Privacy Policy
PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: August 22, 2026
ABOUT THIS POLICY
Grout Grouch Intellectual Property LLC respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how personal information may be collected, used and shared when you visit ownagroutgrouch.com, respond to our advertising, contact us about licensing the Grout Grouch brand or otherwise communicate with us.
Grout Grouch Intellectual Property LLC owns and licenses the Grout Grouch brand and provides the related initial and continuing brand and marketing services.
Each local company licensed to use the Grout Grouch brand is independently owned and is responsible for the personal information it collects from its own customers.
This Privacy Policy applies to information handled by Grout Grouch Intellectual Property LLC through this website, our advertising and our direct communications. It does not govern information collected independently by a local company, Answer My Business Calls or another outside company.
INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE
We may collect information you choose to provide, including:
• Your name
• Telephone number
• Email address
• City, state or area of interest
• Business name, if applicable
• Information about your trade experience, work experience or business background
• Questions, messages and other information you provide when communicating with us
If you decide to move forward, we may separately request information needed to prepare a written Trademark License Agreement and establish the Grout Grouch brand and marketing package for your company.
Sensitive information such as Social Security numbers, financial account information, background screening information or identification documents should not be submitted through this website or ordinary email unless we specifically request it through a secure method.
TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS
When you communicate with us by telephone, we may collect your telephone number, the date and time of the call, and information you choose to provide during the conversation.
If a telephone call is recorded, you will be notified before the recording begins.
INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM ADVERTISING AND OTHER SOURCES
We may receive information from Google, Facebook, Nextdoor or another advertising platform when you complete a form, request information or ask to be contacted through that platform.
We may also receive information from a referral source or another person when you have authorized that person to introduce you to us.
INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY
When you visit this website, certain information may be collected automatically by the website, hosting provider, security services, analytics services or advertising services.
This information may include:
• Internet Protocol address
• Browser and device type
• Operating system
• Pages viewed
• Date and time of visits
• The website or advertisement that referred you to our website
• Approximate location based on your Internet Protocol address
• Cookie and similar device identifiers
• Information about how you interact with the website
HOW WE USE INFORMATION
We may use personal information to:
• Respond to your questions and requested communications
• Speak with you about licensing the Grout Grouch brand
• Explain the initial and continuing brand and marketing services
• Understand the geographic area you are interested in
• Determine whether the Grout Grouch brand is available in that area
• Continue conversations you have requested
• Prepare and administer a written Trademark License Agreement if you decide to move forward
• Build and maintain the brand and marketing services associated with the license
• Arrange call answering services through Answer My Business Calls
• Operate, maintain, secure and improve this website
• Understand how visitors use the website
• Measure and improve our advertising
• Prevent fraud, misuse and security problems
• Maintain appropriate business records
• Comply with legal obligations
• Protect the rights and property of Grout Grouch Intellectual Property LLC
COOKIES, ANALYTICS AND ADVERTISING
This website may use cookies and similar technologies for website operation, security, analytics, advertising measurement and advertising.
Advertising and analytics providers may receive information such as your Internet Protocol address, device identifiers, browser information, pages viewed, advertising source and interactions with this website.
If you visit this website after seeing an advertisement on Google, Facebook, Nextdoor or another platform, that platform may also collect and use information according to its own privacy policy.
You can control or delete many cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect how portions of the website operate.
HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION
We may share information with companies that help us operate this website, communicate with you or provide services you request.
These companies may include:
• Website hosting and security providers
• Website development and maintenance providers
• Advertising and analytics platforms
• Telephone, email and communications providers
• Document preparation and electronic signature providers
• Background screening providers when separately authorized
• Attorneys, accountants and other professional advisers
• Other companies performing services on our behalf
We may disclose information when required by law, court order, subpoena or government request, or when reasonably necessary to protect our rights, property, business or others.
