Owner and legal review required. This notice has been re-pointed from the platform's previous program to the DMV A|E|C regional calendar. Data-sharing, retention, and analytics descriptions must be confirmed by the owner and legal counsel before publication.
1. Scope
This Privacy & Cookies notice applies to the DMV A|E|C website, accounts, organization features, administrative workflows, event discovery tools, and related Platform services (the "Platform").
2. Who Operates the Platform
Marketus Aurelius, LLC ("Marketus," "we," "us," or "our") owns and operates the Platform and is the sole administrator of the site. The Platform covers events in Washington, DC, Maryland, and the extended Northern Virginia corridor.
3. Information We Collect
Information you provide. Account details such as name, email address, organization, role, and any information included in an event or organization submission, including contact details, descriptions, images, and links.
Information created through use. Event and organization records, publication status, reviews and moderation notes, saved events or itineraries, and aggregate usage records such as page or feature activity.
Technical information. Standard log and device information needed to operate and secure the Platform, such as browser type, approximate region, timestamps, and error diagnostics.
4. How We Use Information
- Provide, operate, and maintain the Platform;
- Review organization registrations and moderate event listings;
- Publish event and organization information you choose to submit;
- Respond to inquiries, support requests, and rights requests;
- Maintain security, prevent misuse, and troubleshoot errors;
- Understand aggregate usage so the calendar can be improved; and
- Comply with legal obligations and protect the rights, safety, and security of users, Marketus, and others.
5. Event and Organization Information Is Public
Event listings, organization profiles, and any contact details you include for public display are intended to be public. Do not submit information you do not want published.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Platform uses cookies and local storage where necessary for sign-in, session management, language preference, and basic product analytics. You can control cookies through your browser settings; disabling them may affect sign-in and saved preferences.
7. Sharing
Service providers. Vendors that host infrastructure, deliver email, provide maps or geocoding, or support analytics process information on our behalf.
Legal, safety, and rights protection. We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, legal process, enforce Platform terms, investigate misuse, protect security, or protect the rights or safety of users or the public.
Business changes. Information may be transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, subject to this notice.
We do not sell personal information.
8. AI-Assisted Features
Some organizer and administrative tools use automated processing to help extract event details from a provided link or document. Those tools operate on the information you submit for that purpose and produce suggestions that a person reviews before anything is published.
9. Retention
We retain information for as long as needed to operate the Platform, maintain accurate records, resolve disputes, meet legal obligations, and preserve audit history. Published listings may remain in archived form after an event concludes.
10. Security
We use administrative and technical safeguards designed to protect information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
11. Your Choices and Rights
You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your account information, subject to legal and operational retention requirements. Some records, such as published event history, may be retained in archival form. Use the Contact page to make a request.
12. Children
The Platform is intended for professional use and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children.
13. Changes
We may update this notice and will post the revised version on this page.
14. Contact
For privacy questions or requests, use the Contact page.