Privacy

Plain-English version. Last updated October 2026.

What we store

• Your name, email, and a scrambled (hashed) version of your password - never the password itself.
• Your group's name, members' names and emails, and the starting addresses and choices you enter.
• Rounds, votes, and the dinners you rate (scores, totals, notes).
• Simple visit counts: which page was opened, when, and the approximate city/region/country that Cloudflare provides. We don't store IP addresses - just an anonymous code that changes every day, so we can count visitors.

How it's used

• Only to run vote2dine: build restaurant lists, send voting links and results, and show your history.
• Emails come from our address only for your group's rounds, join requests, and password resets.
• We don't sell or share your information, and there are no ads or third-party trackers.

Services we use

• Restaurant data from OpenStreetMap; addresses are looked up with the US Census and OpenStreetMap geocoders.
• When "Let AI help pick" is on, the restaurant shortlist (not your personal details) is sent to Google Gemini to help choose.
• Cloudflare carries the site's traffic securely (HTTPS).

Your choices

• Want your account or group deleted? Email [email protected] and we'll remove it.
• If someone added your email to a group and you don't want the emails, reply to any vote2dine email or contact us.