Gold Standard Marketing Policy Privacy
Effective Date: July 25, 2026
Last Updated: July 25, 2026
Gold Standard Marketing ("Gold Standard Marketing," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when visiting goldstandardmarketing.net (the "Website"), submitting a form, requesting information, scheduling an appointment, communicating with us, or using our services.
This Privacy Policy explains the types of information we may collect, how we use and disclose that information, how we handle mobile and SMS information, and the choices available to you.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:
✅ Name
✅ Email address
✅ Mobile or telephone number
✅ Business or company name
✅ Job title or professional information
✅ Information submitted through contact, consultation, lead-generation, or appointment forms
✅ Communications you send to us
✅ Information you provide when requesting or purchasing services
✅ SMS or text messaging consent records
✅ Communication preferences
✅ Other information you voluntarily provide
We may also automatically collect certain technical information when you interact with our Website, including:
✅ IP address
✅ Browser type
✅ Device type
✅ Operating system
✅ Referring website or source
✅ Pages viewed
✅ Website activity and interactions
✅ Approximate geographic location derived from IP address
✅ Cookies and similar technology identifiers
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use information collected through the Website to:
✅ Respond to inquiries and requests
✅ Schedule and manage consultations or appointments
✅ Provide requested services
✅ Communicate with prospective and existing clients
✅ Send appointment confirmations and reminders
✅ Provide customer support
✅ Send administrative and service-related communications
✅ Send email or SMS marketing communications when you have provided the appropriate consent
✅ Manage customer relationships
✅ Maintain records of communication preferences and consent
✅ Operate, secure, and improve the Website
✅ Analyze Website usage and marketing performance
✅ Improve our services and customer experience
✅ Prevent fraud or misuse
✅ Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations
✅ Enforce agreements and protect our rights
3. Email Communications
If you provide your email address, Gold Standard Marketing may use it to respond to your inquiry, communicate regarding appointments or services, and send marketing or informational communications where permitted by law.
Gold Standard Marketing does not sell or rent your email address to third parties for their marketing purposes.
You may unsubscribe from promotional email communications at any time by using the unsubscribe mechanism included in the communication or by contacting us.
Transactional, administrative, or service-related communications may still be sent when reasonably necessary to provide services you requested.
4. SMS and Text Messaging Privacy
Gold Standard Marketing may offer SMS or MMS text messaging for appointment-related communications, service updates, customer communications, marketing messages, promotional offers, or other communications specifically disclosed when you opt in.
Participation in our SMS program is voluntary.
Mobile Information Will Not Be Sold or Shared for Marketing
Mobile information, including your mobile telephone number, SMS opt-in information, and SMS consent records, will not be sold, rented, transferred, or shared with third parties or affiliates for their marketing or promotional purposes.
We may disclose information to service providers solely as necessary to provide technical, communications, CRM, telecommunications, or messaging services on our behalf. Such disclosure does not include permission for those parties to use your mobile information for their own marketing purposes.
Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.
SMS consent is specific to Gold Standard Marketing and is not transferable to another business, affiliate, or third-party marketer.
5. SMS Consent
Where SMS communications are offered, we will obtain consent through an appropriate opt-in mechanism.
Consent may be provided, for example, by voluntarily selecting an unchecked SMS consent checkbox on a Website form or through another clearly disclosed enrollment process.
By voluntarily opting in, you authorize Gold Standard Marketing to send SMS or MMS messages to the mobile number you provide for the categories of messages described at the time of consent.
Consent to receive marketing text messages is not a condition of purchasing any goods or services, requesting information, booking an appointment, or doing business with Gold Standard Marketing.
You may decline SMS consent and still submit an inquiry, request an appointment, or otherwise interact with Gold Standard Marketing when applicable.
6. SMS Message Frequency and Charges
Message frequency may vary depending on your interactions with Gold Standard Marketing and the communications for which you enrolled.
Message and data rates may apply.
Your wireless carrier may charge you for sending or receiving SMS or MMS messages according to the terms of your mobile service plan.
Gold Standard Marketing is not responsible for carrier charges.
7. SMS Opt-Out
You may withdraw your consent to receive text messages at any time.
Reply STOP to any Gold Standard Marketing text message to unsubscribe.
We may send one final confirmation message acknowledging that your opt-out request has been processed. After that confirmation, you will no longer receive messages associated with that SMS program unless you subsequently provide new consent.
Other recognized opt-out requests may also be honored where required by law or messaging-provider requirements.
