Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 1st, 2025

Eckel and Vaughan Group LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is a public relations firm committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website (www.eandvgroup.com) and interact with our services. By using our website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Privacy Policy Overview

This policy applies to information we collect:

  • On this Website.
  • In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
  • When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.
  • When you voluntarily provide in order to fulfill a request

It does not apply to information collected by:

  • Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Company or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries); or
  • Any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy

2. Children Under the Age of 18

Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will immediately delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at support@eandvgroup.com.

3. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

  • By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline ("personal information");
  • Required for completing an employment application, including, but not limited to:
    • LinkedIn Profile URL
    • Link to portfolio or website – optional
    • Ability to attach (word or pdf)
    • Resume/cover letter
    • Writing samples
    • Date of when they could start
    • Salary requirements
  • That is about you but individually does not identify you; and/or
  • About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.
  • About your behavior while using our Website, including the time you spend on portions of the Website and how you interact with various aspects of the site.
  • Regarding the emails you open and links you click on within those emails.

4. We collect this information:

  • Directly from you when you provide it to us.
  • Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include your mobile carrier and type of handheld or mobile device you used, usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies.
  • From third parties, for example, our business partners.

We do not collect sensitive personal information (e.g., Social Security numbers, financial details, or medical information). If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us immediately using the details outlined in Section 9 so we can remove it.

5. Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

  • Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The information we collect automatically may include personal information. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
  • Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
  • Speed up your searches.
  • Recognize you when you return to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection (“Data Technologies”) may include:

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
  • Web Beacon. Also known as an internet tag, pixel tag or clear GIF, links web pages to web servers and their cookies.

Your Cookie Choices:

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser’s settings. However, please note that disabling cookies may affect some website functionality. In jurisdictions that require explicit consent for cookies, visitors will be notified via a cookie banner and prompted to accept or decline non-essential cookies.

Information Provided Voluntarily for Use of Services

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us in order to fulfill a request, such as when you sign up to use our services and website, request support from our support team, write to us by email, complete a contact form, want to use our services, or communicate with us in any way. This information may include your name and surname, company name, physical address, email address, telephone number, location, and demographic information.

Location Information

When use our website, we may collect physical location information that is sufficiently precise to allow us to locate a specific person or device (“Location Information”). We only collect Location Information with your permission (e.g., such as when you agree to provide it to us after you initially access the Website). We may use Location Information and provide it to third parties to provide you with content and services that are relevant to a particular location, such as advertising, search results and direction, to evaluate and improve the Website, or to provide you with relevant content and services relevant.

If you do not want us to use Location Information, you can decline our initial invitation to provide that information, or opt out by changing the location services settings on your mobile device. However, please note that certain features may not function properly or at all as a result if you opt out.

6. How We Use Your Information

We use the information you provide for the following purposes:

  • To process and respond to inquiries submitted through our forms;
  • To evaluate applications for employment or independent contractor opportunities;
  • To deliver services you request;
  • To communicate with you regarding business relationships and opportunities;
  • To improve our website and professional services; and
  • To send marketing communications and promotional materials aligned with your interests. While we do not sell your personal information, we may use your contact information to send you promotional materials about our services. You may opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time as described in Section 9 below.

7. Information Sharing with Third Parties

We do not sell your personal data to third parties. However, your information may be disclosed to third parties under the following circumstances:

  • Service Providers: We may share your information with service providers and vendors who help us operate our website, process requests, or conduct marketing campaigns on our behalf. These entities are contractually required to protect your data and use it solely for the agreed-upon purposes.
  • Marketing Partners: Your information may be shared with third parties for direct marketing efforts conducted exclusively on behalf of EandV Group LLC.
  • Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information to law enforcement, regulators, or other parties when required by law or necessary to protect our legal rights.
  • Buyer/Successor: To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by the Company about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
  • Request Fulfillment: To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
  • Disclosed Purposes: For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
  • Consent: With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

  • To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

8. Data Security

We employ commercially reasonable measures to safeguard your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. These safeguards include, but are not limited to:

  • Encryption of data during transmission where appropriate;
  • Secure server environments with restricted access;
  • Regular monitoring for potential system vulnerabilities or breaches; and
  • Training employees about data privacy and security best practices.

