Privacy Policy for EventsTrend.com
Welcome to EventsTrend.com. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website EventsTrend.com and use our services to discover, browse, and manage event listings. By using our Site, you consent to the data practices described in this policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this policy, please do not access the Site. 2. Information We Collect We collect information that you provide directly to us and information about your use of the Site automatically. a) Information You Voluntarily Provide: * **Account Information:** When you create an account, we may collect your name, email address, password, and profile preferences. * **Event Submission Details:** If you submit an event to our directory, we collect all details provided, such as the event name, description, date, time, location, organizer information, and images. * **Communication Data:** If you contact us via a contact form, email, or otherwise, we collect your name, email address, and the contents of your message. * **Newsletter Sign-ups:** If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address. * **User-generated Content:** Comments, reviews, or ratings you post on event pages.b) Information Collected Automatically:
* **Log Data:** When you visit the Site, our servers automatically record information ("log data"), including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring web page, pages visited, location, your mobile carrier, device information, search terms, and cookie information. * **Cookies and Similar Technologies:** We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site. * **Usage Information:** We collect information about how you use the Site, such as the types of events you view or search for, the frequency and duration of your activities, and your favorite events.3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including: * To provide, operate, and maintain our Site and services. * To create, manage, and maintain your user account. * To process, publish, and display your event listings on our directory. * To communicate with you, including sending you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support messages. * To send you promotional communications, such as newsletters about upcoming events you might be interested in (you can opt-out at any time). * To understand and analyze how you use our Site so we can improve its functionality and user experience. * To develop new products, services, features, and functionality. * To prevent fraud, protect the security of our Site, and address any problems with the Service.4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Compliance)
If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using your information depends on the context in which we collect it. We typically rely on the following legal bases: * **Performance of a Contract:** To fulfill our obligations to you in providing the Site's services (e.g., publishing your event). * **Your Consent:** Where you have given us permission to do so (e.g., for marketing emails). You can withdraw your consent at any time. * **Legitimate Interests:** For our legitimate business interests, such as improving our Site, marketing our services, and ensuring security, provided that your fundamental rights do not override those interests. * **Legal Compliance:** To comply with the law.5. How We Share and Disclose Your Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share information in the following situations: * **With Your Consent:** We may disclose your information for any purpose with your explicit consent. * **Publicly Available Information:** The information you provide when listing an event (event name, date, location, organizer details, description) will be published publicly on our Site and may be indexed by search engines. * **Service Providers:** We employ trusted third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), such as: * **Web Hosting & Data Storage:** (e.g., SmarterASP.net, AWS, Google Cloud) * **Analytics Providers:** (e.g., Google Analytics) to help us understand how our Site is used. * **Email Marketing Services:** (e.g., Mailchimp, Sendinblue) to manage our newsletter and communications. * **Payment Processors:** If we process payments, we will use a PCI-compliant third party (e.g., Stripe, PayPal). These Service Providers have access to your information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. * **Legal Requirements:** We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).6. Your Data Protection Rightf
Depending on your location, you have certain data protection rights. EventsTrend.com aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. * **Access, Update, or Deletion:** You can access, update, or request deletion of your personal information directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us. * **Opt-out of Marketing:** You can unsubscribe from our marketing emails by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any email we send you. * **Cookies:** You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. * **Data Portability:** You have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you in a structured, machine-readable format. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below.7. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.8. Children's
Our Site is not intended for use by children under the age of 13 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.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. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your data, or your rights, please do not hesitate to contact us at: * **Email:** privacy@eventstrend.com