Last Updated: August 21, 2026
ScareFest Weekend (“ScareFest,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, when we may share it, and the choices available to you.
This policy applies to information collected through the ScareFest Weekend website, online forms, ticketing and registration processes, email and text communications, promotions, and other services operated in connection with ScareFest Weekend.
Depending on how you interact with ScareFest Weekend, we may collect information including:
Your name, email address, mailing address, and telephone number
Information submitted when purchasing tickets, merchandise, add-ons, or other event products
Information submitted through vendor, volunteer, media, film festival, speaker, artist, or other applications and forms
Information you provide when entering contests, promotions, surveys, or giveaways
Communications you send to ScareFest Weekend
Marketing and communication preferences
Transaction information, such as the products or tickets purchased and transaction dates
Technical information such as IP address, browser type, device information, referring pages, and website usage information
Information collected through cookies and similar technologies
Payment card information may be collected and processed directly by third-party payment or ticketing providers. ScareFest Weekend does not necessarily receive or store your complete payment card information.
We may use personal information to:
Process ticket purchases, registrations, applications, orders, and other transactions
Provide information about ScareFest Weekend and related events
Send confirmations, event updates, schedule changes, and other transactional communications
Send promotional emails or text messages when permitted by law and consistent with your communication preferences
Respond to questions and customer service requests
Administer contests, promotions, surveys, and giveaways
Review vendor, volunteer, media, film festival, speaker, artist, or other applications
Improve our website, events, marketing, and attendee experience
Prevent fraud, misuse, security incidents, and other prohibited activity
Maintain business and transaction records
Comply with legal obligations and protect our legal rights
If you subscribe to promotional emails or text messages, we may use the contact information you provide to send news, announcements, ticket information, promotions, and other ScareFest-related communications.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link included in those messages. You may opt out of promotional text messages by following the opt-out instructions provided in the message.
Opting out of promotional communications does not prevent us from sending necessary transactional or service-related communications regarding purchases, applications, registrations, or other interactions with ScareFest Weekend.
We may share personal information with companies and individuals that provide services necessary to operate ScareFest Weekend, including:
Ticketing and registration providers
Payment processors
Website hosting and technology providers
Email and text communication providers
Analytics and advertising providers
Photo-op and event service providers
Contractors and service providers assisting with event operations
Professional advisers when reasonably necessary
These third parties may process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to lawful requests, protect the safety or rights of ScareFest Weekend or others, investigate fraud or security concerns, or protect against legal liability.
We may disclose or transfer information as part of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, sale of assets, or similar business transaction.
ScareFest Weekend does not sell personal information for money.
Some website technologies or advertising services may involve sharing identifiers, cookie information, or website activity with advertising or analytics providers. Depending on applicable law and how those services are configured, certain forms of sharing may be considered targeted advertising or a “sale” of personal data even when no money is exchanged.
Where required by applicable law, consumers may request to opt out of the processing of their personal data for targeted advertising or the sale of personal data.
Our website and service providers may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand website traffic and usage, measure advertising effectiveness, and improve our services.
Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of portions of the website.
The ScareFest Weekend website may contain links to third-party websites and services, including ticketing, payment, hotel, social media, photo-op, or other event-related providers.
When you leave our website or interact directly with a third-party service, that provider’s privacy policy and practices apply. ScareFest Weekend is not responsible for the privacy practices of independently operated third-party websites or services.
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, maintain appropriate business and transaction records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information. These may include the right to:
Confirm whether we process your personal data
Request access to personal data we maintain about you
Correct inaccuracies in your personal data
Request deletion of certain personal data
Obtain a portable copy of certain personal data
Opt out of certain uses of personal data, including targeted advertising or the sale of personal data where applicable
To submit a privacy request, contact us using the information provided below.
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request. Certain information may also be exempt from a request when permitted by law.
If we deny an applicable privacy request, you may contact us to appeal that decision. Please include “Privacy Request Appeal” in your communication and explain the request you would like us to reconsider.
Our website and online services are not directed toward children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate parental consent.
ScareFest Weekend is a family-friendly event during designated programming, and children may attend the physical event with their parents or guardians. This does not mean our online services are intended to collect personal information directly from children.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us improperly, please contact us so we can review and address the situation.
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our practices, services, technology, or legal requirements.
When changes are made, the updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.
ScareFest Weekend may offer contests, sweepstakes, promotions, or giveaways independently or in partnership with third parties. When a promotion is jointly offered or administered by another organization, information submitted through the promotion may be collected by that organization and shared with ScareFest Weekend as described in the applicable entry form and Official Rules.
ScareFest Weekend may use information received through a promotion to administer the promotion, verify eligibility, contact winners, and award or fulfill prizes. We will use entrant information for marketing communications only when the entrant has affirmatively opted in to receive those communications from ScareFest Weekend.
Information collected directly by a promotional partner may also be subject to that partner’s privacy policy.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise an applicable privacy right, or want to appeal a decision regarding a privacy request, please contact:
ScareFest Weekend
ScareFest Weekend Convention, LLC
Lexington, Kentucky
Email: info@thescarefest.com
When contacting us regarding a privacy request, please include enough information for us to identify and respond to your request.