Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

To ensure clear food coordination and safe donor interactions, we collect the following categories of information:

• Account Profiles: Email addresses, password hashes, and active phone numbers provided during registration.
• Business Metadata: Restaurant names, business coordinates, food service classifications, and NGO validation status.
• Logistics Data: Active surplus food listings, coordinates, expiry details, transaction timestamps, and verification handshakes.

2. How We Use Information

The data collected is processed strictly to provide trust coordination and operational safety:

• To match active surplus listings with local registered NGOs.
• To transmit pickup instructions and location maps to claiming parties.
• To calculate community impact metrics, carbon avoidance figures, and donation counts.
• To verify donor identity and maintain security measures against platform misuse.

3. Data Sharing & Security

We do not sell your personal or organizational information to third-party data brokers. Information is shared only with other verified platform users to facilitate food recovery:

NGO profiles and pickup details are shared with donor restaurants when a claim is active. Restaurant addresses are visible to verified NGOs when browsing food listings. We store sensitive information with encrypted hashing algorithms to maintain robust data protection.

4. Your Rights & Compliance

FoodBridge values your data rights and complies with global best practices in privacy regulation. You have the right to access, edit, or request complete deletion of your account and related historical listings by reaching out to our support channel at foodbridge.online@gmail.com.