Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

The Model Index ("themodelindex.ai") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

2. Information We Collect

Information you provide: When you submit a model, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us, you may provide your name, email address, and other information voluntarily.

Automatically collected information: We automatically collect certain information when you visit our site, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and pages viewed. This information is collected through cookies and similar technologies.

3. Cookies and Tracking

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

Third-party cookies: We use Google AdSense and Google Analytics, which use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website
• Understand and analyze how you use our website
• Develop new features and services
• Send you newsletters and marketing communications (with your consent)
• Display relevant advertisements

5. Third-Party Services

We may employ third-party companies and services to facilitate our service, provide services on our behalf, or assist us in analyzing how our service is used. These third parties include:

• Google AdSense — for displaying advertisements
• Google Analytics — for website analytics
• Vercel — for website hosting
• Supabase — for data storage

These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

6. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• The right to access, update, or delete your information
• The right to rectification
• The right to object to processing
• The right to restrict processing
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@themodelindex.ai.

8. Children's Privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@themodelindex.ai.