Privacy Policy

• Contact information, such as your name, email address, mobile phone number and Instagram handle.
• Event and business details you send us to promote, such as event name, date, venue, description and links, and the photos or files you upload.
• Order and request details, such as the packages you choose, your preferred payment method, and for partnerships your company, budget and timeline.
• Event participation details, such as which events or markets you've applied to as an artist or vendor.
• Communications you send us by text, email or our website forms.
• Basic technical data that our hosting provider logs automatically, such as IP address and browser type, to keep the site running and secure.

We don't collect card numbers or take payments on our website.

• When you order event promotion or advertising, or request a partnership proposal, on our website.
• When you sign up for our newsletter.
• When you apply to participate as an artist or vendor at one of our events.
• When you opt in to receive text messages from us.
• When you contact us directly for support or inquiries.

• To review, schedule and publish the events and content you ask us to promote, and to contact you about them.
• To send you a payment request (such as a card payment link, PayPal, Venmo or Zelle) after we confirm an order.
• To communicate with you about event details, schedules and logistics, and your participation as an artist or vendor.
• To respond to support, partnership and coverage inquiries.
• To send our newsletter, and text message updates if you've opted in.
• To keep our website secure, prevent spam and abuse, and improve our events and services.

Event details submitted for promotion are meant to be public: once approved, they appear on our calendar and social media channels.

If you opt in to receive text messages from Happening In DTLA:

• Consent: you provided your mobile number and affirmatively checked a consent checkbox on our website. Consent to receive text messages is never required to participate as an artist or vendor.
• Message frequency: message frequency varies.
• Message and data rates: standard message and data rates may apply, depending on your mobile carrier and plan.
• Opt-out: you can opt out at any time by replying STOP to any message. You may also reply HELP for assistance.
• No sharing for marketing: we do not sell or share your mobile phone number with third parties for their own marketing purposes. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties for marketing purposes.

We do not sell your personal information, and we don't share it for advertising. We may share information with:

• Service providers who help us operate our website, events and messaging, solely to provide our services. These include Google (Gmail and Google Sheets) for form submissions and our newsletter list, n8n for routing website forms, Supabase for our event calendar and event photos, Twilio for text messages, our vendor application partner, and our website hosting provider.
• Payment providers, when you pay us, under their own privacy policies.
• Legal authorities, if required by law, subpoena or other legal process.

We don't use advertising or tracking cookies. The only cookie we set is a sign-in cookie for our own team's admin pages. Our fonts are hosted on our own site, so loading a page doesn't send your information to a font service.

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, or as required by law. Newsletter details are kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete them.

• You may unsubscribe from text messages at any time by replying STOP.
• You may unsubscribe from emails using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.
• You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information by emailing support@happeningindtla.com. We may need to confirm your identity first.

California residents have these rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, and we won't treat you differently for using them.

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. However, no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.

Our services are not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: