Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, and why we collect it. References to “we,” “us,” or “our” may refer to The Vanguard Advertising Agency, LLC, the operator and producer of Pride Town Connect.

Our website address is: https://pridetownconnect.com

Analytics & Data Use

We use tools such as Google Analytics and Google Search Console to understand general website activity, page performance, traffic trends, and usage statistics.

Analytics data may include general information about visits, page views, device type, browser type, traffic source, and other non-personal usage metrics. This information helps us improve the site, monitor performance, and provide reporting for advertising and directory visibility.

Community Platform Standards

Pride Town Connect provides community pages, member spaces, comments, listings, and interactive features intended to support respectful LGBTQIA+ connection, visibility, safety, and inclusion.

Pride Town Connect reserves the right to remove content, suspend or delete accounts, restrict access, preserve records, retain screenshots, metadata, account activity, IP-related information, and other relevant information for moderation, safety, legal compliance, and law-enforcement cooperation purposes.

Where appropriate, serious threats, harassment, hate-based conduct, cyber abuse, exploitation, fraud, or other unlawful activity may be reported to law enforcement or relevant cybercrime authorities.

Users who violate community rules may have their profile deleted without notice. Continued use of Pride Town Connect means users agree to follow our community standards and safety expectations.

Directory Listings, Referrals & Renewals

Businesses, organizations, advertisers, referral partners, directory members, and renewal clients are subject to these Privacy Policy and Terms of Use provisions.

Directory Listings

Businesses listed on Pride Town Connect are responsible for the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of their listing information after publication. Business owners may request updates or corrections by contacting Pride Town Connect.

Referrals

Referrals, referred businesses, advertising leads, and potential listing members are subject to Pride Town Connect’s review, listing standards, approval process, and platform policies. Pride Town Connect reserves the right to accept, reject, modify, pause, or remove listings at its discretion.

Renewals

Directory renewals, advertising renewals, featured placements, sponsored listings, and continued participation on Pride Town Connect are subject to the most current version of these Terms, policies, pricing, listing standards, and platform guidelines posted on this page.

Listing Eligibility, Accuracy & Misrepresentation

Businesses, organizations, advertisers, referral partners, directory members, and listing applicants are responsible for providing accurate, truthful, complete, and non-misleading information when submitting, maintaining, renewing, or updating listings on Pride Town Connect.

Pride Town Connect and The Vanguard Advertising Agency, LLC reserve the right to review, reject, suspend, remove, modify, restrict, or terminate any listing, advertisement, account, or participation on the platform if information is determined to be materially inaccurate, misleading, fraudulent, deceptive, intentionally misrepresented, impersonating another person or entity, inconsistent with platform standards, or otherwise harmful to the LGBTQIA+ community, website users, business members, or the integrity of the platform.

If a listing, advertisement, or account is removed due to fraud, intentional misrepresentation, deceptive conduct, impersonation, material violation of these Terms, or other conduct deemed harmful to the platform, Pride Town Connect reserves the right to retain any fees paid, and such fees may be deemed non-refundable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Directory Listing Responsibility

Businesses and directory listing members are provided account access, usernames, passwords, and/or methods to request updates to their listings. After the initial publication of a listing created by The Vanguard Advertising Agency, LLC and/or Pride Town Connect, directory listing owners and members are responsible for maintaining the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and correctness of their listing information.

Pride Town Connect and The Vanguard Advertising Agency, LLC are not responsible for inaccurate information, omissions, outdated details, or content submitted, modified, or maintained by listing owners or account holders. Listing members are responsible for reviewing and updating their listing information as needed.

Terms of Use

This website is operated by The Vanguard Advertising Agency, LLC on behalf of Pride Town Connect. By visiting, browsing, registering, purchasing, submitting, communicating, joining, renewing, or otherwise using this website or related services, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and all policies posted on this page.

Electronic Acceptance of Terms

By submitting a directory listing application, purchasing advertising, renewing a listing, completing payment, creating an account, submitting information through any form on the website, or otherwise using Pride Town Connect services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Privacy Policy and Terms of Use provisions.

