Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 13, 2026

New Orleans Weddings Magazine, Inc., doing business as NOW Weddings Magazine (“NOW Weddings Magazine,” “NOW,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information when you visit nowweddingsmagazine.com, use our websites or digital services, create an account, purchase a membership or other service, submit a vendor listing or other content, subscribe to our communications, attend our events, enter promotions, or otherwise interact with us.

This Privacy Policy applies to websites, publications, events, memberships, directories, forms, services, and digital properties owned or operated by NOW Weddings Magazine, Inc., unless a separate privacy notice is provided.

Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

• Name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Mailing or billing address
• Wedding date
• Wedding role or relationship to an event
• Business or company name
• Business contact information
• Vendor listing information
• Account username and login information
• Membership information
• Payment and billing information
• Photographs, images, captions, photo credits, descriptions, and other uploaded content
• Wedding, engagement, editorial, event, or business submissions
• Information submitted through forms, surveys, registrations, contests, giveaways, promotions, or communications with us
• Information you choose to provide when contacting NOW Weddings Magazine

Some information submitted through vendor listings, wedding submissions, editorial submissions, reviews, testimonials, or similar features may be intended for public display.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit or use our website, we and our service providers may automatically collect certain information, including:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device type and device identifiers
• Operating system
• Referring website or source
• Pages viewed
• Links clicked
• Approximate location derived from IP address
• Date and time of access
• Website interactions
• Cookie identifiers
• Analytics and advertising information

This information may be collected through cookies, pixels, tags, log files, analytics technologies, and similar tools.

How We Collect Information

We may collect information when you:

• Visit or interact with our website
• Subscribe to an email newsletter
• Download a wedding planner, guide, checklist, or other resource
• Complete a contact or submission form
• Register for or attend an event
• Enter a contest, giveaway, door prize, or promotion
• Create a user account
• Create, edit, or submit a vendor listing
• Purchase a Wedding Krewe membership, advertising, or another product or service
• Upload photographs or other content
• Submit a wedding, engagement, editorial feature, or other publication submission
• Respond to a survey
• Interact with an advertisement or social media lead form
• Communicate with us by email, telephone, social media, or another method

How We Use Your Information

We may use information we collect to:

• Provide and operate our website, vendor directory, memberships, publications, events, and other services
• Create and administer user accounts
• Manage Wedding Krewe memberships
• Create, review, publish, and administer vendor listings
• Process submissions for editorial, wedding, engagement, or promotional purposes
• Process purchases, memberships, and other transactions
• Communicate about accounts, payments, listings, submissions, or services
• Send newsletters and marketing communications
• Deliver requested downloads or resources
• Respond to inquiries and customer service requests
• Administer events, contests, promotions, giveaways, and surveys
• Analyze website traffic and usage
• Improve website functionality, content, advertising, and user experience
• Measure the effectiveness of advertising and marketing campaigns
• Detect, prevent, and investigate fraudulent, abusive, or unauthorized activity
• Maintain the security and integrity of our website and systems
• Maintain business, accounting, and administrative records
• Protect our legal rights and the rights of others
• Comply with legal and regulatory obligations

User Accounts and Wedding Krewe Memberships

Certain portions of the website allow users to create accounts or purchase memberships, including Wedding Krewe memberships.

When you create an account, we may collect information such as your name, contact information, username, account credentials, business information, membership status, and related account information.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for activity conducted through your account.

We may send transactional or administrative communications related to your account, including registration confirmations, password resets, membership notifications, listing notifications, billing-related notices, and similar service communications.

Vendor Listings and User-Submitted Content

Vendors and other authorized users may submit business information, photographs, descriptions, links, contact information, and other content for inclusion in the NOW Weddings Magazine vendor directory or other areas of the website.

Information submitted for a public vendor listing may be publicly visible and may be indexed by search engines or shared by visitors.

