PRIVACY POLICY

1. Who We Are

8Bit Circus Inc. ("Two Bit Circus," "we," "us," or "our") operates the website at twobitcircus.com (the "Site"). We are based in Seattle, Washington. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit the Site, how we use it, and the choices you have.

2. Information You Give Us

We collect information you choose to provide when you use a form on the Site:

• Contact and booking inquiries: your name, email address, phone number (optional), the type of inquiry, and whatever details you include in your message.
• Newsletter signup: your name and email address.

You are never required to submit information to browse the Site. If you contact us by email or phone instead, we will keep that correspondence so we can respond to you.

3. Information Collected Automatically

Like most websites, we use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Site: which pages are viewed, roughly where visitors are located, what device and browser they use, and how they arrived. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to do this. This data is aggregated and does not identify you by name. You can learn how Google uses this data at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites, and you can opt out with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Our web host also keeps standard server logs (IP address, request time, pages requested, browser type) for security and troubleshooting.

4. How We Use Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Respond to your inquiries and scope, quote, and deliver events, builds, and consulting work.
• Send our newsletter to people who signed up for it.
• Understand how the Site is used so we can improve it.
• Protect the Site, our business, and our visitors, and comply with legal obligations.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it with third parties for their own marketing.

5. Service Providers

We rely on a small number of vendors to run the Site and our business. They process information only on our behalf:

• Google (Workspace, Sheets, Apps Script, and Analytics) for form handling, email, and site analytics.
• Sendy, a newsletter tool we run on our own servers, together with its email delivery provider, for sending the newsletter.
• DreamHost for web hosting.

We may also disclose information if required by law, to enforce our Terms of Service, or in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, in which case this policy will continue to apply to your information.

6. Newsletter Choices

Every newsletter we send includes an unsubscribe link. You can also email info@twobitcircus.com and we will remove you. We only send the newsletter to people who signed up for it.

7. Data Retention

We keep inquiry records for as long as needed to respond to you and to maintain a history of our client and prospect relationships. Newsletter subscriptions are kept until you unsubscribe. Analytics data is retained according to our Google Analytics settings. We may keep information longer when required to by law or to resolve disputes.

8. Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, or delete the personal information we hold about you, or to object to or restrict certain processing. California residents have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, including the right to know what personal information we collect and the right to request its deletion. We do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined under California law. To exercise any of these rights, email info@twobitcircus.com. We will not discriminate against you for making a request.

9. Children

The Site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them online. If you believe a child has submitted information to us, email info@twobitcircus.com and we will delete it.

10. Links to Other Sites

The Site links to third-party sites and services, including our social media accounts and project sites such as buttonboxbattle.com and visitdreampark.com. Those sites have their own privacy practices, and this policy does not cover them.

11. Security

We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards to protect the information we collect. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will change the effective date at the top of this page. Continued use of the Site after a change means you accept the updated policy.