Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Bellingham Circus Guild

Last Updated: June 23, 2026

Bellingham Circus Guild (BCG) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit our website (bellinghamcircusguild.com), register for classes, purchase tickets, or make donations.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, as well as information collected automatically when you visit our site.

Information You Provide: We collect names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses when you sign up for our newsletter, register for classes, purchase event tickets, or make a donation.

Automatically Collected Information: Like many websites, we use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browser type, IP address, and how you interact with our website. This helps us improve your experience and understand site traffic.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
• To process and manage your class registrations and ticket purchases.
• To process and acknowledge your charitable donations.
• To send you our newsletter and updates about events, classes, and community circus news.
• To improve our website functionality and user experience.

3. Third-Party Service Providers

We partner with specialized service providers to handle specific functions on our behalf. These companies
have access to personal information only to perform these tasks and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose:

• Newsletter Services: We use Mailchimp to manage our email communications. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of any newsletter.

• Class Signups: We use Acuity Scheduling to manage and schedule our circus classes and workshops.

• Ticket Sales: We use Ticket Tailor to manage ticket sales and event registration.

• Payment Processing (Classes & Ticketing): We use Square and Stripe to process secure payments for classes and event tickets. Your payment details are encrypted and handled directly by these providers; we do not store your full credit card information on our servers.

• Donations: We use DonorBox to facilitate and manage charitable donations.

4. Security

We take reasonable and industry-standard precautions to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or destruction. We use secure encryption for all donation and payment
transactions.

5. Sharing of Information

We value your trust and we do not sell, rent, or lease your personal information to any third parties for their marketing purposes. We only share information as necessary to provide our services (e.g., sharing details with our payment processors) or as required by law.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:
• Access, correct, or update the information we hold about you.
•. Request that we delete your personal information (where applicable).
• Opt-out of our email communications at any time.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

The Bellingham Circus Guild
1401 6th St, Suite 102, Bellingham, WA 98225
hi@bellinghamcircusguild.com