Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Jersey Talks LLC collects, uses, stores, and shares information when you visit JerseyTalks.com, create an account, submit content, submit events, purchase event packages, use dashboards, or interact with related services.

This policy works together with our Terms of Service.

Account information: If you sign in, including through Google, we may collect your name, email address, profile image, account identifier, login provider, and related authentication data.

Submission information: If you submit a tip, post, image, video, or other content, we collect the information you provide, uploaded files, descriptions, links, consent confirmations, timestamps, and review status.

Event information: If you create, edit, or submit an event, we collect event title, summary, description, category, type, dates, venue, address, city, county, organizer name, organizer email, organizer phone, organizer website, ticket links, cover images, pricing details, package selections, boost timing, and related metadata.

Payment and transaction information: If you purchase or request a paid event package, we collect payment status, package type, amount, currency, checkout session identifiers, payment processor references, refund status, timestamps, and transaction history. We do not store full payment card numbers.

Admin and moderation records: We may store status history, reviewer notes, rejection reasons, change-request reasons, audit logs, publication history, refund notes, and other operational records.

Device and usage information: We may collect IP address, browser type, device type, pages viewed, referrer, approximate location, log data, error reports, and security events.

JerseyTalks uses cookies and similar tools to keep the site working, remember preferences, support sign-in, protect accounts, measure performance, and understand site usage.

Essential cookies are required for core functionality and are always on. Analytics and marketing cookies are disabled by default and only turn on if you opt in through the cookie banner or settings.

Analytics cookies may help us understand pages viewed, navigation paths, time on page, scroll depth, clicks, referrers, approximate city or region, and device/browser information. We do not use analytics cookies to collect names, emails, or precise location.

Marketing cookies, if enabled, may support advertising or measurement tools such as Meta/Facebook Pixel or similar providers. These providers may process information under their own privacy policies.

We use information to operate JerseyTalks, authenticate users, maintain dashboards, receive submissions, review and moderate content, publish event listings, process event package requests, manage paid boosts, send transactional emails, prevent abuse, debug errors, improve site performance, and comply with legal obligations.

We may use event and submission information to create, format, edit, promote, categorize, distribute, or display content on JerseyTalks and related social, email, promotional, editorial, or advertising channels.

We may use contact information to send service messages, including submission confirmations, review updates, approval notices, change requests, rejection reasons, publication notices, payment requests, receipts, refunds, and account-related messages.

Payments are processed by Stripe and may also be processed by other third-party payment providers if we add or change payment options. We receive transaction metadata needed to confirm payment, manage package status, process refunds, maintain records, and support customer service.

Stripe may collect and process payment information, billing details, card information, fraud signals, device information, and transaction metadata under Stripe's own privacy policy and terms. JerseyTalks does not store full payment card numbers.

We use email delivery providers, including Amazon SES where configured, to send transactional and service-related messages. These providers process email addresses, message content, delivery metadata, bounce information, and related logs as needed to deliver and secure email.

Transactional emails are not marketing newsletters. They are tied to your account, submission, event, payment, review, or dashboard activity.

Uploaded images, videos, and event cover media may be stored with cloud storage providers and served through content delivery networks. File metadata, URLs, keys, thumbnails, and moderation status may be stored in our systems.

Public event images and submitted media may remain publicly accessible while related content is published or otherwise used under our Terms.

We may share information with service providers that help us operate the site, including hosting, databases, authentication, email delivery, payment processing, storage, CDN, analytics, security, logging, and customer support providers.

We may share or publish submitted content, event information, organizer details intended for publication, ticket links, images, and related materials as part of JerseyTalks content and event listings.

We may disclose information if required by law, legal process, court order, government request, rights enforcement, safety concerns, fraud prevention, or to protect JerseyTalks, users, or the public.

If JerseyTalks is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar transaction, information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

Published stories, posts, event listings, organizer names, venue information, ticket links, images, and other public-facing content may be viewed, indexed, cached, copied, or shared by readers, search engines, social networks, and third parties.

If you submit organizer contact information or event details that are intended for publication, those details may appear publicly on event pages, previews, feeds, search results, social posts, or promotional materials.

We keep information for as long as needed to operate the service, maintain accounts, provide dashboards, process payments, preserve audit trails, handle legal or tax obligations, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, and support editorial records.

Published content, event listings, audit logs, transaction records, and moderation records may be retained even if an account is closed or a listing is unpublished, unless deletion is required by law.

You can update or withdraw cookie consent at any time through the cookie settings banner or browser controls.

You may use your dashboard to manage event drafts and submissions where available. Some changes may require review before becoming public.

You may contact us to request access, correction, deletion, or other privacy assistance. We may need to verify your identity and may retain certain records where required or permitted by law.

We do not sell personal information for money. If you enable marketing cookies, limited data may be shared with advertising or measurement partners, which some privacy laws may treat as sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising. You can opt out through the cookie settings banner.

Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or opt out of certain processing of personal information. Contact us to exercise those rights.

JerseyTalks is operated from the United States. If you access the service from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.

JerseyTalks is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we collected information from a child under 13, we will delete it as required by law.

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the last updated date on this page. Your continued use of JerseyTalks after an update means the updated policy applies.

Questions or privacy requests may be sent to contact@jerseytalks.com.