Privacy

Shemoqmedi (shemoqmedi.space) is a website showcase and awards platform, operated by an individual based in Georgia. In this policy "we" means the operator of Shemoqmedi, who decides how the personal data described here is used (the data controller).

Questions, requests and complaints about personal data: shemoqmedi.voloostudion@gmail.com. We answer within 30 days.

Your account. When you sign up we receive your name, email address and profile photo, and the sign-in method you used (email and password, or Google). Passwords are handled by our sign-in provider; we never see them.

Sites you submit. The site's address, title, description, categories, technologies, the credits (creator or studio name and website), and the screenshots and video you upload. Once a site is approved, this information is public.

Votes. The scores you give a site are stored with your account so each account can vote once. Only the averages and the number of votes are public; we don't publish who voted or how.

Claims and removal requests. Your message and any proof link you send us.

Jury members. Your jury profile (name, role, panel, location, website, LinkedIn, bio and photo) and your evaluations, which are published with your name on each site's page. Before a profile is claimed we may prepare it from publicly available information and keep an email address to send you the claim link. Unclaimed profiles are private: they are not shown on the site or to search engines.

Creators of listed sites. We list public websites for editorial review and credit the people and studios who made them, using information they published themselves (such as a name and website). You can claim your listing or profile, or ask us to correct or remove it.

Usage statistics. We measure visits with Vercel Web Analytics and Ahrefs Web Analytics. Both work without cookies and report aggregated figures (pages viewed, referrers, countries, device types); we don't use them to build profiles of individual visitors.

Technical data. Our hosting and service providers process IP addresses and request details to deliver the site, keep it secure and prevent abuse.

We use personal data only to run Shemoqmedi:

• to create and secure your account and let you sign in (to provide the service you asked for);
• to review, publish and score submitted sites, and to show jury evaluations (to provide the service);
• to prevent fake accounts, vote manipulation and other abuse (our legitimate interest in fair awards);
• to list and credit public websites and their makers for editorial review and commentary (our legitimate interest; you can object at any time);
• to send you claim links and messages about your listing or jury role;
• to understand how the site is used, from aggregated statistics, and improve it.

We don't sell personal data, and we don't use it for advertising.

Approved listings (screenshots, description and credits), creator profiles, claimed jury profiles, jury evaluations with the juror's name, and award results are public and can be indexed by search engines. When we publish or update a page we notify search engines through IndexNow; that sends only the page address.

We use these service providers, who process data on our behalf and under their own security commitments:

• Vercel: hosting and aggregated, cookieless visit statistics;
• Clerk: accounts and sign-in (and Google, if you choose to sign in with Google);
• Convex: the database that stores accounts, listings, votes, claims and jury data;
• ImageKit: storage and delivery of screenshots and photos;
• Cloudflare R2: storage and delivery of preview videos;
• Resend: sending emails such as jury claim links;
• Ahrefs: aggregated, cookieless visit statistics.

Some of these providers store or process data outside Georgia, including in the United States and the European Union. We rely on their contractual safeguards for these transfers.

We only use the cookies that sign-in needs: they keep you signed in and protect your account, and are set when you sign in or create an account. We use no advertising or tracking cookies, and our analytics work without cookies, so there is nothing to opt in to.

We keep your account data while your account exists. When you delete your account, your account record is deleted; scores you gave remain only as part of each site's anonymous averages.

Published listings and jury evaluations stay online as part of the public awards record until they are removed at the owner's or juror's request, or by us. Claim and removal requests are kept while they are relevant to the listing they concern.

You can ask us to tell you what personal data we hold about you and give you a copy, correct it, delete it, restrict or object to how we use it, or move it to another service. You can also withdraw any consent you gave. Write to shemoqmedi.voloostudion@gmail.com; we may ask you to confirm your identity first.

You can also complain to the Personal Data Protection Service of Georgia, or, if you live in the European Union or the United Kingdom, to your local data protection authority.

Shemoqmedi is not meant for children. You must be at least 16 to create an account.

We will update this policy when the way we handle data changes, and change the date below. Significant changes are announced on the site. This version was last updated on 8 November 2026. See also the Terms.