Elopements + Intimate Weddings in the Pacific Northwest + Beyond

Your Privacy Rights
Our Privacy Policy

Last Update 8 Apr 2024

Welcome to Venture Ever After! This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit our website, ventureeverafter.com (“Site”.) Throughout this policy, the terms “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Venture Ever After, an Oregon limited liability corporation.

When you use our Site, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously.

This Privacy Policy describes: (i) the customer information we collect, including Personal Information, how long we retain it and why; (ii) how we use information and Personal Information and when (and if) we share it with third parties; (iii) the choices you can make about how your Personal Information is collected, used and shared; (iv) how to correct, delete or transfer your Personal Information; and (v) the data security, accuracy and access measures we have adopted to protect Personal Information under our control from loss, misuse or alteration.

BY USING OUR SITE, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. THIS PRIVACY POLICY IS INCORPORATED INTO AND MADE PART OF OUR TERMS OF USE. PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by any third party, even if such information is collected through an application or content (including advertising) that is linked to or accessible from our Site.

PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
When used in this Privacy Policy, the term “Personal Information” means any information by which you can be identified, such as your name, address, telephone number, or email. Other information that does not relate to or identify you as an individual is not Personal Information.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect information about you in several ways. For example, we might ask for your contact information when you correspond with us, call us to make a purchase, or request service, or request information on volunteering or supporting our mission. We also collect information, including Personal Information, when you fill out a form or otherwise communicate with us through our Site. In addition, when you ask to be included in our email mailing list or submit testimonials either directly through our site or through third party business platforms such as our social media accounts or Yelp or Google Reviews, we collect and store the information and Personal Information you submit on those platforms.

USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal Information from users on our Site will be for the following purposes:
  • Process registration with our Site, including verification of valid email address
  • Respond to your comments, questions and requests,
  • Contact you regarding your use of our Site and, at our discretion, changes in our policies,
  • Facilitate and improve your experiences with our Site,
  • Forward payment information to third party payment processor as directed by you in order for you to purchase services from us provided on this Site

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We do not provide Personal Information to any unaffiliated parties or third parties, except in certain circumstances as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

To provide and administer our Site, we may need to share your Personal Information with our partners and different service providers that we work with. This does not adversely affect your rights. We will take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure transferred information is kept secure as required by applicable data privacy laws.

We may disclose ‘blind’ aggregated data and user statistics to prospective partners and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes. Blind data is data which does not identify an individual person or disclose Personal Information. We may also disclose Personal Information with your consent or at your direction.

Please be advised that in certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your Personal Information to governmental organizations, attorneys and private agencies that conduct relevant criminal and civil investigations, or otherwise as required by our legal obligations.

RETENTION AND TRANSFER OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We retain Personal Information as necessary to service your use of the SIte. We also keep Personal Information, metadata, documentation, and any other relevant information as permitted or required by law.

When the retention time is reached your information may be destroyed. You may also ask us to transfer your Personal Information upon request. Please contact us at nadia@ventureeverafter.com with the subject line “Personal Information Request” to request transfer of your Personal Information or for more information regarding retention time and retention of information.

OUR USE OF COOKIES
As part of offering and providing a customizable and personalized Site, many websites use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies to monitor traffic on our Site, and measure traffic patterns to improve functionality of our Site. Our Site may also contain electronic images known as web beacons (sometimes called clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) or other advanced technologies that are useful in the provision of Site to you, permitting us, for example, to counter users who have visited those pages and for other related websites or mobile device application statistics.

We may also use such devices to verify compliance with our terms and conditions of use or with any promotions on our Site. If you do not want our Site to deploy cookies in your browser, you can set your browser to reject cookies or to notify you when a website tries to put a cookie in your browser software. Rejecting cookies may affect your ability to use some of the features on our Site.

Additionally, we also use third party vendors who use cookies to serve ads and other content based on user prior visits to our Site, those vendors are listed directly below:

Google Analytics and Advertising:
Helps collect statistical information regarding how our Site is being used and display useful advertising.
https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-US.
To opt-out https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. 

