Privacy Policy

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Countywide SEO respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.

This Privacy Policy explains how Countywide SEO may collect, use, store, disclose, and protect information when you visit CountywideSEO.com, submit a form, request a Countywide SEO Blueprint, purchase a service, communicate with us, or otherwise interact with our website and business.

By using this website or submitting information through it, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Information We May Collect

Countywide SEO may collect information that you provide directly and information collected automatically through your use of the website.

Information You Provide Directly

You may provide personal or business information when you:

• Request a Free Countywide SEO Blueprint
• Request a Countywide SEO Implementation Plan
• Request Done-for-You Countywide SEO services
• Submit a contact form
• Schedule a consultation
• Send an email
• Call or text us
• Purchase a service
• Subscribe to communications
• Respond to a questionnaire

The information you provide may include:

• Your name
• Company name
• Job title
• Website address
• Email address
• Phone number
• Mailing address
• Primary city
• Target county and state
• Services offered by your business
• Current service areas
• Business goals
• Website concerns
• Marketing information
• Project details
• Messages and communications
• Any other information you voluntarily provide

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit CountywideSEO.com, certain information may be collected automatically through cookies, analytics tools, server logs, pixels, and similar technologies.

This information may include:

• Internet Protocol address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Referring website
• Pages visited
• Links clicked
• Date and time of access
• Approximate geographic location
• Length of website visit
• Website navigation activity
• Form interactions
• General usage and performance information

How We May Use Information

Countywide SEO may use collected information to:

• Respond to inquiries
• Prepare a Free Countywide SEO Blueprint
• Evaluate whether a business is a suitable fit for our services
• Prepare proposals, estimates, and implementation plans
• Provide requested products or services
• Communicate about projects and accounts
• Schedule consultations
• Process transactions
• Provide customer service
• Send administrative communications
• Send marketing communications when permitted
• Improve the website
• Analyze website performance
• Understand how visitors use the website
• Develop new services and resources
• Prevent fraud and misuse
• Protect the security of the website and business
• Enforce agreements and policies
• Comply with legal obligations

Free Countywide SEO Blueprint Requests

When you request a Free Countywide SEO Blueprint, Countywide SEO may review publicly available information about your business and website.

This may include:

• Your publicly accessible website pages
• Public business listings
• Publicly available service information
• Publicly available location information
• Public search results
• Publicly available competitor websites
• Other information reasonably related to the requested review

Information submitted with a blueprint request may be used to prepare the blueprint, contact you about the request, discuss related services, and maintain business records.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

CountywideSEO.com may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand visitor activity, measure performance, and improve the user experience.

Cookies are small data files stored on a visitor’s device by a website or browser.

Cookies used by the website may include:

• Essential cookies required for website operation
• Preference cookies
• Analytics cookies
• Performance cookies
• Advertising or remarketing cookies, if used

You may be able to control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the operation or functionality of certain parts of the website.

Analytics Services

Countywide SEO may use third-party analytics services to understand website traffic and visitor behavior.

These providers may collect information such as:

• Pages visited
• Time spent on the website
• Device and browser information
• Approximate location
• Traffic source
• Website interactions

The information may be used to evaluate website performance and improve content, navigation, and services.

Contact Forms and Communications

Information submitted through a contact form may be transmitted through third-party website, hosting, email, form-processing, scheduling, customer relationship management, or automation providers.

When you contact Countywide SEO by email, phone, form, text message, or another method, we may retain the communication and related contact information for customer service, project management, documentation, follow-up, and business purposes.

Email Communications

Countywide SEO may send emails relating to:

• Your inquiry
• Your requested blueprint
• Your consultation
• Your proposal
• Your project
• Your account
• Administrative matters
• Service updates
• Marketing information when permitted

You may unsubscribe from promotional emails by using the unsubscribe option provided in the message or by contacting us directly.

Even after unsubscribing from promotional communications, you may still receive necessary administrative or transactional messages relating to an active inquiry, agreement, account, or service.

Text Messages and Telephone Communications

If you provide a telephone number, Countywide SEO may use it to respond to your inquiry, discuss requested services, schedule a consultation, provide project updates, or communicate about an existing business relationship.

Consent to receive marketing text messages is not required as a condition of purchasing services unless clearly stated otherwise.

Message and data rates may apply depending on your mobile carrier and service plan.

You may request that text communications stop by replying STOP or by contacting Countywide SEO.

