Privacy Policy
Women of the World · Fashion Show & Cultural Gala · Last updated November 12, 2026
Women of the World (“WoW,” “we”) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Salt Lake City. This policy explains what information we collect through our Fashion Show & Cultural Gala site, where you buy tickets, register as a guest, give, take part in the auction, and check in, and how we use it. It also covers the event text messages you can choose to receive.
What we collect
- Your name, email address, and mobile number, when you buy tickets, register as a guest, give, or ask us a question. A host or a WoW staff member may enter them for you.
- Whether you agreed to receive event texts, the words you agreed to, and when.
- Your tickets and seats, the party you belong to, and your check-in time and paddle number at the gala.
- Your auction wins, paddle-raise pledges, donations (including any “in honor or memory of” line you add), and payments.
- For sponsors: your organization, contact person, packages, and the name and logo you give us for recognition.
- Questions you send us through the Help chat, and our replies.
- Copies of the emails and texts we send you, so our staff can see what was sent.
- Card payments are handled by Stripe, our payment processor. Your card number goes to Stripe, not to us, and we never store it. If you choose to save a card for the gala, Stripe keeps it and we keep only Stripe’s reference to it.
- One cookie that keeps your session working, and your browser’s own storage, which remembers your ticket and Help chat links on that device. We don’t use advertising or analytics cookies.
- To prevent abuse, a scrambled (hashed) form of your internet address, kept briefly to limit repeated requests.
How we use it
- To sell and hold your tickets, seat you, and check you in.
- To send your confirmations, receipts, and your end-of-night total.
- To run the auction and paddle raise, and to collect the payments you approve.
- To answer your questions.
- To keep records of tickets, gifts, and payments, and to meet tax and legal requirements.
- If you buy tickets, sponsor, or give, to add you and your gift to WoW’s donor records. Guests who register through a party link or join the waitlist are not added; we use their details only for this event.
- If you agreed to texts, to text you about the gala as described in the SMS Terms of our Terms & Conditions.
Text messages
We text you only if you agree, by ticking the texting box on our forms or by telling our staff at check-in. Agreeing is not a condition of purchase. Message frequency varies, and message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP at any time to stop, or HELP for help.
We do not sell or share your SMS opt-in data or personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.
No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. We share your mobile number only with the service provider that sends our texts for us. Text message opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any other third parties.
Who we share it with
- We do not sell your personal information.
- Service providers that run the site for us, only so they can do that work: Stripe (payments), Vercel (hosting) and our database host, Resend (email), and our text message provider.
- If you’re a guest in someone’s party, your host can see your name and your seat.
- Sponsor names and logos may appear in event materials. The screen in the ballroom shows paddle numbers and amounts, never names.
- When the law requires it.
Your choices
- Stop texts at any time by replying STOP, or by contacting us.
- Ask us to see, correct, or delete your information by contacting us below. We may need to keep some records, such as payment and tax receipt records, when the law requires it.
How long we keep it
We keep gala records for as long as WoW needs them for the event, receipts, and its records, or as the law requires.
Keeping it safe
The site uses encrypted connections (HTTPS), and only signed-in WoW staff and the volunteers working the gala’s desks can see guests’ records. Card details stay with Stripe. Your personal ticket and party links work like keys, so please share them only with your own guests.
Children
This site isn’t meant for children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect their information.
Changes
If we change this policy, we’ll post the new version here with a new date. Questions? Write to fundraising@womenofworld.org.
Contact us
Women of the World
415 E 3900 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84107
(801) 953-0008 · fundraising@womenofworld.org