While we strive to protect your information, no online system can guarantee complete security. Please notify us immediately of any concerns about the security of your data.

9. Your Rights and Choices

Opt-Out of Marketing Communications:

You have the right to opt out of receiving marketing communications from us. To opt out:

  • Click the “unsubscribe” link in our marketing emails; or
  • Contact us directly at support@eandvgroup.com with your request.

Request for Data Access, Correction, or Deletion:

You have the right to:

  • Access the personal information we hold about you;
  • Request corrections to your personal information if it is inaccurate;
  • Request deletion of your personal information (subject to any legal or contractual retention requirements).

To exercise these rights, please contact us at support@eandvgroup.com. We may ask for proof of identity and sufficient information to process your request. We will respond to all verified requests within 30 Days.

10. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy or as required by law. Once the retention period expires, we securely destroy or anonymize your data.

11. International Data Transfers

If you are accessing our website from a location outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States. By providing your information, you consent to its transfer, storage, and processing subject to this Privacy Policy and U.S. privacy laws, which may differ from your jurisdiction's laws.

12. Your Rights Under GDPR (if applicable)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following rights:

  • Right to access your personal data
  • Right to rectify inaccurate or incomplete data
  • Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”)
  • Right to restrict or object to processing
  • Right to data portability
  • Right to lodge a complaint with your data protection authority

We process your data under the lawful bases of consent, contract performance, or legitimate interest.

To exercise any of your rights, please email us support@eandvgroup.com.

13. Your State Rights

This policy is designed to comply with applicable U.S. state privacy laws, including those in California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Florida, Oregon, and others.

What We Collect and How We Use It

We collect personal information like your name, contact details, online activity, and location data. We use this information to:

  • Provide and improve our services
  • Keep our systems secure
  • Fix bugs and technical issues
  • Process payments and transactions
  • Conduct research and improve our technology
  • Comply with legal obligations

We do not sell your personal information, and we haven’t sold or shared it in the past 12 months. We also don’t knowingly sell or share information from anyone under 16 years old.

How Long We Keep Your Information

We keep your personal information only as long as needed for our business purposes or as required by law.

Who We Share It With

We may share your information with trusted service providers who help us run our business (like payment processors or IT support). For more details, see the Section 7 of this privacy policy.

Your Privacy Rights

Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah each provide their state residents with rights to:

  • Confirm whether we process their personal information.
  • Access and delete certain personal information.
  • Data portability.
  • Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.

Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also provide their state residents with rights to:

  • Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the nature of the personal data and the purposes of the processing of the consumer’s personal data.
  • Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales. Residents who wish to exercise this sale opt-out rights may submit a request to this designated address: info@orderonline.org. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute's opt-out requirements.

We do not use sensitive personal information in ways that require us to offer a “limit use” option under current laws.

How to Make a Privacy Request

You can ask to access, correct, or delete your personal information by:

  • Calling us: (919) 858-6909
  • Emailing us: Support@eandvgroup.com

To protect your privacy, we’ll need to verify your identity before we can process your request. We may ask for your name, email, and details about your last interaction with us.

You can also appoint someone (an “authorized agent”) to make a request on your behalf. If you do, we’ll need proof that they have your permission.

14. California Addendum - California Consumer Privacy Rights.

If you are a California consumer, the following provisions apply to our processing of information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you or your household (“California Personal Information”). For California consumers, the provisions of this California Addendum prevail over any conflicting provisions in other sections of this Privacy Policy. We do not sell, and in the past 12 months we have not sold, California Personal Information. Additionally, we do not sell or share, and in the past 12 months we have not sold or shared, California Personal Information of individuals we know to be under 16 years of age. We use for internal business purposes customer records information, commercial information, Internet or other network activity information, and geolocation data.

