Privacy, in plain language.

Information you choose to share

Guest requests include first name, age range, gender and optional self-description, who you are interested in meeting, neighborhood or ZIP, occupation, relationship intentions, email and confirmation that you are single and at least 25. Guest requests also include one recent photo of you (see Your application photo). Optional answers include active interests, notes, Instagram, mobile number, referral source and text-message consent. Some answers can reveal sensitive personal preferences. Please do not include identity documents, financial information, medical details or other unnecessary sensitive information in free-text fields.

Venue inquiries include business name, contact name, location, preferred contact method and the relevant email address or telephone number. Role, website or Instagram, and proposed experience are optional. A venue's Text preference concerns that inquiry only, not recurring marketing.

How we use your information

Mark uses requests for personal review, guest-list curation, introductions, experience planning and venue conversations. Internal records can include review status, founding status, interests, invitations, attendance and introduction notes. We do not sell personal information, use it for advertising profiles or publish your answers. We do not provide automated matchmaking or make automated acceptance decisions.

We do not share your form answers with venues or other guests as a directory. Any necessary event arrangements or introductions are handled personally. Submitting a request does not buy a ticket, create a paid membership or guarantee an invitation or match.

Storage, notifications and access

Cloudflare hosts this website and stores guest and venue records separately using its SQLite-backed Durable Objects service. This is persistent cloud storage, not storage on a visitor's device or a temporary web server. Cloudflare encrypts the service's data at rest and protects connections in transit. Authorized owner administration is protected by a separate server-side credential. No public submission-listing service is provided.

Resend processes notification emails to Mark at mark@localchemistryaz.com. These contain only the request type and an internal record identifier, not your answers or contact information. Mark uses Google Workspace for his mailbox. A stored request remains saved even if an owner notification is delayed or fails. After a guest request is saved, we send one confirmation email to the address you entered. No SMS service is enabled.

These providers may process data in the United States and other locations where they operate. Cloudflare also processes network information needed to deliver and protect the service. We limit application logs and do not log form bodies. No system can guarantee absolute security.

Your application photo

Every guest request includes one recent photo. Mark personally reviews each request, including the photo and your answers, and appearance is one of several factors in who is invited. The photo is not used for identity verification, and it is never analyzed by automated or AI tools, or used to make any inference about health, fitness, character or work ethic.

Who can see it. Only Mark, signed in as the reviewing admin, and you, once you are a member and signed in to the member portal. The photo is never displayed publicly, never shown to other members or venues, never posted on social media and never used in advertising. Photo addresses require a signed-in session and are not cached by your browser or by our hosting network.

What we store. Your browser converts the photo to a standard JPEG before upload, and our server removes any remaining embedded metadata, including GPS location, camera details and timestamps, before it is saved. JPEG, PNG and most phone photos are accepted. The photo is stored with your request in the same Cloudflare storage described above.

How long we keep it. A photo uploaded without a completed request is deleted automatically after 24 hours. If a request is declined, its photo is deleted automatically 30 days after the decision. If a request is still waiting after 90 days, its photo is deleted automatically. Members keep their photo until they delete it in the member portal or their account is closed, at which point it is deleted. Mark can also delete any photo at any time.

Deleting it sooner. Members can delete their photo at any time under Your application photo in the member portal. Anyone else can email mark@localchemistryaz.com and Mark will delete it. Deleted photos are removed from active storage right away; as with all records, provider-managed recovery copies may remain for a short period.

Contact and text choices

A mobile number is not text-message consent. The separate, optional checkbox is not preselected and says: “Text me invitations and event updates. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out.” We record the choice, exact wording, version and submission time. Text automation is disabled. We will not enable recurring texts without an appropriately configured provider, updated disclosures and STOP handling. Choosing Text for a venue inquiry is not a subscription to marketing.

Repeated submissions do not overwrite an existing request or change its consent. For changes, withdrawal of consent or contact preferences, email Mark. Requesting an invitation does not enroll you in a general marketing campaign.

Minimal measurement and spam protection

First-party aggregate counters measure visits, invitation and venue clicks, form starts and successfully stored requests. Only allowlisted nonsensitive campaign tags and known referring-site hostnames are retained. Form answers, contact details and full referring URLs are not included in these counters. No third-party analytics, advertising pixels or tracking cookies are installed. The only cookie is the sign-in cookie for members described below.

Campaign attribution is held in your browser tab's session storage. Form answers are not saved in browser storage or placed in URLs. Temporary rate-limit records use a daily-salted hash of a network address and expire from application rate-limit storage as new requests arrive, normally within two minutes. A hidden spam field, request-size limits, origin checks and validation help protect forms. Fonts and imagery are served with the site. Instagram and email links open separate services.

Retention and your choices

Requests are retained for personal review and community administration until Mark removes them; apart from application photos (see below), we do not automatically delete guest or venue records on a fixed schedule. Please contact Mark if you no longer want your request retained. You can request access, correction, deletion or withdrawal of consent at mark@localchemistryaz.com. Mark may need to confirm your identity before acting. We will respond personally and consider any applicable rights or retention obligations.

Deletion removes active submission and notification-queue records. Provider-managed recovery history and mailbox copies may remain for the providers' applicable retention periods; removal from active storage is not a promise of immediate erasure from every backup. We do not maintain a separate automated export of guest answers. Anonymous aggregate counts do not identify you and may remain after deletion.

Guests must be 25 or older; the age menu starts at 25 and the eligibility confirmation says 25 or older. This service is not intended for minors.

Changes and questions

We will update this notice when the actual service or its providers change and show the effective date here. For privacy or service questions, contact mark@localchemistryaz.com. Every invitation states its cost before you RSVP. Approved members can purchase membership and experience tickets through Stripe, as described under Payments below and in the Membership Terms.

Member accounts

When a request is accepted we create a member account with your first name, email address, founding number if any, membership status, terms acceptance, invitations, RSVPs and nominations. You sign in with single-use email links; we do not use passwords. A single strictly necessary cookie keeps you signed in for up to 30 days and is used for nothing else. The host may keep private notes about attendance and introductions to plan guest lists and make better introductions; these notes are never shown to other members or shared outside Local Chemistry.

Payments

Membership dues and tickets are processed by Stripe. Card details go directly to Stripe and are never seen or stored by us; we keep only a Stripe customer reference, subscription status and paid-through date. Stripe's own privacy policy applies to the information it processes.

Nominations

If a member nominates a friend, we receive that friend's name, email and an optional note. We use it only to invite them to request membership, and delete it on request.

Email we send

Members receive sign-in links, invitations, RSVP confirmations, renewal reminders and billing notices. These are part of membership. Email is sent through Resend on our behalf.

Accessing or deleting your information

Email mark@localchemistryaz.com to see, correct or delete your information or close your account. We keep payment records only as long as tax and accounting rules require.