Privacy Policy
Last Updated: August 10, 2026
Washington Choice Awards respects your privacy and is committed to handling the information submitted through our website responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect when you visit the Washington Choice Awards website, submit a nomination, contact us, or otherwise interact with our services.
By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy. We may update this policy from time to time as our website, awards program, or practices change. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide through nomination forms, contact forms, surveys, or other submissions on our website.
This information may include your:
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Business or organization name
- Business website or social media information
- Nomination details
- Comments, messages, or other information you choose to provide
You are not required to provide personal information simply to browse the Washington Choice Awards website.
Nomination Information
When you nominate a business, organization, or individual for a Washington Choice Award, we may collect information about both the person submitting the nomination and the nominee.
Information about nominated businesses or organizations may include business names, locations, websites, publicly available contact information, descriptions, and information explaining why the nominee should be considered for an award.
Because Washington Choice Awards is a public recognition program, the names and general business information of nominees, finalists, honorees, and award recipients may be published on our website, social media accounts, promotional materials, press releases, or other award-related communications.
Personal contact information submitted by a nominator will not be publicly displayed unless permission has been provided.
Website and Analytics Information
When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically. This may include your IP address, browser type, device type, referring website, pages visited, approximate geographic area, and information about how you interact with the website.
We may use cookies, analytics tools, or similar technologies to understand website traffic, measure the effectiveness of our content, improve the website, and better understand how visitors use Washington Choice Awards.
This information is generally used in aggregate and is not intended to personally identify individual visitors.
How We Use Information
Information collected through Washington Choice Awards may be used to:
- Review and evaluate award nominations
- Contact nominators or nominees when additional information is needed
- Notify businesses or organizations about nominations, recognition, finalist status, or awards
- Respond to questions and inquiries
- Administer and improve the Washington Choice Awards program
- Maintain and improve our website
- Understand website traffic and usage
- Prevent spam, fraud, abuse, or misuse of our website
- Promote award recipients, finalists, nominees, and the Washington Choice Awards program
We do not sell or rent personal information submitted through our website.
Third-Party Services
Washington Choice Awards may use third-party service providers to operate our website and related services, including website hosting, analytics, email, form processing, and other technology services.
These providers may process limited information as necessary to provide their services. Their handling of information may also be governed by their own privacy policies.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to a lawful request, protect our rights or property, investigate fraud or misuse, or protect the safety of Washington Choice Awards and others.
External Links
Our website may contain links to websites operated by businesses, nominees, award recipients, sponsors, partners, or other third parties. Washington Choice Awards is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of external websites.
We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing personal information.
Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect information submitted through our website. However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Your Choices
You may contact us if you would like to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information you have submitted to Washington Choice Awards.
Requests involving publicly available business information or award-related records may be handled differently where retaining or publishing that information is reasonably necessary for the operation and integrity of the awards program.
Children's Privacy
Washington Choice Awards is intended for a general audience and is not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as Washington Choice Awards develops or as our practices change. Updates will be posted on this page, and the "Last Updated" date will be revised accordingly.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how information is handled by Washington Choice Awards, please contact us through the contact information provided on our website.
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