Privacy Policy

• Creative accounts: the email you apply with, your profile content (name, bio, category, district, photos, social/embed links, contact details you choose to publish), and a password once you set one.
• Guest reviews:the name and optional email you enter, your rating and comment, and a one-way hash of your IP address used only to rate-limit abuse — we can't reverse it back to your IP.
• Anonymous applications:before you submit, your in-progress application is saved only in your own browser (localStorage) — it doesn't reach our servers until you submit.

We don't run analytics or advertising trackers on this site, and we don't sell or share your data with third parties for marketing. The only cookie we set is a functional, httpOnly session cookie used to keep you signed in — no tracking or advertising cookies.

• To publish and operate creative profiles and the public directory.
• To email you about your application or profile status (submitted, approved, rejected, edited, reviewed) and to let you set or reset your password.
• To prevent spam and abuse (rate-limiting uploads and reviews).

We use Hostinger to send the transactional emails described above, and a hosting provider to run the site and database. We don't sell your data or share it with advertisers.

We keep account and profile data for as long as your account exists. If you want your data deleted, email us and we'll remove it, other than what we're required to keep for legal or security reasons (e.g. abuse-prevention records).

You can review and update your profile any time from your dashboard. You can request a copy of your data or ask us to delete your account by emailing us.

If this policy changes — for example, if we add analytics or a new integration in the future — we'll update this page and the date above.

Questions about this policy or your data? Email info@africacreativesguild.com.