or other content supplied by third parties.

These services may collect information about your device, IP address, browser, and interaction with the embedded feature. They may also place cookies or other tracking technologies on your device.

Third-party services may include, depending on the features currently used by the Website:

Google Maps
Google services
Social-media platforms
Restaurant reservation providers
Restaurant websites and online menus
Email and newsletter services
Website analytics services
Wix applications and integrations

Your interaction with a third-party service is governed by that provider’s privacy policy and terms. Central PA Foodies does not control the independent privacy practices of third-party websites or services.

11. How We Share Information

We may disclose information to the following categories of recipients:

Website and Technology Providers

We may share information with Wix and other providers that support hosting, forms, email delivery, analytics, security, storage, maps, embedded content, and Website operations.

Professional Advisers

Information may be disclosed to attorneys, accountants, consultants, insurers, or other professional advisers when reasonably necessary.

Legal and Safety Purposes

We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

Comply with a law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or legal process
Respond to a lawful government request
Investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, or violations of our policies
Protect the rights, property, or safety of Central PA Foodies, Website visitors, restaurants, or others
Establish, exercise, or defend a legal claim

Business Transfers

Information may be transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, sale of assets, financing, or transfer of ownership or control of the Website or its operating business.

With Your Direction or Consent

We may disclose information when you request, direct, or consent to the disclosure.

12. Sale and Sharing of Personal Information

Central PA Foodies does not independently sell personal information to third parties in exchange for monetary compensation.

Certain privacy laws define “sale,” “sharing,” or “targeted advertising” broadly. Under those definitions, the use of some analytics, advertising, social-media, or embedded technologies could potentially be treated as a sale or sharing of information, even when no money is exchanged for the information.

Where required by applicable law, eligible visitors may request to opt out of covered sales, sharing, or targeted advertising by contacting us or using an available cookie-preference tool.

13. Data Retention

We retain personal information for only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including operating the Website, responding to requests, maintaining published submissions, keeping appropriate records, honoring opt-out requests, resolving disputes, and complying with legal obligations.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information:

Contact messages may be retained while the request is being addressed and for a reasonable recordkeeping period afterward.
Newsletter information may be retained until you unsubscribe, after which limited suppression information may be retained to honor your request.
Restaurant recommendations and other published submissions may be retained for as long as they remain relevant or published.
Technical logs and analytics information may be retained according to the settings and policies of Wix and other service providers.
Information may be retained longer when required by law or reasonably necessary for security or legal purposes.

14. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

The Website also relies on security measures provided by Wix and other service providers.

No website, internet transmission, database, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information through the Website at your own risk and should avoid submitting unnecessary sensitive information.

15. Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you reside and which privacy laws apply, you may have the right to:

Ask whether we process personal information about you
Request access to personal information we maintain about you
Request correction of inaccurate personal information
Request deletion of personal information
Request a portable copy of certain information
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
Opt out of certain targeted advertising, sale, or sharing activities
Appeal the denial of a privacy request
Exercise privacy rights without unlawful discrimination

These rights may be subject to legal exceptions, verification requirements, and applicability thresholds.

To submit a request, contact us at [INSERT CONTACT EMAIL] and write “Privacy Request” in the subject line. Please describe your request and identify the email address or submission associated with the information.

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. We will use information provided for verification only for the purpose of evaluating and responding to the request.

You may also designate an authorized agent to submit a request when permitted by applicable law. We may require proof that the agent is authorized to act for you.

16. Removing or Correcting Published Submissions

To request the correction or removal of a restaurant recommendation, review, photograph, or other submission associated with you, contact us at info@centralpafoodies.com.

Please identify the applicable Website page or restaurant and provide enough information for us to locate the submission.

We will consider reasonable requests, but removal may not eliminate copies that were previously shared, indexed, cached, archived, or published by third parties.

17. Children’s Privacy

The Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13 years of age.

We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13. Children under 13 should not submit contact forms, newsletter subscriptions, restaurant reviews, photographs, or other personal information through the Website.

If we learn that personal information has been collected from a child under 13 without appropriate authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete it. A parent or legal guardian who believes a child has submitted personal information may contact us at info@centralpafoodies.com.

18. Visitors Outside the United States

Central PA Foodies is based in Pennsylvania, United States. Wix and other service providers may process or store information in the United States or other countries.

Privacy and data-protection laws in those locations may differ from the laws where you reside. Where required, we will handle personal information using an appropriate legal basis and applicable safeguards.

19. Third-Party Links

The Website contains links to restaurant websites, menus, reservation services, mapping services, social-media sites, and other third-party resources.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected independently by those third parties. Review the privacy policy of any third-party website or service before providing personal information.

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to the Website, our information practices, service providers, or applicable legal requirements.

When changes are made, the revised policy will be posted on this page and the “Last updated” date will be changed. Material changes will apply prospectively unless otherwise stated or required by law.

We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

21. Contact Us

Questions, privacy requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy may be directed to:

Central PA Foodies
Operated by: Central PA Foodies LLC
Email: info@centralpafoodies.com