PRIVACY POLICY / Terms & Conditions 

Last updated: July 2026

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Privacy Policy

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SowGrow Public Relations (“SowGrow PR,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect personal information submitted through this website, including contact forms, assessment forms, SowGrow Marketing Council forms, event-related submissions, email communications, and related services.

By using this website or submitting information through this website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
 

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that visitors voluntarily submit through this website, including:

• Name

• Email address

• Company name

• Job title or professional role

• Website URL

• LinkedIn profile or other professional profile information, where submitted

• Message content or inquiry details

• Assessment responses and results

• Event, council, speaker, or submission-related information

• Files, headshots, bios, links, sources, or materials submitted through website forms, where applicable

• Email communication preferences

• Other information a visitor chooses to provide
   

We may also collect technical and usage-related information, including:

• Browser type

• Device information

• Referral source

• Pages visited

• Site interactions

• Approximate location

• IP-related information where applicable

• Form submission timestamp

• Cookie consent preferences

• General website usage patterns
   

We collect information necessary to respond to inquiries, deliver requested resources or assessment results, manage event or council participation, improve our services and content, and operate the website.
 

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use personal information to:

• Respond to questions, inquiries, or requests you submit

• Deliver assessment results, resources, or related follow-up

• Manage SowGrow Marketing Council submissions, event participation, speaker coordination, and related communications

• Review submitted insights, source materials, bios, professional profiles, or event-related information

• Provide information about SowGrow PR services, events, resources, or insights where permitted

• Send email communications where permitted by law or where you have opted in

• Improve our website, services, content, assessment tools, and user experience

• Analyze website performance and understand how visitors interact with the site

• Maintain website security, prevent misuse, and comply with legal obligations

• Enforce website terms, participation terms, or other applicable agreements

​3. Legal Basis for Processing

Where applicable privacy laws require a legal basis for processing personal data, we may rely on one or more of the following:

• Consent, including when you opt in to receive marketing communications, submit certain forms, or allow non-essential cookies

• Legitimate interests, including responding to business inquiries, improving our website and services, and communicating with prospective clients, members, partners, contributors, speakers, or event participants

• Contractual necessity, including where processing is needed to provide requested services, resources, event participation, assessment results, or related communications

• Legal obligations, including where processing is necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or enforceable requests

 

You may withdraw consent at any time by contacting us, using the unsubscribe link in emails, or adjusting cookie preferences where available.

 

4. Website Forms and Voluntary Submissions

When you submit a contact form, assessment form, council form, event form, speaker form, or other website submission, we collect the information you choose to provide. This may include contact information, company information, professional profile information, message content, uploaded materials, source links, and other details relevant to the purpose of the form.

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By submitting a form, you represent that the information provided is accurate and that you have the right to provide it. Please do not submit confidential, proprietary, sensitive, or unnecessary personal information through website forms unless specifically requested.

 

Submission of information does not guarantee selection, publication, participation, membership, media coverage, business engagement, or any other outcome.

 

6. Email Communications

If you subscribe, register, submit a form, request information, or participate in SowGrow PR or SowGrow Marketing Council activities, we may send communications related to your request, participation, event updates, resources, services, or submitted materials.

 

Marketing emails are sent where permitted by law or with consent where required. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us directly.

 

We may still send non-marketing communications related to a transaction, request, event participation, submitted form, service inquiry, or administrative matter.

 

7. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell personal data.

We may share information with trusted service providers who support website hosting, form processing, data storage, website analytics, email delivery, event registration, assessment delivery, file storage, security, business operations, and related communications.

 

These providers are authorized to use personal information only as necessary to provide services to us and are expected to safeguard information consistent with applicable privacy and security requirements.

 

We may also disclose information:

• If required by law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or other legal process

• To protect our rights, property, safety, users, clients, contributors, or others

• To prevent fraud, misuse, security threats, or unlawful activity

• To enforce applicable terms, agreements, or policies

• In connection with a business transfer, merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar transaction

 

8. Third-Party Services and Links

This website may link to or integrate with third-party websites, platforms, tools, or services, including analytics providers, email platforms, event registration tools, embedded content, payment or membership tools, social media platforms, and other service providers.