If you ask to speak with the owner of an independently owned local company licensed to use the Grout Grouch brand, we may share the contact information reasonably needed to arrange that conversation.
We may disclose information in connection with a merger, financing, sale of assets, reorganization or similar business transaction, subject to applicable law.
We may also share information with your permission.
ANSWER MY BUSINESS CALLS
Answer My Business Calls is operated by Merchant Channels LLC. It is a separately operated affiliated company under common ownership with Grout Grouch Intellectual Property LLC and also provides services to businesses outside the Grout Grouch brand.
If you move forward with call answering services, we may provide Answer My Business Calls with the information reasonably needed to establish and administer that service. This may include your name, business name, contact information, business telephone number, scheduling information and service preferences.
Information collected directly through Answer My Business Calls is governed by its own privacy notices and service terms.
INDEPENDENTLY OWNED LOCAL COMPANIES
Each local company licensed to use the Grout Grouch brand is independently owned and responsible for its own services, customers and business decisions.
Information that you provide directly to an independently owned local company is handled by that company. Grout Grouch Intellectual Property LLC does not control how a local company handles information it collects independently from its customers.
SALE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AND TARGETED ADVERTISING
Grout Grouch Intellectual Property LLC does not sell personal information for money.
We may use advertising and analytics services that receive online identifiers and information about website activity to measure advertising or present relevant advertising.
Some state privacy laws may define certain uses of advertising technology as targeted advertising, sharing or a sale of personal information even when no money is exchanged.
Where applicable law provides a right to opt out of those activities, you may submit a request using the contact information at the end of this policy.
BROWSER PRIVACY SIGNALS
This website does not presently change its practices in response to a traditional Do Not Track signal because there is no single generally accepted standard for that signal.
Where applicable law requires recognition of a valid universal opt out mechanism, such as Global Privacy Control, we will treat that signal as an opt out request for the browser or device from which it is sent as required by law.
Analytics and advertising services may collect information about website activity over time and across different websites or online services according to their own privacy policies.
HOW LONG WE KEEP INFORMATION
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
Information may also be retained to maintain appropriate business records, continue communications you requested, administer a written agreement, comply with legal obligations or protect our legal rights.
Information that is no longer reasonably needed may be deleted or securely disposed of.
SECURITY
We use reasonable administrative, technical and organizational safeguards intended to protect personal information based on the nature and amount of information we maintain.
This website uses an encrypted connection when information is transmitted between your browser and the website.
No website, electronic communication or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
Depending on where you live and whether a particular privacy law applies, you may have the right to:
• Ask whether we process personal information about you
• Request access to personal information we maintain about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of certain personal information
• Request a portable copy of certain information
• Opt out of certain uses involving targeted advertising, sale or sharing of personal information
• Use an authorized agent to submit certain requests
• Appeal a decision concerning a privacy request
We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. Certain information may be retained when permitted or required by law.
To submit a privacy request, use the contact information at the end of this policy and state the type of request you are making.
If we deny a request and applicable law provides a right to appeal, you may submit an appeal using the same contact information. Include the words “Privacy Appeal” in your request.
We will respond within the time required by applicable law and explain any further complaint process available to you.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising a privacy right provided by applicable law.
INFORMATION ABOUT CHILDREN
This website concerns business brand licensing and marketing services and is intended for adults.
It is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through this website.
If we learn that personal information from a child under 13 has been collected, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
This website may contain links to websites and services operated by other companies.
Grout Grouch Intellectual Property LLC does not control the privacy practices of those companies. When you visit another website or use another service, its privacy policy and terms apply.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, services, business practices or legal requirements change.
The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. If applicable law requires additional notice of a material change, that notice will be provided as required.
CONTACT US
Questions about this Privacy Policy or requests concerning your personal information may be directed to:
Grout Grouch Intellectual Property LLC
Wayne, New Jersey
Phone: 201-598-1965
Email: groutgrouchip@gmail.com
Website: ownagroutgrouch.com