Privacy and cookies

Community reviews

You may attach an optional dish photo and description. We store the photo privately until staff approves the review; approved photos appear publicly with your display name, rating, comment, and date. Photos are resized and re-encoded without embedded EXIF/location metadata. Only upload your own photos with permission from anyone shown. Rejected photos remain private for moderation history. Contact us below to request removal. We also use a keyed digest of the request IP address to limit repeated review submissions; we do not store the raw address in this rate-limit record. These rate-limit records expire from active counting after 24 hours and are cleaned up after seven days when another review is submitted.

When you submit a review, we store the display name, star rating, review text, restaurant, and submission time. Staff moderate submissions before publication. Approved reviews display your chosen name, rating, and text publicly. Please do not include private contact details or other sensitive information in a review. Taste AZ community reviews are separate from Google reviews.

Restaurant page views and browser storage

We count restaurant page visits by restaurant and day. A marker in your browser's session storage helps avoid counting the same restaurant repeatedly during a browsing session. These daily totals help staff understand which places interest readers; the counter does not ask for your name or email.

Our hosting and infrastructure providers may process technical request information, such as IP addresses, browser information, and server logs, to deliver the site and maintain security. You can clear cookies and site storage through your browser settings.

Google Maps restaurant discovery

Live dining search uses your search text and selected city and food category to request results from Google Maps through Taste AZ's server. Opening a Google dining listing requests current business details using its Google place identifier. These features display Google-provided business information, which may include an address, rating, review count, hours, website, dining services, accessibility, parking, payment options, and attributed Google reviews. Google information is identified separately from Taste AZ reviews and owner-published content.

When you choose Near me and allow browser location access, your coordinates are sent through Taste AZ's server to Google to find nearby Arizona dining. The location stays in browser memory for that search and is not saved to your Taste AZ account or added to the page URL. Search this area sends the map bounds you choose. You can use city and name searches without sharing your device location. Map providers receive the requested map area and technical information needed to deliver map tiles.

The Google Privacy Policy explains Google's handling of information for these services and is incorporated into this policy for the Google Maps features. You can review Google's privacy controls through that policy. Our Terms of use link to the Google terms that apply to these features. Following a Google Maps or business website link takes you to that provider's service.

Restaurant owner accounts and claims

Owner accounts use your email address and authentication information. Sign-in cookies maintain your session. A restaurant claim stores the requested listing, business website and location, contact name, email, optional phone, business relationship, and verification notes. Claims and staff verification records are private. A keyed digest of the request IP address helps limit repeated claims; the claim record does not contain the raw address. Taste AZ staff independently review claims before granting access to a specific restaurant.

Owner drafts contain your restaurant introduction, menu, accent color, and photographs. Drafts are accessible to authorized restaurant members and Taste AZ staff. Published content appears publicly on the restaurant page. Photographs are resized and re-encoded without embedded EXIF metadata. Upload only material you own or have permission to publish. Contact us below to correct or remove claim information or request changes to account access.

Staff accounts and restaurant submissions

When you submit a restaurant for consideration, we store the restaurant name, official website, contact name and email, and any optional phone number and city you provide. Our staff use this information to review the request, finish the listing setup, and follow up with you. Contact details are not shown on public restaurant pages or added to a marketing mailing list by this form. We also store a keyed, non-public digest of the request’s IP address to limit repeated submissions; the submission record does not contain the raw IP address. Contact us below to request correction or removal of a submission.

Staff accounts use an email address, profile name, assigned role, and authentication information. Sign-in cookies maintain staff sessions. Supabase provides authentication, database storage, and private menu-file storage. When an administrator runs an AI restaurant scan, the submitted website content and menu source are sent to OpenAI to prepare a draft for staff review.

Read the privacy information from Supabase, OpenAI, and our hosting provider Vercel.

Google advertising and your choices

Taste AZ has applied to Google AdSense. Advertising is not currently enabled. If Google ads are enabled, third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on previous visits to this site or other websites. Google's advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to personalize ads using that browsing activity.

You can manage personalized advertising through Google My Ad Center and participating vendors through YourAdChoices. Learn more about how Google uses information from partner sites. Where consent is required for advertising cookies, an applicable consent choice must be provided before those cookies are used.

Restaurant websites and reservation links

Restaurant, menu, Google Maps, and reservation links may take you to another provider. Those providers handle information under their own privacy policies. A restaurant reservation made on another website is handled by that website, not by Taste AZ.

Privacy requests and corrections

Email hurtadomartini@gmail.com with privacy questions, requests to remove or correct your review, or restaurant information corrections. Include the relevant page link and enough detail to identify the request. Please do not email passwords, payment details, or identity documents.

We may update this page as site features change. The date above identifies its latest revision.