Effective Date: August 21, 2026
Last Updated: August 21, 2026

Elder Millennial Lesbian Bestie (“EMLB,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect information when you visit or use eldermillenniallesbianbestie.com and related pages, forms, calendar, shop, social-media links, and services (collectively, the “Site”).

By using the Site, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Who we are

The Site is operated by Bestie Creative Co., LLC dba Elder Millennial Lesbian Bestie, located in St. Louis, MO.

For privacy-related questions or requests, contact:

Email: beth@eldermillenniallesbianbestie.com

2. Information we collect

We may collect information directly from you, automatically through your use of the Site, and from service providers or third-party platforms.

Information you provide

Depending on how you interact with the Site, you may provide:

• Name, email address, phone number, and organization name.

• Messages, inquiries, partnership requests, media requests, and other form submissions.

• Event-submission information, including event name, date/time, venue, location, organizer details, ticket/RSVP links, social-media handles, accessibility notes, event descriptions, and promotional images or flyers.

• Shop order information, including billing, shipping, order, and customer-support details.

• Newsletter sign-up details, including your email address and any preferences you provide.

• Any other information you voluntarily submit through forms, email, social media, or the Site.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information—such as Social Security numbers, government identification numbers, payment-card details through a non-secure form, health information, or information about another person without permission—unless we specifically request it through a secure process.

Information collected automatically

When you visit the Site, we or our service providers may automatically collect:

• IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, language, and general location.

• Pages viewed, links clicked, referring/exit pages, dates and times of visits, and interaction data.

• Cookie identifiers and similar technology data.

• Site-performance and analytics information.

Squarespace distinguishes between necessary cookies used for key site functions and non-essential analytics/performance cookies that help populate site analytics such as traffic sources, unique visitors, and cart-abandonment data.squarespace

Information from third parties

We may receive information from third-party services you interact with through the Site, such as:

• Squarespace and its commerce, form, analytics, and hosting tools.

• Payment processors and shop/checkout providers.

• Newsletter and email service providers.

• TikTok, Instagram, and other social-media platforms.

• Tockify, Google Calendar, ticketing platforms, maps, and event organizers.

• Analytics, advertising, affiliate, or customer-service providers, if used.

The information we receive depends on your settings and the third party’s policies.

3. How we use information

We may use information to:

• Operate, maintain, personalize, secure, and improve the Site.

• Respond to inquiries, partnership requests, media requests, and customer-service messages.

• Review, edit, publish, promote, update, or remove event submissions.

• Send newsletters, event updates, shop updates, and marketing communications when you opt in or where otherwise permitted by law.

• Process and fulfill purchases, provide order support, and prevent fraud.

• Measure Site traffic, understand content performance, and improve visitor experience.

• Protect the rights, safety, property, and security of EMLB, Site users, organizers, partners, and the public.

• Comply with legal obligations, enforce our Terms of Service, and resolve disputes.

4. Event submissions and public listings

If you submit an event or related content, information you provide may be published publicly on the Site, event calendar, related social channels, or promotional materials. This can include:

• Event title, description, date, time, venue, neighborhood, cost, ticket/RSVP link, age requirements, accessibility information, organizer name, business name, website, and social-media handles.

• Event images, flyers, logos, or other promotional material you provide.

Do not include private or sensitive information in an event submission unless you intend for it to be publicly shared. You are responsible for ensuring you have authority to submit the information and materials.

5. How we share information

We may share information:

• With vendors and service providers that support the Site, including hosting, forms, analytics, email, ecommerce, payment, calendar, customer-service, and security providers.

• With event organizers, partners, or third parties as needed to respond to your inquiry or process a request you initiate.

• Publicly, when you submit an event or other content intended for publication.

• As part of a business transfer, financing, sale, reorganization, merger, or similar transaction.

• To comply with law, legal process, government requests, or to protect rights, safety, security, and property.

• With your consent or at your direction.

We do not sell personal information for money. If we use targeted advertising, affiliate tools, or social-media advertising pixels in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy and related cookie settings as appropriate.

6. Cookies and similar technologies

We and service providers may use cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies to operate the Site, remember preferences, prevent fraud, analyze traffic, and improve performance.

You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect Site features or functionality.

Squarespace provides controls under Settings → Website → Cookies and Data Privacy for cookie-consent choices and restricting non-essential cookies.squarespace+1

7. Embedded content and third-party links

The Site may contain embedded or linked content from TikTok, Instagram, Tockify, Google Calendar, payment processors, ticketing websites, maps, shops, or other third parties.

When you view or interact with embedded content or follow a link, that third party may collect information under its own privacy policy. We do not control third-party privacy practices. Review the privacy policies of any third-party site or service before providing information or making a purchase.

8. Marketing communications

If you subscribe to our email list, we may send you newsletters, event roundups, product updates, promotions, and other marketing communications.

You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link in an email or contacting us at beth@eldermillenniallesbianbestie.com. We may still send non-promotional communications about an order, inquiry, policy update, or ongoing transaction.

9. Data retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide services, maintain records, satisfy legal, accounting, tax, or reporting requirements, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.

Retention periods vary based on the type of information, why it was collected, and applicable legal requirements.

10. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information. However, no system, transmission, or storage method is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of information submitted to or stored through the Site.

If we become aware of a security incident affecting personal information, we will take steps required by applicable law. Missouri has data-breach notification obligations, including notice to affected residents without undue delay in applicable circumstances.dataguidance+1

11. Your choices and requests

Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or information about personal information we hold about you.

To make a request, email beth@eldermillenniallesbianbestie.com with the subject line “Privacy Request.” We may need to verify your identity before responding. We may deny or limit a request where permitted or required by law.

You may also:

• Unsubscribe from marketing emails.

• Control certain cookies through your browser or the Site’s cookie settings.

• Ask us to correct or remove public event-listing information you previously submitted, subject to verification and reasonable processing time.

12. Children’s privacy

The Site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the Site, contact us at beth@eldermillenniallesbianbestie.com so we can investigate and take appropriate action.

13. International visitors

The Site is operated in the United States. If you access the Site from outside the United States, your information may be collected, processed, stored, and transferred in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate. Those locations may have data-protection laws that differ from those in your jurisdiction.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated version on the Site and revise the “Last Updated” date above. Your continued use of the Site after an update means you acknowledge the revised policy.

15. Contact us

For questions, concerns, or privacy requests, contact:

Bestie Creative Co., LLC dba Elder Millennial Lesbian Bestie
beth@eldermillenniallesbianbestie.com