The privacy and security of our clients and their information is of paramount importance to us, which is why My Montana Registered Agent Services LLC takes strict precautions to keep your data safe as possible from prying eyes. We never sell your data, and in fact, we only use your data for purposes relevant to the Montana business services we provide. We know what it is like to be a business owner, and how valuable privacy can be.
Our goal is for this Privacy Policy to offer a clear and concise explanation of how we collect, manage, and use your data.
It is well known in the business world that Montana offers exceptional privacy protection for business owners, but what about consumers? Montana still has a long way to go before its data privacy legislation equals that of California and some other data-privacy focused states, but the 2015 passing of Senate Bills SF35 and SF36 shows that Montana is up to the task. These bills broadened Montana’s definition of “personal identifying information” (including even unique biometric data paired with a consumer’s first name or first initial and last name) and expanded the state’s requirements for individuals and businesses providing breach notifications to affected Montana residents.
But even if Montana itself still has a ways to go when it comes to data privacy, the same thing can’t be said for us. At Montana Registered Agent Services LLC, we’re a privacy-focused company that strives to keep your data secure and never sells our user or client data to third-parties. We hang our hat on caring for our customers and their information as we would our own. For us, there is no other way to do business.
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The following Privacy Policy explains how Montana Registered Agent Services LLC and its affiliates (collectively “we” and “us”) collect, use, and disclose personal information we collect from you and about you. It applies to all of the interactions we may have with you, including your use of our website, telephone calls, email exchanges, etc.
Because this Privacy Policy is part of our Terms of Service, it governs your use of our services and products (“Services”), and, by using our Services, you accept the terms of this Privacy Policy.
This site is intended for use in Montana and elsewhere in the United States of America. We attempt to protect the personal information of all users of our site, and we attempt to comply with local data protection laws to the extent they apply to our Services, but our site is targeted to United States citizens, and our policies are directed at compliance with those laws.
If you are located outside of the United States of America, you should be aware that your personal information will be transferred to the United States of America, the laws of which may differ from the laws of your country. If you are located in a country outside of the United States of America and voluntarily submit personal information to us, you thereby consent to the general use of such information as provided in this Privacy Policy and to the transfer of that information to, and/or storage or processing of that information in, the United States of America, and you understand that your information may be available to government authorities under lawful orders and laws applicable there. By requesting our Services, you consent to the transfer of information to countries outside of your country of residence, including the United States, which may have different data protection rules than those of your country.
Our Services are not intended for use by children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
At a minimum, we will retain your information for as long as needed to provide you Services, and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. We may maintain some or all of this information in our archives even after it has been removed from the site.
In order to give our users a more personal experience, we collect information that helps us shape and improve your experience when using montanaagents.com. We may also use the information in the following ways:
We collect information to send you email or postal mail, perform tasks required to complete a purchase transaction, provide customer support, or provide other types of customer relationship management and fulfillment. We may also use your information to optimize or improve our Services and operations, for example, training and quality assurance.
We collect information in order to fulfill our legal obligations. Examples of this may include satisfying regulatory screening requirements in connection with entity formations, responding to subpoenas and other legal requests for information, and maintaining records as required in our role as Registered Agent. We may also collect information for the purpose of detecting fraud or other suspicious activity.
We collect information for use in performing various types of analytics. For example, we use information to analyze how visitors interact with our website, where visitors to our website arrive from and exit to, pages visited, links clicked, text entered, and mouse movements to understand site usage, to detect fraud and potential threats and improve our services.
Here are the types of information we may collect about you:
This category includes information such as name, address, telephone number, email address, banking information, credit card and debit card number, social security number, Federal Tax Identification number, account numbers, user name, Internet Protocol address (“IP address”), and other online identifiers.
This category includes information such as legal entity name, business entity or filing, registered agent, officers, directors, managers, or members of an entity, communications contact, other business-related information, Services purchased, and other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
This category includes information such as your internet browser, browsing history on our website, search history on our website, information about the device you are using to access our website, and information regarding your interaction with our website or advertisements. We may also collect information about visitors to our website such as browser settings, operating systems, referring/exit pages and clickstream data.
