Effective July 1, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how the Dallas Regional Chamber and Dallas Innovates (collectively “we,” “us,” or “our”) collect, use, and protect information in connection with our website, dallasinnovates.com, and the newsletters we offer (together, the “Services”).

We are a small editorial publication. We do not sell products, and we do not charge for our newsletter.

The Site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, please do not submit any personal information to us. If we become aware that we have collected such information, we will delete it promptly.

For questions about our privacy practices, please contact us at [email protected]

1. Information We Collect

Depending on the nature of your interaction with us, we may collect certain personal information as follows:

• Directly from you:
  • If you sign up for our free newsletter, send us a tip or a question, or contact us through the Site, you provide us with information such as your name, email address, and any other details you choose to include in your message.
  • If you contact us about an advertising opportunity or a partnership, you may provide additional contact details such as a phone number or company affiliation.
• Automatically from you:
  • Certain technical information is collected from visitors to keep the Site running well and to understand which articles and sections readers find useful. For more information, see Section “Cookies and Information Collected by Automated Means” below.
• From third parties:
  • Information about the marketing and advertisements you have seen or engaged with may be collected.

Please note some of this information may be collected by external parties on our behalf. If you provide us with personal information about another individual, you acknowledge that you have that individual’s permission to provide their information to us and to allow us to collect, use, and share it as described in this Privacy Policy.

2. How We Use Information

We use the personal information we collect from you to:

• Provide our Services to you.
• Respond to your requests and questions; communicate with you; provide troubleshooting and other support; and provide important notices.
• Manage, maintain, and operate the Services; diagnose or fix technology problems; monitor the performance of the Services; and understand how you access and use the Services.
• Design and administer marketing and promotional campaigns; send you promotional and special offers; evaluate the effectiveness of these campaigns.
• Improve the Services and our services; grow our organization; better understand our user base; and administer surveys for market research.
• Comply with legal requirements; defend against legal claims or other demands; respond to subpoena, court order, or other legal process or request; protect the rights of our organization, you, or others; and detect, investigate, and prevent activities that may violate our policies or be fraudulent or illegal.
• Perform internal administration, auditing, and operations activities.

We may use and share information in an aggregated or de-identified manner at our discretion, including for research, analysis, modeling, marketing, and improvement of our Services.

3. Cookies and Information Collected by Automated Means

The Site uses cookies and similar technologies to, for example, support operation, to remember your preferences, or to help us understand in aggregate how readers use the Site. Some cookies are essential for the Site to function; others are optional. You can manage cookies through your browser’s settings, including blocking or deleting them. Doing so may affect how some parts of the Site work. See Section “Privacy Choices” below for more information on managing your cookies preferences.

Certain information is automatically collected from you through cookies and tracking technologies when you interact with our Services. This information includes:

• Usage details about your interaction with our Services, such as the date, time, and length of visits, specific pages or content accessed during the visits, search terms, frequency of the visits, and referring address.
• Device information about the device you use to access our Services, such as IP address, device type, unique device identifier, operating system, browser type, and mobile network information.
• Location information where you choose to provide our Services with access to information about your device’s location.

4. How We Share Information

We may engage trusted service providers, contractors, or partners to assist in operating Dallas Innovates, including managing technical systems such as analytics, email distribution, content management platforms, security, and fraud prevention.

These parties are granted access only as necessary to perform their functions on our behalf and are required to use information solely for the purpose of operating the Site and in accordance with our current practices. They may not use such information for their own independent marketing, outreach, or commercial purposes.

Such access does not constitute ownership of user data or editorial control.

If production or operational responsibility transitions to another entity, information we hold—including the newsletter subscriber list and analytics data—may be transferred or made accessible to that entity solely to allow continuity of the publication. Upon such transition, that entity will assume responsibility for data practices and will implement its own privacy policy governing the Site.

5. Privacy Choices

Our newsletter is free. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of any newsletter we send. If you would prefer not to receive our newsletter, you can simply not sign up—the Site is freely available to read either way.

You may also opt out of third-party cookies we use by visiting the opt out pages of the providers who offer these cookies. We use Google Analytics to collect information about how you use our services. You can learn more about Google Analytics here and opt out of collection of your data by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

6. How We Protect Information

We use a combination of physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to protect the information we collect through the Services. While we use these precautions to safeguard your information, we cannot guarantee the security of the networks, systems, servers, devices, and databases we operate or that are operated on our behalf.

7. Updates to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. When we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the revised version on this page. The date at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised.