Compliance & Trust
Privacy Policy
Welcome to EV Trade Show ("evtradeshow.com", "we", "us", or "our"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your data when you visit our website, subscribe to our newsletter, or submit an event to our global directory.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information in the following ways:
- Event Submissions: When event organizers submit an event via our submission form, we collect event details (name, dates, venue, attendee metrics, category, official website URL) and organizer contact details (name and email address).
- Newsletter Signups: When you subscribe to The Charge Report, we collect your email address solely to deliver our weekly industry roundups. You can unsubscribe at any time via the link in every email.
- Automated Log Data: Like most online services, our servers automatically log technical information when you access our site, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, device information, and timestamps.
2. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising Cookies
Important Notice Regarding Advertising & Cookies:
This website may display advertisements provided by Google AdSense and other third-party advertising vendors. To ensure compliance with Google's policies:
- Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies (including the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites on the Internet.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our visitors based on their visit to our site and/or other sites across the World Wide Web.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
- Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info or the Your Online Choices portal.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for the following legitimate purposes:
- To publish and maintain the accurate, updated global directory of electric vehicle trade shows.
- To review, verify, and approve incoming event submissions from organizers.
- To send editorial newsletters and important directory notifications to subscribers.
- To monitor site uptime, diagnose technical issues, and protect our directory against spam and fraud.
4. Third-Party Service Providers
We share minimal data with trusted infrastructure providers that power our platform:
- Google Cloud / Firebase: Secure database, hosting, and authentication infrastructure (privacy policy available at policies.google.com/privacy).
- Gumroad: Third-party payment gateway for processing paid Featured Listing orders. We do not store or process your credit card numbers directly.
5. Data Retention & Security
We retain event listings and newsletter emails as long as necessary to provide our directory service or until you request deletion. We employ strict industry-standard SSL encryption (HTTPS) across our entire platform to protect your data in transit.
6. Your Privacy Rights (GDPR & CCPA)
Depending on your geographic location, you may have statutory rights regarding your personal data:
- Access & Rectification: You may request a copy of the data we hold about you or request corrections to your listing.
- Erasure ("Right to Be Forgotten"): You may request deletion of your event submission or newsletter subscription at any time.
- Non-Discrimination: We will never discriminate against you for exercising any of your statutory privacy rights.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to update your listing, or wish to request data deletion, please contact our privacy desk at:
Email: hello@evtradeshow.com
Website: https://evtradeshow.com