Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 26, 2023

Welcome to festy.top. This Privacy Policy describes how festy.top ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal information when you visit our website https://festy.top (the "Site") and use our services. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner.

By accessing or using our Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Site.

1. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Site, which may include personal information that can be used to identify you.

1.1 Information You Provide Directly

• Account Information: When you create an account, we may collect your name, email address, username, password, and contact details.
• Profile Information: Information you add to your profile, such as profile pictures, biographical information, and preferences.
• Transaction and Billing Data: If you make purchases, we collect necessary payment information (processed by secure third-party payment processors), billing address, and transaction history.
• Communications: Contents of your communications with us, including support inquiries, feedback, and survey responses.
• User-Generated Content: Information you post publicly on the Site, such as comments, reviews, or event listings.

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

• Log and Device Data: We automatically collect information about your device and how you interact with our Site. This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, links clicked, and the dates/times of your visits.
• Location Information: We may derive approximate location (e.g., city, country) from your IP address.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activities. For more details, please see our Cookies section below.

1.3 Information from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from third-party services, such as social media platforms (if you connect your account), advertising partners, or data analytics providers, in accordance with their privacy policies and your permissions.

2. Use of Information

We use the information we collect for various business purposes, including:

• To Provide and Maintain Our Services: To operate, maintain, and provide you with the features and functionality of the Site, including processing transactions and managing your account.
• To Communicate With You: To send you service-related communications (e.g., account verification, updates, security alerts), respond to your inquiries, and send you promotional messages (where you have consented).
• To Personalize Your Experience: To tailor content, recommendations, and advertisements based on your preferences, interests, and usage patterns.
• For Analytics and Improvement: To analyze how our Site is used, diagnose technical problems, monitor traffic and trends, and improve our services, features, and user interface.
• For Security and Fraud Prevention: To protect the security and integrity of our Site, users, and business, including detecting, preventing, and investigating fraudulent or unauthorized activities.
• To Comply with Legal Obligations: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or enforceable governmental requests.

3. Data Protection and Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect your personal information from accidental loss, unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Our security measures include:

• Encryption of data in transit using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
• Regular security assessments and vulnerability testing.
• Access controls limiting employee access to personal data on a need-to-know basis.
• Secure storage of data on servers provided by reputable hosting providers.

Despite our safeguards, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site and hold certain information.

4.1 Types of Cookies We Use

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for the Site to function. They enable core functionality like page navigation and access to secure areas.
• Performance/Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the Site by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
• Functionality Cookies: Allow the Site to remember choices you make (like username or region) to provide enhanced, more personal features.
• Advertising/Targeting Cookies: Used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests, and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

4.2 Your Cookie Choices

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can usually modify your browser settings to decline or delete cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Site. You can also manage your preferences via our Cookie Consent banner, if available.

5. Sharing and Disclosure of Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:

• Service Providers: With trusted third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf (e.g., payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting). These providers are contractually obligated to protect your data.
• Legal Requirements: If required to do so by law or in response to valid legal requests (e.g., court orders, subpoenas).
• Business Transfers: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
• Protection of Rights: To enforce our Terms of Service, protect the rights, property, or safety of festy.top, our users, or others.
• With Your Consent: We may share information for any other purpose disclosed to you at the time we collect it, with your consent.

6. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include: