All Sales Are Final. All attendees and exhibitors must agree to abide by the policies set forth by Nerd Street LLC for its events. Those policies include, but are not limited to, the Harassment Policy, Cosplay and Prop Weapons Policy, and any event-specific policies. In the event of a postponement, tickets will be honored at the rescheduled event.
ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY
Nerd Street is committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and rewarding atmosphere. Our cons are meant to be an inclusive space for fans, with a zero-tolerance policy against harassment, groping, stalking, and inappropriate photography. Gender-based harassment is unacceptable at our events.
Harassment includes, but is not limited to, verbal comments that reinforce social structures of domination related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion; deliberate intimidation; stalking; following; harassing photography or recording; sustained disruption of talks or other events; inappropriate physical contact; and unwelcome sexual attention. Harassment of any kind is unwelcome at our cons and will not be tolerated.
Hateful symbols aren’t welcome at Nerd Street events. Historical costumes can be great, but reminders of unspeakable atrocities are not appropriate, ever. This includes any sort of “ironic” or satirical costumes that re-appropriate Nazi/white supremacist paraphernalia or gear.
COSPLAY & COSTUME WEAPONS POLICY
Any weapon that could seriously hurt somebody is not allowed. Specifically, but not limited to:
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Functional firearms – that includes paintball, airsoft, bb guns, cap guns, any gun that shoots a real projectile or causes a real explosion.
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Realistic firearms – any gun that could be confused for a real gun. If it looks like a real gun, it is not allowed. Realistic prop guns with brightly-colored caps are not allowed.
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Prop weapons made of a hard material such as metal, wood, or glass
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Functional projectile weapons – any weapon (crossbow, slingshot, etc) that discharges a projectile
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Metal-bladed weapons
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Whips
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Explosives
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Blunt weapons like bats, clubs, or hockey sticks
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Loud props such as whistles, horns, etc.
Prop weapons are allowed, as long as they meet the following criteria; That they are composed of cardboard, foam, something light. Prop firearms are allowed only if they cannot be mistaken for real weapons. Prop bows will be allowed providing all arrows have soft tips and will not be shot.
Prop weapons will be allowed at the discretion of staff and uniformed security personnel. Safety is paramount, we will always err on the side of caution. There will be no place to store prohibited weapons on-site. If you have a weapon that is prohibited, you will be escorted from the building and not allowed back in with the weapon.
It is important that every participant at Nerd Street events feels safe. Hateful symbols aren’t welcome at Nerd Street events. Historical costumes can be great, but reminders of unspeakable atrocities are not appropriate, ever. This includes any sort of “ironic” or satirical costumes that re-appropriate Nazi/white supremacist paraphernalia or gear. Swastikas of any kind are not allowed at any Nerd Street events.
PRIVACY POLICY
Nerd Street LLC operates nerdstreetusa.com to provide services including ticket sales, exhibit sales, and e-commerce. Nerd Street LLC is committed to protecting users’ privacy and addressing potential privacy concerns. The following information has been posted to help you, the consumer, understand what private information we collect and how your information is used. To best serve your needs, we collect the following types of information when you visit nerdstreetusa.com:
Name, Email address, Payment/Billing Information, Billing address, Shipping address (if applicable). You can always choose to provide less information. However, omitting some of this personal information may limit your ability to access all of the benefits of our website and services. For example, we will not be able to process transactions without payment information and a billing address.
We automatically collect data on how our users visit nerdstreetusa.com, such as your IP address, location, browser, browser language, operating system, device identifiers, and cookies.
Our website currently uses cookies to enhance its functionality. You may disable cookies in your web browser, but this may limit your ability to access nerdstreetusa.com.
Nerd Street LLC does not gather any of your sensitive personal information, such as your social security number, driver’s license number, race, ethnicity, religion, health metrics, political associations, or details on your criminal background.
We only use your personal information to help you utilize everything Nerd Street LLC has to offer. This includes: Completing transactions, Shipping purchases (if applicable), Fulfilling customer service requests, communicating sales and promotions, Contacting you regarding updates to company policies, Making our services available to you in a convenient manner, Evaluating analytics to see how our customers engage with us.
We may store your personal information for an extended period of time, depending on how we need to use the information. For example, we’ll keep your email address and name on file. In addition, we may need to keep your billing information on file for an extended period of time to maintain our internal transaction records.
We may share your information with third parties, but only those affiliates that Nerd Street LLC has fully vetted and created a partnership with in order to provide a better service overall.
The only reason we will ever share your information with affiliates is for the following purposes: Processing transactions, Fulfilling and delivering orders, Measuring marketing and advertising performance, Providing customer service, Issuing email and text message communications
We do our best to keep your private information secure and safe. Most of your personal information is encrypted and is therefore protected from being accessed by outside users. However, data leaks and malicious attacks do happen. Please understand that while we do our best to protect your data, providing your personal information is at your own risk.
You can, of course, decline to disclosure your personal information to us. However, the failure to provide us with pertinent information may limit your ability to fully benefit from Nerd Street LLC’s offerings. Remember, we only ask for personal information that can help us fully provide our services to our customers.
If you have questions regarding this privacy policy, feel free to contact us. A Nerd Street LLC representative will respond to your questions as soon as possible.
