PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated May 06, 2026

This privacy notice for LLCGATE LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share (“process”) your information when you use our services (“Services”), such as when you:

• Visit our website at http://www.llcgate.com, or any website of ours that links to this privacy notice
• Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events

Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at [email protected].

SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS

This summary provides key points from our privacy notice. You can find more details about any of these topics by using the table of contents below to find the section you are looking for.

• What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.
• Do we process any sensitive personal information? We may process sensitive personal information (including Social Security Numbers and financial data) when necessary with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.
• Do we receive any information from third parties? We may receive information from third-party service providers, including payment processors (Stripe, American Express), advertising and analytics platforms (Google Ads, Google Analytics, Meta/Facebook Pixel, AdRoll), social networks, and other tools we use to deliver and improve our Services.
• How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law.
• In what situations and with which types of parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific categories of third parties.
• What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information.
• How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by visiting https://llcgate.com/contact/ or by contacting us at [email protected].

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal Information You Disclose to Us

In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.

The personal information we collect may include the following:

• Names
• Phone numbers
• Email addresses
• Mailing addresses
• Job titles
• Contact preferences
• Contact or authentication data
• Billing addresses
• Debit/credit card numbers
• Usernames and passwords
• Business name and desired LLC name
• State of formation and registered agent information
• Business member/owner names and addresses
• Employer Identification Numbers (EIN) and Social Security Numbers (SSN), where required by the service
• Business purpose and industry type

Sensitive Information

When necessary, with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law, we process the following categories of sensitive information:

• Financial data
• Social security numbers or other government identifiers

Payment Data

We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by Stripe and American Express.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information Automatically Collected

In Short: Some information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. You can find out more about this in our Cookie Notice.

The information we collect includes:

• Log and usage data — service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services, including your IP address, device information, browser type and settings, and information about your activity in the Services.
• Device data — information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Services, including hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
• Location data — information about your device’s location, which can be either precise or imprecise. Users enter their location manually; we do not automatically obtain or cache your device location.

2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:

• To facilitate account creation and authentication — to create and manage your account and keep it in working order.
• To deliver and facilitate delivery of services — to process and complete your LLC formation and business registration requests.
• To fulfill and manage your orders — to process your payments, returns, and exchanges.
• To respond to user inquiries and offer support — to respond to your messages and resolve any issues.
• To send administrative information — to send you service updates, security alerts, and account-related information.
• To send marketing and promotional communications — to send marketing messages in accordance with your preferences. You can opt out at any time.
• To deliver targeted advertising — to develop and display personalized content and advertisements tailored to your interests.
• To request feedback — to contact you about your use of our Services.
• To enable user-to-user communications — if you choose to use any of our offerings that allow for communication with another user.
• To protect our Services — for security monitoring, fraud detection, and to enforce our terms.
• To comply with legal obligations — to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
• To evaluate and improve our Services — to understand how our Services are used and improve them accordingly.

3. WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

In Short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason to do so under applicable law.

If You Are Located in the EU or UK (GDPR)

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. We may rely on the following legal bases:

• Consent — We may process your information if you have given us permission for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
• Performance of a Contract — We may process your information when it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you.
• Legitimate Interests — We may process your information when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests, provided those interests do not outweigh your fundamental rights.
• Legal Obligations — We may process your information where we are legally required to do so.
• Vital Interests — We may process your information where necessary to protect vital interests of you or a third party.

If you are located in the EU or UK, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at [email protected]. Note that withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.

If You Are Located in Canada

We may process your information if you have given us specific or implied consent. In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted to process your information without your consent, for example:

• If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way
• For investigations and fraud detection and prevention
• For business transactions provided certain conditions are met
• If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim
• For identifying injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicating with next of kin
• If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is, or may be a victim of financial abuse
• If it is reasonable to expect that the individual would consent and collection would be timely if we requested consent
• If collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes
• If the information is publicly available and is specified by regulation

If You Are Located in the United States

We process your personal information for the purposes described in this notice. We process it only when we have a valid legal reason, including your consent, to fulfill our contractual obligations, to comply with our legal obligations, to protect your vital interests, to pursue our legitimate business interests, or for other purposes as described in this notice.

4. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following categories of third parties.

Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf. We have contracts in place with our data processors. The categories of third parties we may share personal information with include:

• Payment processors (Stripe, American Express)
• Ad networks and retargeting platforms (Google Ads, Meta/Facebook, AdRoll)
• Data analytics services (Google Analytics)
• Social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, and others)
• Cloud computing services
• Data storage service providers
• Website hosting service providers
• Communication and collaboration tools
• User account registration and authentication services
• Performance monitoring tools
• Product engineering and design tools
• Sales and marketing tools
• Testing tools
• Finance and accounting tools
• Government entities (as required by law)
• Order fulfillment service providers
• Affiliate marketing programs

Other Sharing Situations

• Business transfers — We may share or transfer your information in connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
• Affiliates — We may share your information with our affiliates (parent company, subsidiaries, joint venture partners), requiring them to honor this privacy notice.
• Business partners — We may share your information with business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

5. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.

We use a cookie consent management tool on our website that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You may update your cookie preferences at any time through the cookie consent banner or by managing your browser settings. We use the following categories of cookies and tracking technologies:

• Essential cookies — Required for the website to function.
• Analytics cookies — Including Google Analytics, to understand how visitors use our website.
• Advertising and retargeting cookies — Including Google Ads, Meta/Facebook Pixel, and AdRoll, to show you relevant advertisements.
• Social media cookies — From platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and others.

You may opt out of advertising-related tracking by visiting https://optout.aboutads.info/ or https://optout.networkadvertising.org/.

6. IS YOUR INFORMATION TRANSFERRED INTERNATIONALLY?

In Short: We may transfer, store, and process your information in countries other than your own.

