Tom Talks is a live storytelling experience hosted by Thomas Ma. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect when you visit our website, RSVP for an event, apply to speak, submit a partner inquiry, contact us, or otherwise interact with Tom Talks online.
By using this website or submitting information to us, you agree to the collection and use of information described here.
We may collect information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address, city, company or brand details, social profile, RSVP details, speaker application details, partnership type, message content, and any other information you include when contacting us.
If you use the builder join form, we may store your name, email, social profiles, city, and what you are building.
If you use the partner form, we may store your partnership type, name, email, how you want to partner, your ask, and whether you acknowledged sponsorship pricing.
We may also receive basic technical information, such as device type, browser type, referring pages, pages visited, approximate location, and usage data from hosting, analytics, RSVP, email, form, or embedded content providers.
We use information to operate the website, manage event RSVPs, review speaker interest, evaluate partnership inquiries, send event or partnership follow ups, respond to messages, improve the Tom Talks experience, maintain security, and comply with applicable obligations.
If you RSVP or interact through a third party service, such as Partiful, Instagram, or a hosting provider, that service may also process your information under its own privacy policy.
We do not sell personal information. We may share information with service providers that help us run the site, host content, store form submissions, manage RSVPs, send messages, or support events. We may also share information if required by law, to protect rights and safety, or in connection with a business or organizational transition.
The site may use cookies or similar technologies through hosting, analytics, social media, RSVP, or embedded content tools. These tools help pages load, measure site performance, and make embedded content work. You can manage cookies through your browser settings.
If you RSVP, apply to speak, submit a partner inquiry, or contact us, we may use your information to send practical event communications, partnership follow ups, speaker updates, and related announcements. You can ask us to stop sending non essential communications at any time.
We keep information for as long as reasonably needed for the purposes described above, including event administration, partnership review, communication records, security, and legal or operational needs.
This website and event experience are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will be posted on this page with an updated date.
By accessing this website, submitting information, RSVPing, applying to speak, submitting a partnership inquiry, or participating in a Tom Talks event, you agree to these Terms of Service.
We aim to keep event and partnership information accurate, but details such as date, time, venue, speakers, format, pricing, availability, and access may change. We may update, postpone, cancel, or modify any event, offer, or website content at our discretion.
RSVPs, invitations, applications, and partnership inquiries do not guarantee entry, acceptance, or a booked partnership unless confirmed in writing by Tom Talks. We may limit attendance, deny or revoke access, decline a partnership, or remove guests when necessary for safety, capacity, community standards, brand fit, or event operations.
Tom Talks is built around honest stories and respectful listening. Guests, speakers, and partners are expected to act with care, respect privacy, avoid harassment, and follow venue and event instructions.
By attending a Tom Talks event, you agree that Tom Talks, Thomas Ma, and authorized collaborators may photograph, film, record, and otherwise capture you and the room. You release and grant Tom Talks a worldwide, perpetual, royalty free right to use, edit, reproduce, publish, distribute, display, and license that media in any format or channel, including websites, social media, marketing, partner recaps, press, and other promotional or commercial uses, without further notice, approval, or compensation.
You waive any right to inspect or approve the finished media, and any claim related to likeness, privacy, publicity, or similar rights arising from that use, to the fullest extent permitted by law. If you do not agree, you should not attend.
The site may link to third party services, including RSVP platforms, social platforms, embedded media, email tools, form infrastructure, or external profiles. We are not responsible for third party websites, policies, content, or practices.
The website, partnership materials, and event information are provided as is and as available. We do not guarantee that the site will be uninterrupted, error free, secure, or always current, or that any partnership will produce a particular business result.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tom Talks, Thomas Ma, and their organizers, contractors, and affiliates will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the website, event services, partnership discussions, or third party links.
We may update these Terms of Service from time to time. Continued use of the website or participation in Tom Talks after changes are posted means you accept the updated terms.
The Tom Talks name, logos, wordmarks, script treatments, slogans, event themes, room formats, website design, graphics, photography, video, and related brand materials are owned by Tom Talks or its licensors. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
You may not copy, reuse, modify, redistribute, scrape, frame, or commercially exploit Tom Talks materials without prior written permission. This includes logos, event flyers, agendas, photography, video, website copy, partnership decks, and visual identity systems.
Submitting an inquiry, attending an event, appearing in a room, or being listed among past attendees does not create a partnership, sponsorship, endorsement, joint venture, or agency relationship. You may not claim to be a Tom Talks partner, sponsor, or affiliate unless Tom Talks has confirmed that relationship in writing for a specific room or campaign.
When a partnership is confirmed, each party may use the other’s name and approved marks only as agreed for that room or campaign, and only in the placements and time window approved by Tom Talks. Unapproved edits to Tom Talks marks, event creative, or recap materials are not allowed.
Tom Talks may decline, revise, or remove partner creative that conflicts with community standards, venue rules, or the integrity of the room.
Names of companies, creators, or attendees shown on Tom Talks pages are for context and proof of rooms that have already happened. Those mentions do not grant you rights to use those third party brands, and they do not mean those parties endorse your business.
If you send a speaker application, partnership note, testimonial, idea, or similar content, you confirm that you have the right to share it. You grant Tom Talks permission to review, store, respond to, and use that submission for event administration, partnership evaluation, and related communications. Confidential ideas should not be sent unless a separate written agreement says otherwise.
We may ask for removal of unauthorized Tom Talks brand use, misleading partnership claims, copied creative, or confusingly similar names or materials. We may also refuse service, revoke event access, end a partnership discussion, or pursue available legal remedies when needed to protect the brand and the room.
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