Privacy Notice

Effective Date: 02/01/2015
Last Updated: 10/10/2026

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for (www.northcoastfinancialinc.com). This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website, except where stated otherwise. It will notify you of the following:

∙ What information we collect;
∙ With whom it is shared;
∙ How it can be corrected;
∙ How it is secured;
∙ How policy changes will be communicated; and
∙ How to address concerns over misuse of personal data.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. Except as described under Website Analytics and Session Recording below, we only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone. We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g., to ship an order. Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

Website Analytics and Session Recording

We use Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity to understand how visitors use this website so we can make it easier to use. Google Analytics measures things like how many people visit and which pages they view. Microsoft Clarity shows us how visitors interact with our pages through heatmaps and session recordings, including how you scroll, click and move around a page. These tools may collect information such as the pages you visit, your device and browser type, and your approximate location, using first-party and third-party cookies and similar technologies. Google and Microsoft collect this information on our behalf and may use it as described in their own privacy statements. Text you type into the forms on this site is masked and is not captured in session recordings. We use this information only to improve our website and the service we provide.

For more about how this data is collected and used, see the Microsoft Privacy Statement and the Google Privacy Policy. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, and you can opt out of Google Analytics with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. There is no common industry standard for how websites should respond to it, so this website does not currently change its behavior when it receives a Do Not Track signal.

Your Access to and Control Over Information

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number provided on our website:

∙ See what data we have about you, if any.
∙ Change/correct any data we have about you.
∙ Have us delete any data we have about you.
∙ Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website,your information is protected both online and offline.
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Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser, or looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the web page.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (e.g, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post these changes on our website so that you will always know what information we gather, how we use that information, and whether we will disclose it to anyone. The privacy practices of sites that may be linked to North Coast Financial Inc. web site are solely the responsibility of that provider and ​North Coast Financial Inc​. makes no representations nor bears any responsibility regarding the privacy policies of others.

Other Provisions as Required by Law

Numerous other provisions and/or practices may be required as a result of laws, international treaties, or industry practices. It is up to you to determine what additional practices must be followed and/or what additional disclosures are required. Please take special notice of the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), which is frequently amended and now includes a disclosure requirement for “Do Not Track” signals.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at ​760-722-2991 or via email ​at ​ don@northcoastfinancialinc.com.