Privacy Policy

1. Our Commitment to Your Privacy

Halloween on Saturday respects your privacy. We collect only the information reasonably necessary to operate this website, maintain user accounts, measure community support, provide Founding Member features, and communicate with registered users.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to advertisers, marketing companies, or data brokers.

2. Information We Collect

Depending on how you use the website, we may collect:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Mailing address
• City, State, and ZIP Code
• Communication preferences, including whether you wish to receive email, text messages, or postal mail from us
• Information you submit through contact forms
• Information you submit for a Founding Member profile
• Basic technical information such as IP address, browser type, and server logs.

3. How We Use Your Information

Your information may be used to:

• Create and maintain your account.
• Verify your email address.
• Respond to questions or support requests.
• Measure community participation.
• Prevent duplicate registrations and abuse.
• Improve the website.
• Send important account or project updates.
• Respect and manage your communication preferences.
• Display information you choose to make public as part of an approved Founding Member profile.

We do not use your information for targeted advertising or sell your personal data.

4. Public Founding Member Profiles

If you choose to become a Founding Member, certain information that you voluntarily provide and designate for public display may appear on the Website after review and approval.

Public information may include your name, city, state, brief description, website, social media links, and other information you choose to share publicly.

We will not publicly display your email address, phone number, mailing address, communication preferences, password, or other private account information unless you specifically choose to include that information in content intended for public display.

5. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

We do not publicly display your mailing address, email address, phone number, or communication preferences.

We may disclose information only when:

• Required by law.
• Necessary to protect the security or integrity of the website.
• Needed for trusted service providers who help operate the website, such as web hosting, database services, or email delivery.

Service providers may receive only the information reasonably necessary to perform services for us and are expected to handle that information appropriately.

6. Cookies and Sessions

The website uses cookies and secure session technology to keep users logged in, remember authentication information, and improve security.

These cookies are not used to sell advertising or track your browsing across unrelated websites.

7. Communications and Your Preferences

If you create an account or contact us, we may send communications relating to your account, email verification, password resets, responses to inquiries, security, or other important service-related matters.

If you choose to receive optional communications, we may also contact you by email, text message, or postal mail with updates about Halloween on Saturday, participating communities, Founding Members, or related information.

You may manage your communication preferences through your profile page, including opting out of email, text messages, postal mail, or all optional communications.

Changing your optional communication preferences does not prevent us from sending messages that are reasonably necessary to operate or secure your account, complete a request you initiated, or provide legally required notices.

Message and data rates may apply to text messages according to your mobile carrier and service plan.

We will not knowingly send spam or sell your contact information.

8. Protecting Your Information

We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards to protect the information stored on our systems.

However, no website or Internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Your Choices

You may update your account information and communication preferences through your profile page.

If you wish to request deletion of your account or have questions about information associated with your account, please contact us using the Contact page on this website.

We may retain limited information when reasonably necessary for legal compliance, security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, or maintaining accurate records of actions previously taken on the Website.

10. Children's Privacy

This website is not directed toward children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13.

11. Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time.

When changes are made, the Effective Date at the top of this page will be updated.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please contact us using the Contact page on this website.