Users acknowledge and agree that electronic submissions, online forms, account registrations, renewals, payment transactions, and related electronic communications constitute their electronic acceptance of these Terms and shall have the same force and effect as a handwritten signature to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Pride Town Connect and The Vanguard Advertising Agency, LLC may rely upon electronic records, payment confirmations, account activity, form submissions, communications, and related digital records as evidence of acceptance of these Terms.

General Conditions

We reserve the right to refuse service, remove content, suspend accounts, delete profiles, reject listings, discontinue services, or limit access to the site at any time, subject to applicable law and platform policies.

Prohibited Uses

You may not use the website for unlawful, abusive, threatening, discriminatory, defamatory, obscene, fraudulent, malicious, harassing, spam-related, or harmful purposes. You may not upload viruses, scrape the site, impersonate others, misuse account access, interfere with security features, or violate the rights of any person or entity.

Accuracy of Information

Information on this website is provided for general informational, directory, advertising, community, and resource purposes. While we work to maintain accurate information, we do not guarantee that all information is complete, current, or error-free.

Pricing, Services & Advertising

Prices, plans, advertising services, directory features, listings, renewal options, and promotional opportunities are subject to change. Any specific written agreement between Pride Town Connect and a directory listing business will govern the terms of that individual arrangement where applicable.

We reserve the right to modify, pause, discontinue, or update services, features, pricing, promotional offerings, or directory functionality at any time.

Embedded Content & Third-Party Links

Pages on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, articles, maps, links, or third-party resources. Embedded content from other websites behaves as if the visitor has visited that third-party website directly.

Third-party websites may collect data, use cookies, embed tracking, and monitor interactions. Pride Town Connect is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, services, products, or policies of third-party websites.

Data Retention & Your Rights

If you have an account, submit content, leave comments, or communicate with the site, certain data may be retained for administrative, legal, moderation, security, customer-service, or platform-integrity purposes.

You may request an exported file of personal data we hold about you, where applicable. You may also request deletion of personal data, except for information we are required or permitted to retain for administrative, legal, safety, security, moderation, fraud-prevention, or law-enforcement cooperation purposes.

Security & Data Protection

We use security tools, SSL protection, firewall protection, hosting safeguards, and monitoring practices to help protect the website, directory members, community users, and LGBTQIA+ friendly businesses using the platform.

No website, platform, or electronic transmission can be guaranteed completely secure. Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their usernames, passwords, account access, and login credentials.

Intellectual Property & Content Ownership

The website, brand names, logos, text, graphics, design structure, layout, original content, directories, platform organization, and other materials are owned by The Vanguard Advertising Agency, LLC, Pride Town Connect, or applicable licensors unless otherwise stated.

Website content may not be copied, reproduced, republished, modified, distributed, scraped, indexed, mirrored, or commercially exploited without prior written permission.

Community Centers & Public Resource Listings

Pride Town Connect may include LGBTQIA+ community centers, organizations, nonprofit resources, advocacy groups, support services, and similar public-interest resources at no cost as part of our broader effort to support visibility and connection within the LGBTQIA+ community.

Some listings may be created using publicly available information, organization websites, Google Maps, public directories, social media pages, or publicly accessible contact information believed to be accurate at the time of posting.

The Vanguard Advertising Agency, LLC does not charge LGBTQIA+ Community Centers for these listings and does not generate profit from their inclusion within the directory. These listings are intended as a goodwill effort to support visibility, accessibility, and awareness for LGBTQIA+ resources nationwide.

Pride Town Connect and The Vanguard Advertising Agency, LLC do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, services, policies, operations, or representations of any third-party organization listed on the website and are not liable for any services, actions, omissions, or information provided by third-party organizations.

If an LGBTQIA+ Community Center or organization wishes to modify, update, correct, or remove a listing, they may contact us directly and we will review the request promptly.

LGBTQIA+ Events & Community Event Listings

Pride Town Connect may publish LGBTQIA+ Pride events, festivals, nonprofit events, social gatherings, educational programs, advocacy events, nightlife activities, community meetups, and other LGBTQIA+ related events as part of our broader effort to promote visibility, connection, celebration, and community engagement throughout the United States.

