Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.helotesmarketplace.com/

Privacy Statement

The City of Helotes provides the HelotesMarketplace.com website as a service to the public. The information and documents available on this web site are provided on an “As Is” and “As Available” basis. By accessing or using this website, you agree to these terms of use. The City of Helotes may change the terms of use at any time at its sole discretion and without notice.

Occasionally you will find links to websites outside of the HelotesMarketplace.com website. The City of Helotes provides these links as a convenience and the inclusion of these links does not mean that the city endorses, warrants or accepts responsibility for the content or uses of such websites.

Unless specified otherwise on this website, users must be 18 years or older to register as a vendor.

Collection of Information Entered

HelotesMarketplace.com does not sell, rent, or trade personally identifiable information. Personal identifiable information is defined as information that includes a person’s full name, address, telephone number, mailing address, billing and payment information, and any other information that is intended to identify or contact the user. This information is gathered when users enter the information manually. We will use your personal information only for the purpose for which it was submitted, such as to reply to your email messages and to process billing and business requests related to Market Place participation.

Please be aware that when you provide information to any government entity, that information may be subject to the Texas Public Information Act. Information about the Texas Public Information Act is available from the Office of the Attorney General (PDF). Each governmental body must be contacted directly about the records they keep and their use of personally identifiable information.

HelotesMarketplace.com may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide personally identifiable information to the appropriate governmental authorities (such as a subpoena, the Texas Public Information Act, warrant or court order).  We reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we in good faith believe to be unlawful.

The City has taken steps to ensure that personally identifiable information collected is secure, including limiting the number of persons who have access to the HelotesMarketplace.com website, as well as password protections that are intended to guard against unauthorized access.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

Vendors agree to allow the use of video and photography taken by City employees at any City of Helotes Events for promotional purposes. Any photos taken by City employees are the property of the City of Helotes.

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.