Showit:
Saas for website building and hosting.
https://learn.showit.co/en/articles/1235058-eu-cookie-law

Dubsado:
Business management tool. Site users who use the contact forms on the Site are doing so through Dubsado.
https://www.dubsado.com/legal/privacy-policy

Facebook Pixel:
Provides code that lets the Site measure, optimize and build audiences for your ad campaigns.
https://www.facebook.com/business/help/471978536642445?id=1205376682832142

Hotjar:
Assists in improving user experience with the Site.
https://help.hotjar.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011789248-Hotjar-Cookie-Information

DO NOT TRACK
We do not track our customers over time and across third party websites to provide targeted advertising and therefore do not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. Third parties that have content embedded on our Site such as a social feature or a stock ticker may set cookies on a user’s browser and/or obtain information about the fact that a web browser visited a specific website from a certain IP address. Third parties cannot collect any other personally identifiable information from our Site unless you provide it to them directly, for example this Site may gather information in order to respond to your contact request, the software we use will have access to your personal information that you provided.

YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to make the following request to us:
  • Access your Personal Information (data subject access request);
  • Correction of your Personal Information;
  • Erase or transfer of your Personal Information;
  • Restrict processing of your Personal Information;
  • Object to the processing of your Personal Information; and
  • Withdrawal of your consent for collection of Personal Information.

SECURITY
We use commercially reasonable efforts to safeguard the security of your information with physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. Likewise, we urge you to take every precaution to protect your Personal Information when you are on the Internet. Change your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers and make sure you use a secure browser. The Site uses industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption on all web pages where Personal Information is required. This protects the confidentiality of your personal and credit card information while it is transmitted over the Internet. We may update browser requirements from time to time by posting a notice on the Site.

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
Our Site may contain links to third party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external Site that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information and Personal Information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your Personal Information. We are not responsible for the content, privacy, security practices, or policies of any third parties, including other websites, Site, or applications that may be linked to, or from, the Site.

CHILDREN
Our Site is not for children. We do not knowingly solicit Personal Information from children under the age of 18 or send them requests for Personal Information.

If you are under 18, you acknowledge that a qualified adult such as a parent, guardian or school teacher, has allowed you to use our Site and you agree to the Terms of Use.

If you believe we might have information from or about a child under the age of 18, please let us know by contacting us electronically at nadia@ventureeverafter.com with the subject line “Child Information Removal Request.”

SOCIAL SHARING FEATURES
Our Site may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools (such as the Facebook “Like” button and “Follow” button of Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest), which let you share actions you take on the Site with other media. The use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the privacy settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature. You use these social sharing features at your own risk. No security measures, including the privacy settings referenced above, are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot, and do not, guarantee that the information you share using such features will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.

FOR CALIFORNIA USERS: PRIVACY RIGHTS
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers of the Site who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us electronically at nadia@ventureeverafter.comwith the subject line “Personal Information Request” or write to us at the address set forth below.

PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
We reserve the right to amend, alter, or otherwise change this Privacy Policy at our sole and absolute discretion. We encourage you to periodically review the Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the Personal Information we collect.

CAN SPAM ACT
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

WE COLLECT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN ORDER TO
  • Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
  • Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders.
  • We may also send you additional information related to your product and/or service.
  • Market if the user has opted-in to the Company’s newsletter.

TO BE ACCORDANCE WITH CAN SPAM WE AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING:
  • NOT use false, or misleading subjects or email addresses.
  • Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
  • Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
  • Monitor third party email marketing websites for compliance, if one is used.
  • Honor opt-out or unsubscribe requests quickly.
  • Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

OPT OUT
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can follow the instructions at the bottom of each email.

CONTACT US
For more information about our privacy practices, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e‑mail at nadia@ventureeverafter.com with subject line “Privacy Policy.”

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