Effective Date: 05/01/2024
Welcome to State Book Festival (“we,” “us,” or “our”). We organize an annual literary event celebrating books, authors, and the joy of reading. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information through our website, statebookfestival.com.
We may collect personal data when you interact with our site, such as:
Contact information: name, email, phone number (e.g., for newsletters, registration forms, inquiries).
Usage data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, interaction patterns (e.g., analytics).
Event-related data: preferences, session interests, volunteer/stallholder registration info.
You may visit without registering, but interacting with certain features may require providing personal data.
Your information is used to:
Communicate festival updates, event details, and newsletters (with consent).
Process registrations, applications, or requests (e.g., volunteers, authors).
Improve the website’s functionality and user experience through analytics.
Assist with administrative purposes, internal record-keeping, and feedback.
Our site uses cookies and similar tools to enhance performance and personalize your experience:
Essential cookies for navigation.
Analytics cookies for usage insights (e.g., via Google Analytics)—non-identifying data.
We treat your information with care and do not sell or rent it. We may disclose your data in these instances:
With trusted service providers (e.g., for email newsletters or payment handling) acting on our behalf.
When legally required or to protect our rights and safety.
We employ appropriate security measures—technical and organizational—to safeguard your data. While internet transmissions aren’t fully secure, we take steps to protect what we collect.
Your data is retained for only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined, or as required by law.
You have the right to:
Access personal data we hold about you.
Correct or update inaccurate or incomplete information.
Withdraw consent for direct communications.
Request deletion of your data, where applicable.
Our website may link to third-party platforms (e.g., social media, ticketing). We aren’t responsible for their privacy practices.
We may update this Privacy Policy as our operations evolve. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised date. Your continued use of our site signifies acceptance of those changes
For questions or concerns:
Email: ticket@statebookfestival.com
