Privacy Policy

Near Me Discovery (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the website nearmediscovery.com and its associated pages, newsletters, quiz experiences, and print magazine. We are the data controller for personal information collected through our website and communications. If you have questions about how we handle your data, please contact us at privacy@nearmediscovery.com.

Information you give us directly

• Email address — when you subscribe to our newsletter, download our media kit, submit a contact form, or sign up to be notified about the magazine.
• Name and business name — when you fill out our contact or sponsorship inquiry form.
• Quiz responses — when you take one of our interactive quizzes.
• Message content — anything you write in a contact form or email to us.

Information collected automatically

• Usage data — pages visited, time on page, links clicked, collected via analytics tools.
• Device and browser information — browser type, operating system, screen size, and referring URL.
• IP address — used to infer approximate geographic location for analytics purposes only.

• To send you the newsletter, magazine updates, or other content you specifically requested.
• To respond to your enquiries, sponsorship requests, or contact form submissions.
• To deliver your quiz results and, with your consent, personalise future recommendations.
• To improve our website, content, and editorial based on aggregate usage patterns.
• To fulfil our legal obligations and enforce our terms.

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with service providers strictly as needed to operate our services: email service provider, analytics provider, form and CRM tools, and print/fulfilment partners. All service providers are contractually bound to process your data only as instructed.

We use essential cookies (required for website function), analytics cookies (anonymous and aggregate), and preference cookies (remember your choices). You can control cookies through your browser settings.

We keep your email address for as long as you remain subscribed. When you unsubscribe, we remove you from active send lists within 10 business days. Contact form submissions are retained for up to 2 years. Quiz responses for up to 12 months.

• Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Correction — ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Deletion — ask us to delete your personal data.
• Opt-out — unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time.
• Portability — receive your data in a machine-readable format.

To exercise any of these rights, email us at privacy@nearmediscovery.com.

Our website and services are not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the “last updated” date at the top of this page.