Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 24, 2026

Essential Contracts ("Essential Contracts," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when using our website, requesting services, scheduling appointments, submitting forms, communicating with us, or otherwise interacting with our business.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

Name

Email address

Telephone or mobile number

Mailing or service address

Appointment and scheduling information

Information submitted through website forms

Information related to requested notary or contract services

Communications between you and Essential Contracts

Payment or transaction-related information, when applicable

We may also automatically collect limited technical information when you use our website, such as your browser type, device information, IP address, referring pages, and website usage information.

2. How We Use Your Information

Essential Contracts may use information collected to:

Respond to inquiries and service requests

Schedule, confirm, modify, or cancel appointments

Provide requested services

Communicate regarding appointments, transactions, documents, or service updates

Send reminders and follow-up communications

Process payments, when applicable

Maintain business and transaction records

Improve our website and services

Prevent fraud, misuse, or security incidents

Comply with legal or regulatory obligations

Send marketing or promotional communications when you have separately consented to receive them

3. SMS and Mobile Information

If you voluntarily opt in to receive text messages from Essential Contracts, we may use the mobile number you provide to send messages consistent with the type of communications to which you consented.

Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply.

You may opt out of SMS communications at any time by replying STOP. For assistance, reply HELP.

SMS consent is voluntary and is not a condition of purchasing services or submitting a request for services.

No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. SMS opt-in data and consent will not be sold, rented, shared, or transferred to third parties for their own marketing or promotional purposes.

Information may be disclosed to service providers acting on our behalf when reasonably necessary to provide technical, communications, scheduling, payment-processing, customer-service, or other business-support services. Such service providers may use the information only as necessary to perform services on our behalf and subject to applicable confidentiality and data-protection obligations.

4. How We Share Information

Essential Contracts does not sell or rent personal information.

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

Provide services you request

Operate our website and business systems

Process payments

Maintain customer records

Comply with applicable law, regulation, court order, subpoena, or other lawful request

Protect the rights, property, security, or safety of Essential Contracts, our customers, or others

Work with service providers performing services on our behalf

As stated above, mobile numbers and SMS opt-in consent information are not shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.

5. Cookies and Website Technologies

Our website and service providers may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, understand website usage, remember preferences, improve functionality, and maintain security.

Browser settings may allow you to limit or disable cookies. Certain website features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.

6. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

7. Data Retention

We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide services, maintain business and transaction records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and satisfy applicable legal, accounting, or regulatory requirements.

8. Your Choices

You may request that we update or correct certain personal information by contacting Essential Contracts.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe method provided in those communications.

You may withdraw consent to SMS communications at any time by replying STOP to a text message from Essential Contracts.

9. Third-Party Services

Our website may use or link to third-party services, including scheduling, communications, payment-processing, or other technology providers. Those providers may maintain their own privacy policies and practices.

Essential Contracts is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites that we do not control.

10. Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed toward children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 through our website.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our services, practices, technology, or applicable requirements.

Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

12. Contact Us

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

Essential Contracts
Website: essentialcontracts.org
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 330-595-7586