Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 2026
Last Updated: October 11, 2026
North Georgia Technology Solutions, LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is a website design and related digital services company based in Georgia, United States. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard personal information when you visit www.northgeorgiatechnology.com, contact us, or use our services.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information you provide directly to us and certain information collected automatically when you interact with our website.
Information You Provide
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:
Your name, email address, telephone number, and business name.
Your billing address and information needed to prepare proposals, contracts, invoices, and payments.
Information submitted through contact forms, consultation requests, emails, or other communications.
Project details, website content, images, files, and other materials you provide for our services.
Account or access information you authorize us to use for website development, hosting, domain management, maintenance, or related services.
Any other information you voluntarily provide.
Please do not submit sensitive personal information, such as Social Security numbers, medical records, or financial account passwords, through our general contact forms or ordinary email.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, we and our service providers may collect:
Your IP address.
Browser type, device type, and operating system.
Pages viewed, links clicked, and approximate time spent on our website.
Referring websites or sources.
Approximate location derived from your IP address.
Information collected through cookies and similar technologies.
2. How We Use Information
We use the information we collect to:
Respond to inquiries and consultation requests.
Prepare proposals and provide website design, development, maintenance, and related services.
Manage client relationships, contracts, billing, and payments.
Communicate about projects, appointments, account matters, and service updates.
Operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve our website and services.
Understand how visitors interact with our website.
Send promotional communications where permitted by law and consistent with your communication preferences.
Detect and prevent fraud, unauthorized access, and misuse.
Comply with legal obligations and enforce our agreements.
3. How We Share Information
We may share personal information in the following circumstances:
Service Providers
We may share information with providers that support our business, such as website hosting companies, payment processors, email providers, scheduling platforms, customer relationship management systems, analytics providers, and professional advisers.
We may also share necessary project information with contractors who assist us in delivering services.
At Your Direction
We may share information when you request or authorize us to do so, including when connecting your website to third-party platforms or services.
Legal and Protective Purposes
We may disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to respond to legal process, protect rights or safety, investigate suspected fraud, or enforce our agreements.
Business Transfers
Information may be disclosed or transferred in connection with a proposed or completed merger, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of all or part of our business, subject to applicable law.
Sale and Advertising-Related Sharing
We do NOT sell your personal information or share it for targeted or cross-context behavioral advertising.
4. Cookies, Analytics, and Tracking Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, remember preferences, measure website performance, and understand visitor activity.
Depending on the tools enabled on our website, third-party providers may collect information about your activity on our website and across other websites over time.
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Where available, you may also manage nonessential cookies through our website’s cookie preferences tool. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
Browser Privacy Signals
We comply with “Do Not Track” signals and, where applicable, Global Privacy Control or other legally recognized opt-out signals. 

5. Payments
If you purchase our services, payments may be processed by third-party payment providers such as Squareup.com and Stripe. The payment processor information is disclosed on all payment transaction pages.  
We may receive information such as payment status, transaction identifiers, billing details, and limited payment-method information. The payment provider’s collection and handling of payment information is subject to its own privacy policy.
6. Client Websites and Project Information
When we design, manage, or maintain a client’s website, we may access information held in the client’s website, hosting account, or connected systems as needed to perform the agreed services.
We handle that information according to the applicable service agreement, client instructions, and legal requirements. We do not use personal information entrusted to us solely for a client project for unrelated marketing purposes.
This Privacy Policy describes our own business practices. It does not replace the privacy policy a client may need for its own website or business.
Individuals with questions about information collected through a client’s website should generally contact that client directly.
7. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including providing services, maintaining business records, complying with legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing agreements.
Retention periods vary based on the type of information, our relationship with you, applicable requirements, and contractual obligations.
When information is no longer needed, we take reasonable steps to delete, de-identify, or otherwise dispose of it, subject to applicable requirements and backup retention practices.
8. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, and disclosure.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Your Choices and Privacy Requests
You may contact us using the details below to:
Request access to or correction of personal information you have provided.
Request deletion of personal information, subject to applicable legal, contractual, and recordkeeping requirements.
Update your communication preferences.
Ask questions about our privacy practices.
You can unsubscribe from promotional emails by following the instructions in those emails or contacting us. We may still send nonpromotional communications concerning active projects, billing, or services.
Depending on your location and whether applicable privacy laws cover our business, you may have additional rights, including rights relating to access, correction, deletion, portability, or opting out of certain uses of information.
We will respond to requests as required by applicable law. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request.
10. Third-Party Websites and Services
Our website may contain links to third-party websites or use third-party integrations.
Those third parties maintain their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of independently operated websites or services. We encourage you to review their policies before providing personal information.
11. Children’s Privacy
Our website and services are intended for businesses and adults and are not directed to children under 18.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you believe a child under 18 has provided personal information to us, please contact us so we can investigate and take appropriate action.
12. International Visitors
Our business is based in the United States. Information may be processed or stored in the United States and other locations where our service providers operate.
Privacy and data protection laws in those locations may differ from those in your country. Where applicable law requires protections for international transfers, we will address those requirements as appropriate.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
We will post the revised policy on this page and update the “Last Updated” date. When required by applicable law, we will provide additional notice of material changes.