Privacy Notice
Effective Date: July 17, 2026
Shapcott Lauber, LLC (“Shapcott Lauber,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect information when you visit www.shapcottlauber.com, complete the Contractor Readiness Scorecard, submit a website form, schedule a consultation, subscribe to communications, or otherwise interact with us.
By using our website or voluntarily providing information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Notice.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following categories of information:
Information You Provide
You may provide information to us when you:
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Complete the Contractor Readiness Scorecard
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Request information or contact us
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Schedule an introductory call, assessment, or consultation
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Subscribe to newsletters or business communications
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Download a guide, report, or other resource
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Communicate with us by email, telephone, video conference, or another method
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Become a prospective client, client, referral source, vendor, or business partner
This information may include:
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Name
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Company name
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Job title or professional role
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Business address
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Email address
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Telephone number
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Company size, revenue range, trade, market, or service area
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Business challenges, priorities, and operational information
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Contractor Readiness Scorecard responses and results
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Information included in messages, forms, documents, or communications you send us
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Scheduling and appointment information
Please do not submit Social Security numbers, banking credentials, health information, employee records, trade secrets, or other highly sensitive information through general website forms unless we specifically request it and provide an appropriate secure method.
Information Collected Automatically
When you use our website, we and our service providers may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, including:
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Internet Protocol address
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Browser and device type
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Operating system
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Referring website or source
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Pages viewed and links selected
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Date, time, and duration of visits
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General geographic location derived from an IP address
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Cookie identifiers and similar technology
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Website interaction and performance information
We may use cookies, pixels, tags, analytics technologies, and similar tools to operate the website, remember preferences, understand website usage, improve performance, and measure the effectiveness of communications or marketing activities.
2. How We Use Information
We may use personal information to:
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Provide, operate, maintain, and improve our website
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Administer and deliver the Contractor Readiness Scorecard
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Calculate, present, or communicate Scorecard results
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Respond to questions and requests
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Schedule and conduct calls, assessments, and advisory discussions
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Evaluate whether our services may be appropriate for a prospective client
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Provide business advisory, assessment, discovery, and implementation services
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Personalize website content and communications
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Send newsletters, insights, resources, invitations, and service-related communications
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Conduct business development and maintain professional relationships
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Analyze website traffic, engagement, and performance
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Protect our website, systems, users, and business from fraud, misuse, or security threats
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Enforce agreements and protect our legal rights
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Meet accounting, tax, regulatory, contractual, and legal obligations
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Support internal administration, recordkeeping, quality control, and business planning
The Contractor Readiness Scorecard is an informational business-assessment tool. Its results are based on the answers provided and are not a guarantee of business performance, profitability, financing, valuation, tax outcomes, or future results.
3. Cookies and Analytics
Our website may use essential, functional, analytics, and marketing cookies.
Essential cookies support basic website operation and security. Functional cookies may remember preferences or enable features. Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the website. Marketing technologies may help us evaluate campaigns or present more relevant communications.
Our website is hosted through Wix, which may place cookies or process technical information to provide website hosting, security, functionality, forms, and related services.
We may also use Google Analytics or similar tools to understand website activity. These services may collect information about visits, device characteristics, interactions, and traffic sources according to their own terms and privacy practices.
Where available, you may manage nonessential cookies through our cookie banner or privacy settings. You may also configure your browser to block or delete cookies. Blocking certain cookies may affect website functionality.
4. Email and Business Communications
If you request information, complete the Scorecard, download a resource, subscribe to updates, or otherwise engage with us, we may send you relevant business communications.
You may unsubscribe from promotional emails by selecting the unsubscribe link included in the message or by contacting us. Even after opting out of promotional communications, we may continue sending nonpromotional messages concerning appointments, services, transactions, legal notices, or an existing business relationship.
We do not intend to send unsolicited commercial text messages without any consent required by applicable law.
5. How We Disclose Information
We may disclose personal information to service providers and professional advisers that assist us with:
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Website hosting and management
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Forms and Scorecard administration
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Email delivery and communications
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Appointment scheduling
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Customer and contact management
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Analytics and website performance
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Document storage and collaboration
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Information technology and cybersecurity
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Accounting, legal, insurance, and professional services
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Business operations and administration
These parties may process information only as needed to perform services for us, subject to their contractual obligations and applicable law.
We may also disclose information:
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With your direction or consent
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To advisers or specialized service partners when you request or authorize an introduction
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To comply with a law, subpoena, court order, or governmental request
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To investigate fraud, misuse, threats, or suspected unlawful activity
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To protect the rights, property, confidentiality, safety, or security of Shapcott Lauber or others
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In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business transaction
We do not sell personal information to third parties for monetary compensation. Depending on the technologies enabled on our website and the laws applicable to a visitor, certain analytics or advertising-related disclosures may be classified as “sharing,” “targeted advertising,” or a “sale” under some state privacy laws. Where legally required, visitors may manage these activities through the website’s cookie or privacy controls.
6. Confidential Business Information
Information submitted through a general website form is not automatically covered by a nondisclosure agreement or advisory-services confidentiality agreement.
When an assessment, discovery engagement, or client relationship requires the exchange of confidential company information, we may enter into a separate written agreement addressing confidentiality, permitted use, security, and other responsibilities.
Please use only the communication and document-transfer methods we designate when providing sensitive financial, operational, employee, customer, or project information.
7. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:
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Fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Notice
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Maintain prospective-client and business records
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Provide requested services
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Comply with legal, accounting, tax, insurance, and contractual obligations
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Resolve disputes
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Enforce agreements
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Protect our rights and systems
Retention periods vary depending on the type of information, the nature of the relationship, legal requirements, and legitimate business needs. When information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it.
8. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no website, electronic transmission, cloud platform, email system, or storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should exercise care when sending sensitive information electronically and contact us before transmitting information that requires enhanced protection.
9. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live and the laws applicable to you, you may have the right to request that we:
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Confirm whether we process your personal information
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Provide access to certain personal information
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Correct inaccurate information
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Delete certain information
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Provide a portable copy of certain information
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Limit or object to certain processing
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Opt you out of certain targeted advertising, sharing, or sales
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Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
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Review an appeal concerning a denied privacy request
These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal exceptions, identity verification, business-record requirements, and jurisdictional eligibility.
To submit a privacy request, contact us using the information below. Please include your name, contact information, state or country of residence, and a description of your request. We may need to verify your identity before completing the request.
We will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right.
10. Third-Party Websites and Services
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social-media platforms, scheduling services, professional partners, or other external resources.
We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy, security, availability, or content practices of third parties. Your use of third-party services is governed by their respective terms and privacy notices.
11. Children’s Privacy
Our website and services are intended for business owners, executives, managers, and other professionals. They are not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
A parent or legal guardian who believes a child has provided personal information to us may contact us and request its deletion.
12. Visitors Outside the United States
Shapcott Lauber is based in the United States. If you access our website from another country, your information may be transferred to, processed in, or stored in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate.
Privacy and data-protection laws in those locations may differ from the laws of your jurisdiction. Where required, we will take reasonable steps to address applicable cross-border data-transfer requirements.
13. Changes to This Privacy Notice
We may revise this Privacy Notice periodically to reflect changes in our services, technologies, vendors, business practices, or legal obligations.
The revised version will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Material changes may also be communicated through an additional website notice or another appropriate method.
14. Contact Us
For questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Notice or our handling of personal information, contact:
Shapcott Lauber, LLC
806 Green Valley Road, Suite 200
Greensboro, North Carolina 27408
Telephone: 336-932-6575
Website: www.shapcottlauber.com
Email: bill@shapcottlauber.com
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