Privacy Statement

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Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Inc. has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy.

The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for these websites: balloonfiesta.com, and balloonfiestastuff.com:

Use of Web Site Visitor Information

Our site registration forms require users to give us contact information (like their name and email address) and financial information (like their account or credit card numbers). We use customer contact information from the registration forms to send the customer information about our company and our products. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services.

External Link Disclaimer

Our sites contain links to other sites, but www.balloonfiesta.com and www.balloonfiestastuff.com are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those other Web sites.

Use of Order Form Information

Our sites use an order form for customers to request information, products, and services. We collect visitors’ contact information (like their email address) and financial information (like their account or credit card numbers). Contact information from the order form is used to send orders and information about our company to our customers. The customer’s contact information is also used to get in touch with the customer when necessary. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the customer for products and services.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.æ www.balloonfiestastuff.com subscribes to Yahoo Stores, which uses industry-standard SSL encryption. When you enter your credit card number into the order form, it is transmitted across the Internet in an encrypted (scrambled) form, then decoded when it gets to Yahoo Stores. For added security, the credit card is encrypted when it is stored on disk, and forwarded for processing.

Choice/Opt-Out

Our sites provide users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us at the point where we request information about the visitor. These sites give users the following options for removing their information from our database in order to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service:

  1. You can send email to balloons@balloonfiesta.com
  2. You can call the following telephone number: 505-821-1000

Contacting Web Site Administration

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of these sites, or your dealings with these web sites, you can contact:

Paul R. Smith, Executive Director
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Inc.
4401 Alameda NE Albuquerque, NM 87113
prsmith@balloonfiesta.com

This privacy statement was last changed on June 2, 2025, last checked on June 2, 2025, and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United States.

In this privacy statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via https://www.balloonfiesta.com. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:

  • we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this privacy statement;
  • we aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;
  • we first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;
  • we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;
  • we respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.

If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.

1. Purpose and categories of data

We may collect or receive personal information for a number of purposes connected with our business operations which may include the following: (click to expand)

1.1 To sell or share data with a third party

The following categories of data are collected

  • IP Address
  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement

Retention period

We retain this data until the service is terminated.

1.2 Compiling and analyzing statistics for website improvement.

The following categories of data are collected

  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
  • IP Address

Retention period

We retain this data until the service is terminated.

2. Disclosure practices

We disclose personal information if we are required by law or by a court order, in response to a law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.

If our website or organisation is taken over, sold, or involved in a merger or acquisition, your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and will be passed on to the new owners.

3. How we respond to Do Not Track signals & Global Privacy Control

Our website does not respond to and does not support the Do Not Track (DNT) header request field.

4. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. For more information about cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy on our Opt-out preferences webpage. 

5. Security

We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorized access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.

6. Third-party websites

This privacy statement does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy statements of these websites prior to making use of these websites.

7. Amendments to this privacy statement

We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy statement. It is recommended that you consult this privacy statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.

8. Accessing and modifying your data

If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person. We shall provide the requested information only upon receipt of a verifiable consumer request. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:

8.1 You have the following rights with respect to your personal data

  1. You may submit a request for access to the data we process about you.
  2. You may object to the processing.
  3. You may request an overview, in a commonly used format, of the data we process about you.
  4. You may request correction or deletion of the data if it is incorrect or not or no longer relevant, or to ask to restrict the processing of the data.
  5. You may appeal our decision whenever we refuse to take action on a request and submit a complaint with the competent authority if your appeal is denied.

9. Children

Our website is not designed to attract children and it is not our intent to collect personal data from children under the age of consent in their country of residence. We therefore request that children under the age of consent do not submit any personal data to us.

10. Contact details

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Inc.
4401 Alameda Boulevard N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87113
United States
Website: https://www.balloonfiesta.com
Email: balloons@ex.comballoonfiesta.com