WED SOCIETY®

Privacy Statement

UPDATED: January 5, 2024

At Wed Society, we're committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This Privacy Statement provides important information on how Wed Society (“we,” “us,” or “our”) handles personal information. This Privacy Statement applies to all information gathered for and on behalf of Wed Society electronically through the wedsociety.com site (the “Site”). It explains data collection, use, and disclosure of personal information by Wed Society. It does not apply to offline products or services.

By accessing the Site or providing us with any personal information, you agree that Wed Society may collect, use and disclose such personal information. In addition, it also signifies that you agree with all the terms of this Privacy Statement.

Wed Society welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Statement. If you have questions concerning Wed Society Privacy Statement, please submit an inquiry via postal mail at the address provided below:

Privacy Officer, Wed Society 14013 N. Eastern Ave., Edmond, OK 73034

We will use commercially reasonable efforts to determine and address your concerns promptly.

Who Are We?

Wed Society holds over 18 years of digital marketing experience and is the top online wedding media franchise that connects couples planning to the best local wedding vendors in the markets that we serve throughout the country. We curate an online directory that not only showcases inspirational weddings but also promotes local wedding vendors.

Personal Data Collection

What is personal information?

Personal information is any information that identifies you or by which your identity could reasonably be ascertained or deduced from that information.

How do we collect personal information from you?

The collection of personal information is obtained when a visitor lands on the Site. You use the Site by completing a form to gain more information, or if you register to receive our monthly newsletters, download resources or request to speak with a customer support representative.

Why we are collecting your personal information?

Wed Society collects information in order to provide better and enhanced services to you. The information requested on this Site is required to process your request for more information about our company, wedding vendors we promote on the Site, products and services we provide, to register for our events or newsletters, and to contact customer support. We may also use your personal information to detect and reduce fraud and credit risk for the purchasing of a franchise, service, or product.

What type of personal information is collected?

The personal information Wed Society collects may include but is not limited to your name, mailing address, home phone number, cell phone number, or financial and credit card information, if required, for the purchase of Wed Society products or services or registration of Wed Society events. Your company or business name, business address, business contact information, or information that is already a matter of public record or knowledge is generally not considered personal information and may be shared with anyone within or outside the Wed Society network.

Why Wed Society creates a profile

We may analyze your personal information to create a profile of personal information so that we can segment you and contact you with relevant information about our company, services, or products. We may make use of additional information about you, if available, from external sources to help us do this effectively.

Personal Information Access & Control

Wed Society, will not sell or rent your information to third parties or share your information with third parties for marketing purposes outside of Wed Society’s digital marketing services. Access to your personal information will be restricted to Wed Society employees, administrators, or Wed Society consultants who are responsible for the marketing and administration of Wed Society services.

How we use your personal information

The personal information collected on this Site will be used to:

  • Navigate through the Site
  • Provide the service(s)
  • Carry out the transaction(s) you have requested

In support of these uses, Wed Society may use personal information to:

  • Provide you with more effective customer service
  • Provide you with important information about the product or service that you are using, including critical updates and notifications
  • Send you information about other Wed Society products and services
  • Send you information about Wed Society wedding vendor members

How do I access my personal information?

If you wish to access your personal information, update your details, or unsubscribe from communications, submit an inquiry or write to:

Privacy Officer, Wed Society
14013 N. Eastern Ave., Edmond, OK 73034

What type of personal information is collected?

The personal information Wed Society collects may include but is not limited to your name, mailing address, home phone number, cell phone number, or financial and credit card information, if required, for the purchase of Wed Society products or services or registration of Wed Society events. Your company or business name, business address, business contact information, or information that is already a matter of public record or knowledge is generally not considered personal information and may be shared with anyone within or outside the Wed Society network.

How do I control the Wed Society use of my personal information?

Except as otherwise described in this Privacy Statement, personal information you provide on the Site will not be shared outside of Wed Society employees, administrators, or Wed Society Consultants who are responsible for the marketing and administration of Wed Society services without your permission. As described above in the previous section, you can access your personal information through email or by writing to us.

Personal Information Protection

Wed Society is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.

Links to other websites and social media

This Site hosts various blogs, case studies, and testimonials that will allow you to share our content through various Social Media Applications with other users. Any personal information that you contribute to any Social Media Application can be read, collected, and used by these Social Media Organizations. Therefore, we are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other Social Media Applications and their organizations. In addition, the Site may contain links to other websites managed by other organizations; this Privacy Statement only applies to wedsociety.com and all subdomains of wedsociety.com. If you landed on our Site from a third-party website, we are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices outside of our Site. We encourage you to check the third-party sites or social media applications’ privacy statements.

Cookies & Similar Technologies

What are cookies?

Cookies are used on this Site to ensure the integrity of the registration process and to personalize the Site. A cookie is a small text file placed on your hard disk to enable a site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits, saving you time and effort. While cookies are able to remember your information to provide you with this convenience, they cannot be used to run programs or spread viruses to your computer.

How does Wed Society use cookies?

This Site uses cookies to deliver relevant content, ease site navigation, or collect information for statistical use, such as how many visitors our site received. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies at any time by modifying the settings in your browser, and you can also erase cookies from your operating system as well. However, declining or erasing cookies may preclude you from fully experiencing all the features of this website.

Consent

If you have voluntarily provided personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name, title, phone number, or email address (business or personal), you have assumed an implied business relationship with Wed Society and therefore consented to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personally identifiable information as described in this Privacy Statement. Wed Society will not use personally identifiable information for any purpose outside of the implied business relationship.

Children’s Privacy Protection

Wed Society is committed to protecting the privacy of children locally and internationally. This Site is not designed or intentionally targeted toward children 16 years of age or younger, and we do not intentionally collect or maintain personal information about anyone under the age of 16.

Wed Society opt-in Approach

Wed Society will ensure acts in compliance with California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In order to ensure compliance, electronic messages (including email marketing) will be based on an “Opt-In” approach. Wed Society will gain consent for external electronic message purposes prior to sending commercial messages (including emails) unless we have a pre-existing business relationship with the client or prospect, as in these particular cases, consent is considered to be implied. Should Wed Society require personal information for a new purpose, we will contact you directly to seek consent for that new use/purpose.

How can you opt-out?

Your consent to the use of personal information to communicate with you and offer you franchise opportunities, products, and services is optional. If you wish to remove your personal information from our databases, you may opt out at any time by doing the following: unsubscribing through a delivered email message, contacting us directly by submitting an inquiry to make this request, or writing to:

Privacy Officer, Wed Society
14013 N. Eastern Ave., Edmond, OK 73034

Review of this Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement is in accordance with California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA) effective February 6, 2013, and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) effective May 25, 2018. We keep this Privacy Statement under regular review. We encourage you to periodically review this document to be informed about how Wed Society protects and respects your personal information. This Privacy Statement was last updated in January, 2024.