The HelpUsGetMarried.com website is owned and operated by Help Us Get Married LLC, which is located at 683 Wabash Ave., Suite 203, Terre Haute, IN 47807. The website refers visitors to hotels, restaurants, and other venues that accommodate weddings and activities, as well as to event- and meeting-related service providers or vendors that accommodate weddings and activities.
To understand how any information collected may be used, you should review both HelpUsGetMarried.com’s privacy policy and the privacy policy of the hotel, Venue, or service provider, Vendor, you intend to work with or request information from.
We encourage you to read the HelpUsGetMarried.com privacy policy, as well as those of our participating Venues and Vendors, so that you understand what types of personal information are collected and how this information may be used.
As part of our Privacy Policy, we address the following:
- The personal information we collect
- With whom your information is shared and how it is used
- The choices you have about the collection and use of your information
- The security measures we take to protect your personal information
- The right to remove and/or discontinue service agreements for Venues & Vendors
- The referral program service
- Venue & Vendor category restrictions
- Additional information about online privacy and changes to our policy
The personal information we collect
HelpUsGetMarried.com and its partners collect personal information necessary to respond to your requests for information about Venues, Events, and Vendors, as well as our customized products and services, and to allow you to use the resources available on our website. Personal information includes, but is not limited to, name, physical address, email address, phone number, age and any other information that itself identifies or, when tied to the above information, may identify you as a specific individual. HelpUsGetMarried.com and its partners may also collect information related to your event, including dates and locations of your event, and information relating to the number of attendees. HelpUsGetMarried.com may also use order forms for you to request certain information, products and services. On such order forms, we may collect your contact information, financial information (including credit card numbers) and demographic information.
Cookies. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies in several very common ways. Cookie files are used to better understand how you go through our website so that we may tailor your experience at our website. Cookies are also used to tell us whether you have visited our website previously, and to help us determine whether you came to our website from a particular Internet link, banner advertisement, or search engine. Cookies can also be used to help you to save and retrieve passwords and other information and preferences you use on our website, saving you from having to re-enter this information upon every visit to our website. Cookies cannot and will not be used by us to retrieve any personal information about you from your computer that you have not previously and voluntarily provided to us. However, cookies may also be received when you link to our partners’ sites or when you view or click on banner advertisements served by our outside advertising company and we do not have control over how they use this information. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can edit your browser options to block them in the future. However, most of our features will not function if you do not accept cookies.
IP Addresses. When you connect to our website, we record your IP addresses and information on the type of operating system (ex. Windows, Mac, etc.) and browser software (ex. Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, etc.) you are using. This helps us to diagnose problems with our servers and for system administration. Your IP address is also used to help gather aggregated demographic information.
Forums, review boards, and chat rooms. We may make forums, review boards, and chat rooms available to you. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. With whom your information is shared and how it is used
When you provide information to HelpUsGetMarried.com, the information is stored in our database. Such information is used by HelpUsGetMarried.com in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Information we collect is used to tailor your experience at our site, to show you content that we think you might be interested in, and to display the content according to your preferences. We also use such personal information to send you promotional materials on us and some of our partners. Your contact information may also be used if it becomes necessary to contact you.
When you use a credit card to purchase goods and services through our website, your encrypted credit card information will be sent to our retail partners that provide registry and credit card authoring services to authorize your payment. Although this Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices or policies of any such other entities, we intend to require that all of our partners agree not to use your personal information, except as fully disclosed to you or authorized by you.
Any information we collect may be shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis. In addition, we may from time to time hire a third party to act on our behalf for projects such as market research surveys and contest entry processing, and we will provide information to these third parties specifically for use in connection with these projects. Survey and contest participation is entirely optional. The information we provide to such third parties will be protected by a confidentiality agreement that will obligate the third party to use such information solely to complete the specific project.
In addition to the circumstances described above, we may disclose your information if required to do so by law, court order, as requested by other government or law enforcement authorities, or in the good faith belief that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable, including (without limitation) when we have reason to believe that disclosing the information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with our rights or properties, whether intentionally or otherwise, or when anyone else could be harmed by such activities.
In addition to the circumstances described above, we may disclose your information if required to do so by law, court order, as requested by other government or law enforcement authorities, or in the good faith belief that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable, including (without limitation) when we have reason to believe that disclosing the information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with our rights or properties, whether intentionally or otherwise, or when anyone else could be harmed by such activities.
The choices you have about the collection and use of your information
As a customer, you will occasionally receive email updates from us about important functionality changes, special offers from us and our partners, new HelpUsGetMarried.com services and other noteworthy news items about us and our partners. We hope you will find these updates interesting and informative. Of course, if you would rather not receive them, just let us know by clicking on the opt-out link at the bottom of the email or let our partners know by following their instructions. If you have provided the name and email address of another event participant, HelpUsGetMarried.com will send such participant an email inviting him or her to visit our site and giving such participant the opportunity to opt-out of receiving future information regarding HelpUsGetMarried.com and its partners. Our site also provides you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving such communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information from you. In other words, if you don’t want us or our partners to send you emails about our or their business, just let us know. HelpUsGetMarried.com reserves the right to limit registration to those who will accept emails and to those who will provide the requested information.
HelpUsGetMarried.com provides you with the ability to receive email subscriptions to various services we provide. If you elect to receive such email subscriptions, you can opt-out of receiving future emails by following the opt-out instructions on the bottom of every email you receive.
HelpUsGetMarried.com provides you with the ability to receive email subscriptions to various services we provide. If you elect to receive such email subscriptions, you can opt-out of receiving future emails by following the opt-out instructions on the bottom of every email you receive.
The security measures we take to protect your personal information
All order information you provide to us and all information contained in your online account is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL is a widely used coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt or scramble data before you send it to us. Transactions will not be permitted if your browser does not accept SSL encryption. Only authorized personnel from HelpUsGetMarried.com or its partners can decode this information and such personnel will only do so in accordance with our or their Privacy Policy. In addition, HelpUsGetMarried.com does not store any of your credit card information, nor does our credit card processor, Stripe.com, which is in accordance with their privacy policy.
The right to remove and/or discontinue service agreements for Venues & Vendors
Please be aware we have the right to remove and/or discontinue service agreements that may have been established with select Venues and Vendors. Such actions are considered upon, but not limited to, consistent customer complaints, consistent bad reviews and low ratings, display of inappropriate material or inappropriate actions taken upon Venues & Vendors. *Service agreements are recognized as established contracts or note-able payments made to HelpUsGetMarried.com for a service offered by HelpUsGetMarried.com – please review our ‘Services’ page for the types of services we offer.
The referral program service
As a service, HelpUsGetMarried.com offers a referral program to all visitors. The referral program is specifically for referrals or suggestions of Venues and Vendors to be apart of the HelpUsGetMarried.com advertising community. In order to partake in the referral program, a Venue and Vendor must be referred (suggested) to HelpUsGetMarried.com through provided means of communications that is available on the HelpUsGetMarried.com website. A completed referral consist of the referred (suggested) Venue or Vendor completing a service agreement with HelpUsGetMarried.com. After a service agreement between a Venue or Vendor has completed with HelpUsGetMarried.com, the person who submitted the referral is subject to receive half of the ad sale completed by HelpUsGetMarried.com. Ad sales vary depending on Venues and Vendors, and categories that HelpUsGetMarried.com supports. Ad sales are subject to credit card processing and transactional fees, which may lower the referral amount received by the person who submitted the referral. *Service agreements are recognized as established contracts or note-able payments made to HelpUsGetMarried.com for a service offered by HelpUsGetMarried.com – please review the ‘Services’ page for the types of services we offer.
Venue & Vendor category restrictions
For your convenience of advertisement and service agreement knowledge with HelpUsGetMarried.com, there are category restrictions for limiting the number of displayed Venues and Vendors. Each category that HelpUsGetMarried.com displays for Venue and Vendor advertisement are subject to, but not limited to, depending on the demographics of specific states and cities, of 10 advertisement spaces. *A maximum of 20 advertisement spaces will not be exceeded. For example, the category of ‘Photographers’ is reserved for only 10 advertisement spaces per city, however based on the demographics of a specific state or city the advertisement spaces reserved for a specific category will not exceed to more than 20.
In addition to the above, there is a limitation of the number of times one specific Venue or Vendor can be displayed within multiple categories of a specific state or city. A Venue or Vendor is subject to, but not limited to, depending on the demographics of specific states and cities, of 5 category advertisement displays within a specific state or city. *A maximum of 10 advertisement displays will not be exceeded per state or city. For example, business XYZ can display an advertisement in multiple categories for a specific state or city up to 5 times, however based on the demographics of a specific state or city the advertisement within multiple categories will not exceed to more than 10. *Service agreements are recognized as established contracts or note-able payments made to HelpUsGetMarried.com for a service offered by HelpUsGetMarried.com – please review our ‘Services’ page for the types of services we offer.
Additional information about online privacy and changes to our policy
Please be aware that on our site we have advertisements and links to other websites that may collect personal information about you. This Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices or policies of such websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of all such sites, as their policies may be materially different from our Privacy Policy. Any material changes in the way we use personal information will be described in future versions of this Privacy Policy. If you have any concerns regarding our Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact Help Us Get Married at the address below. We will attempt to respond to all reasonable concerns or inquiries as quickly as possible.
Our address
Help Us Get Married LLC
683 Wabash Ave., Suite 203
Terre Haute, IN 47807
http://www.HelpUsGetMarried.com