Privacy Policy

Abilene Websites Etc. ("Abilene Websites Etc.," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit abilenewebsites.com, contact us, schedule a consultation, purchase services, or otherwise interact with our business.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect information including:

• Your name
• Business or company name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Billing address
• Information submitted through website contact or inquiry forms
• Information you provide when scheduling a consultation
• Information about services you are interested in or purchase from us
• Messages and communications you send to us
• IP address
• Browser and device information
• General geographic information derived from your IP address
• Pages viewed, links clicked, referring pages, and other website usage information

2. How We Use Information

We may use information we collect to:

• Respond to questions and inquiries
• Schedule consultations
• Communicate with prospective and current clients
• Provide website design, digital marketing, branding, advertising, hosting, maintenance, and related services
• Prepare proposals, estimates, agreements, and invoices
• Process payments and recurring billing
• Provide customer service and support
• Operate, maintain, secure, and improve our website
• Understand website traffic and visitor behavior
• Measure marketing and advertising performance
• Prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, or technical problems
• Maintain business, financial, and client records
• Comply with applicable legal, contractual, tax, and accounting obligations

3. Cookies, Analytics, Advertising, and Tracking

Our website may use cookies, pixels, tags, and similar technologies to operate the website, understand website traffic, measure performance, and support our advertising activities.

We use or may use Google services, including services related to website analytics, advertising, search performance, measurement, and Google Maps. These services may collect information such as your IP address, device information, browser information, pages visited, referral information, interactions with the website, and approximate location.

We also conduct online advertising. Advertising and measurement providers may use cookies or similar technologies to measure ad performance and understand whether visitors interacted with an advertisement before visiting our website.

Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how portions of the website function.

4. Contact Forms and Communications

When you submit information through our website, email us, call us, or otherwise communicate with us, we may use the information you provide to respond to your request, prepare information about our services, and maintain records of our communications.

We do not currently use our website to collect subscribers for a general email-marketing or newsletter list.

5. Scheduling Through Calendly

We use Calendly to allow visitors and clients to schedule consultations and appointments. When you use Calendly, information such as your name, email address, contact information, scheduling preferences, and information you choose to provide may be processed through Calendly.

Calendly operates as a third-party service provider when it processes scheduling information on behalf of its customers. Your use of Calendly is also subject to Calendly's own privacy practices and terms.

6. Payment Information and Authorize.Net

Certain clients may provide payment-card information to Abilene Websites Etc. for the purpose of establishing payment or recurring monthly billing.

When payment-card information is provided to us on a temporary paper authorization or similar document, the information is entered into Authorize.Net, our third-party payment processor. The temporary paper containing the full payment information is then shredded.

We do not maintain the full payment-card number in our ordinary business records after it has been entered into Authorize.Net.

Authorize.Net may securely maintain a customer payment profile so that authorized recurring monthly charges or future transactions can be processed. Payment-profile information maintained by Authorize.Net is subject to Authorize.Net's security practices, privacy practices, and terms.

7. Third-Party Services

We use third-party services when necessary to operate our website and business. These may include:

• Authorize.Net for payment processing and recurring billing
• Calendly for appointment scheduling
• Google services for analytics, advertising, measurement, search tools, and maps
• Website hosting, security, and technical service providers
• Social media platforms and embedded social features

These providers may receive or process information as necessary to perform their services and are subject to their own privacy policies and terms.

8. Social Media and Embedded Content

Our website may contain links to, feeds from, or embedded content associated with third-party social media platforms, including:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• TikTok

When you interact with social media content or visit these platforms, the social media provider may collect information about your activity in accordance with its own privacy policy.

9. Google Maps

Our website may use Google Maps or related Google mapping services. When you interact with a map, Google may process information such as your IP address, device information, approximate location, and interactions with the map in accordance with Google's own privacy practices.

10. Sale or Rental of Personal Information

Abilene Websites Etc. does not sell or rent customer names, contact information, customer lists, or other personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes.

Some privacy laws use broader definitions of terms such as "sale," "sharing," or "targeted advertising" that may include certain online advertising or measurement activities. Where applicable law provides consumers rights regarding those activities, we will comply with applicable legal requirements.

11. Information We Do Not Intentionally Collect Through the Website

Our website does not currently provide:

• A client account or login portal
• A website-based payment checkout system
• A file-upload portal for visitors
• Live chat or an AI chatbot
• SMS marketing enrollment
• A general email newsletter signup program

12. Data Retention

We maintain client, lead, communication, billing, and business records for ongoing business, customer-service, contractual, financial, recordkeeping, and legal purposes.

We do not currently maintain a routine schedule under which all ordinary business or client records are automatically deleted after a specified period.

Sensitive payment-card information temporarily provided to us for entry into Authorize.Net is handled differently. Temporary paper records containing full payment-card information are shredded after the information has been entered into the payment processor.

13. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, physical, and technical measures intended to protect personal information under our control.

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

14. Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply, you may have certain legal rights concerning your personal information, which may include rights to access, correct, obtain, delete, or opt out of certain processing of personal information.

Abilene Websites Etc. will respond to privacy requests when required by applicable law. Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any privacy right provided to you by applicable law.

15. Children's Privacy

Our website and services are intended for businesses and adults and are not directed toward children under 13.

We do not knowingly solicit personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that personal information from a child under 13 was submitted to us inappropriately, we will take reasonable steps to address it.

16. Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or data practices of third-party websites.

We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of third-party websites and services before providing information to them.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

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

When changes are made, the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page will be revised.

18. Contact Us

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, you may contact us at: