Effective Date: January 1, 2025

At Best of the Year Awards™ (BOA) (“BOA,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and safeguard information when you visit or interact with our website, platforms, and services, including nominations and voting features.

By accessing or using the BOA website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following categories of information:

1.1 Personal Information You Provide
Information you voluntarily provide may include:

• Name

• Email address

• Social media usernames/handles (if provided)

• Information you submit through contact, nomination, or voting forms

• Any message content you send to us (for example, support requests or inquiries)

1.2 Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect:

• Device type and browser type

• IP address

• Pages viewed and actions taken on the site

• Referring/exit pages

• Approximate location derived from IP address

• Performance and analytics data (for example, site speed and interaction patterns)

2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:

• Operate and maintain the BOA website

• Administer nominations and voting

• Respond to messages, questions, or support requests

• Communicate updates, announcements, and important notices

• Improve website performance, design, and user experience

• Detect, prevent, and address fraud, abuse, or security issues

• Comply with legal obligations where applicable

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

3. Nominations and Voting Integrity
If BOA offers nomination or voting features, we may use submitted and technical information to maintain fairness, including preventing duplicate, automated, or fraudulent entries. We may review and remove submissions that violate our guidelines or compromise the integrity of the process.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We may use cookies and similar technologies to enhance functionality, remember preferences, analyze traffic, and understand how visitors use our site.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain site features.

5. Third-Party Services
We may use trusted third-party services to help operate our website (for example, analytics tools, embedded media, or form providers). These third parties may process information according to their own privacy policies.

Our website may also include links to third-party sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites.

6. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect your information. However, no method of online transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Data Retention
We retain personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including maintaining records related to nominations and voting integrity, resolving disputes, and complying with legal requirements.

8. Children’s Privacy
BOA is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, please contact us and we will take steps to delete it.

9. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, or delete your personal information, or to opt out of certain communications. To make a request, contact us using the information below.

You can opt out of marketing emails at any time by using the “unsubscribe” link (if included) or by contacting us.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised Effective Date. Continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated policy.

11. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us:

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