Last updated: 2026

SeaSide Stories Events respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect your information when you visit www.seasidestories.net, contact us, subscribe to our updates or use our wedding and event-planning services.

SeaSide Stories Events is a wedding planning, design and coordination company operating in Cyprus and Lebanon.

For the purposes of applicable data-protection laws, the data controller is:

Business or legal name: SeaSideStories Events
Trading name: SeaSide Stories Events
Registered address: Zahle, Lebanon
Country of registration: Lebanon
Email: SSStories.events@hotmail.com
Telephone and WhatsApp: +357 95 11 77 57

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact us using the details above.

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following information:

• Your name and your partner’s name
• Email address
• WhatsApp or telephone number
• Wedding date, month or year
• Wedding destination, city or venue
• Type of event
• Estimated number of guests
• Estimated budget range
• Current country of residence
• Information about your wedding ideas, requirements and vision
• Inspiration images, documents or other files you choose to upload
• Any additional information you voluntarily provide

When you book our services, we may also collect:

• Billing and invoicing information
• Contract and payment information
• Venue and supplier details
• Guest-related information necessary to provide our services
• Wedding schedules, plans and logistical information
• Dietary, accessibility or other special requirements
• Photographs and videos, where appropriate permission has been obtained

Please avoid submitting sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your event. When sensitive information—such as health, dietary, accessibility or religious information—is required, we will process it only with the appropriate permission or where otherwise permitted by law.

If you subscribe to our newsletter or marketing communications, we may collect:

• Your name
• Email address
• Subscription preferences
• Information about your interaction with our emails

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

• Internet Protocol address
• Browser and device type
• Operating system
• Pages visited
• Time spent on the website
• Referring website
• Cookie and tracking preferences
• General website usage and performance information

We may collect personal information when you:

• Complete an enquiry or consultation form
• Contact us by email, telephone, WhatsApp or social media
• Subscribe to our newsletter
• Book one of our services
• Sign a contract or make a payment
• Attend a consultation or supplier meeting
• Provide information during the wedding-planning process
• Upload an image, document or inspiration file
• Visit or interact with our website
• Give permission for us to use wedding photographs or videos

We may also receive information from your partner, venue, suppliers or representatives when it is necessary to plan and coordinate your event.

If you provide personal information about another person, you confirm that you have their permission to share it with us.

We may use your personal information to:

• Respond to enquiries and consultation requests
• Communicate with you about your wedding or event
• Understand your requirements, preferences and wedding vision
• Prepare proposals, quotations and service recommendations
• Provide wedding planning, design and coordination services
• Research and communicate with suitable venues and suppliers
• Manage budgets, schedules, contracts and wedding logistics
• Process payments and maintain accounting records
• Manage our contractual relationship with you
• Send newsletters or promotional communications when you have consented
• Improve our website, services and client experience
• Protect our website against spam, misuse and security threats
• Comply with legal, accounting and regulatory requirements
• Establish, exercise or defend legal claims

We will only use your personal information for the purposes for which it was collected, unless we reasonably determine that it is needed for a compatible purpose permitted by law.

Depending on the circumstances, we process personal information on one or more of the following legal bases:

We use the information you submit to respond to your enquiry, discuss your wedding requirements and prepare a proposal or quotation.

When you book our services, we process the information necessary to plan, design, coordinate and deliver your wedding or event.

We rely on your consent when:

• You subscribe to marketing communications
• You accept non-essential website cookies
• You give us permission to use wedding photographs or videos
• You voluntarily provide certain sensitive information where explicit consent is required

You may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing consent will not affect processing that took place before the withdrawal.

We may process information where reasonably necessary to operate and improve our business, maintain records, respond to clients, prevent fraud or misuse and protect our legal interests. We will only do so where these interests do not override your privacy rights.

We may process and retain information when required for accounting, taxation, regulatory or other legal purposes.

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

We may share information only when necessary with:

• Wedding venues
• Photographers and videographers
• Florists, decorators and rental companies
• Caterers and entertainment providers
• Transportation and accommodation providers
• Other wedding suppliers involved in your event
• Accountants, legal advisers and other professional consultants
• Website, email, payment and technology providers
• Government authorities or regulators when legally required

Before sharing your information with a wedding supplier, we will limit the information to what is reasonably necessary for that supplier to provide the requested service.

Some suppliers may act as independent data controllers and may have their own privacy policies.

Our website is created and hosted using GoDaddy Websites + Marketing. GoDaddy may process technical, website and form information on our behalf in accordance with its own privacy practices.

