COOKIE NOTICE

Effective date: January 2025

1. About us

The City Events LLC, based in the United States (EIN 99-1009117), is registered at 2140 S Dupont HWY, Camden, Delaware, 19934 (“Us” or “we”). As the “controller” or “business,” we manage our website, including subdomains, country-specific variations, and related components (the “Website”). To deliver our services, we may process identifiable user information (“Personal Data”).

2. What Is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that we send to your computer or mobile device to enable features and functionalities on our Website. Cookies help store and retrieve information, such as the number of visits, browsing habits, or device usage. Depending on their content and your usage patterns, cookies can also recognize and differentiate users.

Cookies are unique to your account or browser and come in different types:

• Session cookies: Active only while your browser is open and automatically deleted when you close it.
• Persistent cookies: Remain until deleted manually or upon expiration.
• First-Party Cookies: These cookies are created and used directly by our Websites. They ensure proper site functionality, save your settings for future visits, and provide a personalized experience tailored to you.
• Third-Party Cookies: These cookies are created by external sources, such as our advertising or analytics partners (e.g., Google). They track your activity across different websites, enabling personalized advertising and helping us collect broader usage statistics. You can find more information about how Google processes your data here.
  

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your experience, improve our services, and ensure security. Cookies help us recognize you, remember your preferences, and provide a personalized and efficient experience. Here’s how we use them:

• Authentication: Cookies verify your identity when accessing our Websites, ensuring you see the right information and experience personalized features.
• Security and Functionality: Essential cookies support security, detect malicious activity, and enable seamless navigation on our Websites. They help identify sessions, access restricted areas, process purchases, and enable secure browsing.
• Personalization and Preferences: Cookies remember your language, communication settings, and make form-filling easier. They provide tailored features, insights, and content based on your preferences.
• Marketing: Cookies help us deliver and track marketing campaigns and refine content to align with your interests. They may also collect data from partner sites, subject to those partners’ policies.
• Performance and Analytics: Cookies monitor our Websites’ performance, track user activity, and help us improve features and services. Tools like Google Analytics fall under this category.
• Social Cookies and Pixels:
  • Social Cookies: Allow sharing content on social platforms and may influence ads you see based on your interests. Disabling these may limit sharing functionality.
  • Pixels: Small tracking programs link your visit to third parties for analytics and advertising purposes by partners such as Meta.

Our use of cookies ensures a smooth, secure, and personalized experience across our Websites.

4. Types of Data Collected Through Cookies

The Personal Data collected through cookies varies based on your settings and preferences. Generally, we process the following information related to your usage and device:

• The date and time of your last visit to our Websites.
• The pages or content you interacted with during your visit.
• Your preferred language setting.
• Device details, including type, model, operating system and version, browser type and configuration, IP address or other unique device identifier, and a unique token for your device.
• Information about your behavior, preferences, and purchasing history.
• If you consent to personalization cookies, we may combine this data with other information to create a profile reflecting your interests and activities.
  

5. Cookie Retention Period

The data collected through cookies is used only for the time necessary to fulfill their purpose, depending on the cookie type:

• Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser or end your session.
• Persistent Cookies: These remain on your device until you delete them or they expire, as defined in their code. While they are generally set to last no longer than 12 months, they may remain longer unless manually removed.
• Proprietary Cookies: These are active for no more than 12 months from the time you consent to their use. However, data may be retained in a restricted form to address potential legal claims.

Expired cookies may be renewed if you provide consent for their use again.

6. Information Sharing from Cookies

With your consent, data collected through cookies may be shared with partners and service providers to support functions like analytics, advertising, and enhancing user experience.

Some providers may be located outside the European Economic Area (EEA) in countries with different data protection standards. In such cases, we ensure data transfers follow European Commission-approved standard contractual clauses.

For details on these safeguards or third-party practices, refer to their privacy policies. Please note, we are not responsible for third parties’ compliance with data protection regulations.

7. Managing Cookies

When you first visit our Websites, a cookie banner will appear, allowing you to review our use of cookies and give informed consent for specific types of cookies. You can adjust your preferences or withdraw consent at any time for both our cookies and third-party cookies.

Using Cookies for Services
Certain services and functionalities require cookies to be enabled in your browser. These technical cookies help us identify you as a registered user and provide seamless access to features.

Managing Cookie Preferences

• Use the cookie banner or settings panel on our Websites to adjust your preferences.
• Disabling Cookies: You can disable cookies in your web browser settings. Refer to the latest instructions for your browser:
  • Google Chrome;
  • Safari;
  • Microsoft Edge;
  • Firefox;
  • Opera.
    
    For other browsers (e.g., Vivaldi, Brave), consult their specific cookie settings.

Some browsers may notify you instantly about cookies, allowing you to reject them. If not, follow your browser’s instructions to prevent their installation.

If you choose not to accept cookies, you can still use our Websites, though certain features may be limited, and your experience might be affected.

8. Rights regarding Cookies

Under data protection laws, you have the right to manage your personal data, including:

• Accessing, rectifying, or erasing your data.
• Restricting or objecting to its processing.
• Exercising your right to data portability.
• Opting out of decisions based solely on automated processing.
• Withdrawing consent for data processing at any time.

To exercise these rights, contact us using the provided details. We may request additional information to verify your identity. This information will be used solely for processing your request and will be securely retained only as needed to address potential legal obligations.

9. Further Information

For more details on how your Personal Data is processed, refer to our Privacy Notice.

We may update this Cookie Notice to comply with legal requirements, adapt to guidelines from data protection authorities, or reflect other regulatory developments. Please review it regularly for updates. If significant changes are made and we have your email address, we will notify you directly.