At Essential Mode Group, accessible from https://essentialmodegroup.com/, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting any personal information you may provide through our website.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you may have in relation to your personal data.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://essentialmodegroup.com/.
Essential Mode Group is a web development and SEO agency. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please contact us through our Contact Us page:
https://essentialmodegroup.com/contact/
What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Contact Forms
When visitors submit a message through our contact form, we may collect personal information such as your name, phone number, business name, website URL, and any other details you choose to include in your message.
We collect this information for the purpose of:
- Responding to your inquiries
- Providing information about our services
- Communicating with you regarding your request
- Improving our customer service and website experience
We only collect the information necessary to respond to your inquiry and provide relevant support.
Comments
If commenting is enabled on this website and visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Our website may use cookies to improve your browsing experience and support site functionality.
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies may last for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie may be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, several cookies may be set up to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies may last for two days, and screen options cookies may last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login may persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish content, an additional cookie may be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It may expire after one day.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles or pages on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, maps, social media posts, or other content. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We may use analytics tools to understand how visitors use our website, improve performance, and enhance user experience. These tools may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and time spent on the site.
This information is generally collected in an aggregated and non-personally identifying form.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.
We may share your data only when necessary with trusted service providers who help us operate the website or respond to inquiries, such as hosting providers, security tools, form plugins, spam detection services, or analytics services. These providers only receive the information necessary to perform their services and are expected to protect it appropriately.
We may also disclose your information if required to do so by law or if necessary to protect our legal rights.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
If you submit information through our contact form, we may retain that information for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry, provide support, maintain records for administrative purposes, or comply with legal obligations.
For users that register on our website, if registration is available, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except they may not be able to change their username. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have submitted personal information through this website, left comments, or created an account where applicable, you may have the right to:
- Request access to the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
- Request deletion of your personal data, subject to legal or administrative obligations
- Object to or request restriction of certain types of processing, where applicable
This does not include any data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To make a privacy-related request, please contact us through our Contact Us page:
https://essentialmodegroup.com/contact/
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Form submissions and website usage data may also be processed through third-party tools used for hosting, security, spam prevention, backup, analytics, and website performance.
How We Protect Your Data
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, disclosure, or alteration. These measures may include website security tools, software updates, secure hosting environments, limited administrative access, and ongoing monitoring.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Third-Party Services
Our website may rely on third-party plugins, tools, or services to support functionality, security, analytics, forms, and performance. These services may process limited data as needed to perform their functions.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services that may interact with your information through this website.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe that a child has provided personal data through our website, please contact us through our Contact Us page and we will take appropriate steps to remove the information where required.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, services, legal obligations, or privacy practices. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the way your data is handled, please contact us through our Contact Us page:
https://essentialmodegroup.com/contact/
