Privacy Policy

Gooden Design Company (“we,” “our,” or “us”) operates the website goodendesign.com and provides web development, SEO, and Google Ads consulting services. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or contact us about our services.

1. Information We Collect

Contact Form Data

When you submit our contact form, we collect the following information you voluntarily provide:

• Full name
• Business name
• Phone number
• Email address
• Website URL
• Service(s) you are interested in

Automatically Collected Data

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be automatically collected by our infrastructure provider and security services, including your IP address, browser type, referring URL, and pages visited. This data is used for security, performance monitoring, and fraud prevention purposes.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information you provide to:

• Respond to your inquiry and communicate with you about our services
• Prepare proposals, quotes, or project scopes based on your needs
• Deliver and manage the services you engage us for
• Send you relevant updates about your project or our services (with your consent)
• Comply with applicable legal obligations

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.

3. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may process your information:

4. Data Retention

We retain the personal information you submit through our contact form for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected — typically for the duration of any business relationship and for a reasonable period thereafter for record-keeping and legal compliance purposes.

If you become a client, we retain project-related information for the duration of the engagement and for up to seven (7) years following project completion to comply with tax, accounting, and legal requirements.

If no engagement results from your inquiry, we will retain your contact information for no longer than two (2) years, after which it will be deleted from our records.

5. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
• Correction: Request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Deletion: Request that we delete your personal information, subject to applicable legal obligations.
• Objection: Object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Portability: Request that we transfer your data to another organization in a machine-readable format, where applicable.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the information provided in Section 7.

6. Security

We implement commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no transmission of data over the internet or electronic storage system is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

7. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us:

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, services, or applicable law. When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.