Our servers are located in the United States. If you are accessing our Services from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed by us and our third-party service providers in the United States and other countries.

If you are a resident in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), or Switzerland, these countries may not have data protection laws as comprehensive as those in your country. However, we will take all necessary measures to protect your personal information in accordance with this privacy notice and applicable law, including relying on Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission where required.

7. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). We retain your information according to the following schedule:

• Account and registration data — For as long as your account is active, plus 3 years after account closure.
• Business formation documents and records (including LLC filings, EINs, SSNs, and member/owner details) — 7 years from the date of service completion, in compliance with applicable business and tax recordkeeping requirements.
• Payment and transaction records — 7 years for tax and accounting compliance.
• Marketing communications preferences — Until you unsubscribe or opt out.
• General correspondence and support records — 3 years from last interaction.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if deletion is not immediately possible (e.g., because your information is stored in backup archives), we will securely store it and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

8. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18, or that you are the parent or guardian of a minor and consent to that minor’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at [email protected].

9. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short: In some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information.

Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include the right to:

• Request access to and obtain a copy of your personal information
• Request rectification or correction of inaccurate personal information
• Request erasure (deletion) of your personal information
• Object to or restrict the processing of your personal information
• Data portability — receive your personal information in a portable format
• Not be subject to automated decision-making
• Withdraw your consent at any time (where processing is based on consent)

To exercise your rights, please visit https://llcgate.com/contact/ or contact us at [email protected]. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Account Information

If you wish to review, update, or terminate your account, please contact us. Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms, and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject cookies. Note that removing or rejecting cookies could affect certain features or services of our Services. If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, please email us at [email protected].

10. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.

11. DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short: If you are a resident of California, Connecticut, Colorado, Utah, or Virginia, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.

Categories of Personal Information We Collect

We have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months:

Category	Examples	Collected
A. Identifiers	Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and account name	NO
B. Personal information as defined in the California Customer Records statute	Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, and financial information	YES
C. Protected classification characteristics under state or federal law	Gender and date of birth	NO
D. Commercial information	Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, and payment information	NO
E. Biometric information	Fingerprints and voiceprints	NO
F. Internet or other similar network activity	Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems, and advertisements	NO
G. Geolocation data	Device location	NO
H. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information	Images and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activities	NO
I. Professional or employment-related information	Business contact details in order to provide you our Services at a business level or job title, work history, and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us	NO
J. Education information	Student records and directory information	NO
K. Inferences drawn from collected personal information	Inferences drawn from any of the collected personal information listed above to create a profile or summary about an individual’s preferences and characteristics	NO
L. Sensitive personal information	Social Security Numbers, government identifiers, financial data	YES

We will use and retain the collected personal information as needed to provide the Services or for as long as specified in our retention schedule (see Section 7).

Your Rights Under California Law (CCPA/CPRA)

California residents have the right to request that we:

• Disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you
• Disclose the categories of sources from which we collected your personal information
• Disclose our business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information
• Disclose the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information
• Delete personal information we collected about you
• Correct inaccurate personal information
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information
• Limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal information

We have not sold any personal information to third parties for monetary compensation. However, we do share personal information with advertising and analytics platforms (including Google Ads, Google Analytics, Meta/Facebook Pixel, AdRoll, and social networks) for targeted advertising purposes, which may constitute “sharing” under CCPA/CPRA. You may opt out of this sharing by contacting us at [email protected] or visiting https://llcgate.com/contact/.

We process certain categories of sensitive personal information — including Social Security Numbers, government identifiers, and financial data — only as necessary to provide our LLC formation and business registration services, and as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

Verification process: Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity. We may ask you to provide information that can be matched to what we have on file. We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requester’s identity.

Right to non-discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights.

To submit a request, please visit https://llcgate.com/contact/ or email [email protected].

Your Rights Under Colorado Law (CPA)

Colorado residents have the following rights under the Colorado Privacy Act:

• Right to be informed whether or not we are processing your personal data
• Right to access your personal data
• Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data
• Right to request deletion of your personal data
• Right to obtain a copy of your personal data
• Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data for targeted advertising, sale, or profiling

To submit a request, please email [email protected] or visit https://llcgate.com/contact/. If we decline your request and you wish to appeal, please email us and we will respond within 45 days.

Your Rights Under Connecticut Law (CTDPA)

Connecticut residents have the following rights under the Connecticut Data Privacy Act:

• Right to be informed whether or not we are processing your personal data
• Right to access your personal data
• Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data
• Right to request deletion of your personal data
• Right to obtain a copy of your personal data
• Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data for targeted advertising, sale, or profiling

To submit a request, please email [email protected] or visit https://llcgate.com/contact/. If we decline your request and you wish to appeal, we will respond within 45 days.

Your Rights Under Utah Law (UCPA)

Utah residents have the following rights under the Utah Consumer Privacy Act:

• Right to know whether we are processing your personal data
• Right to access your personal data
• Right to request deletion of personal data you provided to us
• Right to obtain a copy of your personal data
• Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data for targeted advertising or sale

To exercise these rights, please email [email protected] or visit https://llcgate.com/contact/.

Your Rights Under Virginia Law (VCDPA)

Virginia residents have the following rights under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act:

• Right to know whether we are processing your personal data
• Right to access your personal data
• Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data
• Right to request deletion of your personal data
• Right to obtain a copy of your personal data
• Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data for targeted advertising, sale, or profiling

To exercise these rights, please email [email protected] or visit https://llcgate.com/contact/. If we decline your request and you wish to appeal, we will respond without undue delay.

12. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Last updated” date at the top of this notice and will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

13. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at [email protected] or contact us by post at:

14. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please visit: https://llcgate.com/contact/.