By submitting photographs, images, text, or other materials, users are responsible for ensuring they have the necessary rights, licenses, permissions, and authorizations required to provide that content to NOW Weddings Magazine and permit its use as described by our applicable terms and submission requirements.

Photo credits or attribution information submitted with photographs may also be displayed publicly.

Please do not submit personal information that you do not want made publicly available when using a feature intended for public display.

Wedding, Engagement, and Editorial Submissions

Individuals, couples, photographers, planners, vendors, and other contributors may submit photographs, names, wedding or event details, vendor information, stories, and other materials for possible editorial or promotional use.

Information submitted through these forms may be reviewed by our staff and may be published in print, online, social media, promotional materials, or other NOW Weddings Magazine properties when permitted by the applicable submission terms.

Payment Processing

Payments made through our website may be processed by third-party payment processors, including Stripe.

NOW Weddings Magazine does not intend to store complete payment card numbers on its own website servers. Payment information is transmitted to and processed by the applicable payment processor in accordance with that provider’s privacy and security practices.

We may receive limited transaction information from payment processors, such as:

• Customer name
• Billing contact information
• Transaction amount
• Payment status
• Membership or purchase information
• Limited payment-method information
• Transaction or customer identifiers

We may use this information for billing, account administration, accounting, fraud prevention, customer service, and recordkeeping.

Email Marketing and Mailchimp

We use email marketing services, including Mailchimp, to manage subscribers and send newsletters, wedding planning content, business updates, event announcements, membership information, promotions, and other communications.

Information provided through subscription forms, downloads, events, lead forms, or other signup methods may be transferred to Mailchimp or another email service provider for these purposes.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our marketing communications.

Unsubscribing from marketing emails does not necessarily prevent us from sending transactional or administrative messages relating to an account, payment, membership, submission, or service you requested.

Events, Giveaways, Contests, and Door Prizes

When you voluntarily participate in bridal shows, networking events, giveaways, contests, door prize promotions, surveys, or similar activities, we may collect information such as:

• Name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Mailing address
• Wedding date
• Wedding details
• Preferences
• Registration or entry information

Where disclosed at the time information is collected, information submitted in connection with an event, giveaway, contest, door prize, promotion, or similar activity may be shared with participating sponsors, exhibitors, vendors, promotional partners, or prize providers.

Any additional rules or disclosures provided in connection with a particular promotion or event also apply.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, analyze website traffic, improve performance, prevent fraud, understand visitor behavior, and support marketing and advertising activities.

These technologies may include:

• Essential website cookies
• Account and login cookies
• Preference cookies
• Analytics cookies
• Advertising or marketing cookies
• Pixels
• Tags
• Similar tracking technologies

Where available, you may manage certain cookie preferences through our website’s cookie consent tools.

You may also control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may cause some features of the website to function improperly.

Analytics and Advertising

We may use analytics and advertising technologies to understand how visitors use the website, measure campaign performance, understand the sources of website traffic, and deliver or measure advertising.

These services may include technologies provided by companies such as Google, Meta, and other analytics, advertising, and social media providers.

These providers may receive information such as your IP address, device identifiers, browser information, pages viewed, website interactions, cookie identifiers, and information about how you arrived at or interacted with our website.

Depending on applicable law, certain disclosures of information through advertising or analytics technologies may be considered “sharing,” “selling,” or processing for targeted advertising even when NOW Weddings Magazine does not receive money in exchange for the information.

Where required by applicable law, users may have the right to opt out of certain forms of targeted advertising, sale, or sharing of personal information.

Website and Technology Service Providers

We use third-party service providers to help host, secure, maintain, operate, and improve our website and services.

These providers may include companies that provide:

• Website hosting
• Website security
• Spam and bot prevention
• CAPTCHA services
• Email delivery
• Forms
• Membership and account functionality
• Vendor directory functionality
• Analytics
• Advertising measurement
• Email marketing
• Payment processing
• Publication fulfillment
• Cloud or data storage
• Technical support

For example, our website may use services associated with WordPress, WP Engine, Stripe, Mailchimp, hCaptcha, Google, Meta, and other technology providers.

