Privacy

Updated November 7, 2026.

Morocco Out Loud is personally operated by Iqbal Addou in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. For privacy questions, access or deletion requests, and event or photo removal requests, email info@happenhop.com. Please identify the relevant page or submission; do not send identity documents unless we agree a necessary, secure verification method.

Browsing and essential storage

Your IP address is processed to deliver the site, limit abuse, and estimate a nearby city using a local IP-location database. You can choose another city or browse globally. We do not request your device’s precise location. A language cookie (hh_lang, up to one year) remembers a language you explicitly select. Administrator session cookies keep administrators signed in. Browser storage also remembers your motion preference and cookie choice. These functions do not require analytics.

On-site messages and directory profiles

Our contact form saves messages in a private administrator inbox and does not send email. The name, optional email and message are used to review your request. Messages are automatically removed after 90 days. Approved venue, vendor and contractor profiles may display the business contact details you explicitly provided for publication. The separate review email remains private and is cleared after a decision. Unreviewed profiles and photos expire after 90 days; rejected review records expire after 30 days.

Spam protection

Public submission forms and administrator sign-in use Google reCAPTCHA when configured. On public forms the Google script loads after you choose Load spam protection. It loads automatically on the administrator sign-in page. Google receives browser and network information for abuse prevention. Morocco Out Loud sends the verification token and site identifier to Google; it does not send your form contents for that check. Verification tokens are not saved by Morocco Out Loud. This check is separate from optional analytics.

AI assistant connections

When you use the Morocco Out Loud tools in ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, the connected service can send the city, dates, event type or keywords needed for your request. Our tools return public event information. They do not request full chat histories, private submissions, messages, payment information or account records. Authenticated search responses may be cached for up to 30 seconds. We keep request totals by integration for seven days and store OAuth credentials as hashes. The assistant service has its own privacy settings and policies.

Optional Google Analytics

Analytics is off by default. If you accept it, Google Analytics receives your IP address and technical browser information to measure visits to public pages and guide discovery clicks. We send the canonical page address without search query parameters and only the referring site’s origin. Google may set _ga cookies to distinguish visits. Advertising signals and ad personalization are disabled.

Accept analytics and Reject analytics are equally available in our consent notice. Cookie preferences in the footer lets you change or withdraw your choice anytime. Accept and reject choices expire after 180 days. Withdrawal disables collection, clears accessible Google Analytics cookies for this site, and reloads the page to stop its analytics script. It does not undo processing that already took place. Your language and login preferences are retained. Administration, submission, privacy and filtered search pages do not load analytics.

How Google uses information from sites that use its services

Submitted events and photos

We use the email you provide to review your event; it is not published and is cleared from the active review record after approval or rejection. Submitted details and photos stay private until an administrator approves them. Approved details and processed photos become public. Rejected photos are removed. Photos are re-encoded before publication to remove original file metadata. Do not submit private information, photos without permission, explicit sexual images, or unlawful content.

Unreviewed submissions and their private photos are automatically deleted after 90 days. Rejected review records are deleted after 30 days. Published listings, approved photos and their review records remain until removed or archived. Operational backups may contain earlier copies; request deletion if you need help removing your information. If an approved listing needs correction or removal, send its URL to the contact above.

Public event sources and AI translations

We collect public event information from configured websites and feeds and link to the source. For AI translations and display headlines, public text and event details may be sent to Mistral and cached on our server. Official event names remain intact in headlines, which use only supplied venue or city details. Our translation worker excludes administration, submission forms, privacy notices and nonempty search queries. It does not send visitor IP addresses, submission contact emails, payment details or API keys as translation content. Translations may contain mistakes; verify dates, admission requirements and booking details with the organizer.

Service providers and your choices

DigitalOcean provides hosting. Mistral provides AI processing; Google provides analytics only after consent. Event images can load from a source’s server, which receives the network information needed to serve them. Following organizer and ticket links takes you to sites with their own privacy practices. Providers may process information outside your country, including in the United States or Europe.

Where GDPR applies, we rely on consent for optional analytics and our legitimate interests in operating and protecting an event directory, reviewing requested submissions, and presenting relevant public event information. You can object to processing based on legitimate interests using the contact above. Depending on the law that applies to you, you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or object to certain processing, and you may complain to your local data protection authority. Contact info@happenhop.com to exercise applicable rights.

Age and entry requirements

Event admission rules and legal drinking ages vary by venue and jurisdiction. A listing’s stated minimum age comes from the organizer or source; an unknown age is not a promise that an event is suitable for minors. Check the organizer’s requirements before booking and bring required identification. Morocco Out Loud does not sell alcohol, verify attendees’ identities or replace venue admission checks. Do not submit personal information about children.