Effective Date: July 22, 2026

Gold Pizza Competition ("Gold Pizza," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information when you visit www.goldpizza.ca (the "Website"), register for or participate in the Gold Pizza Competition, submit a nomination or entry, contact us, or otherwise interact with us.

By using our Website or providing us with personal information, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with Gold Pizza, we may collect the following types of information:

Information You Provide to Us

You may provide personal information when you:

• Register for or participate in the Gold Pizza Competition;
• Submit a pizza nomination, entry, or voting information;
• Complete a contact or inquiry form;
• Subscribe to email communications or newsletters;
• Communicate with us by email, phone, or through social media;
• Provide feedback, reviews, or other content;
• Participate in promotions, contests, surveys, or other activities; or
• Otherwise voluntarily provide information to us.

This information may include your name, email address, telephone number, business or restaurant information, mailing address, and any other information you choose to provide.

If you submit information about another individual or business, you are responsible for ensuring that you have the appropriate authority or consent to provide that information.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our Website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:

• Your IP address;
• Browser type and version;
• Device type;
• Operating system;
• Pages you visit and the links you click;
• Date and time of your visit;
• Referring website or source; and
• General geographic or usage information.

This information is generally collected through cookies, analytics tools, and similar technologies.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use personal information for purposes including:

• Administering and managing the Gold Pizza Competition;
• Processing registrations, nominations, entries, and votes;
• Communicating with participants, nominees, voters, restaurants, sponsors, and partners;
• Responding to questions, requests, and inquiries;
• Sending newsletters, updates, announcements, and promotional communications where permitted by law;
• Improving and maintaining our Website and services;
• Understanding Website usage and visitor trends;
• Conducting analytics and measuring the effectiveness of our marketing;
• Preventing fraud, abuse, or unauthorized activity;
• Complying with legal and regulatory requirements; and
• Other purposes that are disclosed to you at the time information is collected or with your consent.

3. Consent

Where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before collecting, using, or disclosing your personal information.

By voluntarily providing personal information to us, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of that information for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy or otherwise communicated to you at the time of collection.

You may withdraw your consent to certain uses of your personal information at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. Please note that withdrawing consent may affect our ability to provide certain services or administer your participation in the Gold Pizza Competition.

4. Email Communications

If you subscribe to receive communications from Gold Pizza, we may send you emails about the competition, voting, participating restaurants, events, promotions, news, and other updates that may be of interest to you.

You can unsubscribe from promotional email communications at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link included in our emails or by contacting us directly.

Even if you opt out of promotional communications, we may still contact you where necessary for administrative, transactional, legal, or other non-promotional purposes.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our Website may use cookies and similar technologies to improve functionality, understand how visitors use the Website, and support analytics and marketing activities.

Cookies are small data files stored on your device when you visit a website. They may allow us to remember your preferences, understand Website traffic, and improve your experience.

We may use:

• Essential cookies required for the Website to operate;
• Analytics cookies to understand Website traffic and usage;
• Functional cookies to remember preferences and improve functionality; and
• Marketing or advertising cookies where applicable, to help measure campaigns or deliver relevant advertising.

You can adjust your browser settings to refuse or delete cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Website.

6. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party service providers to help us operate our Website, manage forms, process registrations, conduct analytics, send communications, or provide other services.

These third parties may have access to personal information only to the extent reasonably necessary to provide services to us and are expected to handle that information in accordance with applicable privacy requirements.

Third-party services used on our Website may include website hosting providers, email marketing platforms, analytics providers, payment processors, form providers, social media platforms, and other technology providers.

These third parties may collect or process information in accordance with their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party services you access through our Website.

7. Google Analytics and Similar Analytics Services

We may use analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to help us understand how visitors use our Website.

These services may collect information such as your IP address, device information, browser information, and Website activity. We use this information to analyze Website traffic, improve our Website, and better understand our audience.

You can learn more about Google's privacy practices and available controls by visiting Google's privacy resources.

8. Sharing and Disclosure of Personal Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

We may disclose personal information in limited circumstances, including:

• To service providers who perform services on our behalf;
• To sponsors, partners, or participating businesses where necessary to administer a competition, promotion, or activity and where permitted by law;
• When required or permitted by law;
• To comply with legal processes, court orders, or governmental requests;
• To protect the rights, property, or safety of Gold Pizza, our users, or others;
• In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale of assets, or similar business transaction; or
• With your consent or at your direction.

9. Public Information and Competition Participation

If you participate in the Gold Pizza Competition, certain information you provide may be displayed publicly as part of administering and promoting the competition.

For example, information such as a participating restaurant's name, location, submitted pizza information, competition results, rankings, photographs, or other competition-related content may be published on our Website, social media channels, marketing materials, or other promotional platforms.

We will make reasonable efforts to explain at the time of submission what information may be made public.

10. User-Submitted Content

If you voluntarily submit photographs, reviews, comments, testimonials, or other content to Gold Pizza, you acknowledge that we may use that content for purposes related to operating, promoting, and publicizing the Gold Pizza Competition, subject to any terms or permissions provided at the time of submission.

Please do not submit personal information about another individual unless you have the appropriate permission to do so.

11. Data Storage and International Processing

Some of our service providers may store or process personal information outside Canada. As a result, your personal information may be subject to the laws of the jurisdiction where it is stored or processed.

Where personal information is transferred to service providers outside Canada, we take reasonable steps to ensure that it is handled in a manner consistent with applicable privacy obligations.

12. Retention of Personal Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, administer the Gold Pizza Competition, maintain appropriate business and legal records, resolve disputes, and comply with applicable legal obligations.

When personal information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to securely delete, destroy, or anonymize it.

13. Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, or disposal.

However, no method of transmitting or storing information electronically is completely secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of personal information transmitted to or through our Website.

14. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and the applicable privacy laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:

• Request access to personal information we hold about you;
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information;
• Withdraw consent to certain uses of your personal information;
• Ask questions about how your personal information is collected, used, or disclosed; and
• Make a privacy complaint or request an investigation where appropriate.

To exercise these rights or make a privacy-related inquiry, please contact us using the information provided below.

We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

15. Children's Privacy

Our Website and competition are not directed specifically at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without appropriate consent.

If you believe that a child has provided us with personal information without appropriate consent, please contact us so that we can take reasonable steps to address the situation.

16. Links to Other Websites

Our Website may contain links to third-party websites, including participating restaurants, sponsors, partners, social media platforms, and other websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices, services, legal requirements, or other circumstances.

When we make changes, we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review this page periodically for the most current information.

18. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, would like to request access to or correction of your personal information, or have a privacy-related concern, please contact us:

Gold Pizza Competition
Website: www.goldpizza.ca
Email: info@goldpizza.ca

We will make reasonable efforts to respond to privacy inquiries in a timely manner.

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Last Updated: July 22, 2026