Effective Date: August 1, 2026

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Tampa Dorm Guru (“Tampa Dorm Guru,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, display, moderate, and protect information submitted through our website, www.tampadormguru.com.

Tampa Dorm Guru is an independent student housing information website created to provide room, building, photo, and review information about University of Tampa residence halls. Tampa Dorm Guru is not owned, operated, sponsored, or endorsed by the University of Tampa.

By using this website, creating an account, submitting a review, uploading photos, or contacting us through the site, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

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1. Information We Collect

We may collect information that you voluntarily submit through the website, including:

• Account registration information

• Email address

• Public username or display name created by the user

• Residence hall or building information

• Room number or room type

• Room reviews, building comments, ratings, and written feedback

• Uploaded photos

• Form responses

• Messages submitted through contact, correction, removal, or error-reporting forms

• Any other information you choose to provide

Users are required to create an account in order to submit reviews. Reviews may display the public username created by the user, but the user’s actual name will not be displayed with the review unless the user chooses to include it in the username, review text, photos, or other submitted content.

We may also collect limited technical and usage information automatically through Wix, analytics tools, cookies, and similar technologies, including:

• IP address

• Browser type

• Device type

• Pages visited

• Time spent on the website

• Referring pages or links

• General site usage data

• Approximate location based on browser or device information

 

2. How We Use Information

We may use the information collected to:

• Create and manage user accounts

• Allow registered users to submit room and building reviews

• Publish approved student-submitted room and building reviews

• Display photos, ratings, room details, and building feedback

• Help students and families better understand UTampa residence halls

• Improve the accuracy, layout, and usefulness of the website

• Review, edit, approve, reject, or remove submitted content

• Respond to questions, correction requests, removal requests, or reported errors

• Prevent spam, abuse, inappropriate submissions, or misuse of the website

• Maintain website security and functionality

• Analyze general site performance and visitor activity

• Improve the user experience and quality of information available on the site

 

3. Public Reviews, Photos, and User-Submitted Content

Tampa Dorm Guru includes user-submitted content. If you submit a room review, building review, rating, comment, photo, or other information, some or all of that content may be displayed publicly on the website after review and approval.

Publicly displayed content may include:

• Your review text

• Room or building information

• Ratings

• Uploaded photos

• Public username or display name

• General comments about the room, building, amenities, furniture, layout, bathroom, view, noise, cleanliness, common spaces, dining access, or other housing-related details

Your actual name will not be displayed with a review unless you choose to include it in your public username, review text, photos, or other submitted content.

Do not submit information that you do not want displayed publicly.

Users should not submit private, sensitive, offensive, misleading, or personally identifying information, including:

• Actual full names, unless the user intentionally chooses to make that information public

• Student ID numbers

• Personal addresses

• Phone numbers

• Mail, packages, documents, or financial information

• Medical information

• Login information or passwords

• Images of people without permission

• Images showing another student’s personal belongings in a way that invades privacy

• Content that is false, defamatory, harassing, threatening, discriminatory, or inappropriate

We reserve the right to edit, reject, remove, or moderate submitted content for privacy, safety, accuracy, relevance, readability, or site quality.

 

4. Uploaded Photos

By uploading photos to Tampa Dorm Guru, you confirm that:

• You have the right to submit the photos;

• The photos do not improperly invade another person’s privacy;

• The photos do not contain private documents, personal information, student IDs, mail, financial information, medical information, or other sensitive details;

• The photos do not include people who have not consented to being shown publicly;

• The photos are appropriate for a student housing information website;

• The photos may be reviewed, edited, formatted, cropped, approved, rejected, or removed by Tampa Dorm Guru.

Submitted photos may be used on room pages, building pages, review sections, galleries, homepage sections, or other relevant areas of the website.

Tampa Dorm Guru may edit or format photos before publication, including cropping, resizing, improving brightness or clarity, removing identifying information, removing people, or making other reasonable adjustments for privacy, consistency, and site quality.

 

5. Editing and Moderation of Submissions

Tampa Dorm Guru may review, edit, shorten, reformat, crop, correct, or moderate user-submitted content before or after publication.

