Privacy Policy

Effective date: November 1, 2025

Republican Guilt Home Warranty ("Republican Guilt," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard personal information when you visit republicanguilt.com (the "Site"), submit forms, subscribe to emails, or enroll in a home warranty plan.

1. Information We Collect

Information you provide

We collect information you voluntarily submit, including name, email address, phone number if provided, property details, plan selections, claim descriptions, maintenance history, and communications with our team. If you enroll in a plan, we collect billing-related information processed by our payment partners; we do not store full payment card numbers on our servers.

Information collected automatically

When you use the Site, we may collect device type, browser, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and approximate location derived from IP address. We use cookies and similar technologies as described below.

Information from contractors and partners

When you file a claim, service contractors may provide diagnostic notes, photos of covered equipment, parts used, and completion records. Real estate partners may provide enrollment referrals with your consent.

2. How We Use Information

We use personal information to:

3. Legal Bases for Processing

Where applicable, we process information based on performance of a contract (your service agreement), legitimate interests in operating and securing our business, compliance with law, and consent for optional marketing or non-essential cookies.

4. How We Share Information

We share information only as needed with:

We do not sell personal information for money. We do not share information with unrelated third parties for their own marketing without your consent.

5. Cookies & Analytics

Cookies are small files stored on your device. We use essential cookies for security and form functionality. With your consent where required, we may use analytics cookies to understand Site usage. You can control cookies through browser settings; disabling cookies may limit certain features.

6. Email & Marketing Choices

You may subscribe to marketing emails via our subscribe page or footer forms. You may unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails or the unsubscribe page on this Site. Unsubscribing from marketing does not affect transactional messages related to active plans or claims.

7. Data Retention

We retain information as long as needed to provide services, meet legal and accounting requirements, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. Claim records may be retained for several years after plan termination as required by regulation and audit standards. Marketing suppression lists are retained to honor unsubscribe requests.

8. Security

We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information, including encryption in transit for Site connections, access controls for staff systems, and vendor security reviews. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure; please use strong passwords where accounts are offered and notify us of suspected unauthorized access.

9. Children's Privacy

The Site is not directed to children under sixteen. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child provided information, contact us to delete it.

10. Your Rights & Choices

Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of personal information, restrict or object to certain processing, and withdraw consent where processing is consent-based. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

To exercise rights, email privacy@republicanguilt.com with sufficient detail to verify your identity. We will respond within timeframes required by applicable law.

11. State-Specific Disclosures

Residents of certain states may have additional rights regarding access, deletion, and opt-out of targeted advertising. We honor applicable state privacy laws and will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights. A detailed consumer request process is available upon email request.

12. International Visitors

If you access the Site from outside your country of residence, you understand information may be processed in locations where we or our service providers operate, which may have different data protection rules.

13. Third-Party Links

The Site may link to third-party websites or social platforms. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies. We encourage you to review those policies before providing information.

14. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the revised policy on this page with an updated effective date. Material changes may be communicated by email or prominent Site notice where required.

15. Contact Us

Privacy questions or requests: privacy@republicanguilt.com.

16. Categories of Personal Information (Summary)

In the preceding twelve months we may have collected identifiers (name, email, IP address), commercial information (plan type, claim history), internet activity (Site interactions), geolocation approximations from IP, and professional information you provide about your property. We use these categories for the business purposes described in Section 2.

17. Sensitive Information

We do not seek to collect sensitive personal information such as government ID numbers or health data through the Site. If you include such information in free-text fields, we will use it only as necessary to respond to your inquiry and then retain it according to Section 7.

18. Contractor & Claim Photos

Diagnostic photos taken during service visits may show portions of your home interior or equipment nameplates. Contractors are instructed to minimize personal belongings in images. Images are stored in secure claim files accessible only to authorized personnel and the assigned contractor network.

19. Do Not Track

Some browsers transmit Do Not Track signals. Because industry standards are still evolving, we do not respond to Do Not Track signals at this time. You may still manage cookies through browser controls as described above.

20. Accessibility of Privacy Notices

We can provide this Privacy Policy in an alternative format upon request. Contact privacy@republicanguilt.com for assistance.