Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

SAGE Event Management, Inc. ("Company," "we," "us," or "our") operates poweredbysage.com (the "Service"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our Service.

By accessing or using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the Service.

2. Information We Collect

Contact and booking information. When you submit our contact form or book a call, we collect the information you provide directly, which may include:

• Name and email address
• Company name and phone number (if provided)
• The contents of your message or booking notes
• Your timezone and selected meeting time

Attribution data. When you submit a form, we record how you arrived at the Service, including the page you landed on, the referring website, and campaign parameters (such as UTM tags) present in the URL.

Usage and analytics data. We use third-party analytics services that may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, click patterns, referring URLs, and conversion events. Our analytics partner is PostHog.

Device and log data. We automatically collect technical information including IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers, and access timestamps.

Account information. The Service does not currently require user accounts. If we introduce accounts in the future, we will collect registration information through our authentication provider and update this policy accordingly.

Payment information. We may offer paid programs processed through a payment provider such as Stripe. When available, the payment provider will collect and process your payment information directly. We do not store credit card numbers or full payment details on our servers.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain the Service
• Respond to your inquiries and schedule calls you request
• Understand where our visitors and leads come from
• Improve and personalize your experience
• Analyze usage trends and optimize performance
• Communicate with you about updates, support, and service-related notices
• Detect, prevent, and address technical issues and security threats
• Comply with legal obligations

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your activity on the Service:

• Analytics cookies: Help us understand usage patterns (set by PostHog)

Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some features.

5. Third-Party Services

We rely on the following third-party services to operate the Service:

• Vercel — Website hosting and infrastructure
• Sanity — Content management
• Calendly — Call scheduling and calendar invitations
• PostHog — Website analytics
• Upstash — Secure storage of form submissions
• Zapier — Routing of form submissions to our internal notification and CRM tools
• Stripe — Payment processing (future)

Each service maintains its own privacy policy governing their use of your data. We encourage you to review their respective policies.

6. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. We may share your information only in the following circumstances:

• Service Providers: With vendors who assist in operating the Service, subject to contractual data protection obligations
• Legal Requirements: When required by law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request
• Safety and Rights: To protect the rights, property, or safety of our company, users, or the public
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as needed to respond to your inquiry, provide the Service, and maintain our business records. If you request deletion, we will delete or anonymize your data within 30 days, unless retention is required for legal or legitimate business purposes.

8. Data Security

We implement industry-standard technical and organizational measures to protect your data, including encryption in transit (TLS/SSL) and access controls on our infrastructure. However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Your Rights

All users. Regardless of your location, you have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your personal information
• Withdraw consent for optional data processing

Contact us at events@poweredbysage.com to exercise these rights.

EEA residents — GDPR. Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you additionally have the right to restrict processing, object to processing, data portability, and to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. We process data on the following legal bases: contractual necessity (to provide the Service), legitimate interests (to improve and secure the Service), and consent (for analytics cookies, which you may withdraw at any time).

California residents — CCPA. Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to know what personal information we collect and how it is used, request deletion of your personal information, opt out of the sale of personal information (note: we do not sell personal information), and non-discrimination for exercising your CCPA rights.

10. Children's Privacy

The Service is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we discover that we have collected such information, we will delete it promptly. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us at events@poweredbysage.com.

11. International Data Transfers

Our Service is hosted in the United States. If you access the Service from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

For transfers from the European Economic Area, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission to ensure adequate protection of your data.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

SAGE Event Management, Inc., 100 Calhoun St, Suite 220, Charleston, SC 29401. Email: events@poweredbysage.com