If you interact with our customer service personnel, we may record the phone call or retain the email string for quality assurance purposes.
Except as disclosed in this Privacy Policy, we do not disclose personal information to any companies not part of Montana Registered Agent Services LLC or its parent, subsidiaries or related entities. Although, as discussed below, we may provide some personal information to certain service providers and other third parties, in no event will we sell your personal information as part of a customer list or similar transaction for unrelated parties to independently market to you.
We may share personal information with agents, affiliates, partners, or other third parties that perform functions on our behalf, such as analytics, credit card processing, advertising measurement, etc. These entities have access to the personal information needed to perform their functions and are obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of that personal information. Service providers are not authorized to use the information we share with them for any purpose other than providing services to us or to you.
We may disclose information as required by law, such as in response to a subpoena, a lawful request by a public authority, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements, or similar legal process, and when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a legal request.
The majority of information that we collect will come directly from you when you complete a form online or speak to us on the phone. We may also collect information indirectly about you when you interact with our website, through the use of cookies and other tracking technologies as described below.
We may collect information about you from another party. For example, if you are a member or manager of a limited liability company that is formed through our website, we may be given information about you in order to complete your state filing.
We may collect information about you from our service providers. Service providers are entities that we have contracted with to provide us with services to help fulfill our business needs.
We may collect information about you from our business partners and affiliates. For example, we may receive information that you are interested in a Service that we offer.
We may collect information related to you from publicly available sources of information, including government records. For example, we may collect information about whether your legal entity is in good standing with a certain State.
We use “cookies” to help personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your device by a web server. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. If you register an account with us, a cookie allows us to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This facilitates the process of recalling your personal information so that when you return to our website, the information you previously provided can be easily retrieved. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can typically modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you want to. If you choose not to allow cookies, this may impact your ability to log into your account or experience the full interactive features of our Services.
We also employ a technology called web beacons or “clear gifs” that help us track referrals from our partners and affiliates and better manage content on our website. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track online movements of web users.
Our partners and affiliates may use cookies and web beacons to collect information about your activities on our site. The use of tracing technologies by our service providers, technology providers, or other third parties is not covered by our Privacy Policy.
We realize how important it is to keep your information safe and secure, which is why we not only practice what we preach but also feel it is important to explain how we keep your information private. Personal information collected by the site is stored in operating environments that are not available to the public.
Our security procedures mean that we may occasionally request proof of identity before we disclose your personal information to you. In certain telephone and in-person transactions, we may ask for certain client identifiers or other information to verify your identity before conducting the transactions you have requested.
Please understand that while we try our best to safeguard your personal information once we receive it, no transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. We periodically review our security procedures to consider appropriate technology and methods to secure information.
We do not, and will not, sell your information to third parties.
California law allows California residents to submit a verifiable request for us to provide them with certain information including: i) specific pieces and categories of personal information that we have collected about them; ii) the categories of sources for that information; iii) the business or commercial purposes for collecting their information; and iv) the categories of third parties with which their information is shared.
California residents also have the right to submit a request for deletion of their information under certain circumstances. This is not an absolute right, and we may decline to delete information when retention is allowed by law, for example, when we have an ongoing business relationship with the person, we have a continued need to use the information, or we need to retain the information to comply with a legal obligation.
If you exercise your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, we will not provide discriminatory treatment to you.
If you would like to submit a request about your data or obtain additional information, you may do so by emailing info@mymontanaregisteredagents.com or by calling our toll-free number at 1-888-462-3453.
After you submit the request, you will be asked to verify your email address, and you may also be asked to provide additional information to verify your identity. We will attempt to verify your identity by asking for information that matches the information that we have previously collected about you. Where this is not possible, we may request that you submit additional documentation for verification. Please note that, in accordance with California law, we will not be able to satisfy your request until we have verified your identity.
You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. To designate an authorized agent to make a request, you must provide us with your written permission for the agent to make the request on your behalf or provide us with a signed power of attorney. We will also need to verify valid government-issued identification for both you and the agent.
We encourage you to contact us if you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices in general:
Montana Registered Agent Services LLC Privacy Team