Privacy Policy for Makan Musings

Makan Musings is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, use our services, or interact with our digital content.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information in connection with the services we provide, which include restaurant reviews, hawker centre guides, recipe development, food photography, videography, social media management for F&B brands, culinary event coverage, and food tour planning.

• Personal Data: We collect personal data that you voluntarily provide to us when you interact with our online platform, such as when you subscribe to a newsletter, submit a comment on a blog post, participate in a survey, or contact us directly. This may include your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide.
• Usage Data: We automatically collect certain information when you access or use our site. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and the dates and times of your visits. This data helps us understand how our users interact with our content and services.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• To provide and maintain our services, including delivering blog content, recipes, and guides.
• To improve and personalize your experience on our site, such as tailoring content and recommendations.
• To communicate with you, respond to your inquiries, and send you newsletters and promotional materials if you have opted in.
• To conduct analytics and research to understand trends, improve our content offering, and enhance user engagement.
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or fraudulent activity.
• For marketing and promotional purposes related to our services, including social media management for F&B brands and culinary event coverage, always in compliance with applicable laws.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf, such as website hosting, data analysis, email delivery, and marketing assistance.
• For Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• For Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
• With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

4. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please be aware that no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. We encourage you to take appropriate steps to protect your personal information.

5. Your Data Protection Rights

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

• The right to access the personal data we hold about you.
• The right to request correction of inaccurate personal data.
• The right to request erasure of your personal data.
• The right to object to the processing of your personal data.
• The right to request restriction of processing your personal data.
• The right to data portability.
• The right to withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your personal data.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below.

6. Children's Privacy

Our online platform is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

7. 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. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

8. Contact Us

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

• Makan Musings
• 128 Amoy Street, #03-01
• Singapore, Central Region
• 069937
• Singapore