Last updated: October 14, 2025
Welcome to Mardi Gras in the Mountains (“we,” “us,” “our”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal data you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website mardigrasinthemountains.org (the “Site”), purchase tickets, vote for royalty, or otherwise interact with us.
By accessing or using our Site and services, you acknowledge that you accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect several types of information from and about you, including:
a) Personal Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide personal data, such as:
- Name
- Email address
- Postal address
- Telephone number
- Payment / billing information (credit card, etc.)
- Voting or ballot choices (for King / Queen / Honor Court)
- Correspondence or messages you send to us
b) Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our Site, we may automatically collect certain information, such as:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Referring website
- Pages you visit / Site navigation
- Date and time of access
- Device identifiers
- Usage statistics (clickstreams, time spent, etc.)
We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, or similar technologies to collect some of this information.
c) Third-Party Sources
We may receive information about you from third parties, e.g.:
- Payment processors (for transaction verification)
- Analytics providers
- Advertising networks
- Social media platforms (if you link or share via social media)
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for purposes including:
- To provide, operate, maintain, and improve our Site and services
- To process ticket purchases, voting, and donations
- To verify your identity and prevent fraud
- To communicate with you (e.g. confirmations, updates, newsletters)
- To send you marketing or promotional materials (if you have opted in)
- To analyze usage trends and performance
- To enforce our policies, protect rights, property, or safety
- To comply with legal obligations
3. Legal Basis for Processing (if applicable)
If you are visiting from a jurisdiction that requires it (e.g. European Union under GDPR), we rely on one or more of the following legal bases:
- Consent: Where you have given consent for specific uses (e.g. marketing emails)
- Contract performance: To fulfill a contract you have entered (e.g. processing your ticket purchase)
- Legal compliance: To comply with laws or regulations
- Legitimate interests: Where we have legitimate interests in operating our organization, so long as your rights and interests do not override them
4. Disclosure of Your Information
We may share your personal information with:
- Service providers / contractors who help us operate our Site, process payments, send emails, analyze data, etc.
- Payment processors / financial institutions to facilitate transactions
- Charitable, nonprofit, or partner organizations involved in the event
- Legal, regulatory, or law enforcement authorities when required by law or to protect rights, safety, or property
- Successors, assigns, or in connection with a merger or acquisition
We will require those third parties to protect your data according to applicable laws and restrict their use to the purposes for which we share it.
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and similar tools to collect usage data and improve your experience. Cookies help us:
- Recognize your device
- Maintain session / login information
- Remember preferences
- Analyze how users navigate the Site
You can usually disable cookies via your browser settings, though doing so may affect functionality of our Site.
6. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights over your personal data, such as:
- Access: Request a copy of personal data we hold
- Correction: Ask to update or correct inaccurate or incomplete data
- Deletion: Request that we delete your data
- Restrict / Object: Ask us to limit processing or object to certain uses
- Portability: Request your data in a structured, machine-readable format
- Withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it
To exercise a right, contact us using the contact details below. We may ask you to verify your identity before processing requests. In some cases, we may refuse a request if permitted or required by law.
7. Security
We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
8. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. After that, we securely delete or anonymize your data.
9. International Transfers
If you are located outside the U.S. (or outside our primary operating jurisdiction), your personal data may be transferred to, and maintained on, servers or databases located in other countries, which may have different data protection laws. We will take appropriate steps to ensure a level of protection consistent with applicable law.
10. Children’s Privacy
Our Site and services are not directed to children under the age of 13 (or applicable legal minimum). We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors. If we become aware we have collected data from a minor, we will take steps to delete it.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised version on this page with a new “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review this page periodically for any changes.
12. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, you may contact us at:
Mardi Gras in the Mountains
Address: 70 Caring Way, Jasper, GA 30143
Phone: 706-253-4100
Email: gpendley200@ellijay.com