Monticor (“we,” “us,” “the Firm”) treats information as confidential operational intelligence and collects only what is necessary to evaluate fit, communicate, secure our systems, and perform services: identifiers (name, email address, phone number, and any company/role you provide), operational inputs you voluntarily submit (intake responses, briefs, attachments, messages, and scheduling details), and standard technical data generated by your use of our site (IP address, device/browser characteristics, timestamps, pages viewed, referring URLs, and approximate location derived from IP) for security, fraud prevention, and reliability; if you purchase services, we receive billing contact details and payment confirmations from our payment processor, and we do not store full payment card numbers on Firm systems. We use personal information to provide and administer services, communicate with you, maintain engagement records and deliverables, protect the Firm and our users, comply with law, and operate commercial programs; where required by applicable law, processing is based on one or more of the following: contractual necessity, legitimate interests (including security and service improvement), legal obligation, and consent (including where required for non-essential cookies or marketing). We disclose personal information only (1) to vendors that provide essential operational services (hosting, scheduling, communications, payments, analytics where used, and security), under written agreements restricting use to providing services for Monticor and requiring appropriate confidentiality and safeguards, (2) to governmental or regulatory authorities when legally required, (3) to parties in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, or asset transfer, subject to lawful protections, and (4) to commercial partners in lead/referral and marketing arrangements; in connection with item (4), we may disclose identifiers (name, email, phone) in exchange for value, which some jurisdictions define as a “sale” or “sharing,” and we do not include in any such commercial disclosure your confidential briefing content, strategy materials, attachments, or deliverables. You control this: use the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information mechanism on our website or email privacy@monticor.com with subject PRIVACY COMMAND to opt out of sale/sharing and targeted advertising where applicable and to request access, correction, deletion, or portability as available under your local law (we may verify identity and may retain limited information where necessary to comply with law, maintain security, complete transactions, or defend legal claims); we do not discriminate for exercising privacy rights, and where required we treat recognized universal opt-out signals, including Global Privacy Control, as a valid opt-out for sale/sharing and certain targeted advertising; if we deny a request and an appeal right applies, you may appeal by replying to our decision email with APPEAL in the subject line, and you may also lodge a complaint with your competent privacy authority where applicable. We retain leads and inquiries for 24 months from last interaction, client engagement records and deliverables for 7 years after the engagement ends, security/access logs for 12 months, and accounting/tax records for 7 years (or longer if law requires), then delete or de-identify where appropriate. Your submissions remain your property; you grant the Firm a limited right to use submitted materials solely to evaluate and perform services for you, we require an NDA before invention-level disclosures upon request, and we maintain controls designed to prevent cross-client contamination; Monticor website content is protected by copyright and may not be reproduced without written permission. This Protocol is not directed to children, may be updated by posting a revised version with a new “Last Updated” date, and if you access Monticor from outside the United States your information may be processed in the U.S. and other jurisdictions where our service providers operate; for all privacy commands, contact privacy@monticor.com.