Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 01 January 2024

Myevent.mu (“Website”) respects your concerns about privacy. This privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") describes the types of Personal Information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, how long we keep it and your rights and choices with respect to such Personal Information. By using the Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is intended to be read together with our Terms of Use.

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

"Personal Information" is any information that relates to or can be used to identify you. The categories of Personal Information we collect depends on the type of user.

Information You Provide to Us As an Event Planner

• Contact information, such as your name, email address, postal address and phone number;
• Account information, such as your username and password;
• Event details, such as your event date, guest list and budget information;
• Communications that we exchange with you, including when you contact us through the Website or Services for customer support, via social media or otherwise;

Information You Provide to Us As a Service Provider

• Contact information, such as your name, email address, postal and phone number;
• Account information, such as your username and password;
• Communications that we exchange with you, including when you contact us through the Website or Services for customer support, via social media or otherwise;
• Visual and audio information, such as photos, videos and other information or user-generated content that you upload to our Website, provide via social media or otherwise provide in connection with using our Services, as well as associated metadata;

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Unless we have your consent, we will only use the Personal Information we collect from and about you for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and when applicable law allows or requires us to do so. We use your Personal Information for our business and commercial purposes, including to:

• Manage and maintain your account;
• Provide, evaluate and improve our Services, including our Website;
• Develop new products, offerings and content;
• Communicate with you about your account and our Services, including allowing our customer support team to respond to your questions, inquiries, comments and suggestions;
• Maintain a record of the Services you use on our Website and monitor and analyse trends, usage and activities in connection with our Website and Services;
• Enforce our Terms of Use and other policies;
• Send marketing communications (including emails) about our Website, Services, offers and events, and identify when emails sent to you have been received;
• Tailor our Website to you and enhance your experience to include Services, features and offers that may be of particular interest to you;
• Otherwise provide our Services to you.

WHO DO WE DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO?

We may share your Personal Information with the following third parties that provide advertising-related services to us.

• Social Media Platforms: In some cases, we disclose Personal Information to social media platforms in order to show you more relevant ads on those platforms and to support our advertising and marketing efforts.
• Marketing and Advertising Partners: Our marketing and advertising partners may send you marketing communications, serve you ads tailored to your interests, or tailor ads that may be served to you on our Website or through our Services, as well as on other websites and on social media networks.
• Ad Networks: You may see our ads on other websites because we participate in advertising networks. Ad networks allow us to target our advertising to users through demographic, behavioral and contextual means.

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We will retain your Personal Information for as long as we reasonably consider it necessary to achieve the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, or for as long as we are required or permitted to retain it under applicable law (including to satisfy our legal, accounting or reporting obligations). To determine the appropriate retention period for Personal Information, we may consider factors such as the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the Personal Information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of the Personal Information, the purposes for which we process the Personal Information and the applicable legal requirements.

WHAT ARE YOUR CHOICES REGARDING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We offer you choices about the collection, use and sharing of your Personal Information.

• Opt-out of Marketing Communications: You may choose not to receive marketing email communications from us by clicking on the unsubscribe link in our marketing emails or by updating your preferences in your account settings. You may also change your email address for receipt of such communications in your account settings.
• Restricting Cookies: Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new Cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new Cookie, and how to disable existing Cookies. Please note, however, that without Cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of all of our Website's features. In addition, disabling Cookies may cancel opt-outs that rely on Cookies, such as web analytics or targeted advertising opt-outs.
• Opt-out of Google Analytics: If you do not want Google Analytics to gather information about how you interact with our Website while you are on our Website, please install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on and employ it at the start of each session on our Website. A Cookie will be set on your browser that instructs this technology not to start for that session. Please note that the next time you access our Website the analytics will be reactivated, so you will have to disable the technology each time.

DATA SECURITY

We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect the confidentiality and security of information transmitted to us. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your information, we do not guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to or from our Website, and you do so at your own risk.
We urge you to create a strong password that is unique, and not to divulge it to anyone. Also remember to log off your account and close your browser window when you have finished your visit. This is to ensure that others cannot access your account, especially if you are sharing a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place.