Privacy Policy

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Introduction:
At https://event-planning-for-local-businesses.152news.com, also known as event-planning-for-local-businesses (‘the Company’ or ‘we’), safeguarding your privacy and ensuring the protection of your data are paramount. As a responsible organization, we believe it is essential to be transparent about our practices regarding personal data collection, storage, access, and processing. This Privacy Policy outlines our commitments to compliance with various privacy regulations including Canada’s PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25, the EU’s GDPR, Brazil’s LGPD, California’s CCPA/CPRA, Colorado’s CPA, Utah’s UCPA, Connecticut’s CTDPA, Virginia’s VCDPA, South Africa’s POPIA, and more. Our goal is to ensure that you feel comfortable sharing your personal information with us.

Scope:
This policy applies to all https://event-planning-for-local-businesses.152news.com website, applications, services, and products. This includes any interactions you may have with our platform, whether through the use of applications, services, or products. It’s important to note that this policy does not extend to third-party platforms, applications, products, or services accessed via links on our platform, each governed by their separate privacy policies.

Processing Activities:
This policy governs interactions when you:

  • Use our applications and services as an authorized user
  • Visit our websites linked to this Privacy Statement
  • Receive communications from us, including newsletters, emails, calls, or texts/SMS
  • Interact with our customer service team

Personal Data Collection:
We collect various types of Personal Data including:

  • Account Information: This includes information such as username, password, and login credentials.
  • Payment Information: We may collect payment details for transactions made through our platform.
  • Financial Information: This includes financial data related to your transactions with us.
  • Purchase Information: This includes details about the products or services you have purchased from us.
  • Mobile Device Identifiers: We may collect information about your mobile device, such as its unique identifier and operating system.
  • Location Data: Depending on your location and our platform’s settings, we may collect data about your physical location.
  • Feedback: If you provide feedback or ratings for products or services, this information is stored with your Personal Data.
  • Social Media Information: If you interact with us through social media platforms, the relevant social media provider may share certain information with us.
  • Product Information: This includes details about the products and services you have accessed or used through our platform.

We collect this data through user input, interactions, and automated technologies. Additionally, third parties may provide us with Personal Data, subject to their respective privacy policies.

Cookies:
We utilize cookies for improved user experience and analytics. Cookies fall into categories such as:

  • Strictly Necessary: These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of our platform and cannot be disabled.
  • Preference: These cookies remember your preferences and settings so you do not have to re-enter them each time you visit us.
  • Analytics: These cookies help us understand how users interact with our platform, which allows us to improve it.

Users can control non-essential cookies through our Cookie Manager. We may also use other tracking technologies like pixels or web beacons to track user behavior and optimize the user experience.

Retention and Deletion:
We retain Personal Data as required by law and for the purposes collected. This means that we will keep your data until it is no longer necessary for its intended purpose, unless we are required to do so under applicable laws and regulations. Upon fulfilling these purposes, we delete or anonymize the data.

Security Measures:
We employ organizational safeguards and security measures to protect your Personal Data, including:

  • Encrypted communication: We use secure protocols to encrypt sensitive information when transmitting it over the internet.
  • Secure third-party processing: We work with reputable third-party processors who adhere to industry-standard security practices.

Children’s Privacy:
We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under 18 years of age. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected data from a child, we will take appropriate measures to delete or anonymize the information.

Your Rights:
Depending on your geographical location, you have rights related to:

  • Access: You have the right to access your personal data.
  • Rectification: You can request correction of inaccurate Personal Data.
  • Erasure: You may request that we erase certain Personal Data.
  • Restriction: You have the right to restrict processing in specific circumstances.
  • Portability: You can request that we provide you with a copy of your Personal Data for your own purposes.
  • Objection: You have the right to object to our processing activities in specific circumstances.
  • Non-discrimination: You cannot be discriminated against for exercising these rights.
  • Filing appeals/complaints: If you are unhappy with our handling of your data, you can file an appeal or complaint.
  • Withdrawing consent: In some cases, you may withdraw your consent to the processing of certain Personal Data.

To exercise these rights, contact our privacy team at [insert contact information].

Changes to Policy:
We reserve the right to modify this Policy, and any changes will be posted on our website. We encourage you to periodically review our Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we collect, store, access, and process your Personal Data.

Contact Information:
For inquiries, unsubscribe requests, or data-related questions, contact us via email at [insert contact email] or through written correspondence to the provided address.