WIRE Festival — Terms & Conditions

Effective Date: September 11, 2026

Last Updated: November 6, 2026

WIRE Festival SMS Verification and Messaging Programs

These Terms & Conditions govern SMS messages sent by WIRE Festival, operated by DMI, Inc., for account authentication and optional communications. They supplement other terms governing the WIRE Festival website and services.

SMS Programs

Account verification and security (existing service). When you initiate an eligible action, WIRE Festival may send you a one-time password (OTP) by SMS for account registration, login, phone-number verification, or a supported password-reset or security action. SMS verification is requested by you. Requesting an OTP is not enrollment in promotional SMS.
Optional promotional SMS (only if you opt in). If you separately give express written consent through an optional SMS marketing checkbox or another approved opt-in method, WIRE Festival may send promotional messages about WIRE Festival events, Industry events and meetups, invitations to attend events, announcements and related festival offers. These messages may recur while your consent remains valid. Consent is specific to WIRE Festival and to the types of promotional messages disclosed when you opt in. Registration and use of your account do not require promotional SMS consent.
Optional account and service notifications (only if separately authorized). Where this notification option is offered and you separately opt in, WIRE Festival may send non-promotional SMS about your WIRE account, existing event registrations and important service updates. These may include registration status or changes, account-related notices and important information about events for which you are already registered. This permission does not cover promotional invitations to new events, general event marketing or offers, and does not replace an OTP you specifically request. Existing email and event-registration communications remain unchanged. Promotional SMS consent does not authorize these non-promotional notifications, and consent to these notifications does not authorize promotional SMS.
Personally shared Industry invitation links. Registered WIRE Festival users who have access to the Industry invitation feature may create individual invitation links and personally share them with people who may not yet be registered. The personally sent message is not an SMS sent by WIRE Festival through its official SMS program. Available invitation controls may let users cancel a link or share it again. Cancelling a link disables it but cannot recall a message already delivered. Existing WIRE Festival email invitations and event-registration journeys remain unchanged.
Administrator-sent Industry invitation SMS (not yet enabled under these Terms). WIRE Festival is evaluating an additional program for sending official SMS invitations to Industry event participants, including unregistered people. Its message classification, recipient-consent method and sending rules have not yet been finalized. This program will not be activated merely by publishing these Terms or accepting general website Terms; additional consent, program setup and updated disclosures will be required before such SMS is sent. Permission to receive account and service notifications does not by itself authorize this prospective admin-invitation program.

Consent and Eligibility

During registration, WIRE Festival may offer separate, optional, unchecked choices for (1) promotional SMS and (2) non-promotional SMS notifications about your account, existing event registrations and important service updates. These SMS choices are independent of required Terms & Conditions acceptance and Privacy Policy acknowledgement and independent of each other. Neither optional SMS choice is needed to register, participate in events, use your account or request an OTP. Existing registered users may choose or update these permissions through Profile or Account Settings where offered.

Non-promotional account and service notifications require authorization separate from promotional SMS. Consent to WIRE Festival SMS does not automatically authorize SMS from Basement, even though both services are operated by DMI, Inc. Having someone's phone number or receiving an Industry invitation link does not itself authorize WIRE Festival to send optional texts to that person.

Message Frequency

OTP message frequency varies with the verification requests you initiate. Promotional SMS may recur while permitted and vary with events and announcements. Authorized non-promotional account and service notices are event-driven and may be sent when an existing registration or account status changes, or when important service information relates to an existing registration. The frequency disclosed at opt-in also applies.

Message and Data Rates

Message and data rates may apply under your mobile carrier plan. Delivery depends on your carrier and network availability. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

Opt-Out and Help

For an applicable WIRE Festival messaging program, reply STOP to unsubscribe and reply HELP for assistance, using the instructions provided with the SMS sender. An opt-out takes effect for the sender and messaging program involved; it does not necessarily disable other account communications. You may also contact WIRE Festival Support to request changes to optional SMS preferences.

If you block or opt out of a sender used for account verification, you may be unable to receive some requested OTP codes and may need another supported account-access method. Declining optional promotional SMS or optional account and service notifications does not prevent account registration, event participation or receipt of existing email notices.

Privacy

We use mobile numbers, messaging consent records and related delivery information as described in the WIRE Festival Privacy Policy. We do not sell or share SMS opt-in data or personal information collected for our SMS program with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes. We may use service providers needed to deliver authorized messages.

Changes and Contact

We may update these SMS Terms from time to time. Any changes become effective when published on this page with an updated effective date.

WIRE Festival — operated by DMI, Inc.

Support: info@wirefestival.com

Website: https://wirefestival.com

Terms: https://wirefestival.com/terms-and-conditions