Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency" (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the www.theemersonagency.com website (the “Service”).

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Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency" is serious about protecting your online privacy. This Privacy Statement explains our views and practices concerning privacy, and how they may pertain to you as a user of our website, products and subscriptions.

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This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

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We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from https://www.theemersonagency.com/

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Definitions:

Service
Service is the https://www.theemersonagency.com/ website operated by

Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency"

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Personal Data
Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

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Usage Data
Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

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Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device (computer or mobile device).

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Data Controller
Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.

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Data Processors (or Service Providers)
Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.

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Data Subject (or User)
Data Subject is any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

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Information We Collect And Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected

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Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• First name and last name

• Email address

• Phone number

• Business name

• Website URL

• Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

• Any personal data you post on our website

• Any personal data you post on our Google My Business or other social/review platforms

• Data about how you use our website

• Technical data such as your IP address, your login data, details about your browser, time zone settings and other technology on the device you use to access our website

• Your marketing and communication preferences

• Any information that you directly provide to us whether through our contact form, over the phone, by email or otherwise

• Cookies and Usage Data

 

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.

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Usage Data

We may also collect information how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

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Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

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You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

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Type of cookies we use:

Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.

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Use of Data

Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency" uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service

• To notify you about changes to our Service

• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so

• To provide customer support

• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service

• To monitor the usage of our Service

• To detect, prevent and address technical issues

• To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information

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Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency" legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency" may process your Personal Data because:

• We need to perform a contract with you

• You have given us permission to do so

• The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights

• For payment processing purposes

• To comply with the law

 

Retention of Data

Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency" will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

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Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency" will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

 

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United States and process it there.

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Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency" will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

 

Disclosure of Data

Business Transaction

Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency" is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

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Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency" may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

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Legal Requirements

Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency" may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• To comply with a legal obligation

• To protect and defend the rights or property of Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency"

• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

• To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public

• To protect against legal liability

 

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

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Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency" aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

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If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

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In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.

• The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.

• The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.

• The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.

• The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.

• The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency" relied on your consent to process your personal information.

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Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

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Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

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Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

• Google Analytics: Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

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Behavioral Remarketing

Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency" may use remarketing services to advertise on third party websites to you after you visited our Service. We and our third-party vendors use cookies to inform, optimize and serve ads based on your past visits to our Service.

• Google AdWords: Google AdWords remarketing service is provided by Google Inc.You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads. Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout – for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

• Facebook: Facebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc.You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950. To opt-out from Facebook’s interest-based ads follow these instructions from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217. Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or opt-out using your mobile device settings.
  For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook’s Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

 

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

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We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

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The payment processors we work with are:

• Authorize.net: Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.authorize.net/company/privacy/

• PayPal: Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

 

Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

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Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

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Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

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We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

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If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at justin@theemersonagency.com.

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Additional Privacy Information and Consent

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At Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency", along with our affiliates ("company name", "we", "us"), we prioritize your privacy and are dedicated to protecting the information you share with us. This document
outlines how we handle the Personal Information collected through our website, applications,
and services (referred to collectively as "Services"). It does not extend to the content processed
on behalf of our API customers, which is covered by separate agreements.
1. Collection of Personal Information
● We gather Personal Information about you in the following ways:
● Directly from You: When you create an account, use our Services, or communicate with
us, we collect:
● Account Information: Your name, contact details, account credentials, payment
information, and transaction history.
● Content: Personal Information in your inputs, uploads, or feedback to our Services.
● Communication Information: If you contact us, we collect your name, contact details, and
message contents.
● Social Media Information: Interacting with our social media accounts may result in us
collecting your contact details. The social media platforms may also provide us with
aggregated user interaction data.
Automatically Collected Information: As you navigate and interact with our Services, we collect:
● Technical Information: Browser/device data, IP addresses, usage patterns, and cookies
to enhance your experience and improve our Services.
2. Use of Personal Information
We use your Personal Information to:
● Deliver and improve our Services.
● Communicate with you about updates and offerings.
● Conduct research and prevent fraud.
● Comply with legal obligations and protect our rights.

3. Disclosure of Personal Information
We may share your Personal Information with:
● Service Providers: To support our business operations and service delivery.
● During Business Transfers: As part of mergers, acquisitions, or other business
transitions.
● For Legal Reasons: When necessary to comply with laws or protect our interests and
safety.
4. Your Rights
Depending on location, individuals may have certain statutory rights in relation to their Personal
Information. For example, you may have the right to:
● Access your Personal Information and information relating to how it is processed.
● Delete your Personal Information from our records.
● Rectify or update your Personal Information.
● Transfer your Personal Information to a third party (right to data portability).
● Restrict how we process your Personal Information.
● Withdraw your consent—where we rely on consent as the legal basis for processing at
any time.
● Object to how we process your Personal Information.
You can exercise these rights by contacting us at (company email)
5. Children’s Privacy
Our Services do not target children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from
children under this age. We will investigate any notification and if appropriate, delete the
Personal Information from our systems. If you are 13 or older, but under 18, you must have
permission from your parent or guardian to use our Services.
6. Third-Party Websites
Our Service may link to external sites not governed by this Privacy Policy. We recommend
reviewing their privacy policies independently.
7. Security and Retention
We employ measures to protect your Personal Information but cannot guarantee absolute
security. We retain your data as necessary for service provision and compliance with legal
obligations.

8. International Users
Your Personal Information may be processed and stored in the United States and other
jurisdictions, under the legal bases outlined for our international operations.
9. Policy Updates
We may periodically update this Privacy Policy. Changes will be posted on our website, along
with the effective date.
10. Contact Us
For any questions or concerns regarding this policy, please reach out to our support team at
company email
Consent to Communication
Scope of Consent: By submitting your personal information on our website, including your
name, telephone number, and email address, you agree that (Company Name), its
subsidiaries, affiliates, and our trusted third-party partners may contact you by various
communication methods, including but not limited to emails, phone calls, text messages, and
postal mail. This communication may be aimed at informing you about new products, services,
promotions, and offers that you might find valuable.
Automated Calls and Messages: You acknowledge that consent includes receiving autodialed
and prerecorded messages or calls delivered via automated technology, to the phone number
you provided. We will obtain separate, express consent for telemarketing calls as required by
law.
Third-Party Communication: You agree that we may share your personal information with
trusted third parties for them to contact you with relevant offers and services. However, your
information will be shared in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable laws concerning
data protection and privacy.
Voluntary Nature of Consent: Providing your consent is completely voluntary, and you may
withdraw your consent at any time. To withdraw your consent, please follow the opt-out
instructions provided in our communications or contact our customer service.

Data Protection and Privacy
Use of Information: We use the information you provide to tailor our communication with you,
improving your experience with our products and services. We also use your information for
internal analytics, market research, and compliance with legal obligations.
Sharing and Disclosure: We do not sell your personal data. We only share your data with
trusted third parties who adhere to our data protection standards or when required by law. Our
third-party partners are obligated to protect your information and are prohibited from using your
data for purposes other than those specified by Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency"
Data Security: We are committed to keeping your personal data secure. We implement
appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect against unauthorized or unlawful
processing and against accidental loss, destruction, or damage.
Rights of Individuals: You have rights regarding your personal data, including the right to
access, correct, delete, or restrict the processing of your data. You also have the right to object
to processing and the right to data portability. To exercise these rights, please contact us.

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Ad Opt-In Terms of Acceptance for Calls and Texts

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By opting into our communications, you agree to the following terms:
Consent to Communications: You hereby consent to receive communication from our company
through emails, autodialed and/or pre-recorded telemarketing calls, AI calls, and text messages
(including SMS and MMS) from or on behalf of Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency" and our affiliated partners
at the telephone number provided, including your wireless number, if applicable. You understand
that consent is not a condition of purchase.
Frequency of Messages: You acknowledge that the frequency of messages from [Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency may vary. Standard message and data rates may apply to text messages.
Third-Party Communication: You agree that Gooderham Consulting LLC, dba "The Emerson Agency and its trusted partners may
contact you for marketing, promotional, and other purposes related to the services or products
you have expressed interest in or that we believe may be of interest to you.
Opt-Out Option: You understand that you can withdraw your consent at any time by replying
STOP to any text message or by contacting us at justin@theemersonagency.com. For assistance,
you can reply HELP
Privacy Policy: Your information will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which
explains how we collect, use, and protect your data, as well as how we share it with trusted third
parties. Please review our Privacy Policy for more information.
Changes to Terms: We reserve the right to amend these terms at any time. Your continued
participation in our communications program following any changes signifies your acceptance of