Privacy Policy

1. Personal Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly and information collected automatically when you use our website.

Contact Information

• Full name, first and last name
• Email address
• Phone number, including mobile number when you opt into SMS
• Company name, job title, and business information

Communication Data

• Messages, inquiries, and correspondence you send via contact forms, email, SMS, or voice
• Interest area, partnership inquiries, investment interests, and other preferences
• Feedback, testimonials, and survey responses

Technical Data

• IP address, browser type, device identifiers, operating system
• Pages visited, time spent, referral source, and clickstream data
• Cookies, pixels, and similar tracking technologies

SMS Data

• Mobile phone number when you provide it and explicitly opt into SMS messaging via web form, verbally, or other medium
• SMS consent timestamp, method of consent, and opt-in source
• Message interaction history including opt-out requests (STOP) and help requests (HELP)

2. How We Use Personal Information

We use your information to operate our business and serve you better:

• To provide, maintain, and improve our website, ventures, and services
• To respond to your inquiries, requests, and to initiate genuine conversations
• To send business communications, including conversational SMS messages, appointment reminders, business opportunity alerts, venture updates, account notifications, and related service messages
• To send marketing communications about our ventures, opportunities, and educational content, where you have consented
• To personalize your experience and evaluate potential partnerships or collaborations
• To analyze usage trends, measure performance, and improve our content and offerings
• To comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements
• To prevent fraud, abuse, and security incidents

3. How We Share Personal Information

We do not sell your personal information. We share information only in the following limited circumstances:

• Service Providers: Trusted vendors who help us operate our website, email, SMS delivery, analytics, hosting, CRM, and customer support, bound by confidentiality obligations
• Legal Requirements: When required by law, court order, or government request, or to protect our rights, safety, and property
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, with notice to you where required
• With Your Consent: When you explicitly authorize us to share information

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to remember preferences, analyze traffic, and improve your experience. You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may limit some features of our site. We may use:

• Essential cookies for site functionality
• Analytics cookies (e.g., to understand how visitors use our site)
• Preference cookies to remember your settings

5. Your Rights and Choices

• Opt-Out of Marketing: Unsubscribe from email via the link in any email. For SMS, text STOP at any time to opt out
• Access and Correction: Request access to or correction of your personal information by contacting us
• Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information, subject to legal retention requirements
• Cookies: Adjust your browser to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent

To exercise these rights, contact us at bruce@gowithhowdy.com.

6. SMS Messaging Privacy

This section provides specific disclosures required for our SMS program.

Consent

By providing your mobile phone number and checking the SMS consent box on our web forms, or by providing verbal consent or texting START, you are providing express consent to receive SMS messages from GoWithHowdy.com. Consent is voluntary and not a condition of purchase or service.

Types of Messages

You may receive: conversational messages (external), appointment reminders, business opportunity alerts, venture and investment updates, order and account notifications, and marketing messages related to our services and ecosystem.

Frequency, Rates, Opt-Out, and Help

• Messaging frequency may vary based on your interactions and preferences
• Message and data rates may apply according to your mobile plan
• To opt out at any time, text STOP to any message from us
• For assistance, text HELP or visit our website at https://gowithhowdy.com
• Supported opt-out keywords: STOP, STOPALL, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END, QUIT
• Supported help keyword: HELP
• For full SMS Terms, see https://www.gowithhowdy.com/terms

No Sharing of SMS Consent

As stated above, SMS consent is not shared with third parties or affiliates. No mobile opt-in data is ever shared for marketing purposes.

7. Data Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your information. While we strive to protect your data, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website and services are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn we have collected such information, we will promptly delete it.

9. International Visitors

Our services are operated in the United States. If you access our site from outside the U.S., your information may be transferred to and processed in the U.S., where privacy laws may differ from those in your country.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. We will post the updated policy with a new effective date. Your continued use after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us: