Privacy Policy

Wiregrass Blues Society

Effective Date: September 21, 2026

Wiregrass Blues Society ("WBS," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit wiregrassbluessociety.org, contact us, become a member, donate, purchase merchandise or tickets, register for or attend an event, volunteer, or otherwise interact with WBS.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of information:

• Information you provide directly, such as your name, email address, phone number, mailing or billing address, message content, membership information, volunteer interests, event registration details, and other information you choose to submit.

• Transaction information relating to memberships, donations, ticket purchases, or merchandise orders. Payment-card information is generally processed by third-party payment providers and is not stored directly by WBS.

• Technical and usage information, such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed, referring website, approximate location, and dates and times of visits.

• Photographs, video, or audio captured at public WBS programs and events.

2. How We Use Information

• Respond to inquiries and communicate with members, donors, volunteers, event participants, customers, artists, sponsors, and community partners.

• Process memberships, donations, registrations, ticket sales, merchandise orders, and related transactions.

• Provide information about WBS programs, events, fundraising, volunteer opportunities, and organizational news.

• Operate, maintain, secure, personalize, and improve our website, programs, and services.

• Maintain organizational, financial, tax, and transaction records; prevent fraud; enforce our policies; and comply with legal obligations.

• Document and promote WBS events and our nonprofit mission through photographs, video, audio, social media, and other communications, where permitted by law.

3. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website and service providers may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies to operate the site, remember preferences, understand website traffic and engagement, improve performance, and support communications or advertising. You may limit cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some website features.

4. How We Share Information

We may share information:

• With service providers that support website hosting, email delivery, analytics, payment processing, order fulfillment, ticketing, event registration, communications, and other business functions.

• With event venues, partners, contractors, sponsors, or volunteers when reasonably necessary to administer a program or event.

• When required by law, subpoena, court order, or other legal process, or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, property, or integrity of WBS, our community, or others.

• In connection with a reorganization, merger, transfer of assets, or similar organizational change, subject to appropriate protections.

• With your direction or consent.

WBS does not sell personal information for money.

5. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website may link to or integrate with third-party services, including ticketing, payment, social-media, and sponsor websites. Those services operate under their own privacy policies and terms. WBS is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of third parties.

6. Email and Other Communications

If you receive promotional email from us, you may unsubscribe using the instructions in the message or by contacting us. We may still send non-promotional communications, such as transaction confirmations, membership notices, or responses to your requests.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including to provide services, maintain nonprofit and financial records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and meet legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

8. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information. However, no website, transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate parental or guardian consent. WBS may conduct educational programs involving students; information collected through schools or program partners is handled according to applicable requirements and permissions. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to us online, please contact us so we can review and, when appropriate, delete it.

10. Your Privacy Choices

Depending on applicable law, you may ask to access, correct, or delete personal information you have provided to us, or request that we limit certain uses. To make a request, contact us using the information below. We may need to verify your identity and may retain information when required or permitted by law.

11. Visitors Outside the United States

WBS is based in Alabama, United States. If you access our website from another country, your information may be processed and stored in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those in your location.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. We will post the revised policy on our website and update the effective date above. Your continued use of the website after an update signifies that you have had an opportunity to review the revised policy.