SMS Privacy Policy

Bedford Groundwork SMS Privacy Policy

Bedford Groundwork text messaging requires explicit program activation. Your text-message preferences show the current program and phone-verification status. Saving a preference alone does not activate messages or verify ownership of a phone number. Before activation, do not rely on text replies; use your preferences or email hello@bedfordgroundwork.com for help or withdrawal. When messaging is active, reply STOP to unsubscribe or HELP for help.

We record the phone number associated with your authenticated member account or owned completed ticket registration, your separately chosen SMS purposes, and the exact disclosure and version, submission time and source. Event-alert consent also records the selected event. We keep preference changes and withdrawals, suppression records, and related processing/audit records to apply your choices and prevent duplicate processing.

Member notices, alerts for the specific ticketed event, and marketing are separate choices. Providing a required contact phone, joining, buying tickets or making a contribution does not itself enroll you in texts. Previously collected phone numbers are not imported as SMS consent.

SMS preference records are used by Bedford Groundwork to manage these purposes and opt-outs. They are not permission to publish your phone number or enroll you in another messaging purpose. Bedford Groundwork does not sell, rent, or disclose mobile information or SMS opt-in and consent data to third parties or affiliates for their marketing or promotional activities. A messaging provider processes the phone number and message data needed solely to operate Groundwork messaging when it is used. Separately agreed sharing in the private member directory is for Groundwork coordination, not third-party marketing. The SMS choices do not change that separate directory agreement.

Use your signed-in member preferences or the ticket preferences available in your original private checkout session to withdraw the corresponding choices. An existing SMS suppression cannot be cleared by selecting another checkbox. If you cannot access your preferences, contact hello@bedfordgroundwork.com; do not send payment details. We must establish authority before changing another person's preferences.

After activation, recurring-message frequency will vary and message and data rates may apply. Contact hello@bedfordgroundwork.com for SMS privacy questions or withdrawal assistance.