Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://meetmedowntownanchorage.com

Meet Me Downtown Anchorage is a community-focused website designed to showcase events, businesses, dining, entertainment, and activities happening in Downtown Anchorage.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection and website security.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/

After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible publicly alongside your comment.

Event Submissions & Forms

If you submit an event, contact form, or other information through this website, we may collect the information you voluntarily provide, including:

• Name

• Email address

• Organization or business name

• Event details

• Uploaded images or files

Submitted content may be reviewed, edited, or removed prior to publication.

We use this information solely for website administration, communication, and managing submitted content related to Downtown Anchorage events and activities.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from uploaded images.

Cookies

This website may use cookies to improve user experience, analyze website traffic, and support website functionality.

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies may last for up to one year.

Temporary cookies may also be used to determine browser compatibility and support login functionality for administrators or authorized users.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Pages on this website may include embedded content such as videos, maps, social media posts, event listings, or images from third-party websites including, but not limited to:

• Google Maps

• Facebook

• Instagram

• YouTube

• Eventbrite

• Tixr

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited those websites directly.

These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking technologies, and monitor your interaction with their content.

Analytics & Tracking

This website may use analytics and tracking services, including Google Analytics and similar tools, to better understand website traffic and improve the user experience.

These tools may collect information such as:

• Pages visited

• Device type

• Browser type

• General geographic region

• Referral source

This information is used in aggregate and is not intended to personally identify visitors.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

Information submitted through forms or event submissions may be shared internally with website administrators or authorized campaign partners for purposes related to managing the website and community events.

If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely to help recognize and approve future comments automatically.

If you submit an event or form, the submitted information may be retained for administrative, editorial, legal, or archival purposes.

For users who register on the website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users may request edits or removal of their personal information where applicable.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have submitted personal information through this website, you may request:

• An exported copy of the personal data we hold about you

• That we erase personal data we hold about you, where legally permitted

This does not include information we are required to keep for administrative, legal, security, or operational purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments and form submissions may be checked through automated spam detection services and website security tools.

Contact Information

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us through the website contact form.