Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Midwest.Events ("Midwest.Events," "we," "us," or "our") is an online platform for discovering events, festivals, attractions, and other activities throughout the Midwest.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use and share it, and the choices available to you when you use Midwest.Events.

By using Midwest.Events, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We may collect information that you provide directly to us, including:

• Your name
• Email address
• Account information
• Saved events, favorites, chosen interests, and preferences
• Email preferences, including whether you have asked for event reminders or the periodic digest
• Event submissions, including the promoter name, email address, phone number, and organization you provide on the submission form
• Organizer claim requests, including the contact address and any evidence you supply to verify your connection to an event
• Information you provide when contacting us or requesting support
• Other information you choose to provide through the service

Google Sign-In

If you choose to create an account or sign in using Google, Midwest.Events may receive basic information associated with your Google account that you authorize Google to provide to us, such as:

• Your name
• Email address
• Profile image
• A unique Google account identifier

We use this information to create, identify, authenticate, and maintain your Midwest.Events account and provide account-related features.

Midwest.Events does not receive or store your Google password.

We do not use Google user data for advertising, sell Google user data, or use Google user data to train generalized artificial intelligence or machine-learning models.

Our access and use of information received from Google is limited to providing and improving the user-facing features of Midwest.Events for which the information was provided.

Information Collected Automatically

When you use Midwest.Events, limited technical and usage information may be collected automatically, including your IP address, browser and device type, the pages or events you view, referring pages, and the date and time of your visit.

Cookies and Browser Storage

Midwest.Events stores only the following on your device:

• A measurement cookie (me_vid). A random identifier created by our server, stored for up to one year. It is used only to count each browser once per city so our interest figures are not inflated by repeat visits. It carries no name, email address, or other personal detail.
• A sign-in session. Stored only if you sign in, so you stay signed in between visits.
• Your preferences. Your chosen starting city, filter selections, and preferred calendar application, stored in your browser so the site remembers your choices.

3. How We Measure Interest

We keep a simple count of which cities people pick or browse, and a count of how often basic actions such as saving an event are completed. This tells us where to concentrate our event research.

Each browser is counted once per city, not once per visit. We do not build advertising profiles, we do not track you across other websites, and we do not sell any of this information.

There are no third-party trackers on Midwest.Events. We do not use Google Analytics, advertising pixels, social media trackers, or similar third-party measurement tools. Everything described here is first-party and stays in our own systems.

If you sign in, the measurement identifier for that browser is associated with your account so that saved-city information stays consistent. You can ask us to delete that association, or to opt out of interest measurement entirely, by writing to info@midwest.events. Clearing your browser's cookies also removes the identifier.

4. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

• Operate and maintain Midwest.Events
• Create and authenticate user accounts
• Allow users to save favorite events and preferences
• Personalize the user experience
• Improve the functionality, performance, and usability of the service
• Communicate with users about their accounts or requested services
• Send event-related updates or other communications users have requested
• Send event reminders and the periodic digest when a user has turned those on
• Provide a private calendar feed of the events a user has saved
• Review event submissions and organizer claims, and email the submitter about the outcome
• Respond to questions and support requests
• Detect, prevent, and investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, or technical problems
• Comply with applicable legal obligations

We do not sell your personal information.

5. How We Share Information

We may share information with service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, authentication, database infrastructure, email delivery, analytics, security, and other technology services necessary to operate Midwest.Events.

These providers may access information only as reasonably necessary to perform services for us and subject to their applicable contractual and legal obligations.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request
• Protect the rights, safety, and security of Midwest.Events, our users, or others
• Investigate fraud, abuse, or security concerns
• Complete a merger, acquisition, financing, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, subject to applicable law

We do not sell Google user data or transfer Google user data to third parties for targeted advertising, data brokerage, creditworthiness, or generalized AI or machine-learning model training.

6. Event Information and Third-Party Websites

Midwest.Events provides information about events, venues, attractions, organizers, and other third parties.

Event listings may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties. Midwest.Events does not control the privacy practices of those third parties. When you leave Midwest.Events or interact directly with another website or service, that third party's privacy policy applies.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide Midwest.Events, maintain your account, fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Information may be deleted or anonymized when it is no longer reasonably necessary for these purposes.

8. Account Deletion and Your Choices

You may update or delete your Midwest.Events account using available account settings.

You may also contact us at info@midwest.events regarding access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information associated with your account.

Deleting your Midwest.Events account does not delete your Google account.

If you receive promotional email from us, you may unsubscribe using the unsubscribe instructions included in those communications. We may still send non-promotional communications that are necessary to operate or administer your account.

9. Children's Privacy

Midwest.Events is a general-audience service and is not directed to children under 13.

Children under 13 may not create a Midwest.Events account or knowingly provide personal information through account-based features.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without any legally required authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.

If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to Midwest.Events, please contact us at info@midwest.events.

10. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

11. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, applicable law may provide you with certain rights concerning your personal information, which may include rights to request access, correction, deletion, or information about how your personal information is used.

Where applicable, you may exercise those rights by contacting us at info@midwest.events. We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as Midwest.Events develops or our practices change.

When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Material changes may also be communicated through the service when appropriate.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, contact:

Midwest.Events
Email: info@midwest.events