We have collected the following categories of California Personal Information within the last 12 months from the sources listed below:

Identifiers such as name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, IP address, email address, account name, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.

  • Internet or other similar network activity, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, browser settings like language preference, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement. This category of information is collected from you and your devices.
  • Customer records information (such as name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit/debit card number, other financial information, medical or health insurance information).
  • Characteristics of protected classifications (such as race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age).
  • Commercial information (such as records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories, or tendencies).
  • Geolocation data.
  • Inferences to a consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.

We retain each category of California Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy. For each of the above categories, we use the California Personal Information for a variety of business purposes such as:

  • Auditing related to counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance with this specification and other standards;
  • Helping to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of a consumer's personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for these purposes;
  • Debugging to identify and repair errors in our systems;
  • Short-term, transient use including contextual non-personalized advertising shown as part of a consumer’s current interaction with us;
  • Providing services on our behalf or on behalf of another, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, fulfilling transactions, verifying identity information, processing payments, and other services;
  • Conducting internal research to develop and demonstrate technology;
  • Conducting activity to verify, enhance, and maintain the quality or safety of services or devices which we may own, control, or provide;
  • Other business purposes described in the “How We May Use The Information We Collect” Section.

We may also use the information we collect for our own or our service providers’ other operational purposes, purposes for which we provide you additional notice, or for purposes compatible with the context in which the California Personal Information was collected.

Within the last 12 months, we have disclosed California Personal Information for our business purposes. To learn more about the categories of third parties with whom we share such information, please see the “Information We Share” Section.

Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a California consumer, you have certain rights related to your California Personal Information, including:

  • The Right to know what California Personal Information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information, the categories of California Personal Information, the categories of sources from which the California Personal Information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing California Personal Information, the categories of third parties to whom we disclose California Personal Information, and the specific pieces of California Personal Information we have collected about you.
  • The right to correct inaccurate California Personal Information that we have collected about you.
  • The right to delete California Personal Information that we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
  • The right to opt out of the sale or the sharing of California Personal Information.
  • The right to limit the use or disclosure of your sensitive personal information.
  • We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes that, under applicable law, require us to support the right to limit the use or disclosure of sensitive personal information.
  • The right not to receive discriminatory treatment by the business for the exercise of privacy rights conferred by applicable law, including the right not to be retaliated against for the exercise of your rights.

You may request to exercise these rights by:
Calling us at (919) 858-6909
Emailing us at support@eandvgroup.com

As required under applicable law, we will take steps to verify your identity before granting you access to information or acting on your request to exercise your rights. We may require you to provide your first name, last name, email address, the amount of your last transaction and the date of your last transaction to verify your identity in response to exercising requests of the above type. We may limit our response to your exercise of the above rights as permitted under applicable law. When you submit a request to exercise your rights above, we will use the information you provide to process your request and to maintain a record of your request and our response, as permitted under applicable law.

Under California law, you may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. You may make such a designation by providing the agent with written permission to act on your behalf. We will require the agent to provide proof of that written permission. To the extent permitted by law, we may require you to verify your own identity in response to a request, even if you choose to use an agent.

California Do Not Track

California Business & Professions Code Section 22575(b) (as amended effective January 1, 2014) provides that California residents are entitled to know how we respond to “Do Not Track” browser settings. We do not currently take actions to respond to Do Not Track signals because a uniform technological standard has not yet been developed. However, we respond to the GPC signals as the opt out preference signal.

This California-specific addendum was last reviewed and updated as of January 1, 2023.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. If we make significant changes, we will notify you via email (if applicable) or through a prominent notice on our website before the changes take effect.

15. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your rights, or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at:

  • Email: support@eandvgroup.com
  • Mailing Address: 421 North Harrington Street, Suite 520, Raleigh, NC 27603
  • Phone: (919) 858-6909