Overview
Bead & Design Shows are operated by Garan-Beadagio, LLC. We collect information only as needed to operate our websites, promote and manage our events, communicate with visitors and exhibitors, process registrations or transactions, protect our systems, and improve our services.
We do not sell personal information in the ordinary meaning of the word. Some advertising or analytics tools may involve data sharing that privacy laws treat as a “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising. You can manage optional cookies and similar technologies using our cookie preferences tool.
Information we collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:
- Contact details such as your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, company name, and message content.
- Event-related information such as ticket purchases, registrations, workshop selections, exhibitor applications, booth or show preferences, and communication history.
- Mailing-list preferences and email engagement information, such as subscription status, selected show lists, opens, clicks, and unsubscribe requests.
- Payment and order information processed through our payment, ticketing, or registration providers. We do not ask visitors to send credit-card numbers through ordinary contact forms.
- Technical information such as IP address, browser type, device information, referral pages, pages viewed, approximate location, cookies, and similar identifiers.
How we use information
We use information to:
- Provide event information, ticketing, registration, workshop, exhibitor, and customer-support services.
- Respond to questions and service requests.
- Send event updates, marketing emails, and mailing-list messages when permitted.
- Operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve our websites and forms.
- Measure website and advertising performance, subject to cookie preferences where applicable.
- Comply with legal, accounting, tax, security, and business recordkeeping obligations.
Mailing lists and marketing emails
If you join a mailing list, we use your email address and selected show preferences to send updates about relevant events. You can unsubscribe using the link included in our marketing emails or contact us for help.
Mailing-list services may record delivery, open, click, bounce, and unsubscribe activity so we can manage subscriptions and keep lists accurate.
Contact forms
When you send a message through a contact form, we use the information you provide to respond to your request. We also use security checks, rate limiting, and anti-spam tools to protect the form from abuse.
Please do not include credit-card numbers, passwords, medical information, or other sensitive information in ordinary contact forms.
Cookies and similar technologies
Our website may use cookies, local storage, pixels, tags, and similar technologies for essential site functions, security, analytics, advertising measurement, remarketing, and preference management.
Essential technologies are used for features such as security, form protection, session handling, and saving cookie preferences. Optional technologies, such as analytics and advertising tags, are controlled through our consent tools where required.
Service providers and third parties
We may share information with service providers and vendors that help us operate our websites and events. These may include email marketing providers, form security providers, analytics and advertising platforms, payment processors, ticketing or registration services, hosting providers, website security services, venues, contractors, and related Garan-Beadagio event properties.
These providers are allowed to use information only as needed to provide their services to us, comply with law, protect security, or as otherwise described in their own privacy notices.
Legal requirements and safety
We may use or disclose information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to comply with law, protect rights and safety, prevent fraud or abuse, enforce terms, respond to legal process, or protect the security and availability of our websites and events.
Data retention
We keep information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including event operations, customer service, accounting, legal compliance, security, and business recordkeeping. Retention periods vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
Your choices and rights
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time. You may also contact us to request access, correction, deletion, or other assistance with personal information, subject to verification and applicable legal limits.
Depending on your location, you may have additional privacy rights, including rights to know, access, correct, delete, restrict, object to certain processing, or opt out of certain targeted advertising or data sharing. We will respond to applicable requests as required by law.
Children
Our websites and services are intended for general audiences and are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through this website.
Third-party links
Our website may link to venues, exhibitors, instructors, sponsors, ticketing providers, social media platforms, maps, or other third-party websites. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, not this policy.
Contact us
To ask a privacy question or make a privacy-related request, contact us at info@beadanddesign.com or use our contact page.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as our websites, events, services, vendors, or legal requirements change. The revision date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.