Opting out of text messages does not automatically opt you out of email communications. Email preferences may be managed separately.
8. SMS Help
For assistance with text messaging, reply HELP to a Gold Standard Marketing message or contact Gold Standard Marketing using the contact information provided at the end of this Privacy Policy.
9. SMS Consent Records
We may maintain records showing when and how consent to receive text messages was provided, including:
✅ Date and time of consent
✅Telephone number provided
✅ Website or form through which consent was submitted
✅ Applicable consent language
✅ Communication preferences
✅ Opt-out requests
These records may be maintained to administer our communications program, demonstrate compliance, and comply with applicable legal, carrier, and messaging-platform requirements.
10. Appointment Scheduling and Third-Party Platforms
Our Website may allow you to request or schedule an appointment directly or redirect you to a scheduling, CRM, or communications platform operated by a service provider.
Information you provide through those systems may be processed by the service provider on our behalf and may also be subject to that provider's privacy practices.
We encourage you to review applicable third-party policies.
Use of a scheduling service does not authorize that provider to use your mobile number or SMS opt-in information for its own independent marketing or promotional purposes.
11. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our Website may use cookies, pixels, tags, analytics technologies, and similar tools to:
✅ Operate the Website
✅ Remember preferences
✅ Understand visitor behavior
✅ Measure Website performance
✅ Evaluate marketing effectiveness
✅ Improve services and user experience
You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings or Website cookie-management tools where available.
Disabling cookies may affect certain Website functionality.
12. Analytics and Advertising Technologies
We may use analytics and advertising technologies to better understand Website activity and marketing performance.
These technologies may process information such as IP address, browser details, device identifiers, pages visited, referring sources, and Website interactions.
If our future use of advertising technologies constitutes the sale or sharing of personal data or targeted advertising under applicable state privacy law, we will provide legally required notices and choices.
For avoidance of doubt, SMS opt-in information and mobile telephone numbers will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for their marketing or promotional purposes.
13. How We Disclose Information
We may disclose information to service providers that perform legitimate business functions for Gold Standard Marketing, including:
Website hosting
CRM services
Appointment scheduling
Email delivery
SMS delivery
Telecommunications
Data storage
Analytics
Payment processing
Cybersecurity
IT support
Professional advisers
These companies may process information only as reasonably necessary to provide services to Gold Standard Marketing or as otherwise permitted by applicable law and contractual obligations.
We may also disclose information:
When required by law
To comply with legal process
In response to lawful governmental requests
To protect our rights, safety, or property
To investigate fraud or security concerns
In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, or sale of business assets
Nothing in this section permits SMS consent information to be transferred to another business for that business's marketing campaigns.
14. Sale of Personal Information
Gold Standard Marketing does not sell personal information for monetary compensation.
Specifically:
We do not sell, rent, or transfer mobile telephone numbers or SMS opt-in consent information to third parties, affiliates, data brokers, lead generators, or other businesses for marketing or promotional purposes.
15. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, organizational, and technical safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, destruction, loss, or misuse.
No Internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
16. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:
✅ Provide requested services
✅ Maintain business records
✅ Administer communication preferences
✅ Maintain appropriate records of consent
✅ Resolve disputes
✅ Enforce agreements
✅ Comply with applicable legal requirements
Retention periods may vary depending on the type and purpose of the information.
17. Texas Privacy Rights
Depending on the applicability of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act and other applicable law, Texas residents may have certain rights relating to their personal data.
These may include rights to:
✅ Confirm whether certain personal data is being processed
✅ Access certain personal data
✅ Correct inaccuracies
✅ Request deletion of certain personal data
✅ Obtain a portable copy of certain personal data
✅ Opt out of certain qualifying sales, targeted advertising, or profiling activities
These rights apply only where required by applicable law and subject to applicable exceptions.
Requests may be submitted using the contact information provided below.
We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before processing a request.
18. Children's Privacy
Our Website and services are intended for businesses and adults and 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 without appropriate authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
19. Third-Party Websites
Our Website may contain links to third-party websites, applications, scheduling platforms, social-media services, or other resources.
Gold Standard Marketing does not control and is not responsible for the privacy, security, or content practices of those third parties.
We encourage visitors to review the privacy policy of each third-party service they use.
20. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our services, technologies, business practices, or applicable requirements.
The "Last Updated" date will identify the most recent revision.
21. Contact Us
For questions concerning this Privacy Policy, SMS communications, or your personal information, contact:
Gold Standard Marketing
Website: goldstandardmarketing.net
Email: [email protected]
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