Privacy policy

1. Information you give us

• Account details: your name, email address and password. Passwords are stored only in scrambled (hashed) form, so we can't read them.
• Things you post: comments, community board posts and replies, and votes on comments. Your display name appears next to what you post.
• Neighborhoods you choose to follow.
• Directory listings: business name, category, neighborhood, address, phone, website, descriptions and photos, plus the contact name and email you give us.
• Messages you send through our forms, such as newsletter signups, tips, advertising and partnership inquiries, and listing claims.
• Payments and donations: these are handled by Stripe. We receive your email address and whether the payment went through. We never see or store your full card number.

2. Information collected automatically

• Site analytics from our hosting platform, Ploy: pages visited, the site that sent you, device and browser type, and approximate location based on your IP address. This uses cookies or similar technology.
• A login cookie that keeps you signed in.
• Small pieces of data saved in your browser, such as the neighborhoods you pick before signing in and a marker so a story view is counted once per visit.
• Server and security logs, including IP addresses, kept by our hosting and security providers to keep the site running and stop abuse.

The weather shown on the site is for a fixed downtown Los Angeles location from Open-Meteo. We don't ask for or use your device's location.

3. How we use information

• To run the site and your account.
• To publish your comments, posts and directory listings.
• To process listing fees and donations and confirm them.
• To read and reply to tips, inquiries and listing requests.
• To send the newsletter if you signed up. You can unsubscribe at any time.
• To understand which pages readers use so we can improve the site.
• To prevent spam, fraud and abuse, and to follow the law.

4. What is public

Your display name, comments, community posts and replies are public. Directory listings are public, including any business contact details you add. Please don't post private information about yourself or anyone else.

5. How we share information

We don't sell your personal information, and we don't share it with advertisers or for targeted advertising. We share it only:

• With service providers that help us run the site: Ploy (hosting, database, forms and analytics), Cloudflare (network and security) and Stripe (payments).
• When the law requires it, or to protect the safety of our readers, volunteers or the public.
• If LA This Weekend is ever transferred to a new owner, in which case this policy would continue to apply to your information.

6. Advertising

Ads on LA This Weekend are images that link to the advertiser's website. We don't use ad networks or advertising tracking pixels. Ad links include tags that tell the advertiser the visit came from us. Once you leave our site, the advertiser's own privacy policy applies.

7. How long we keep information

We keep account information while your account is open, and posts until you or we remove them. We keep form messages as long as we need them to respond, and payment records as long as tax and accounting rules require.

8. Your choices and rights

• You can update your name on your profile page and edit your directory listings at any time.
• You can ask us to send you a copy of your information, correct it or delete your account.
• You can unsubscribe from the newsletter using the link in any email.
• You can clear data saved in your browser through your browser settings.

If you live in California, you have the right to know what personal information we collect and how we use it, to ask us to delete or correct it, and not to be treated differently for using these rights. We don't sell or share personal information as California law defines those terms. We'll confirm your identity before acting on a request.

9. Children

LA This Weekend isn't meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child under 13 has given us information, contact us and we'll delete it.

10. Security

We use reasonable measures to protect your information, including encrypted connections and hashed passwords. No website can promise perfect security, so please use a strong password you don't use elsewhere.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the site changes. When we do, we'll change the date at the top, and we'll post a notice on the site for important changes.

12. Contact us

For privacy questions or requests, send us a message through the Send a tip form and choose the topic that fits best. You can also read our terms of service.