Your privacy.

Information we receive

Google sign-in provides an account identifier, verified email address and, when available, your name. We use that information to authenticate you and associate your site account with your submissions. We do not receive or store your Google password.

We store the profile details, favorites, reviews, ratings, comments, reactions, photos, videos, reports and requests you submit. Brand inquiries include your account email and message. Optional newsletter signups store an email address.

What other people can see

Your approved public name, bio, profile picture, reviews and review media are public. Favorites and the comment history displayed on your profile are private by default and have separate visibility settings. Approved comments remain visible on the reviews where they were posted even when your profile comment history is private.

Pending or rejected community content is available to its author and the administrator, not the public. Reports and support inquiries are not public. We do not display your sign-in email or Google account identifier on your public profile.

Why we use information

We use information to provide accounts, save preferences, publish approved contributions, moderate content, respond to requests, reduce spam, measure directory activity and administer paid placements. The administrator receives on-site notifications of community submissions and reports. Community moderation is currently performed by a person; uploaded media is not sent to an AI screening service.

Cookies, local storage and activity

We use first-party sign-in cookies and browser storage for functions such as your session and theme. Directory activity records contain a daily hashed visitor identifier, event type, brand and date. The identifier uses an account or network address where available, with a first-party anonymous cookie as a fallback. Raw network addresses are not stored in those activity records. Older activity records are cleaned up during subsequent tracking requests.

Cloudflare may process technical information such as network addresses and request logs to host and protect the service. Google handles its sign-in service. Embedded videos and external brand links may connect you to third-party services governed by their own policies.

Service providers and payments

The site uses Cloudflare for hosting, database storage and private media storage, and Google for sign-in. When promotion payments are enabled, Stripe processes payment and billing information. TheWristDex stores payment references, subscription status, plan and paid-through dates; full card details are handled by Stripe. Providers may process information in countries other than yours.

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information with service providers as needed to operate the site, to respond to valid legal requirements or to address fraud and abuse.

Retention and removal

We retain account and contribution information while needed to operate the service and resolve moderation, billing or support matters. Removing content from public view does not always immediately erase stored files. Rejected, superseded or administrator-removed media may remain in private storage; an automatic deletion schedule is not currently in place. Backup copies and records needed for disputes or legal obligations may remain after a deletion request.

You can edit your profile, change visibility settings, remove favorites, manage your own contributions and leave the newsletter list. For account deletion, access or correction requests, contact the administrator. Account deletion is handled manually; we may need to verify that the account belongs to you. If you have a paid promotion, cancel its renewal separately before requesting account deletion.

Questions and updates

Use Contact & support for privacy questions, including concerns about a child’s information. We update this page when our practices change and show the revision date above.