Many event listings are provided free of charge as a public-service and community-resource initiative intended to help connect LGBTQIA+ individuals and allies with local events, organizations, and opportunities for community involvement.

Event information may be obtained from publicly available sources, official event websites, organizer submissions, social media pages, public calendars, third-party event platforms, or other publicly accessible materials believed to be reasonably accurate at the time of posting.

Event dates, times, schedules, admission policies, venue information, ticketing requirements, age restrictions, cancellations, safety procedures, accessibility details, and event operations may change without notice. Users are encouraged to verify all information directly with official event organizers before attending any event listed on the platform.

Pride Town Connect and The Vanguard Advertising Agency, LLC do not supervise, control, guarantee, endorse, or assume responsibility for third-party event operations, organizers, venues, vendors, admissions, conduct, policies, safety procedures, scheduling, cancellations, or event-related services.

By using this website and attending any third-party event referenced on the platform, users acknowledge and agree that Pride Town Connect and The Vanguard Advertising Agency, LLC are not responsible or liable for event cancellations, inaccuracies, scheduling changes, venue conditions, admission disputes, injuries, damages, losses, safety incidents, third-party conduct, or any claims, liabilities, disputes, or issues arising from attendance at or participation in third-party events.

Public Domain & Event Imagery

Pride Town Connect may use city artwork, skyline imagery, state references, public-event photography, Pride event imagery, or similar visual materials believed to be publicly available, publicly shared, credited where appropriate, licensed, submitted with permission, or otherwise reasonably used in good faith.

If any copyright concern, ownership issue, attribution request, or removal request exists regarding imagery, artwork, or visual materials used on the site, please contact us directly. Pride Town Connect and The Vanguard Advertising Agency, LLC do not intentionally violate copyright protections and will review and address reasonable requests where appropriate.

The use of public-event imagery, city scenery, or LGBTQIA+ Pride-related visuals is intended to support visibility, community engagement, educational awareness, and LGBTQIA+ inclusive representation.

Historical Information

This site may contain historical information, archived reports, older statistics, past content, or previously published materials. Historical information is provided for reference purposes only and may not reflect current conditions, pricing, traffic, services, or platform functionality.

We reserve the right to modify, remove, or update website content, listings, statistics, services, policies, or materials at any time without obligation to update all previously published information immediately.

Communications

By contacting us through the website, forms, email, phone, text, or related communication tools, you authorize us to respond using reasonable communication methods, including email or phone where appropriate.

Marketing or support communications may be sent where consent has been provided or where permitted by applicable law. You may opt out of certain communications where applicable.

Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability

The website, services, directory, content, community pages, listings, and resources are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We do not guarantee that the site will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or that results obtained from use of the site will meet any specific expectations.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, The Vanguard Advertising Agency, LLC and Pride Town Connect shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or similar damages arising from use of the website, services, listings, content, or third-party links.

Indemnification, Termination & Governing Law

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless The Vanguard Advertising Agency, LLC, Pride Town Connect, and their representatives from claims arising from your use of the site, your violation of these Terms, your submitted content, your account activity, or your violation of any law or third-party right.

We may terminate or restrict access if we determine, in our sole judgment, that a user has violated these Terms or engaged in conduct harmful to the platform, community, business members, or other users.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey and applicable federal laws of the United States.

Refund Policy

Directory listings, advertising placements, featured listings, sponsored content, renewals, and promotional services provided by Pride Town Connect are generally non-refundable once a listing has been published, advertising has been activated, renewal processing has begun, or services have otherwise been delivered.

Any exception or refund request may be reviewed on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of Pride Town Connect and The Vanguard Advertising Agency, LLC, subject to applicable law and a $300 processing review fee, deducted from refund rquest.

Changes to This Policy

We reserve the right to update, change, or replace any part of this Privacy Policy or Terms of Use by posting updates on this page. Continued use of the website after updates are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.