If you contact us through WhatsApp, your communication will also be processed through WhatsApp and Meta’s systems, according to their respective privacy policies.

Our website may use Google reCAPTCHA or a similar security service to protect forms against spam and misuse. When enabled, this service may collect technical information about your browser, device and interaction with the website.

Newsletter or email-marketing provider: (Blank)

Website analytics provider: (Blank – write “None” if no analytics service is connected)

Advertising and retargeting tools: (Blank – write “None” if Meta Pixel or another advertising tracker is not connected)

These service providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and contractual obligations.

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to function properly, remember visitor preferences, protect forms, understand website performance and support marketing activities.

Cookies may include:

• Essential cookies: Necessary for the website, security features and enquiry forms to function.
• Preference cookies: Used to remember choices made by visitors.
• Analytics cookies: Used to understand how visitors interact with the website.
• Advertising cookies: Used to measure advertising performance or show more relevant advertisements.

Where required by law, analytics and advertising cookies will only be activated after you provide consent through our cookie banner or preference settings.

You can accept, reject or manage non-essential cookies through the cookie settings displayed on our website. You may also control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some website features operate.

We will only send marketing emails or promotional communications where you have requested them or otherwise provided valid consent.

You can unsubscribe at any time by:

• Clicking the unsubscribe link in one of our emails
• Contacting us at our email.

Unsubscribing from marketing will not prevent us from sending communications that are necessary to respond to an enquiry or provide a booked service.

We may request permission to share photographs or videos from your wedding or event on:

• Our website and portfolio
• Our social-media pages
• Digital or printed marketing materials
• Advertisements
• Wedding blogs or publications

We will only use identifiable photographs or videos where we have an appropriate legal basis, permission or contractual authorization.

Where separate consent is used, you may withdraw that consent for future use by contacting us. Withdrawal will not affect material already lawfully published or used before we received your request, although we will take reasonable steps regarding content under our control.

Your photographer or videographer may have their own contractual rights and privacy practices.

SeaSide Stories Events operates in Cyprus and Lebanon. Planning your event may require information to be shared with appropriate venues, suppliers or service providers in either country.

Some of our technology providers may also process or store information outside Cyprus, Lebanon or the European Economic Area.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that an appropriate level of protection is used, as required by applicable data-protection law. This may include contractual safeguards, adequacy decisions or another legally recognized transfer mechanism.

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and to meet our legal, contractual and accounting obligations.

Our general retention periods are:

• Enquiries that do not become confirmed bookings: (Blank – recommended: up to 24 months)
• Uploaded inspiration images and enquiry documents: (Blank – recommended: the same period as the related enquiry)
• Client contracts, invoices and payment records: (Blank – confirm the required period with your accountant)
• Wedding-planning files for completed events: (Blank)
• Newsletter information: Until you unsubscribe or request deletion
• Cookie and website analytics information: (Blank – depends on the services connected)
• Photographs and portfolio material: Until permission is withdrawn or the material is no longer required, subject to our contractual and legal rights

After the applicable retention period ends, information will be securely deleted, anonymized or retained only where required by law.

We take reasonable organizational and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, accidental loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

However, no internet transmission, website or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should avoid sending highly confidential or unnecessary sensitive information through website forms, email or WhatsApp.

Depending on the law applicable to you, you may have the right to:

• Request access to your personal information
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
• Request deletion of your information
• Request restriction of processing
• Object to certain types of processing
• Request the transfer of information you provided
• Withdraw your consent at any time
• Object to direct marketing
• Submit a complaint to a data-protection authority

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at:

Email: SSStories.events@hotmail.com
Telephone or WhatsApp: +357 95 11 77 57

We may need to verify your identity before processing a privacy request.

If you are in Cyprus or the European Union, you also have the right to submit a complaint to the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection in Cyprus:

Website: www.dataprotection.gov.cy

You may also contact the relevant data-protection authority in the country where you live or work.

Our website may contain links to Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, supplier websites or other third-party platforms.

We are not responsible for the content, security or privacy practices of third-party websites. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing personal information.

Our website and services are intended for adults arranging weddings and events. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children through our website.

Information concerning children that is necessary for a booked event should only be provided by a parent, guardian or authorized adult.

We do not use personal information to make solely automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, website features, technology providers or legal obligations change.

The latest version will always be published on this page, together with its most recent revision date.

For questions, requests or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact:

Legal or business name: SeaSideStories Events
Trading name: SeaSide Stories Events
Address: Zahle, Lebanon
Email: SSStories.events@hotmail.com
Telephone and WhatsApp: +357 95 11 77 57