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Privacy Policy
Effective and last updated August 31, 2026
Who is responsible
Arda AI, Inc., a Delaware corporation, operates Gimmick Ads and is responsible for information processed through gimmickads.com. Our mailing address is PMB 1995, 1000 Brickell Ave, Suite 715, Miami, FL 33131, United States. Privacy questions and requests may be sent to contact@ardaapp.com.
Information we handle
- Public directory metadata: website names, URLs, titles, descriptions, canonical links, favicons, Open Graph images, advertised prices, reported figures, purchase links, and public analytics-dashboard links.
- Messages: information you include when emailing a submission, correction, legal notice, or support request.
- Sponsorship information: when checkout launches, the submitted destination, imported public metadata, selected duration, placement dates, payment status, and transaction identifiers supplied by the payment processor.
- Technical information: standard request information such as IP address, user agent, referrer, timestamps, and error logs may be processed by our hosting and infrastructure providers for delivery, security, and debugging.
How metadata imports work
Our automated checks request public pages and read common HTML and social metadata, including title, meta description, canonical URL, favicon, and Open Graph image tags. We also look for public pricing, purchase links, and publicly accessible analytics dashboards. We do not treat a privately installed analytics script as public statistics.
These requests may reveal to a publisher or its infrastructure that Gimmick Ads accessed the page. Directory metadata is public and may be indexed by search engines.
Cookies and analytics
Gimmick Ads does not currently set advertising cookies or run behavioral analytics on visitors. The site may rely on essential technical storage or request logs provided by its infrastructure. If we add visitor analytics, accounts, or checkout cookies, we will update this policy and provide any notice or choice required by law.
Outbound and sponsor links
Following a directory or sponsor link takes you to a third-party site. Sponsor URLs may contain campaign parameters identifying Gimmick Ads and the placement. The destination will receive the normal request information your browser sends and may process it under its own privacy policy. We do not control third-party tracking or privacy practices.
Why we use information
- To build, maintain, search, rank, and correct the directory.
- To verify public metadata, availability, prices, purchase routes, and public statistics.
- To provide sponsor placements and, when enabled, confirm payment and placement dates.
- To respond to messages, rights notices, and privacy requests.
- To secure, debug, and prevent abuse of the service and comply with legal obligations.
Service providers and disclosures
We may use hosting, database, email, and payment providers to operate the service. Current infrastructure includes Railway for hosting and Supabase for database services. A payment processor will be identified before checkout is enabled. These providers process information under their own terms and our arrangements with them.
We may also disclose information to professional advisers, authorities, or a successor to the service where reasonably necessary to comply with law, protect rights and security, resolve a dispute, or transfer the project. We do not sell personal information.
Retention
Public directory metadata remains while a listing is maintained and may persist temporarily in backups or cached builds. Correspondence is kept as long as needed to respond and preserve an appropriate record. Sponsorship and payment-confirmation records will be kept for service delivery, accounting, tax, fraud prevention, and dispute handling. Infrastructure logs are retained according to provider settings and operational need.
Your choices and rights
You may request correction or removal of a listing and may ask to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to, or export personal information where applicable law gives you those rights. We may need information to verify your identity and locate the relevant record. You may also complain to the data-protection authority available in your jurisdiction.
Security and international processing
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures appropriate to the service, but no internet service is completely secure. Providers may process information in countries other than yours, subject to the safeguards available through those providers and applicable law.
Children
The service is intended for adults and business users. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Contact us if you believe a child has provided personal information.
Changes
We may update this policy as the service and its providers change. The date at the top identifies the current version. Material changes will be posted on this page.