Privacy Policy
How Brooklyn Hotdog, published from 452 Mercer St, New York, NY 10013, USA, handles personal data gathered through this website.
What this page covers
This policy describes how Brooklyn Hotdog handles personal data collected through this website. It applies to visitors who simply read our style guides and brand profiles, and to anyone who contacts us through the site. It does not cover other websites we link to, and it does not cover information you give us in person or by phone.
We keep the wording plain on purpose. Where a term is technical, we explain it in the same paragraph rather than in a glossary somewhere else. If anything here is unclear, the contact page is the fastest route to an answer.
The short version
- We collect what you type into the contact form and limited technical data your browser sends.
- We use that information to reply, to fix errors, and to keep the site running.
- We do not sell personal data, and we do not use it for automated decisions about you.
- You can ask to see, correct, or delete what you have sent us.
Current version published on this page. Last reviewed 5 November 2026.
Information we collect
We collect the information you provide when you use the contact form, which may include your name, email address, and the content of your message. That is the only place on the site where you type something we keep.
We also collect limited technical data automatically, such as browser type, approximate location derived from your IP address, and the pages you view. Approximate location means the general area a network provider assigns to an address, not a street address or a precise position, and we use it only to understand which regions read which guides.
We do not ask for, and do not want, sensitive categories of information. If you send details about your health, your beliefs, or similar matters in a message, we will delete that part rather than store it.
Two kinds of data
- You give it
- Name, email address, and message body, sent through the contact form. Also any follow-up you choose to send us afterwards.
- Your browser sends it
- Browser type and version, the general region your connection resolves to, the pages you open, and the time of your visit.
How we use information
We use contact form data to respond to your message and to review correction requests. Technical data is used to keep the site working, understand which pages are read, and detect abuse.
We do not use your information for automated decision-making. Nothing on this site profiles you, scores you, or decides anything about you without a person reading it first.
Cookies and similar technologies
The site uses cookies and similar technologies to support basic functionality and to measure traffic. A cookie is a small file your browser stores so the site remembers a setting or counts a visit without identifying you by name.
You can clear or block cookies in your browser settings at any time. Blocking the measurement cookies will not stop you reading any guide or brand profile here; only the settings that remember your preferences may reset on your next visit.
Sharing, retention and security
Three questions come up more than any others: who else sees your data, how long we keep it, and what protects it while we do.
- Sharing
- We do not sell personal data. We may share data with service providers that host the site or provide analytics, and only to the extent needed for those services. We may disclose information where required by law or to protect the rights and safety of the site and its readers.
- No sale of data
- Retention
- Contact form submissions are kept for as long as needed to handle the request and any follow-up, after which they are deleted or archived in line with our records policy. Technical and analytics data is retained for a limited period and then removed or aggregated so it no longer relates to a single visitor.
- Kept only as needed
- Security
- We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the data we hold. No method of transmission or storage is entirely secure, and we cannot promise that data will never be affected by an incident outside our control. If something does go wrong, we will tell affected people directly and explain what we are doing about it.
- Reasonable measures
Your choices and rights
You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of the personal data you have submitted. You may also object to certain processing, such as the analytics measurement described above.
To make a request, contact us using the details on the contact page. Tell us the email address you used, roughly when you wrote, and what you would like changed. We will respond within a reasonable period, and if we cannot do what you asked we will explain why rather than leave the request unanswered.
Children
This site is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from them. If you believe a child has submitted information, contact us and we will remove it.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The current version is the one published on this page, and material changes will be reflected here. If a change affects how we handle contact form messages, we will say so in plain wording at the top of the page rather than quietly editing a paragraph in the middle.
Questions about this policy
Questions about this policy can be sent through the contact page or by post to 452 Mercer St, New York, NY 10013, USA. If you would rather write to us first, the contact form reaches the same inbox and we reply during working hours, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
- Post
- Brooklyn Hotdog, 452 Mercer St, New York, NY 10013, USA
- [email protected]
- Phone
- +1-212-555-0184
- Working hours
- Monday–Friday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM