Legal
PRIVACY POLICY
The short version
We collect the least we can: what you tell us when you ask to join, RSVP, or set your preferences, plus basic analytics about how the site is used. We do not sell your information. We do not text you unless you explicitly ask us to. You can ask us what we hold about you, correct it, or have it deleted.
Who we are
The Fort List is a local events and community list for Fort Collins, Colorado, operated by Good Rooms Only. For any privacy question, correction, or deletion request, write to operator@thefortlist.com.
What we collect
- What you give us. Name, email address, and — only if you choose to provide it — a phone number and social handle, submitted through our nomination, venue, sponsor, talent, or newsletter forms.
- Membership and event activity. Whether you were invited to an event, whether you RSVP'd, and whether you attended. This is how the list works.
- Your preferences. The notification channels and interests you set in your member portal, and — if you opt in to text messages — the exact consent wording you agreed to and the time you agreed to it. We keep that record because consent has to be provable, not asserted.
- Site analytics. Page views and basic interaction events through our own first-party analytics. We do not use third-party advertising trackers.
We do not collect Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, or detailed financial data. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18; if we learn we have, we delete it.
Text messages (SMS)
We only send text messages to people who have explicitly opted in. Consent is given by checking an unchecked box in your member preferences, next to this exact wording:
I agree to receive occasional text messages from The Fort List about Fort Collins events. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to cancel at any time.
- Consent to receive texts is never a condition of membership or of any purchase.
- Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply.
- Reply STOP to any message to stop receiving them. Reply HELP for help, or write to operator@thefortlist.com.
- We do not sell, rent, or share mobile numbers or SMS consent with anyone for their own marketing.
- You can turn texts off at any time in your member preferences. Doing so removes the consent record.
How we use it
To run the list and the events on it: to review a nomination, to invite you to a room that fits, to confirm an RSVP, to send the weekly email if you asked for it, and to understand which parts of the site are useful. We do not use your information to build advertising profiles, and we do not sell it.
Who we share it with
Service providers who operate parts of the system on our behalf — hosting, database, email, and text-message delivery — and only what each needs to do that job. We may disclose information if the law requires it. We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it for anyone else's marketing.
Public event listings on this site come from public sources and link back to them. They do not contain member information.
How long we keep it
Digital records for people with no event interaction for 36 consecutive months are anonymized or securely deleted. Physical door lists are destroyed immediately after an event. You can ask us to delete your information sooner.
How we protect it
Data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Access is role-based and limited to operators who need it; sensitive membership notes are restricted further. If unencrypted personal information is ever compromised, we will notify affected Colorado residents and the Colorado Attorney General within the timeframes the law requires.
Your rights
Colorado residents have the right under the Colorado Privacy Act to access, correct, delete, and obtain a portable copy of their personal data, and to opt out of targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, and certain profiling. We do not sell personal data or use it for targeted advertising, so there is nothing to opt out of on those two — but the rights stand and you may exercise them.
To make a request, write to operator@thefortlist.com. We will verify the request comes from you before acting on it, and we will not discriminate against you for making one. If we deny a request, you may appeal by replying to our decision.
We honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signal as an opt-out request where it applies.
Photography at events
Events may be photographed or filmed for promotional use. Where that is the case, it is disclosed at the point of RSVP and with signage at entry, and consent is part of the RSVP. Tell an operator on site if you do not want to be photographed.
Changes
If we change how we handle personal information, we will update this page and its effective date. Material changes will be communicated to members directly.