Hardline Leads ("Hardline Leads," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit www.hardlineleads.com, submit information through our forms, communicate with us, or use our services.
Our services include our GHL Contractor Package, which may include marketing, lead-generation, CRM, automation, website, communications, and related digital marketing services for contractors and home-service businesses.
By using our website or providing information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with Hardline Leads, we may collect the following categories of information:
Information You Provide
This may include:
First and last name
Business name
Email address
Telephone or mobile phone number
Business address
Website address
Information about your business and services
Information submitted through forms, surveys, calendars, chat widgets, or other website features
Communications you have with us
Information you provide when requesting information, scheduling an appointment, or purchasing our services
Any other information you voluntarily provide
Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
IP address
Browser type and version
Device type
Operating system
Pages visited
Referring website
Date and time of visits
General usage and interaction information
2. How We Use Information
We may use information we collect to:
Provide, operate, and improve our services
Respond to inquiries and requests
Schedule and manage appointments
Communicate with you about our services
Provide customer support
Send transactional or service-related communications
Send marketing communications when you have provided the appropriate consent
Send SMS/text messages when you have expressly opted in to receive them
Manage our customer relationships
Process payments and transactions
Improve our website, services, marketing, and customer experience
Prevent fraud, abuse, or unauthorized activity
Comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements
Maintain business records and enforce our agreements
We only use personal information for legitimate business purposes and in accordance with applicable law.
3. SMS & Communications
If you voluntarily provide your mobile phone number and separately opt in to receive SMS messages from Hardline Leads, you may receive text messages relating to the specific messaging program for which you provided consent.
Depending on the consent you provide, messages may include:
Appointment reminders and confirmations
Customer service communications
Service-related updates
Follow-ups relating to an inquiry or request
Marketing messages, promotions, or offers, where you have separately provided marketing SMS consent
SMS Consent
Providing a telephone number does not by itself constitute consent to receive SMS messages.
Where SMS consent is requested, you must affirmatively opt in through the applicable consent mechanism. SMS consent is optional and is not a condition of purchasing goods or services from Hardline Leads.
Where applicable, our SMS consent language will identify Hardline Leads, describe the type of messages you will receive, state that message frequency may vary, and disclose that message and data rates may apply.
Opting Out
You may opt out of SMS communications at any time by replying:
STOP
After receiving a valid STOP request, we will process your request and cease sending further SMS messages to that number unless you subsequently provide valid consent to receive SMS messages again.
Getting Help
For assistance with SMS communications, reply:
HELP
You may also contact us using the contact information provided below.
Message and Data Rates
Message and data rates may apply depending on your mobile carrier and wireless plan. Message frequency may vary.
SMS Consent Is Not Shared
Your mobile number, SMS opt-in data, and SMS consent information will not be sold, rented, exchanged, or shared with third parties for their own marketing or promotional purposes.
4. Data Sharing Policy
Hardline Leads does not sell or rent your personal information.
We may disclose personal information to service providers, contractors, technology providers, and other vendors that assist us in operating our business and providing our services. These providers may process information on our behalf and are expected to use it only for the purposes for which we engage them and as permitted by applicable law.
Examples may include providers supporting:
CRM and customer relationship management
Website hosting
Marketing automation
Email delivery
SMS and voice communications
Scheduling
Payment processing
Analytics
Customer support
Data storage and security
Mobile Information and SMS Consent
No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes.
In addition:
No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. Information sharing to subcontractors in support services, such as customer service, is permitted. All other use case categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
SMS opt-in data and consent will not be sold, rented, exchanged, transferred, or otherwise disclosed to third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes.
We may share information with service providers solely where reasonably necessary to provide services, operate our communications systems, maintain our technology infrastructure, provide customer support, process transactions, or comply with applicable legal obligations.
We may also disclose information when required to do so by law, legal process, court order, governmental authority, or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, security, or property of Hardline Leads, our customers, or others.
5. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
Our website may use cookies, pixels, tags, analytics tools, and similar technologies to operate the website and understand how visitors interact with it.
These technologies may be used to:
Maintain website functionality
Remember preferences
Understand website traffic
Measure marketing performance
Improve website functionality and user experience
Identify technical problems
Analyze visitor behavior
You may be able to control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of portions of our website.
Third-party services used on our website may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own privacy policies.
6. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, misuse, or destruction.
However, no method of transmitting information over the internet or storing information electronically is completely secure. Therefore, while we take reasonable steps to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
7. Third-Party Services
Hardline Leads uses third-party technology and service providers to operate portions of our business and deliver services.
This may include GoHighLevel / HighLevel and its associated infrastructure, which we may use for CRM, websites, forms, appointment scheduling, marketing automation, email, SMS, voice communications, and related business functions.
Where applicable, GoHighLevel acts as a service provider/data processor processing information on our behalf and according to our instructions. HighLevel describes its platform role as a data processor for customer data uploaded to its system.
Other third-party providers may process information where necessary to provide services to you or operate our business.
Third-party providers maintain their own terms and privacy policies, which may govern their processing of information in addition to this Privacy Policy.
8. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, which may include the right to:
Request access to personal information we hold about you
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of certain personal information
Request restriction of certain processing
Object to certain processing
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
Opt out of marketing communications
Opt out of SMS communications by replying STOP
Request information regarding how your personal information is processed
To exercise a privacy right, contact us using the information provided below.
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.
Certain rights may be subject to exceptions or limitations under applicable law.
9. Children's Privacy
Our website and services are not directed toward children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.
10. International Data Transfers
Hardline Leads operates internationally and may use service providers that process information in countries other than the country in which you reside.
Where required by applicable law, we take appropriate measures designed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal information transferred internationally.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our services, technology, business practices, or applicable legal requirements.
When we make changes, we will update the Effective Date at the beginning of this Privacy Policy.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
12. Contact Information
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or our privacy practices, you may contact us at: