Privacy Policy

Introduction

PolishedDex ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website at polisheddex.app.

Information We Collect

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit PolishedDex, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage, including:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Pages visited and time spent on pages
• Referring website addresses
• Anonymous usage statistics

Local Storage

We use browser local storage to save your preferences, such as your Faithful/Polished mode preference. This data is stored only on your device and is not transmitted to our servers.

Feedback Form Submissions

When you submit feedback through our feedback form, we collect the following information:

• Your message and feedback type
• Email address (if provided voluntarily)
• The page URL where you submitted the feedback
• Your screen size/resolution at the time of submission

This information is used solely to respond to your feedback, reproduce and fix reported issues, and improve the website. Screen size information helps us debug responsive design issues.

Cookies

PolishedDex may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience. These cookies help us understand how you use our website and remember your preferences. You can control cookie settings through your browser preferences.

Advertising and Third-Party Cookies

PolishedDex uses Google AdSense and other third-party advertising services to display advertisements. These companies may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings or by visiting www.aboutads.info.

For more information about how Google uses data when you use our website, please visit How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps.

Third-Party Services

We use third-party services that collect information for analytics and performance purposes:

• Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google may use cookies and other tracking technologies to serve personalized ads. For more information, see Google's Advertising Privacy Policy.
• Vercel Analytics: We use Vercel's analytics services to understand website performance and usage patterns. Vercel's privacy practices can be found at vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy.

How We Use Your Information

The information we collect is used to:

• Improve and optimize our website
• Understand how users interact with our content
• Remember your preferences and settings
• Identify and fix technical issues

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Children's Privacy (COPPA Compliance)

PolishedDex is committed to complying with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

While our content may be of interest to Pokémon fans of all ages, this website is not specifically directed at children under 13. We do not use interest-based advertising to target children, and we do not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from users under 13 years of age.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us at polisheddex@gmail.com so we can promptly remove such information.

We do not condition a child's participation in any online activity on providing more personal information than is reasonably necessary for that activity.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.