Privacy Policy

Information this website collects

Most of the website can be used without providing any information about yourself.

The website does not require an account, and we do not ask visitors to provide their name, email address, phone number, mailing address, or other personal information simply to browse the site.

When you voluntarily contact FTE or provide information through a third-party service linked from this website, that information may be handled by the service you are using. Those services have their own privacy policies and terms.

Hosting

This website is hosted and protected by Cloudflare. When you visit the site, Cloudflare may process ordinary technical information associated with delivering a website, such as your IP address, browser and device information, the page requested, and the time of the request.

This information is handled by Cloudflare as part of its hosting and security services. FTE does not receive a visitor’s IP address through the website’s analytics.

You can learn more about Cloudflare’s privacy practices in its Privacy Policy.

Cookies and browser storage

This website does not use cookies for advertising or analytics.

The site may use a small amount of browser storage for basic website functions. At most, this consists of three types of information:

• Whether you dismissed the announcement bar. This allows the site to keep the announcement dismissed while the browser tab remains open.

• Whether you have chosen to turn analytics off. This preference may be retained so that the site remembers your choice.

• Campaign information attached to a link that brought you to the site, such as a link from a newsletter or social media post. This may be kept while the browser tab remains open so that FTE can understand which communication brought someone to the website.

None of this information is used to identify you by name.

Analytics

FTE uses Umami Cloud for website analytics. Analytics are used solely to understand how the website is being used and whether it is accomplishing its purpose.

Depending on the page and action involved, analytics may record information such as:

• Which pages are visited

• The page that referred a visitor to the website

• An approximate geographic location

• Browser and device information

• How far visitors scroll through a page

• How quickly pages load

• Navigation through the website

• Ticket and donation link clicks

• Photos opened

• Videos played

• Links followed to other websites

Umami does not use cookies for these analytics and does not store IP addresses. An IP address may be processed temporarily to determine an approximate location and create a pseudonymous session, but it is not retained as an IP address.

Analytics are not connected to your name, email address, user account, or advertising identifier. FTE does not use this information to identify individual visitors.

Umami’s published metric definitions provide additional information about how its analytics work.

Campaign links

Links from FTE newsletters, social media posts, or other communications may contain campaign tags. These tags tell us which communication brought someone to the website.

For example, they may allow us to determine that a visit came from a particular newsletter or social media post. They do not tell us who the individual visitor is.

When analytics are disabled

FTE’s analytics are disabled entirely for visitors in the United Kingdom, European Economic Area, and Switzerland.

Analytics are also disabled when the visitor’s region cannot be determined, when a browser requests not to be tracked, or when a visitor chooses to turn analytics off.

When analytics are disabled, no analytics information is sent to Umami.

Videos

Videos hosted directly by FTE play from this website without requiring a connection to another video service.

Some pages may contain YouTube videos. Before you choose to play one, the website displays a still image stored on this site rather than immediately loading the YouTube player.

If you choose “Play video,” YouTube may receive information about your visit and may set or read cookies according to Google’s policies.

You can learn more in Google’s Privacy Policy.

Tickets, donations, and other third-party services

Some links on the website lead to services operated by other organizations.

For example:

• Ticket links may lead to Purplepass.

• Donation links may lead to Give Lively.

• Social media links lead to the relevant social media platform.

Once you leave the FTE website and visit one of these services, that service’s privacy policy and terms apply.

FTE does not receive payment card information through this website. Ticket purchases, donations, and payment information are handled directly by the relevant third-party service.

How information is used

The limited information associated with visits to this website is used primarily to:

• Operate and secure the website

• Understand which parts of the website are useful

• Understand how visitors navigate the site

• Measure interest in productions, events, tickets, and donations

• Understand which newsletters, social posts, or other communications bring visitors to the site

• Improve the website’s content, design, accessibility, and performance

• Respond when someone voluntarily contacts FTE

FTE does not use website analytics to build advertising profiles or track visitors around the internet.

How information is shared

FTE does not sell personal information collected through this website.

Information may be processed by service providers that operate parts of the website, such as Cloudflare for hosting and security and Umami for website analytics.

Links to third-party services, such as ticketing, donation, video, and social media platforms, may also result in information being handled by those services once you leave the FTE website.

FTE may also disclose information when required to do so by law or when reasonably necessary to protect the website, FTE, its users, or others.

Data retention

FTE does not maintain a database of individual website visitors.

Analytics data is maintained through Umami for the purpose of understanding website usage. Browser storage used by the site is limited to the functions described above and is generally temporary, except for the analytics opt-out preference.

Because website analytics are not tied to names or email addresses, FTE generally cannot use them to look up the activity of a particular individual.

Your choices

You can browse the website without creating an account or providing personal information.

You can also choose to disable website analytics where that option is provided.

Your browser may provide additional controls for cookies, browser storage, and privacy settings.

If you follow a link to a third-party website, you can use the privacy controls provided by that service.

Children’s privacy

This website is intended for a general audience and does not knowingly collect personal information from children for the purpose of creating accounts or profiles.

Changes to this policy

FTE may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, the services it uses, or applicable requirements.

When this policy is updated, the Last Updated date at the top of this page will be changed.

Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how the website handles information, please contact:

Fredericksburg Theatre Ensemble
Email: info@fredtheatre.org

Because the website’s analytics are not tied to names or email addresses, FTE generally cannot identify or retrieve the activity of an individual visitor from its analytics.