 

Third-party websites and services are governed by their own privacy policies, cookie policies, and terms. SowGrow PR is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites or services.

 

Visitors should review the applicable third-party policies before submitting information or interacting with those platforms.

 

9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies to operate the site, maintain security, support form submissions, remember visitor preferences, manage cookie consent, understand website performance, and improve our content, services, and user experience.

Some cookies are essential for the website to function. Other cookies, including analytics cookies, are used only where permitted by law or where the visitor provides consent through the cookie banner.

 

This website may use Google Analytics, Wix analytics, or similar tools to understand how visitors interact with the site. These tools may collect information such as pages visited, referral sources, approximate location, device and browser information, site interactions, and general usage patterns.

 

SowGrow Public Relations does not intentionally use advertising, retargeting, or interest-based advertising cookies. If advertising or marketing tracking technologies are added or detected in the future, this policy and the cookie preferences tool will be updated to reflect those services.

Visitors can accept, reject, or customize non-essential cookies through the cookie banner and may change or withdraw consent at any time through the cookie preferences settings, with effect for the future.

 

10. Google Analytics

This website may use Google Analytics to understand website performance, visitor behavior, traffic sources, and content engagement. Google Analytics may collect information such as pages visited, referral sources, approximate location, device and browser information, and general site usage patterns.

 

Where available, IP address handling may be limited or anonymized through the site’s analytics settings. Google Analytics data is used to evaluate website performance, improve content, and understand how visitors interact with the website.

 

Google Analytics is used for analytics purposes, not for intentional advertising, retargeting, or interest-based advertising by SowGrow PR.

 

11.Uploaded Materials and Submitted Content

 

If you submit files, headshots, bios, professional credentials, source links, article ideas, comments, testimonials, speaker materials, or other content through the website, we may use that information to review, evaluate, coordinate, publish, promote, or manage the related submission, event, council activity, or business purpose.

By submitting materials, you represent that you have the right to submit them and that they do not violate the rights of any third party.

 

Do not submit confidential, proprietary, sensitive, or legally restricted materials unless we have specifically requested them and you are authorized to provide them.

 

12. Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to respond to inquiries, manage communications, provide requested resources, support event or council participation, maintain business records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.

 

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the purpose for which it was collected, applicable legal requirements, and operational needs.

 

13. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

No website, platform, transmission method, or electronic storage system is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of personal information submitted through this website.

 

14. Children’s Privacy

This website is intended for business and professional audiences. It is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.

 

15. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:

• Request access to personal information we hold about you

• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information

• Request deletion of personal information

• Request restriction of certain processing activities

• Object to certain uses of personal information

• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

• Request information about how personal information is used or shared

• Opt out of marketing emails

 

To exercise privacy rights, contact us using the information listed in the “Contact” section below. We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.

 

16. California and Other U.S. State Privacy Rights

Certain U.S. state privacy laws may provide additional rights to residents of those states. These rights may include access, correction, deletion, portability, and the right to opt out of certain data uses.

 

SowGrow PR does not sell personal data and does not intentionally use personal data for interest-based advertising or retargeting. If applicable law provides you with additional privacy rights, you may contact us to submit a request.

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17. International Visitors

SowGrow PR is based in the United States. If you access this website from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States or in other jurisdictions where our service providers operate.

 

By using this website or submitting information, you understand that your information may be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions that may have different privacy laws than your place of residence.

 

18. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, data practices, legal requirements, cookie tools, analytics tools, or business operations.

The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Your continued use of the website after changes are posted means you acknowledge the updated Privacy Policy.

 

19. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, cookie preferences, email communications, or how your information is handled, contact:

SowGrow Public Relations
Email: contact@sowgrowpr.com
Website: https://www.sowgrowpr.com