Privacy & Cookie Policy

This Policy applies to information collected through the Summers website and related digital interactions controlled by Summers.

This Policy may apply when you:

• ·Visit or browse the website.
• ·Submit a contact form or inquiry.
• ·Request information from Summers.
• ·Communicate with Summers by email or through website links.
• ·Subscribe to updates, newsletters, or communications, if available.
• ·Submit business, partnership, real estate, philanthropic, or employment-related inquiries.
• ·Interact with website analytics, cookies, embedded content, or third-party tools used on the website.

This Policy does not apply to third-party websites, platforms, applications, or services that Summers does not control, even if they are linked from this website.

The information Summers may collect depends on how you interact with the website.

A. Information You Provide Directly

You may choose to provide information when you contact us, complete a form, request information, submit an inquiry, or otherwise communicate with Summers.

This information may include:

• ·Name
• ·Email address
• ·Phone number
• ·Mailing address
• ·Company or organization name
• ·Title or professional role
• ·Reason for inquiry
• ·Business, investment, real estate, philanthropic, or partnership interests
• ·Information included in messages, forms, attachments, or correspondence
• ·Any other information you voluntarily provide

B. Business and Partnership Inquiry Information

If you contact Summers regarding a business opportunity, partnership, property, investment, development, agricultural initiative, philanthropic initiative, vendor relationship, or professional service, we may collect information related to that inquiry.

This may include:

• ·Contact details
• ·Company information
• ·Project or opportunity description
• ·Property or asset details
• ·Market or location information
• ·Professional background
• ·Supporting materials you choose to provide
• ·Communications related to the inquiry

Submitting information through the website does not create a business, investment, advisory, fiduciary, confidential, or professional relationship unless a separate written agreement is signed by authorized representatives of the relevant parties.

C. Website Usage and Device Information

When you visit the website, certain information may be collected automatically through cookies, analytics tools, server logs, or similar technologies.

This may include:

• ·IP address
• ·Browser type
• ·Device type
• ·Operating system
• ·Pages viewed
• ·Time spent on the website
• ·Referring website or search source
• ·General location information derived from IP address
• ·Date and time of visit
• ·Website interaction data
• ·Cookie and tracking preferences

This information helps us understand website performance, improve user experience, maintain security, and evaluate how visitors interact with the site.

D. Communications Information

If you communicate with Summers by email, form submission, phone, or other method, we may retain records of that communication.

This may include:

• ·Message content
• ·Contact details
• ·Date and time of communication
• ·Follow-up notes
• ·Responses provided by Summers
• ·Related internal records necessary to respond or evaluate the inquiry

E. Career or Professional Information

If the website includes employment, contractor, advisor, or professional opportunity forms, we may collect information related to those submissions.

This may include:

• ·Resume or CV
• ·Employment history
• ·Education
• ·Professional qualifications
• ·References
• ·Portfolio materials
• ·Contact information
• ·Other information submitted as part of an application or inquiry

F. Sensitive Information

You should not submit sensitive personal information through general website forms unless specifically requested through a secure and authorized process.

Sensitive information may include:

• ·Government identification numbers
• ·Financial account details
• ·Medical or health information
• ·Passwords
• ·Private keys
• ·Confidential legal documents
• ·Highly sensitive family, trust, estate, or asset information
• ·Information concerning minors

If such information is submitted without request, Summers may delete, restrict, or disregard it where appropriate.

Summers may use collected information for legitimate business, operational, legal, security, and communication purposes.

These purposes may include:

• ·Responding to inquiries.
• ·Communicating with you.
• ·Reviewing business, real estate, philanthropic, vendor, or partnership opportunities.
• ·Evaluating professional or employment-related submissions.
• ·Operating and improving the website.
• ·Maintaining website security.
• ·Protecting against misuse, fraud, unauthorized access, or harmful activity.
• ·Understanding website traffic and performance.
• ·Managing records and internal administration.
• ·Complying with legal, regulatory, contractual, or professional obligations.
• ·Enforcing our Terms of Service.
• ·Protecting the rights, safety, property, reputation, or interests of Summers and others.
• ·Sending updates or communications if you have requested or consented to them.

Summers does not use website visitor information to provide legal, tax, financial, investment, or estate planning advice through the website.

If Summers offers newsletters, updates, announcements, or similar communications, you may choose to subscribe or request to receive them.

We may use your contact information to send communications about:

• ·Summers updates
• ·Website content
• ·Business initiatives
• ·Real estate activities
• ·Philanthropic initiatives
• ·Events or announcements
• ·Information you requested

You may opt out of non-essential marketing communications by using the unsubscribe instructions included in the communication or by contacting Summers.

