Bureau of Formal Complaints
Last updated: July 2026
This page explains what data this site collects and how advertising works here. It applies alongside our Terms & Disclaimer.
When you file a complaint, we store the text you submit, the category you choose, and a timestamp. We don't require an account, email, or name to use the site, and we don't ask for or knowingly collect personal information as part of filing a complaint. Please don't include personal information (yours or anyone else's) in what you submit — anything posted is public.
This site uses three categories of cookies/local storage:
If you're visiting from the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, you'll see a consent banner on your first visit with three choices: Consent, Do not consent, or Manage options (to choose per-purpose). Declining turns off personalized advertising cookies — essential cookies still apply, since they're required for the site to load. Your choice is remembered for that browser; to change it later, clear your cookies for this site and you'll be shown the banner again on your next visit.
This site displays ads through Google AdSense. Google and its advertising partners use cookies and similar technology to serve ads, measure their performance, and personalize them based on your activity on this and other sites. We don't control this process directly — it's run by Google.
You can see and adjust how Google personalizes ads for you at adssettings.google.com, and learn more about how Google uses data at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Besides Google, a few other services help run this site and handle data as part of that:
We may use basic, aggregate analytics (such as visitor counts) to understand how the site is used. This doesn't involve identifying individual visitors.
If you're in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, you have rights under GDPR relating to your data, including the right to withdraw consent to advertising cookies at any time (see the consent banner section above) and to request access to or deletion of any complaint you personally submitted. If you're a California resident, you have similar rights under the CCPA to know what personal information is collected and to request its deletion. Since we don't collect accounts, names, or emails, these rights mainly apply to advertising cookies (controlled through Google's tools above) and to any complaint text you submitted yourself — email us to exercise either. This section is general information, not legal advice about your specific rights.
Filed complaints, and their moderation status (reported/hidden flags), are kept indefinitely as part of the site's record, unless removed through moderation or a removal request (see below). Our database provider (Supabase) keeps routine backups on its own standard cycle, separate from what's visible on the site; we don't control that cycle directly. We don't keep a separate log of who viewed or reported anything beyond the flag itself.
Filed complaints, and their moderation status (reported/hidden flags), are kept indefinitely as part of the site's record, unless removed through moderation or a removal request (see below). Our database provider (Supabase) keeps routine backups on its own standard cycle, separate from what's visible on the site; we don't control that cycle directly. We don't keep a separate log of who viewed or reported anything beyond the flag itself.
We take reasonable technical and administrative measures to protect data on this site — for example, restricting who can edit or view moderation data, and keeping service credentials out of the site's public code. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, though, and we can't guarantee absolute security.
Every complaint is automatically screened by an AI moderation filter before it's published, and can be rejected without human review at the moment of submission if it's flagged (for example, for hate speech or threats). This automated check only decides whether a submission gets published — it doesn't make any decision about you as a person, and you can always try rephrasing. Visitors can also flag published content for human review at any time using the report option.
Depending on where you are, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or object to how your data is used, and in some cases to receive a copy of it. Given how little we collect directly (no accounts, names, or emails), this mainly applies to a complaint you personally submitted. To exercise any of these, email us with the URL of the complaint and a short description of what you'd like done.
We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the date at the top of this page; continued use of the site after a change means you accept the update.
Questions about this policy or a privacy-related request: complaintboxoffice@gmail.com