These service providers may process information on our behalf or according to their own privacy policies, depending on the service involved.

CAPTCHA and Security Services

We use security and anti-spam technologies, including hCaptcha, to help distinguish legitimate visitors from automated or malicious activity.

These technologies may collect device, browser, IP address, interaction, and other technical information for security, fraud prevention, and verification purposes.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

We may disclose personal information when reasonably necessary to operate our business or provide requested services, including to:

• Employees and authorized personnel
• Contractors and service providers
• Website hosting and technology providers
• Payment processors
• Email and marketing service providers
• Analytics and advertising providers
• Event partners
• Sponsors, exhibitors, promotional partners, or prize providers when disclosed at the point of collection
• Professional advisors such as attorneys, accountants, and insurers
• Government agencies or law enforcement when required or permitted by law
• Parties involved in protecting our legal rights, safety, property, or security
• A purchaser, successor, or other party involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business transaction

We do not knowingly sell personal information to third parties solely in exchange for monetary payment.

However, as described above, use of certain advertising and analytics technologies may constitute a “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising under some privacy laws.

Publicly Available Information

Information you intentionally submit for publication or public display may become publicly available.

Examples may include:

• Vendor names
• Business descriptions
• Business contact information
• Website and social media links
• Vendor photographs
• Photo credits
• Reviews or testimonials
• Wedding or engagement details
• Editorial submissions

Once information is publicly available, it may be copied, indexed, cached, shared, or stored by search engines, social media services, website visitors, or other third parties outside our control.

Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, provide services, maintain business and financial records, administer memberships or accounts, comply with legal requirements, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, prevent fraud, and protect our legal interests.

Different categories of information may be retained for different periods depending on the purpose for which the information was collected and applicable legal or business requirements.

When information is no longer reasonably needed, we may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it, subject to applicable law and technical limitations.

Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, internet transmission, electronic storage system, or security method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You are responsible for protecting your account credentials and should notify us if you believe your account has been accessed without authorization.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.

These rights may include the ability to:

• Request confirmation of whether we process your personal information
• Request access to personal information we maintain about you
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information
• Request deletion of certain personal information
• Request a copy of certain personal information
• Opt out of certain marketing communications
• Opt out of certain targeted advertising
• Opt out of certain sales or sharing of personal information
• Withdraw certain consent where applicable
• Appeal certain decisions regarding a privacy request where required by law

These rights are subject to exceptions and limitations under applicable law.

To submit a privacy request, contact:

jessica@nowweddingsmagazine.com

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests. We will respond in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Marketing Choices

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails by clicking the unsubscribe link included in those communications.

You may also manage certain cookie and tracking preferences through the cookie controls available on our website where applicable.

Changing marketing preferences will not necessarily affect transactional, administrative, or service-related communications.

Children’s Privacy

NOW Weddings Magazine’s websites and services are intended for a general audience and are not directed to children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 in circumstances requiring deletion, we will take reasonable steps to remove that information.

If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, please contact us at jessica@nowweddingsmagazine.com.

Third-Party Websites and Links

Our website may contain links to websites, social media platforms, vendors, advertisers, venues, sponsors, or other third parties that we do not control.

NOW Weddings Magazine is not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or practices of third-party websites or services.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing personal information to them.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our website, services, technology, business practices, or legal requirements.

When we update this Privacy Policy, we will revise the Effective Date displayed at the top of this page.

If required by applicable law, we may provide additional notice regarding material changes.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or a request concerning your personal information, please contact:

New Orleans Weddings Magazine, Inc.
DBA NOW Weddings Magazine

Website: nowweddingsmagazine.com

Email: jessica@nowweddingsmagazine.com

The Effective Date shown at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when this version was last updated.