Even if you opt out of marketing communications, Summers may still send non-marketing communications where appropriate, such as responses to inquiries, administrative notices, legal updates, or transaction-related messages.

Summers does not sell personal information in the ordinary course of operating this website.

We may share information only when appropriate and consistent with this Policy, including with:

A. Affiliates and Related Entities

We may share information with affiliated entities or related operations when necessary to respond to inquiries, evaluate opportunities, manage internal administration, or support Summers' business activities.

B. Service Providers

We may share information with trusted service providers who help us operate the website and related business functions.

These may include:

• ·Website hosting providers
• ·IT and cybersecurity providers
• ·Email and communication platforms
• ·Analytics providers
• ·Form management tools
• ·Cloud storage providers
• ·Professional advisors
• ·Legal, accounting, tax, or compliance advisors
• ·Marketing or design providers, if applicable

Service providers are expected to use information only as necessary to provide services to Summers and to protect the information appropriately.

C. Professional Advisors

We may share information with attorneys, accountants, consultants, tax advisors, insurance advisors, real estate advisors, investment professionals, or other professional representatives where appropriate for business, legal, compliance, or advisory purposes.

D. Business Transactions

Information may be shared or transferred in connection with a merger, restructuring, financing, acquisition, sale, transfer, joint venture, or similar business transaction involving Summers or its assets, operations, or affiliated entities.

E. Legal, Regulatory, and Safety Purposes

We may disclose information if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to:

• ·Comply with applicable law.
• ·Respond to legal process.
• ·Cooperate with regulators, courts, law enforcement, or government authorities.
• ·Enforce our Terms of Service.
• ·Protect Summers' rights, property, privacy, security, or reputation.
• ·Protect the safety or rights of others.
• ·Investigate or prevent fraud, misuse, cybersecurity threats, or unlawful activity.

F. With Your Consent

We may share information when you authorize or direct us to do so.

This website may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, tags, server logs, and similar technologies to operate the website, improve performance, understand usage, and enhance user experience.

A cookie is a small file placed on your device when you visit a website. Cookies may help the website remember preferences, understand traffic patterns, support security, or provide analytics.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for the website to function properly. They may support page navigation, security, accessibility, form submission, privacy preferences, or basic website operations.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use the website, including which pages are visited, how long visitors stay, and how the site performs.

Functional Cookies

These cookies may remember preferences or support enhanced website features, such as embedded media, forms, or display preferences.

Advertising or Targeting Cookies

If used, these cookies may help measure marketing effectiveness or support more relevant digital communications. Summers should only use these cookies where appropriate and in accordance with applicable law.

Depending on your location and the website tools in place, you may be able to manage cookie preferences through:

• ·A cookie banner or preference center.
• ·Browser settings.
• ·Device settings.
• ·Third-party opt-out tools.
• ·Privacy controls made available by analytics or advertising providers.

You may disable or block cookies through your browser, but some parts of the website may not function properly if certain cookies are disabled.

Where required by law, Summers will request consent before placing non-essential cookies and will provide a way to manage cookie preferences.

Summers may use analytics tools or similar services to understand website traffic, improve content, and evaluate performance.

These tools may process information such as:

• ·Device information
• ·Browser information
• ·Approximate location
• ·Website interactions
• ·Referring pages
• ·Pages visited
• ·Time spent on the website

Third-party tools may use their own cookies or similar technologies. Their use of information is governed by their own privacy policies and terms.

Summers should review all analytics, embedded media, forms, maps, CRM tools, advertising pixels, and third-party plugins before launch to ensure this Policy accurately reflects actual website practices.

Some browsers may offer "Do Not Track" settings or other privacy signals. Because there is not always a uniform industry standard for responding to all such signals, website responses may vary.

Where required by applicable law and technically feasible, Summers will honor recognized opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, if the website uses technologies covered by those requirements.

Summers uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, or disclosure.

These safeguards may include:

• ·Access controls
• ·Secure hosting practices
• ·Encryption where appropriate
• ·Administrative restrictions
• ·Vendor review
• ·Security monitoring
• ·Internal confidentiality practices

No website, transmission, database, or system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You are responsible for taking appropriate precautions when submitting information online.

You should not submit confidential, highly sensitive, or privileged information through general website forms unless specifically instructed through a secure and authorized channel.

