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Privacy Policy

Effective January 12, 2023

LSArespond (“LSArespond”, “we”, or “us”) recognizes the importance of privacy. We want you to feel confident using our services, and this privacy notice (“Privacy Notice” or “Notice”) is to help you understand and describe how we collect, use, and disclose your information.

  • What information we collect and how it is collected

  • With whom we may share information

  • Legal basis for processing the information

  • Your rights and choices

  • Security and storage of the information

  • Third-party websites

  • Users outside the United States

  • CCPA Compliance

  • Changes to the Notice; and

  • Contacting LSArespond

Throughout this document, we will use a few terms to describe various products and roles. All of the text, data, information, software, graphics, photographs and more that we and our affiliates may make available to you, plus our websites and any services, plug-ins, software, or applications (including LSArespond Click, LSArespond for Chrome, LSArespond for Firefox, and any LSArespond applications) that we may provide all together constitute the LSArespond “Website.” LSArespond “Users” are the people who have created a LSArespond account, and “LSArespond Invitees” are people who have scheduled a meeting with a LSArespond User but may or may not have registered with LSArespond. A LSArespond “Viewer” is a person who visits the LSArespond Website but may or may not be a LSArespond User or LSArespond Invitee.

Any terms defined in the Terms of Use, End User License Agreement, and Data Processing Addendum and not otherwise defined in this Privacy Notice are hereby adopted by reference in this Privacy Notice.

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LSArespond will only use it's access to your Google Local Services Ads ("LSA") account for the following purposes:

Read the data from the LSA Lead.

Write and post the auto-response message back to the LSA Lead.

LSArespond will NOT use it's access to do any of the following:

Read your performance data.

Create or edit any campaigns, ads, or ad groups.

Create or edit any settings, including targeting, bidding, or scheduling.

Set or change budgets.

Set, apply, or dismiss recommendations.

Edit billing information.

Educational Use.

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Information We Collect.

We collect information about you directly from you and automatically through your use of our Website. We may combine information automatically collected with other information that we have collected about you including from publicly available sources.

In order to help you protect yourself and your information, we encourage you to provide only that information that is necessary for using our Website. For example, to schedule a meeting you may only need to provide us with a name, email address, date, and time.

LSArespond is not directed to children under thirteen (13) years of age and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 13. If we discover that a child under 16 has provided us with Personal Information, we will promptly delete such Personal Information from our systems.

Information You Provide Voluntarily.

LSArespond collects the following information, either directly from LSArespond Users, Invitees, or Viewers, or through third-parties regarding Users, Invitees, or Viewers.

Appointment Information.

A LSArespond User, Invitee, or a third-party may voluntarily give us certain information. This can include names, email addresses, and phone numbers; email addresses of other people; the subject of the meeting; and any other information provided to us or as required by the LSArespond User upon scheduling, pursuant to the LSArespond Terms of Use. If you receive an invitation from a LSArespond User but do not wish to become a LSArespond User, please contact the LSArespond User who sent the invitation through other means to set up your meeting.

Billing Information.

If you purchase a premium version of LSArespond, our third-party payment processors will collect and store your billing address and credit card information. We store the last four digits of your credit card number, card type, and the expiration date.

Information Collected Automatically.

Like many websites, we and our Service Providers use Cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to receive and store certain types of information when you interact with us through your computer or mobile device subject to your opt-out preferences (see Your Rights and Choices section below). Using these technologies helps us customize your experience with our Website, improve your experience, and tailor marketing messages. Here are some of the types of information we collect:

Log & Device data.

When you use LSArespond, our servers automatically record information (“log data”), including information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Website. This log data may include the web address you came from or are going to, your device model, operating system, browser type, unique device identifier, IP address, mobile network carrier, and time zone or location. Whether we collect some or all of this information often depends on what type of device you’re using and its settings. For example, different types of information are available depending on whether you’re using a Mac or PC, or an iPhone or an Android phone. To learn more about what information your device makes available to us, please check the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider.

Cookie data.

Depending on how you’re accessing our services and subject to your opt-out preferences, we may use “Cookies” (a small text file sent by your computer each time you visit our Website, unique to your LSArespond account or your browser) or similar technologies to record log data. When we use Cookies, we may use ‘session’ Cookies (that last until you close your browser) or ‘persistent’ Cookies (that last until you or your browser deletes them). For example, we may use Cookies to keep you logged into LSArespond. Some of the Cookies we use are associated with your LSArespond account (including personal information about you, such as the email address you gave us), and other Cookies are not. LSArespond provides a centralized cookie management service across the entire LSArespond application. You can find the link to manage your cookie preferences at the bottom of the LSArespond homepage. 

Third Party Tools.

