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This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes NewYorkWedding.Directory, a brand of The Wedding.Directory, Inc. (“NYWD,” “Company,” “we,” or “us”) treats personal information on our websites and online platforms (collectively “Websites”). This Policy does not apply to information collected or used for employment-related or client-related purposes. The Company has separate, internal privacy practices and notices with regard to personal information that is collected from prospective, current, and former employees, job applicants, as well as clients using the website.

Types Of Information We Collect

We collect information from you and about you. Here are some examples of the information we may collect:

  • Contact Information. i.e., we may collect your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address. We may also collect your mobile phone number.
  • Information You Submit. We may collect information when you send us a message through the “Get In Touch” form or similar features on our Websites. We may also collect other information you submit through an online comment or when you contact our sales or support teams.
  • User-Generated Content, i.e., photos, videos, audio, information about your events, any information you submit on the Company website, reviews you leave for vendors, and feedback or testimonials you provide about our Services
  • Business Information. For example, we may collect your business contact information. We may also collect information about your employer and your job title.
  • Demographic Information. We may collect demographic information such as your zip code.
  • Device Information. For example, we may collect the type of device you use to access our Websites. We may also collect your device identifier and IP address.
  • Account Information. Certain portions of the website may allow you to create a user account. In connection with that account, we may collect your user name and password.
  • Financial and transactional information, i.e.,business address, phone number, credit or debit card number, verification number, and expiration date, and information about your transactions and purchases with us generally secured by our third-party payment processors.
  • Commercial Information. We may collect personal information that could identify you and relates to the products or services in which you are interested, or have considered or purchased. We may also collect personal information about your purchasing habits, or consuming history or tendencies.
  • Usage Information. We may collect information regarding how you use the Websites. For example, we may collect information regarding what Website features are useful or most frequently used.
  • Information about others, i.e., if you use a “send to friend” tool (or similar feature) that allows you to send information to another person, or invite them to participate in an event, web site, registry or other property, or include their information within our products as part of your wedding planning experience (for example so they may receive save the date and RSVP notifications and wedding invitations) we will collect, at a minimum, the recipient’s email address. In providing this information, you represent that you are authorized to provide it.
  • Device information and identifiers, i.e., IP address; browser type and language; operating system; platform type; device type; software and hardware attributes; and unique device, advertising, and app identifiers.
  • Connection and usage data, i.e., information about files you download, domain names, landing pages, browsing activity, content or ads viewed and clicked, dates and times of access, pages viewed, forms you complete or partially complete, search terms, uploads or downloads, whether you open an email and your interaction with email content, access times, error logs, and other similar information.
  • Geolocation, i.e., city, state, country, and ZIP code associated with your IP address or derived through Wi-Fi triangulation; and, with your permission in accordance with your mobile device settings, and precise geolocation information from GPS-based functionality on your mobile devices.
  • Social media information, i.e., if you access the Services through a third-party connection or log-in, we may have access to information you provide to that social network such as your name, email address, friend list, photo, gender, location, and current city; and information you provide to us directly through our pages on social networking and blogging platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube).
  • Other Information. If you use our Websites, we may collect information about the browser you are using. We might look at what site you came from, or what site you visit when you leave us. If you use our app, we might look at how often you use the app and where you downloaded it.

How We Collect Your Information

We collect your information in different ways. Below are some examples of how we may collect your information.

  • Directly From You. For example, when you:
    • Register for an account.
    • Submit an inquiry to us.
    • Register for an event.
    • Complete an online form.
    • Contact support team.
    • Interact with our social media pages.
    • Otherwise interact with us.
  • Passively. For example, when you:
    • Visit and navigate our Websites on any device.
    • Enable location-based features on our Websites.
    • Click on a sponsored link or third-party advertisement.
    • We may also collect information about users over time and across different websites, apps, and devices when you use the Websites.
  • From Third-Parties. We may receive information about you from other sources. For example, this may include receiving information from:
    • Our business partners, including online advertising networks and analytics vendors.
    • Social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.
    • Your contacts or friends who provide your information to us because they think you may be interested in our services.
    • Companies that provide information to supplement what we already know about you, including data aggregators. Certain third-parties might link your name or email address to other information they have collected. That might include online usage information.
  • By Combining Information. For example, we may:
    • Combine information that we collect offline with information we collect through our Websites.
    • Combine information we collect about you from the different devices you use to access our Websites.
    • Combine information we get from third-parties with information we already have about you.

How We Use Your Information

We process your personal information for the following purposes:

  • To Run and Improve Our Websites and Business. We may use your information to make our Websites and business better. We may also use your information to provide you with information about our business.
  • To Provide Client Support. This includes responding to client support requests.
  • To Respond to Your Requests or Questions. This may include responding to your feedback.
  • To Communicate With You. We may communicate with you about your account or our relationship. We may also contact you about this Statement or our Website terms and conditions.
  • For Marketing Purposes. We may provide you with information about our company and our business initiatives. This includes using your information to personalize your experience on our Websites and with our services. For more information about your choices related to these communications, see the Choices section below.
  • For Administrative Purposes. This includes using your information for accounting, record keeping, backup, and administrative purposes.
  • For Security Purposes. This could include protecting our company and clients who use our services. It may also include protecting our Websites.
  • As Otherwise Permitted By Law or As We May Notify You.

How We Share Your Information

We may share your information in the following ways:

  • Internally. We may share your information with our parent, subsidiary, and affiliate entities.
  • With Our Service Providers. We may share your information with third-parties who perform services on our behalf. For example, this may include companies that send emails on our behalf or help us run our Websites.
  • With Our Business Partners. For example, this may include data aggregators, advertisers, media buying agencies, advertising networks and advertising service providers.
  • With Third-Parties for Marketing Purposes. This may include third-parties in whose products or services we believe you may be interested. These third-parties may also share your information with others. These third-parties may use your information for their own marketing purposes or the marketing purposes of others. This may include the delivery of interest-based advertising.
  • With Any Successors to All or Part of Our Business. For example, if we merge with, acquire or are acquired, or sell part of our business to another entity. This may include an asset sale, corporate reorganization or other change of control.
  • To Comply With the Law or To Protect Ourselves. For example, this could include responding to a court order or subpoena. It could also include sharing information if a government agency or investigatory body requests. We might share information when we are investigating a potential fraud.
  • Where You Have Asked Us to Share Your Information With a Third-Party
  • For Other Reasons We May Describe to You.

Children Under 18

The Websites where this Statement is located are meant for adults. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable data from persons under the age of 18, and strive to comply with the provisions of COPPA (The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act). If you are a parent or legal guardian and think your child under 13 has provided us with information, please contact us. You can also write to us at the address listed at the end of this Statement. Please mark your inquiries “COPPA Information Request.” Parents, you can learn more about how to protect children’s privacy on-line here.

Marketing Communications:

You can opt out of receiving our marketing communications by using the unsubscribe link within each email. Note that, as long as you maintain an account with us or receive services, you will continue to receive administrative messages from us regarding your account and the services.

Cookies & Other Tracking Technologies:

  • Cookies: You can adjust your browser to control cookies to require your affirmative acceptance for new cookies, automatically reject cookies and/or delete or disable existing cookies. How you do so depends on the type of cookie and the browser that you are using. For more information on how to control browser cookies, click here. If information about your browser is not available through this page, please search your browser for instructions about how to opt-out of cookie collection.
  • Flash Cookies: You may need to take an additional action to manage flash cookies, which you can learn more about here. Why? Because flash cookies cannot be controlled through your browser settings.
  • Google Analytics: We may use Google Analytics on our Websites to help us understand how you use our Websites. You can learn about how to opt-out of Google Analytics here.
  • Email Tools: You can also change your email settings to block the automatic download of images in email messages, as such images may contain technologies that help us understand how you interact with the message.
  • Note that deleting or blocking cookies may impact your experience on our Websites, as some features may not be available. Certain options you select are browser and device specific.

Our Do Not Track Policy:

  • Some browsers have “do not track” features that allow you to tell a website not to track you. These features are not all uniform. We do not currently respond to those signals. If you block cookies, certain features on our sites may not work. If you block or reject cookies, not all of the tracking described here will stop.
  • Options you select are browser and device specific.

Your Choices And Rights

You have certain choices about how we use your information. Certain choices you make are browser and device specific.

  • You may also have the right to assert a legal right regarding our collection and use of your information under applicable law. Under these applicable laws, you may have a number of rights, including:
    • The right not to provide your personal information to us;
    • The right to object, stop, or limit the processing of your personal information;
    • The right to request the erasure or restriction of processing of your personal information in our possession;
    • The right to have your information transferred to another data controller;
    • The right to withdraw your consent;
    • The right to access to your information and request from us a description, or a copy, of the types of personal information we have stored about you; and
    • The right to request an update or amendment of your personal information.
  • To exercise any of these rights (as applicable), or to request more information, contact us at through the contact information listed at the bottom of this Statement.

Consumer Privacy Rights

Depending on the laws of your local jurisdiction, you may have certain rights and choices with respect to your information. For example, under local laws, you may be able to ask us to:

  • Provide access to certain information we hold about you
  • Update or correct your information
  • Delete certain information
  • Restrict the use of your information

We will consider all requests and provide our response within the time period stated by applicable law. Please note, however, that certain information may be exempt from such requests in some circumstances, which may include if we need to keep processing your information for our legitimate interests or to comply with a legal obligation. We will let you know where this is the case or if certain rights don’t apply in your country or state of residence. We may request you provide us with information necessary to verify your identity before responding to your request as required or permitted by applicable law.

Security

We take appropriate steps to preserve the security of your personal information, including preventing them from being distorted, damaged or disclosed to unauthorized third-parties. We use reasonable means to safeguard personal information under our control. However, the Internet is not 100% secure. We cannot promise that your use of our Website will be completely safe. We encourage you to use caution when using the Internet.

Storage And Transfer Of Information

Information we maintain may be stored in or outside of the United States (“U.S.”). No information to our knowledge is stored in the European Union (“EU”). If you live outside of the U.S., you understand and agree that we may transfer your personal information to the U.S. or non-EU countries, in connection with the purposes set out in this Statement. The Websites are intended for use in the U.S., and are subject to the laws of our country, which may not provide the same level of protections as those in your own country.

If we collect your personal information in the EU to the U.S. or to another non-EU country, under circumstances that are within scope of General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), which are not in adequate jurisdictions, we take steps as required by applicable law to protect the privacy and security of personal information.

Links

Our Websites may contain links to other third-party sites that are not governed by this Statement. If you click on a link to a third-party site, you will be taken to a site we do not control. We are not responsible for the privacy practices used by third-party sites. We suggest that you read the privacy policies of those sites carefully. We are not responsible for these third-party sites.

How To Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments or concerns with respect to our privacy practices or this Statement, or wish to update your information, please feel free to contact us:

Post Mail To:

TheWedding.Directory
P.O. Box 12312 Lahaina HI 96761

Email:

team@newyorkwedding.directory


Changes In Statement

From time to time, we may change our Statement. We will notify you of any material changes to our Statement as required by law. We will also post an updated copy on our Websites. Please check our Websites periodically for updates.

Last Updated: Apr 2, 2024