Who we are
Our main website address is: https://near-fest.com. These sites are operated by the New England Amateur Festival, Inc (NEAR-Fest). NEAR-Fest is a US-based 501(c)(3) organization that operates a “Hamfest” twice a year at the Deerfield, New Hampshire fairgrounds. See https://near-fest.com/about-near-fest/ for more information. This web site, http://tickets.near-fest.com provides the ability for vendors, exhibitors and Non-Profit entities to request allocation of spaces, rental items and other services we provide as part of operation of the event.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Cookies
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We may collect certain usage data during your interaction with our web sites ONLY for the purposes of helping to maintain and improve our services.
Who we share your data with
We use data we collect on this site ONLY for operation of NEAR-Fest and allocation of resources at the event venue, the Deerfield, New Hampshire fairgrounds. No data is ever given, sold, shared or otherwise exported anywhere except as needed to deliver messages for our operations (email or SMS) or for data backup purposes.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We use data we collect on this site ONLY for operation of NEAR-Fest and allocation of resources at the event venue, the Deerfield, New Hampshire fairgrounds. No data is ever given, sold, shared or otherwise exported anywhere except as needed to deliver messages for our operations (email or SMS) or for data backup purposes.
Your contact information
When you register on this web site certain data is collected so we can identify you and your reason for registering and what resources you are requesting either as a purchased service or a free goods/services depending on which category you or your company fit into. The data collected includes information which is not optional. Other types of data are optional to include in the account forms. Most of this data can be added/changed/updated on the Account page.
How we protect your data
This site uses industry standard techniques to protect your privacy, including SSL (secure socket layer) encryption of data passing between our servers and your computer. Any financial transactions such as payments for items on our site are processed by Paypal via integration with our checkout process. The only information about these transactions we keep on our site is the amount paid, whether the transaction was successful or not, and a transaction number. No bank account or credit card information is stored at this site.