Summers retains information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Retention periods may vary depending on:

• ·The nature of the information
• ·The reason it was collected
• ·Legal or regulatory obligations
• ·Business recordkeeping needs
• ·Dispute resolution
• ·Security requirements
• ·Contractual obligations
• ·Whether you request deletion, where applicable

When information is no longer needed, Summers may delete, de-identify, aggregate, or securely retain it as permitted by law.

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.

These rights may include the ability to:

• ·Request access to personal information we maintain about you.
• ·Request correction of inaccurate information.
• ·Request deletion of certain information.
• ·Object to certain processing.
• ·Restrict certain uses of information.
• ·Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
• ·Opt out of certain marketing communications.
• ·Opt out of certain targeted advertising or sharing, where applicable.
• ·Request information about how your information has been collected, used, or shared.

To exercise privacy rights, contact Summers using the contact information listed at the end of this Policy.

Summers may need to verify your identity before responding to a privacy request. We may deny or limit requests where permitted by law, including where we cannot verify identity or where retention is legally required.

If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under California privacy law.

Depending on how you interact with the website, Summers may collect the following categories of personal information:

• ·Identifiers, such as name, email address, phone number, mailing address, IP address, or similar information.
• ·Professional or business information, such as company name, title, business inquiry details, or professional background.
• ·Internet or network activity, such as website usage, browser information, device information, and interaction data.
• ·Commercial or inquiry-related information, such as business, real estate, partnership, philanthropic, or service interests.
• ·Geolocation information, such as general location inferred from IP address.
• ·Inferences, such as general interests based on website interaction, where applicable.

Summers may use these categories for the purposes described in this Policy, including responding to inquiries, operating the website, managing business communications, improving website performance, protecting security, and complying with legal obligations.

California Rights May Include

Subject to verification and applicable exceptions, California residents may have the right to:

• ·Know what personal information is collected.
• ·Access certain personal information.
• ·Request deletion of certain personal information.
• ·Request correction of inaccurate personal information.
• ·Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, if applicable.
• ·Limit the use or disclosure of sensitive personal information, where applicable.
• ·Not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.

Summers does not sell personal information in the ordinary course of operating this website. If the website uses advertising or analytics technologies that may be considered "sharing" under California law, Summers should provide an appropriate opt-out mechanism.

Authorized Agents

California residents may be able to designate an authorized agent to submit a privacy request on their behalf. Summers may require proof of authorization and may verify the identity of the individual who is the subject of the request.

If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Canada, or another jurisdiction with applicable privacy laws, you may have additional rights regarding your personal information.

Depending on applicable law, these rights may include:

• ·Right of access
• ·Right to correction
• ·Right to deletion
• ·Right to restrict processing
• ·Right to object to processing
• ·Right to data portability
• ·Right to withdraw consent
• ·Right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority

Where required, Summers processes personal information based on one or more lawful bases, such as:

• ·Your consent
• ·Performance of a contract or steps prior to entering a contract
• ·Legitimate business interests
• ·Compliance with legal obligations
• ·Protection of rights, safety, or security

If Summers transfers personal information internationally, it will seek to use appropriate safeguards where required by applicable law.

This website is not directed to children under the age of 13, and Summers does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through this website.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to Summers through the website, please contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete the information.

Minors under the age of 18 should use this website only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

The Summers website may include links to third-party websites, platforms, social media pages, embedded content, map services, video players, analytics tools, or other external resources.

Summers does not control and is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, policies, or operations of third-party websites or services.

You should review the privacy policies of any third-party websites or services you choose to use.

Communications sent through the website may not be fully secure. You should avoid submitting highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, or proprietary information through general contact forms or unsecured email.

Summers may use information submitted through forms or email to:

• ·Respond to your inquiry.
• ·Route your message internally.
• ·Evaluate potential opportunities.
• ·Maintain business records.
• ·Protect legal rights.
• ·Improve website functionality.

Submitting information through the website does not obligate Summers to respond, enter into discussions, preserve confidentiality, or pursue any opportunity unless otherwise agreed in writing.

Summers may update this Privacy & Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in law, technology, website functionality, business practices, or privacy procedures.

When changes are made, the updated Policy will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

Your continued use of the website after changes are posted means you acknowledge the updated Policy.

For questions about this Privacy & Cookie Policy or to submit a privacy-related request, please contact:

The Summers Organization

7738 A C Skinner Pkwy, #6413, Jacksonville, FL 32256

703.786.6703

contact@thesummersorganization.com

Please include "Privacy Request" in the subject line of your email or correspondence so your request can be routed appropriately.