Privacy

Privacy Policy

Southgate Strategies LLC · Effective October 21, 2026

This policy describes how Southgate Strategies LLC ("Southgate," "we," "us") collects, uses and protects information when you visit southgatestrategies.com or communicate with us.

We keep it simple on purpose. We collect only what we need to answer you and run the business, and we do not sell your information.

Information we collect

  • •Information you give us. If you contact us, book a call or request a free audit on this site, we collect what you provide. Typically your name, company name, phone number, email address, website and message, and the time you book.
  • •Server logs. Our hosting provider records standard server logs, such as IP address, browser type and pages requested, for security and reliability.
  • •Site usage. Google Analytics records how visitors use this site, as described under Cookies and analytics below.
  • •Information a client asks us to process. Businesses that hire us may send us their own customer records. A contact export used to build a past-customer campaign, say, or the job records that trigger a review request. We act on that client's instructions, use those records only to run the service they hired us for, and keep each client's records separate from every other client's. We will sign a non-disclosure agreement on request before a client sends us anything. If a client decides not to go ahead, we delete what they sent us. If the engagement ends, we hold our copy for ninety days in case they come back, use it for nothing else, and delete it after that.
  • •Calls and texts to our number. Calls to our number may be answered by a virtual assistant. It tells you it is an AI at the end of the call, says so straight away whenever you ask, and never claims to be a person. Every call opens with a notice that it is recorded. The recording, a transcript of it and any texts you send us are kept in our platform so a person can follow up on what you asked.

Cookies and analytics

This site runs on our website platform. The platform, the chat widget and the booking calendar may keep a small amount of data in your browser so that pages, forms, chat and booking work. None of it is used to build a profile of you, and none of it is used for advertising to you. We also run one analytics tool, Google Analytics, described below.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics tells us how the site is used. It shows which pages get read, roughly where in the world a visit came from, what kind of device it came on, and how someone found us. It sets cookies in your browser to recognize a repeat visit and to hold a session together. We do not send it your name, your email address or anything you type into a form. We use its reports only to improve this site and how we describe our services. Google explains how it uses this data at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

The chat widget

If a chat widget is open on a page, it keeps a small amount of data in your browser's session storage so the conversation survives a page change. Without it the widget cannot work at all. It is cleared when you close the tab.

The booking calendar

When you book a call, the booking calendar keeps the details you enter long enough to complete the booking and send your confirmation.

How to turn it off

  • •Use Google's opt-out browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. It stops Google Analytics on every site you visit, not just this one.
  • •Block or delete cookies and site data in your browser settings. Every major browser can do this per site. The chat and the booking calendar may not work without them.

How we use information

  • •To answer your inquiries and provide our services.
  • •To schedule and confirm calls or appointments you request.
  • •To improve this website and how we describe our services.
  • •To comply with legal obligations.

Text messaging (SMS)

If you opt in to receive text messages from us, we use your phone number solely to send the messages you signed up for. Message frequency varies, and message and data rates may apply. You can opt out at any time by replying STOP, or get assistance by replying HELP. Full details are in our SMS Terms.

No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Phone numbers collected for SMS consent are not sold, rented, or shared with any third party for their own marketing. Sharing with subcontractors who provide support services on our behalf — such as the messaging platform that delivers the texts — is permitted solely so those messages can be sent, and those providers may not use your number for any purpose of their own.

Sharing of information

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with service providers who process information on our behalf so we can operate, for example website hosting and the platform we use to send and receive customer communications, and only as needed for them to perform those services on our behalf, or when required by law. These providers act on our instructions and may not use your information for their own marketing. This does not change the SMS commitment above.

Data retention

We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes above, or as required by law, and then delete it.

For clients the rule is the one in our Terms: when you leave, your information is held for ninety days in case you come back, used for nothing else, and deleted after that.

Data security

We use appropriate technical and organizational safeguards to protect your information. This site is served entirely over encrypted HTTPS connections, so anything you submit through our forms is encrypted in transit. Access to the systems that hold customer information is limited to authorized personnel and protected by strong authentication, and we select service providers based in part on their own security practices.

No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so while we work to protect your information we cannot promise absolute security. If we become aware of a breach affecting your personal information, we will notify you as required by applicable law.

Your choices

  • •You may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you, or ask us to correct or delete it, by contacting us.
  • •You may turn off Google Analytics with Google's opt-out add-on, or block or delete cookies in your browser settings.
  • •You may opt out of text messages at any time by replying STOP.

Children

This site is intended for business audiences and not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children.

Changes to this policy

If we make material changes to this policy, we will update this page and the effective date above.

Contact us

Questions about this policy or your information can be directed to Southgate Strategies LLC, Rogers, Arkansas.