Effective Date: Nov 2018

1. Who We Are

Port of Winlock is a privately owned digital business directory, advertising platform, and local visibility service. Act Now Media LLC is a privately owned media, website, domain, design, and digital visibility company.

This Privacy Policy applies to Port of Winlock, Act Now Media LLC, portofwinlock.com, actnowmediallc.com, related landing pages, contact forms, listing forms, advertising forms, QR campaign pages, and other related digital services owned, operated, managed, or supported by Port of Winlock and/or Act Now Media LLC.

Port of Winlock and Act Now Media LLC are privately owned. They are not government agencies, public port authorities, municipal ports, tax-funded districts, public utilities, or government offices.

2. Information We May Collect

We may collect information voluntarily provided by visitors, businesses, advertisers, clients, or users, including name, business name, email address, phone number, mailing address, business address, website URL, social media links, business category, business description, service areas, hours, photos, logos, graphics, submitted files, advertising plan requests, listing details, payment-related information, form messages, and project information for website, advertising, directory, QR, or visibility services.

3. Automatically Collected Information

Our website, hosting provider, analytics tools, security tools, plugins, or third-party services may automatically collect IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, pages visited, referring website, date and time of visit, approximate technical location, cookies, analytics data, or similar tracking information.

4. How We Use Information

• Respond to contact form submissions.
• Create, review, update, or remove business listings.
• Review advertising requests.
• Provide website, directory, QR campaign, branding, or visibility services.
• Communicate with business owners, advertisers, clients, or users.
• Send invoices, confirmations, updates, or service notices.
• Display approved business information on directory pages or advertising pages.
• Improve website layout, speed, performance, and usability.
• Prevent spam, fraud, abuse, hacking, scraping, or security problems.
• Maintain business, tax, accounting, payment, legal, or operational records.

5. Public Business Listing Information

When a business submits information for a listing, advertisement, featured placement, premium visibility page, website project, QR campaign, or promotional page, some information may be displayed publicly. Public business information may include business name, description, phone number, location, service area, website link, social media links, hours, photos, logos, categories, offers, announcements, and other approved details.

Business owners are responsible for making sure submitted public information is accurate, lawful, appropriate, and approved for public display.

6. M.A.G.A. Directory Review and Brand Alignment

Port of Winlock is a curated M.A.G.A. — Make America Great Again — America First, Texas Strong, and East Texas focused business directory and advertising platform. Information submitted through listing, advertising, or service forms may be reviewed to determine whether the business, message, service, public presentation, business model, advertising request, or website content aligns with our directory standards, business mission, advertising standards, and brand values.

Submission of information does not guarantee acceptance, publication, promotion, continued placement, or approval.

7. Payments and Billing Information

If payments are accepted through third-party processors, those processors may collect payment card information, billing information, transaction records, and fraud-prevention data. Port of Winlock and Act Now Media LLC do not intentionally store full credit card numbers on our websites unless clearly provided through a secure payment system. Payment processors have their own privacy policies and terms.

8. Cookies and Analytics

Our websites may use cookies, analytics tools, tracking pixels, security tools, form tools, or similar technologies to understand traffic, improve performance, remember preferences, prevent spam, and measure advertising or QR campaign activity. Users may disable cookies through browser settings, but some features may not work correctly.

9. Email and Communication

If you contact us, submit a form, request a listing, request advertising, request website services, or become a client, we may use your email address or phone number to respond, provide service updates, request missing information, confirm details, send invoices, or communicate about related services. Users should not submit highly sensitive information through basic website forms unless specifically instructed through a secure method.

10. Sharing of Information

We may share information when reasonably necessary to operate our business, provide services, protect our websites, process payments, comply with law, or complete requested work. Information may be shared with hosting companies, email providers, payment processors, form tools, analytics providers, website plugins, contractors, designers, technical support providers, legal or accounting professionals, government authorities when required by law, and third-party services requested by the client.

We do not sell personal information as a primary business model.

11. Third-Party Websites

Our websites may link to third-party websites, business websites, social media pages, maps, payment processors, video platforms, forms, calendars, ticket pages, or other outside resources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, policies, accuracy, security, or conduct of third-party websites.

12. Data Security

We use reasonable efforts to protect information submitted to us. However, no website, email system, form, database, hosting account, plugin, or internet transmission can be guaranteed 100% secure. Users submit information at their own risk.

13. Data Retention

We may keep submitted information for as long as reasonably needed for business records, client support, legal compliance, accounting, listing management, advertising history, dispute prevention, fraud prevention, security, or operational purposes. Business listing information may remain stored even after a listing is paused, removed, expired, or declined unless deletion is requested and we are able to delete it under our business, legal, and technical obligations.

14. User Choices

Users and business owners may contact us to request correction, update, removal, review, or deletion of certain information where reasonably possible. Some information may need to be retained for legal, tax, accounting, security, payment, dispute, or business record purposes.

15. Children’s Privacy

Our websites and services are intended for adults, business owners, organizations, advertisers, and general visitors. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If a parent or guardian believes a child submitted information, they may contact us and request review or removal.

16. Texas and United States Users

Port of Winlock and Act Now Media LLC are intended primarily for users, businesses, clients, and advertisers in Texas and the United States. If privacy laws apply to a user’s location, we will make reasonable efforts to respond to lawful requests as required.

17. Arbitration and Disputes

Any dispute, claim, controversy, payment issue, listing issue, advertising issue, privacy issue, data request issue, website service issue, or communication issue involving Port of Winlock, Act Now Media LLC, or related websites is governed by the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration provisions in our Terms of Use. By using our websites or services, submitting information, requesting a listing, purchasing advertising, or communicating with us, users agree to the applicable Terms of Use, including the arbitration-only dispute resolution clause to the fullest extent permitted by law.

18. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy at any time. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Continued use of the website after updates are posted means the user accepts the revised Privacy Policy.

19. Contact

Port of Winlock
Website: portofwinlock.com
Email: [email protected]

Act Now Media LLC
Website: actnowmediallc.com