How We May Share Information

Countywide SEO does not sell personal information in exchange for money.

Information may be disclosed to third parties when reasonably necessary to operate the website, provide services, conduct business, protect legal rights, or comply with applicable obligations.

Information may be shared with:

• Website hosting providers
• Email service providers
• Form-processing providers
• Analytics providers
• Customer relationship management providers
• Scheduling providers
• Payment processors
• Cloud-storage providers
• Website developers
• Independent contractors
• Consultants
• Professional advisers
• Other service providers supporting business operations

These providers may receive only the information reasonably necessary to perform their services.

Legal and Business Disclosures

Countywide SEO may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with a law, regulation, legal process, subpoena, or governmental request
• Protect the rights, property, safety, or security of Countywide SEO
• Protect users, customers, service providers, or the public
• Investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, or violations of an agreement
• Enforce website terms, policies, or contracts
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

Information may also be transferred in connection with a merger, acquisition, restructuring, financing, sale of assets, or transfer of all or part of the business.

Payment Information

If Countywide SEO accepts online payments, payment information may be processed by a third-party payment processor.

Countywide SEO may not directly receive or store complete payment-card information when payments are handled through a third-party provider.

Payment processors maintain their own privacy policies and security practices.

Data Retention

Countywide SEO may retain personal and business information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Respond to inquiries
• Prepare requested reports or blueprints
• Provide services
• Maintain business and accounting records
• Comply with legal obligations
• Resolve disputes
• Enforce agreements
• Protect legal rights

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the business purpose for which it was collected, contractual obligations, and applicable legal requirements.

Data Security

Countywide SEO uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

However, no website, internet transmission, email system, database, or storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You provide information through the website at your own risk.

Third-Party Websites and Services

CountywideSEO.com may contain links to websites, tools, platforms, or services operated by third parties.

Countywide SEO is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, availability, or operation of third-party websites or services.

You should review the privacy policy of each third-party website or service before providing personal information.

Embedded Content

Pages on CountywideSEO.com may include embedded content such as videos, maps, forms, calendars, social-media content, or other third-party features.

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party website directly.

The third party may collect data, use cookies, monitor interactions, or apply its own privacy practices.

Social Media

Countywide SEO may maintain profiles on social-media platforms.

Information you submit through a social-media platform is subject to that platform’s privacy policy and terms.

Countywide SEO may receive information you publicly share, send through direct messages, or provide through social-media interactions.

Children’s Privacy

CountywideSEO.com is intended for business owners, business representatives, and adults seeking professional services.

The website is not directed toward children under 13 years of age, and Countywide SEO does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information through the website, contact Countywide SEO so the information can be reviewed and deleted when appropriate.

Privacy Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply, you may have rights relating to your personal information.

These rights may include the ability to:

• Request access to certain personal information
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of certain information
• Request information about how data is used or disclosed
• Object to or restrict certain processing
• Withdraw consent when processing is based on consent
• Opt out of certain marketing communications
• Request a portable copy of certain information

These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal exceptions, verification requirements, and the applicability of specific laws.

Submitting a Privacy Request

To submit a privacy-related request, contact:

Roger Kelley
Countywide SEO

Email: roger@countywideseo.com

Phone: (256) 221-3387

Your request should include enough information for Countywide SEO to understand and respond to it.

Countywide SEO may need to verify your identity or authority before processing certain requests.

Do Not Track Signals

Some internet browsers offer a Do Not Track setting.

Because there is not a single universally adopted standard governing responses to these signals, CountywideSEO.com may not respond to every Do Not Track signal.

International Visitors

Countywide SEO operates in the United States.

If you access the website from outside the United States, information may be transferred to, processed in, and stored in the United States or other locations where service providers operate.

Privacy and data-protection laws in those locations may differ from the laws in your jurisdiction.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

Countywide SEO may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in business practices, website features, service providers, technology, or legal requirements.

When the policy is updated, the revised version may be posted on this page with a new effective date.

Your continued use of the website after an updated Privacy Policy is posted constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy.

Contact Countywide SEO

Questions about this Privacy Policy or Countywide SEO’s privacy practices may be directed to:

Roger Kelley
Countywide SEO

Phone: (256) 221-3387

Email: roger@countywideseo.com

Website: CountywideSEO.com

This Privacy Policy is a general informational template and should be reviewed by a qualified attorney to ensure that it accurately reflects the website’s actual technologies, vendors, data practices, business operations, and legal obligations.