Subject to your opt-out preferences (see ‘Your Rights and Choices’ below), we use third-party Service Providers such as Google Analytics to provide certain analytics and Viewer interactions services to LSArespond in connection with our operation of our Website, including the collection and tracking of certain data and information regarding the characteristics and activities of visitors to LSArespond. You may opt-out of relevant cookies using opt-out features on their respective websites.

LSArespond may implement Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise to help prevent spam and abuse. reCAPTCHA Enterprise collects hardware and software information, such as device and application data, and sends it to Google for purposes of providing, maintaining, and improving reCAPTCHA Enterprise and for general security purposes. This information is not used by Google for personalized advertising. Your use of reCAPTCHA Enterprise is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

How We Use Your Information.

We may use information that we collect about you, including Personal Data, to:

Provide the LSArespond Service.

We will never use your information in any way besides to provide our auto-responder services. We will never use your information to access your billing information inside Local Services Ads or for any other purposes besides to provide our auto-responder services.

We will use your information to provide our Website to you; including facilitating scheduling; managing your account; responding to your inquiries; and for other customer service and support purposes. We use the payment information you provide to us in order to alert you of past, current, and upcoming charges, to allow us to present the billing history to you on your billing page in the Website, and to perform internal financial processes, such as looking at the status of a credit card charge. In the event of a credit card dispute, we also share account information with your bank to verify the legitimacy of a charge.

Understand and improve our products.

We will perform research and analysis about your use of, or interest in, our products, services, or content, or products, services or content offered by others. We do this to help make our products better and to develop new products.

1.0 Communicate with you.

1.1 Service related communications.

We may send you service and administrative emails to ensure the service is working properly. We will also email you regarding your calendar appointments. These messages are considered part of the service and you may not opt out of these messages.

1.2 Promotional.

Subject to your opt-out preference, we may send you emails about new product features or other news about LSArespond or on topics we think would be relevant to you. You may opt out of receiving these communications at any time. Visit the ‘Your Rights and Choices’ section below. For LSArespond Invitees, please be assured that we do not use the email addresses that you enter to schedule a meeting with a LSArespond User to send any type of direct marketing.

1.3 Responding to your requests.

We will also use your information to respond to your questions or comments.

1.4 Administrative.

We may contact you to inform you about changes in your services, our service offering and other important service-related notices, such as changes to the Notice or about security or fraud notices.

Protecting Rights and Interests.

We will use your information to protect our rights and interests as well as the rights and interests of our Users and any other person, as well as to enforce this Notice or our Terms of Use.

Legal Compliance.

We may use your information to comply with applicable legal or regulatory obligations, including complying with requests from law enforcement or other governmental authorities, or in legal proceedings involving LSArespond.

Other.

We also may use your information to manage our business or perform functions as otherwise described to you at the time of collection subject to your consent.

With Whom We May Share Your Information.

We do not sell your information to any third parties or disclose it in exchange for money or other valuable consideration. We do not share your Personal Data with others except as indicated within this Notice, or when we inform you and give you an opportunity to opt-out of having your Personal Data shared.

We will never use Invitee data to send direct marketing via emails, SMS, physical mailings, or other similar communication channels to advertise or promote the use of our product and services or those of a third-party.

We may share information we collect about you, including Personal Data, in the following ways:

With third-party Service Providers, agents, contractors, or government entities.

We use other companies, agents or contractors (“Service Providers”) to perform services on our behalf or to assist us with providing services to you:

We may engage Service Providers to process credit card transactions or other payment methods. We may also engage Service Providers to provide services such as monitoring and developing LSArespond services; aiding in communications, infrastructure, and IT services; customer service; debt collection; analyzing and enhancing data. These Service Providers may have access to your personal or other information in order to provide these functions. In addition, some of the above-listed types of information that we request may be collected by third-party Service Providers on our behalf.

We may share information with Service Providers and government entities for legal, security, and safety purposes. This includes sharing information in order to enforce policies or contracts, address security breaches, and assist in the investigation of fraud, security issues, or other concerns.

We require Service Providers to agree to take reasonable steps to keep the Personal Data that we provide to them secure. We do not authorize them to use or disclose your Personal Data except in connection with providing their services.

Affiliates.

We may disclose information to current or future affiliates or subsidiaries for research, marketing, and other purposes consistent with this Privacy Notice.

We may share your data if we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation, legal, or governmental request; to respond to a subpoena, court order, warrant, or other legal process; to enforce applicable Terms of Use or this Notice, including investigation of potential violations thereof; to protect the safety, rights, or property of the public, any person, or LSArespond; to detect, prevent, or otherwise address, security or technical issues, illegal, or suspected illegal activities (including fraud); or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved, as part of a judicial or regulatory proceeding.

If you are using LSArespond as a paid member of an organization or using your organization’s email domain (thereby representing yourself as a member of the organization), we may share your email address and plan information with an authorized agent of your company upon request in order for them to administer the account for the company.

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