Effective Date: May 12, 2026 · Last updated: May 12, 2026 · Lara Events LLC
Lara Events LLC ("Lara Events," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you visit our website at laraevent.com (the "Website"), use our AI chat assistant, engage our event planning services, or interact with us in any other way.
Lara Events is a luxury proposal planning, elopement coordination, and event design company based in California, serving Los Angeles, Orange County, Inland Empire, and San Diego.
This Privacy Policy applies to all visitors, users, and clients ("you" or "your") of our Website and Services. By using our Website or engaging our Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
We collect information in the following ways:
When you interact with us, you may voluntarily provide personal information, including:
When you visit our Website, we may automatically collect certain information, including:
We may receive information about you from third-party sources, including:
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information in the following circumstances:
We share personal information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our business and delivering our Services, including:
These service providers are contractually obligated to use your personal information only as necessary to perform services on our behalf and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.
With your consent or as necessary to deliver your event, we may share limited event details (date, venue, timing, setup requirements) with third-party vendors we engage on your behalf, such as photographers, videographers, florists, musicians, and venue contacts.
We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request, or if we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.
In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or bankruptcy, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via email or prominent notice on our Website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information.
Certain content on our Website may contain affiliate links to third-party products and services (such as engagement ring retailers, jewelry brands, and wedding-related services). When you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase, the third-party retailer may share limited transactional information with us (such as confirmation of purchase and commission earned). We do not share your personal information with affiliate partners. Affiliate tracking is managed through third-party affiliate networks (such as Impact, ShareASale, and CJ Affiliate), which may use cookies or similar tracking technologies. Please refer to those networks' privacy policies for more information about their data practices.
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include:
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially reasonable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
We use the following cookies and tracking technologies on our Website:
Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences through browser settings. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of our Website may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
Our Website does not currently respond to "Do Not Track" (DNT) browser signals. However, you can manage your privacy preferences using the cookie controls described above and by exercising your rights under applicable law (see Section 8 below).
Regardless of your location, you have the right to:
If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):
Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which the information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting the information, and the categories of third parties with whom we share the information.
Right to Delete: You have the right to request deletion of personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions (such as legal compliance obligations, completing a transaction you initiated, or maintaining information for internal business purposes permitted by law).
Right to Correct: You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing: You have the right to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of your personal information, as those terms are defined under the CCPA/CPRA. Lara Events does not sell your personal information. We may share limited information with advertising platforms (Meta, Google) for targeted advertising purposes, which may constitute "sharing" under the CPRA. You may opt out of this sharing by contacting us at info@laraevent.com.
Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: You have the right to limit our use of sensitive personal information to purposes necessary to perform our services. We collect sensitive personal information only as necessary to deliver our event planning services (such as precise event location for setup coordination).
Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights. We will not deny you services, charge you different prices, or provide a different level of service because you exercised your rights under the CCPA/CPRA.
To exercise any of your privacy rights, please contact us using one of the following methods:
We will respond to verifiable consumer requests within forty-five (45) days of receipt. If we require additional time (up to an additional 45 days), we will notify you of the extension and the reason for it.
To verify your identity, we may ask you to provide information that matches the personal information we have on file. We will not fulfill a request if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request.
You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. To do so, you must provide the authorized agent with written permission, and we may require you to verify your identity directly with us.
In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have collected the following categories of personal information as defined by the CCPA/CPRA:
| Category | Examples | Collected? |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | Name, email, phone number, IP address | Yes |
| California Customer Records | Name, address, phone, payment information | Yes |
| Protected Classifications | Age (to verify eligibility), marital/relationship status (relevant to proposal/elopement planning) | Limited |
| Commercial Information | Services purchased, booking history, payment records | Yes |
| Internet/Network Activity | Browsing history, search history, Website interaction data | Yes |
| Geolocation Data | General location from IP address; event venue locations | Yes |
| Sensory Data | Event photographs and videos | Yes |
| Professional/Employment Info | Not collected | No |
| Education Information | Not collected | No |
| Inferences | Preferences and interests derived from Website activity and chat interactions | Yes |
| Sensitive Personal Information | Precise event geolocation (for setup coordination) | Limited |
In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have disclosed the following categories of personal information to third parties for business purposes:
In the preceding twelve (12) months, Lara Events has not sold any personal information. We may have "shared" (as defined by the CPRA) limited Internet/Network Activity data and Identifiers with Meta and Google for targeted advertising purposes. You may opt out of this sharing at any time by contacting us.
We may send you marketing communications about our services, promotions, and related offerings if you have provided your contact information through our Website, AI chat assistant, or booking process.
You may opt out of receiving marketing emails at any time by:
Please note that even if you opt out of marketing communications, we may still send you transactional and service-related messages (such as booking confirmations, payment receipts, event reminders, and post-event follow-ups).
Our Website features an AI-powered chat assistant that uses technology provided by Anthropic (Claude AI) to help visitors explore our services and begin the booking process.
When you interact with our AI chat assistant, your messages are processed by Anthropic's AI system to generate relevant responses. Your conversation history may be stored on our servers to maintain context during your session and to improve our service quality.
The AI assistant may process the following information during your conversation:
Chat conversations may be reviewed by our team to ensure quality, accuracy, and to improve the AI assistant's performance. If the AI assistant is unable to address your inquiry, a member of our team will follow up with you directly.
We do not use automated decision-making, including profiling, that produces legal effects or similarly significant effects on you. Booking confirmations, pricing, and service decisions are reviewed and confirmed by our team.
As part of our services, we may photograph and/or video-record your event. The use, ownership, and licensing of event photographs and media are governed by the Photography and Media Release (Exhibit A) attached to your Client Service Agreement.
With your consent (as provided through the Photography and Media Release), we may use event photographs on our Website, social media accounts (including @laraevents_ on Instagram), advertising materials, and other promotional channels. Photographs may be edited at our discretion.
You may decline the Photography and Media Release at the time of signing your Client Service Agreement. If you initially consented, you may subsequently request removal of your photographs from our active marketing materials by contacting us at info@laraevent.com. Please note that we cannot retroactively remove content that has already been shared, published, or distributed by third parties.
Our Website and Services are not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take reasonable steps to delete such information promptly.
If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, please ensure that you have parental or guardian consent before providing any personal information to us.
California residents under 16 years of age have specific rights under the CCPA/CPRA regarding the sale or sharing of their personal information. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age.
Our Website may contain links to third-party websites, including affiliate partner websites, vendor websites, venue websites, and social media platforms. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party website before providing your personal information.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or for other operational reasons. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page and, where required by law, provide additional notice (such as a prominent notice on our Website or an email notification).
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Lara Events LLC
Email: info@laraevent.com
Phone: (626) 673-6212
Website: https://laraevent.com
Instagram: @laraevents_
For privacy-specific requests, please include "Privacy Request" in the subject line of your email.