HOPSCOTCH MARKETING
Privacy Policy
At Hopscotch Marketing, LLC, we respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect through our website, how we use and protect it, when it may be shared, and what choices you may have.
This policy applies to hopscotchmarketing.com and related website interactions. It does not replace any separate privacy or data-processing terms that may apply to client engagements.
1. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:
- Information you provide: your name, email address, telephone number, company name, website address, and details you include when submitting our contact form, requesting services, or communicating with us.
- Business and service information: information you provide about your marketing goals, website, business needs, and any services we discuss or provide.
- Technical and usage information: information such as IP address, browser and device type, pages viewed, referring website, approximate location derived from technical data, and website interactions when collected through server logs, cookies, or analytics services.
- Communications and preferences: inquiries, email exchanges, and preferences you share about receiving communications from us.
Please avoid including sensitive personal information, passwords, or payment-card information in the website contact form.
2. How We Use Information
We use information for legitimate business purposes, including to:
- Respond to inquiries, arrange consultations, and communicate about requested services.
- Provide, manage, and improve our marketing, website, SEO, content, and email-related services.
- Operate, maintain, troubleshoot, secure, and improve our website.
- Understand general website use and evaluate marketing performance.
- Send service-related messages and, where permitted, relevant marketing updates; you can opt out of promotional emails at any time.
- Meet legal obligations, protect our rights, and prevent misuse or fraud.
3. Contact Forms and Email Inquiries
When you submit a form on our website, the information you enter may be stored within our WordPress website’s form records and sent by email to our team so we can respond. Form submissions may include your name, business, email address, phone number, website, and message.
We use inquiry information to follow up on your request and for reasonable business recordkeeping. Please do not send confidential account credentials or sensitive personal details through a general inquiry form.
4. Cookies, Analytics, and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies or similar technologies needed for normal functionality, security, forms, preferences, and performance measurement. If analytics services such as Google Analytics are enabled, they may collect information about how visitors use the website, subject to those services’ settings and policies.
You can adjust your browser settings to limit or delete cookies. Some website functions may not work as intended if you block all cookies. Information about Google’s data practices is available at Google’s Privacy Policy.
We may update our analytics and marketing technology over time. If we begin using additional tracking or advertising technologies that require further disclosure or choices, we will update this policy and provide applicable controls.
5. When We Share Information
We may share information with trusted service providers who help us operate our website and business, such as hosting, website security, analytics, email, form processing, and communications providers. These providers receive information as reasonably necessary to perform services on our behalf.
We may also disclose information when required by law, to respond to lawful requests, to protect rights or safety, or in connection with a business reorganization or transfer, subject to applicable requirements.
We do not sell lists of contact-form inquiries or rent the personal information you submit through our website to third parties for their independent marketing.
6. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described above, including responding to inquiries, maintaining business records, providing services, resolving disputes, and meeting applicable legal requirements. Retention periods depend on the type of information, its purpose, and any legal or operational needs. We delete or de-identify information when it is no longer reasonably needed, where feasible.
7. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
You may contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information we maintain about you, subject to applicable law and legitimate exceptions. You may also ask questions about how your information is used or withdraw your permission for optional communications.
If you receive promotional emails from us, you can unsubscribe using the instructions in the message or contact us directly. Depending on your location and applicable privacy laws, you may have additional rights regarding personal information. We will review and respond to requests as required by applicable law and may need to verify your identity before acting.
8. Information Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical precautions intended to protect information handled through our website and business systems. However, no website, email transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure. If you believe information you provided to us is at risk, please contact us promptly.
9. External Websites and Third-Party Services
Our website may link to third-party websites, social platforms, or services. We are not responsible for their independent privacy practices. We encourage you to review the privacy notices of websites you visit outside Hopscotch Marketing.
10. Children’s Privacy
Our website and services are intended for business audiences and are not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly solicit personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can review the situation and take appropriate action.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our website, services, technology, or legal obligations. When we make changes, we will post the updated version here and revise the “Last Updated” date. Please review this page periodically.
