Privacy Policy

Effective date: September 17, 2026

Information you provide

When you use a contact or festival submission form, Festival Finder USA may receive your name, email address, message, organizer information, festival details, official URLs, dates, location, and any other information you choose to provide. Do not submit sensitive personal information that is unnecessary for the request.

Information collected automatically

The website, hosting infrastructure, security tools, and measurement services may process technical information such as an IP address, approximate location derived from an IP address, browser and device details, operating system, requested pages, timestamps, referring pages, interactions, error data, and security events. Some information may be stored in cookies, local storage, or similar technologies.

Google Analytics and Site Kit

Festival Finder USA uses Google Site Kit and a Google tag connected to Google Analytics to understand site use and improve content and performance. Google Analytics may collect information about pages viewed, referrals, device and browser characteristics, approximate geography, and interactions with the site. Festival Finder USA uses this information in aggregate to evaluate which guides are useful, diagnose problems, and plan improvements.

Google may process this information under its own terms and privacy practices. Learn more in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.

Google advertising and third-party technologies

Festival Finder USA has Google AdSense code installed. Ads may not appear on every visit or for every visitor; availability depends on Google account configuration, eligibility, and location. When Google advertising operates on this site, third-party vendors, including Google, may place or read cookies in your browser, or use web beacons, IP addresses, device identifiers, and similar technologies to collect information as a result of ad serving.

Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google’s advertising cookies enable Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to this site and other sites on the internet. Advertising technologies may also be used to measure ads, limit how often they appear, detect invalid activity, and, where permitted, personalize ads.

You can manage Google ad personalization through Google Ads Settings. You can opt out of some participating third-party personalized advertising through YourAdChoices. Opting out of personalized advertising does not necessarily remove all ads. Learn more about how Google uses information from partner sites and Google’s data responsibilities for businesses.

If advertising partners other than Google are enabled to serve ads on this site, this policy or an applicable consent interface will identify them and provide links to their privacy and choice information. We review this section when advertising settings or providers change.

Cookies, consent, and privacy choices

Essential, functional, security, performance, analytics, and advertising technologies may be used, as described in the Cookie Policy. Browser settings can block or delete cookies. Google advertising choices are available through Google Ads Settings. Where an on-site consent control is displayed, use it to make or change the choices it offers. Contact us if you have a privacy request or expect a consent control but do not see one.

Where applicable law requires consent for nonessential storage or personalized advertising, that consent must be obtained separately; viewing this notice does not give consent. If you do not see a choice mechanism when you expect one, please contact us.

How information is used

• Respond to questions, corrections, privacy requests, and festival submissions.
• Review, verify, and publish appropriate festival information.
• Measure content use and improve navigation, performance, and visitor usefulness.
• Operate, secure, maintain, and troubleshoot the website.
• Prevent abuse, spam, and fraudulent submissions.
• Comply with legal obligations and protect legitimate rights.
• If advertising is activated, display and measure advertising and manage advertising frequency.

Publication of submitted festival information

Festival names, official URLs, dates, locations, descriptions, and practical visitor details may be published after review. Personal contact details are not intended to be published unless they are already an official public point of contact and publication is appropriate.

Service providers and data sharing

Hosting, content-management, caching, form-delivery, security, analytics, and advertising providers may process information to provide their services. Current site components include WordPress, Hostinger infrastructure, LiteSpeed Cache, Contact Form 7, Rank Math SEO, Google Site Kit, Google Analytics, and Google AdSense code. Google may receive technical and usage information through its analytics and advertising integrations as described above. Form information is shared with the providers needed to deliver and manage a message or submission; it is not intended for public display except for the festival details described above.

External links

Festival listings and guides may link to organizer, venue, ticketing, municipal, tourism, or other third-party websites. Their privacy and cookie practices are governed by their own policies.

Retention

Information is kept only as long as reasonably needed for the purpose collected, site measurement, recordkeeping, dispute resolution, security, or legal requirements. Retention periods may differ by record type and service provider. Analytics retention and deletion controls may also be managed within Google services.

Your choices and rights

You may ask to access, correct, or delete personal information you submitted, subject to verification and applicable exceptions. Residents of some locations may have additional rights regarding access, deletion, correction, restriction, objection, portability, or consent withdrawal. Use the contact form to make a privacy request. You can also use browser settings to delete or block cookies, although doing so may affect site functions.

Children’s privacy

The website is a general-audience festival resource and is not directed to children under 13. Children should not submit personal information without a parent or guardian.

Security

Reasonable administrative and technical safeguards are used, but no website, email, transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.

Policy changes

This policy may be updated as the website, measurement tools, advertising services, or legal requirements change. The effective date will be revised when material changes are published.

Contact

Use the contact form and select “General question” for privacy inquiries.