This may include editing for:

• Spelling, grammar, or clarity

• Formatting and readability

• Removal of private information

• Removal of people from photos

• Removal of inappropriate, irrelevant, or identifying content

• Accuracy and consistency

• Site design and presentation

We may reject or remove any submission at our discretion.

Submission of content does not guarantee that the content will be published.

 

6. How We Share Information

We do not sell personal information.

We may share limited information with service providers that help operate, host, secure, or improve the website, including:

• Wix and website hosting providers

• Website analytics providers

• Email or contact form tools

• Security, spam-prevention, or moderation tools

• Other vendors necessary to operate the website

These service providers may process information only as needed to provide their services.

We may also disclose information if required by law, legal process, safety concerns, or to protect the rights, property, or security of Tampa Dorm Guru, website users, or others.

 

7. Cookies and Analytics

The website may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies to operate the site, improve performance, analyze traffic, remember preferences, and help protect against spam or misuse.

Cookies may be placed by Wix or other third-party tools used on the website. This may include Wix Analytics, Google Analytics, or other similar analytics and performance tools if they are enabled on the website.

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Some website features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.

 

8. User Accounts and Member Profiles

Users must create an account in order to submit reviews. When you create an account, we may collect and store account-related information such as your email address, login status, public username, display name, and submitted content.

Approved reviews may display the public username created by the user. Actual names will not be displayed with reviews unless users choose to include their actual name in their public username, review text, uploaded photos, or other submitted content.

Users are responsible for keeping their login information secure and for ensuring that the information they submit is accurate, appropriate, and does not violate another person’s privacy.

 

9. Third-Party Links

Tampa Dorm Guru may link to third-party websites, including University of Tampa pages, maps, dining information, housing resources, transportation information, or other external websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, accuracy, or security of third-party websites. Users should review the privacy policies of any external websites they visit.

 

10. Children’s Privacy

Tampa Dorm Guru is intended for college students, prospective students, parents, and other users age 13 or older.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.

 

11. Data Security

We use reasonable measures to help protect information submitted through the website. However, no website, platform, database, or online transmission is completely secure.

Users submit information at their own risk and should avoid submitting sensitive personal information.

 

12. Requests to Correct or Remove Information

Tampa Dorm Guru provides a website link or form that users may use to request corrections, updates, removal, or deletion of information, reviews, photos, or other submitted content.

Users may submit a correction or removal request through the Correct or Remove Information link on the website.

Requests may relate to, but are not limited to:

• Incorrect room or building information

• Outdated amenity, furniture, dining, or location information

• Incorrect photos

• Reviews or photos submitted by the user

• Content that contains private or identifying information

• Content that may affect another person’s privacy

• Content that is inaccurate, outdated, or inappropriate

To help us review the request, users should include enough detail to identify the content, such as:

• Building name

• Room number

• Review date

• Public username or display name

• Photo description

• Page URL

• Reason for the correction or removal request

We may need to verify the request before making changes. Tampa Dorm Guru will make reasonable efforts to review and respond to correction or removal requests, but we may retain certain information if necessary for legal, security, administrative, or website integrity purposes.

Users may also contact us directly at:

Email: [Insert Contact Email]

 

13. Accuracy of Website Content

Tampa Dorm Guru relies on publicly available information, student submissions, uploaded photos, and user-generated reviews. While we try to keep information helpful and accurate, we cannot guarantee that every room, building, furniture item, dimension, amenity, photo, dining option, common space, or review is complete, current, or error-free.

Room layouts, furniture, amenities, policies, dining options, building access, and building conditions may change over time.

Users should confirm important housing, dining, accessibility, safety, campus, or policy-related information directly with the University of Tampa.

 

14. No Affiliation With the University of Tampa

Tampa Dorm Guru is an independent website. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, endorsed by, or officially connected to the University of Tampa.

References to the University of Tampa, UTampa, residence halls, campus buildings, dining options, room layouts, furniture, amenities, or other university-related information are for informational purposes only.

All University of Tampa names, building names, logos, trademarks, and related references belong to their respective owners.

 

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

Continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.

 

16. Contact Us

For privacy questions, correction requests, removal requests, or general concerns, contact:

Tampa Dorm Guru
Website: www.tampadormguru.com
Email: contact@tampadormguru.com