Privacy policy

Who we are

RDU SMB Meetup is operated by Futurise Growth Partners LLC ("we", "us", "our"). This policy explains what personal information we collect through rdusmb.com and our forms, how we use it, and the choices you have.

Information we collect

• Newsletter sign-ups: your first name, last name, email address, and the topics you are interested in.
• Sponsorship inquiries: your name, company, email address, budget range, message, and whether you want the newsletter.
• Speaker applications: your name, email address, company, role, bio, links, talk details and experience, and whether you want the newsletter.
• Emails you send us at hi@rdusmb.com or our organizers' addresses.
• Usage data: pages visited, referring site, approximate location, device and browser type, collected through Google Analytics and our hosting provider's logs.

We do not collect event RSVPs on this site. RSVPs happen onLuma, which handles that information under its own privacy policy.

How we use it

• To reply to your inquiry or application and to plan events and speakers.
• To send the newsletter and event updates you asked for.
• To send sponsors the sponsorship deck they requested.
• To understand how the site is used and improve it.
• To keep the site and forms secure and free of spam and abuse.

We do not sell your personal information.

Service providers

We share information only with the providers that help us run the site and the meetup:

• Cloudflare — website hosting, email routing, and Turnstile spam protection.
• Google — Google Analytics and email.
• n8n — processing and storing form submissions.
• Luma — event registration.

We may also disclose information if the law requires it or to protect the rights and safety of our community.

Cookies and analytics

We use Google Analytics, which sets cookies to measure visits. Cloudflare Turnstile may set cookies to tell people apart from bots. You can block or delete cookies in your browser, or use theGoogle Analytics opt-out add-on.

Your choices

• Unsubscribe from our emails at any time with the link in each email, or by emailing us.
• Ask us to show, correct, or delete the personal information we hold about you by emailinghi@rdusmb.com.

Retention and security

We keep form submissions for as long as we need them to run the meetup and stay in touch, and delete them when you ask. We use reasonable safeguards, but no method of sending or storing data online is completely secure.

Children

This site is meant for adults. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.

Changes

We may update this policy. The date at the top shows when it last changed.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email hi@rdusmb.comor write to Futurise Growth Partners LLC, 400 S Elliott Rd, Ste D #122, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.