Last updated: July 27, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection,

use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You

about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal Data to provide and improve the Service. We collect, use,

and disclose Your information as described in this Privacy Policy and, where

required by applicable law, only where We have a valid legal basis to do so,

including Your consent (where consent is required). This Privacy Policy has

been created with the help of the [Privacy Policy

Generator](https://www.termsfeed.com/privacy-policy-generator/).

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words whose initial letters are capitalized have meanings defined under

the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same

meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

* Account means a unique account created for You to access Our Service or

parts of Our Service.

* Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under

common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or

more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote

for election of directors or other managing authority.

* Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this

Privacy Policy) refers to Essential Contracts LLC, 1954 Koons Rd North

Canton, Ohio 44720.

* Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or

any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing

history on that website, among its many uses.

* Country/State refers to: Ohio, United States.

* Device means any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, a

cell phone or a digital tablet.

* Personal Data (or "Personal Information") is any information that relates

to an identified or identifiable individual.

We use "Personal Data" and "Personal Information" interchangeably unless a

law uses a specific term.

* Service refers to the Website.

* Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data

on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or

individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide

the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the

Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.

* Usage Data refers to 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).

* User means any individual who accesses or uses the Service.

* Website refers to Essential Contracts, accessible from

[www.essentialcontracts.org](www.essentialcontracts.org).

* You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company,

or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or

using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Information

Types of Data Collected

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.

Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

* Email address

* First name and last name

* Phone number

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

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device'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.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect

certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of

mobile device You use, Your mobile device's unique ID, the IP address of Your

mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet

browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit Our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our

Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies We use include

beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and

analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

* Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your

Device. 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 parts of Our Service.

* Web Beacons. Certain sections of Our Service and Our emails may contain

small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear

gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for

example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email

and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the

popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server

integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on

Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session

Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

Where required by law, We use non-essential cookies (such as analytics,

advertising, and remarketing cookies) only with Your consent. You can withdraw

or change Your consent at any time using Our cookie preferences tool (if

available) or through Your browser/device settings. Withdrawing consent does

not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its

withdrawal.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

* Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services

available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its

features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of

user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for

cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with

those services.

* Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies identify whether users have accepted the use of

cookies on the Website.

* Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies allow Us to remember choices You make when You use

the Website, such as remembering Your Account login details or language

preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more

personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter Your preferences

every time You use the Website.

For more information about the cookies We use and Your choices regarding

cookies, please visit Our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of Our Privacy

Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

* To provide and maintain Our Service , including to monitor the usage of

Our Service.

* To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the

Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different

functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered

user.

* For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and

undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services

You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.

* To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other

equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile

application's push notifications regarding updates or informative

communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted

services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for

their implementation.

* 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 inquired about. We send such marketing

communications only where permitted by applicable law: where prior consent

is required (for example, under the laws applicable in the EEA and the

UK), We will send them only with Your consent; otherwise, We may send them

until You opt out. You may opt out or withdraw Your consent at any time by

using the unsubscribe link in any marketing email We send or by contacting

Us.

* To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

* For business transfers: We may use Your Personal Data to evaluate or

conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution,

or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going

concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in

which Personal Data held by Us about Our Service users is among the assets

transferred.

* For other purposes : We may use Your information for other purposes, such

as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness

of Our promotional campaigns, and evaluating and improving Our Service,

products, services, marketing and Your experience.

We may share Your Personal Data in the following situations:

* With Service Providers: We may share Your Personal Data with Service

Providers to monitor and analyze the use of Our Service, and to contact

You.

* For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your Personal Data in

connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company

assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to

another company.

* With Affiliates: We may share Your Personal Data with Our affiliates, in

which case We will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.

Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint

venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under

common control with Us.

* With business partners: We may share Your Personal Data with Our business

partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions. Business

partners may use this information for their own purposes, as described in

their own privacy policies.

* With other users: If Our Service offers public areas, when You share

Personal Data or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users,

such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly

distributed outside the Service.

* With Your consent : We may disclose Your Personal Data for any other

purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company 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.

Where possible, We apply shorter retention periods and/or reduce

identifiability by deleting, aggregating, or anonymizing data. Unless

otherwise stated, the retention periods below are maximum periods ("up to")

and We may delete or anonymize data sooner when it is no longer needed for the relevant purpose. We apply different retention periods to different categories of Personal Data based on the purpose of processing and legal obligations:

* Account Information

* User Accounts: retained for the duration of Your Account relationship

plus up to 24 months after account closure to handle any post-

termination issues or resolve disputes.

* Customer Support Data

* Support tickets and correspondence: up to 24 months from the date of

ticket closure to resolve follow-up inquiries, track service quality,

and defend against potential legal claims.

* Chat transcripts: up to 24 months for quality assurance and staff

training purposes.

* Usage Data

* Website analytics data (cookies, IP addresses, device identifiers): up

to 24 months from the date of collection, which allows us to analyze

trends while respecting privacy principles.

* Server logs (IP addresses, access times): up to 24 months for security

monitoring and troubleshooting purposes.

Usage Data is retained in accordance with the retention periods described

above, and may be retained longer only where necessary for security, fraud

prevention, or legal compliance.

We may retain Personal Data beyond the periods stated above for different

reasons:

* Legal obligation: We are required by law to retain specific data (e.g.,

financial records for tax authorities).

* Legal claims: Data is necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal

claims.

* Your explicit request: You ask Us to retain specific information.

* Technical limitations: Data exists in backup systems that are scheduled

for routine deletion.

You may request information about how long We will retain Your Personal Data

by contacting Us.

When retention periods expire, We securely delete or anonymize Personal Data

according to the following procedures:

* Deletion: Personal Data is removed from Our systems and no longer actively

processed.

* Backup retention: Residual copies may remain in encrypted backups for a

limited period consistent with Our backup retention schedule and are not

restored except where necessary for security, disaster recovery, or legal

compliance.

* Anonymization: In some cases, We convert Personal Data into anonymous

statistical data that cannot be linked back to You. This anonymized data

may be retained indefinitely for research and analytics.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's

operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the

processing are located. This means that this information 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 from those of Your jurisdiction.

Where required by applicable law, We will ensure that international transfers

of Your Personal Data are subject to appropriate safeguards and, where

relevant, supplementary measures. The Company 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.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the

Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You

from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to

Your Account, if You have one, and visiting the account settings section that

allows You to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to

request access to, correct, or delete any Personal Data that You have provided

to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when We

have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company 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.

Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may 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).

Other Legal Requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:

* Comply with a legal obligation

* Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company

* Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

* Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public

* Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal 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 reasonable means to protect

Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's and Minors' Privacy

The Service is not directed to, and We do not knowingly collect Personal

Information from, anyone under the age of 16.

If You are a parent or guardian and You believe Your child has provided Us

with Personal Information, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have

collected Personal Information from anyone under the age of 16, We will take

steps to remove that information from Our servers as soon as reasonably

possible.

Some countries and states set a higher age at which an individual can consent

to the processing of their own Personal Information. Where We rely on consent

as a legal basis and the law applicable to a User sets an age higher than 16,

We may require the consent of that User's parent or guardian before We collect

and use their Personal Information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites 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.

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.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior

to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" 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.

Contact Us

If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact Us:

* By email: [email protected]

* By filling out the contact form toward the bottom of the page.