WBR Independent Privacy Policy
Date Last Updated: May 8, 2026
West River Solutions LLC ("WBR Independent," "we," or "us") wants you to be familiar with how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes our practices in connection with information we collect from or about you through:
- The wbrindependent.com website and any other WBR Independent-operated website from which you are accessing this Policy (the "Websites")
- HTML-formatted email messages that we send to you that link to this Policy or other communications with you
We refer to these collectively as the "Services."
Personal Information
When you visit and use our Services, we may collect the following categories of information:
- Identifiers, including your name, email address, mailing address, username and password, account name, IP address, or device identifiers
- Demographic Information, including city, state, zip code, or other similar information
- Electronic Network Activity Information, such as your browsing history, information about how you use the Services, and information about your device
- Payment Information, including details about your method of payment and billing address when you provide payment information to us
- Communications and other information you provide us, such as when you choose to contact us, respond to surveys, or otherwise communicate with us
- Inferences drawn from the other information described above
Collection of Personal Information
In addition to information we receive directly from you, we may receive the categories of information described above from other sources, including internet service providers, data analytics providers, operating systems and platforms, and publicly available sources.
Use of Personal Information
We and our service providers may use personal information for the following purposes:
- To provide the Services' functionality to you, such as arranging access to your registered account and providing related services and support
- To complete your transactions, including processing subscriptions and verifying your information
- To respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests
- To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our terms, conditions, and policies
- To send you our newsletter or other communications about our services and updates
- To analyze how our content is used and consumed
- For data analysis, fraud prevention, and security monitoring purposes
- For developing, improving, and maintaining our content and services
Aggregated or De-identified Personal Information
We may aggregate and de-identify personal information so that it will no longer be considered personal information. Such data is not subject to this Policy.
Disclosure of Personal Information
We may disclose personal information:
- To our third-party service providers, to facilitate services they provide to us, including website hosting, data analysis, payment processing, email delivery, and auditing
- To another business in the event of an acquisition, merger, sale, or reorganization, in which case personal information may be one of the transferred assets
- With your consent, for other purposes to which you consent
- For legal purposes, to comply with applicable laws, respond to law enforcement, or protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property
Cookies and Online Tracking Technologies
When you use our Services, we and our third-party partners may automatically collect information from you and your devices, including browsing activity, browser type, time spent on the Services, pages visited, and language preferences.
We gather statistical information using Google Analytics to continually improve our Services and understand how they are used. For more information on how Google Analytics collects and stores information, please see https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
If you do not want information collected by cookies, most browsers allow you to decline cookies or be given the choice of accepting a particular cookie. You may also refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html.
How We Secure Information
Protecting your information is a priority. We use reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures to protect the security and integrity of all information collected via our Services. No data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you believe your interaction with us is no longer secure, please notify us immediately at editor@wbrindependent.com.
Your Choices
If you no longer want to receive marketing-related emails from us, you may opt out by clicking the unsubscribe link in any marketing email or by contacting us at editor@wbrindependent.com. Please note that we may still send you important administrative messages from which you cannot opt out.
Cookies and Similar Technologies. You may refuse or disable cookies by adjusting your web browser settings. If you choose to disable cookies, some functionality of our Services may no longer be available to you.
Do Not Track. We currently do not respond to browser "Do Not Track" signals, as there is no standard for how online services should respond to such signals. As standards develop, we may develop policies for responding to do-not-track signals.
Third Party Services
Some of our Services may contain links to content maintained by third parties that we do not control. If you access third-party services such as Facebook or Google through our Services, those third-party services may collect information about you. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties and recommend that you review the privacy policy of each website you visit.
Use of Services by Minors
The Services are not directed to individuals under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 13.
International Users
WBR Independent is located in the United States. Your personal information may be stored and processed in the United States.
Sensitive Information
We ask that you not send us or disclose any sensitive personal information such as social security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion, health, or criminal background on or through the Services.
Third Party Payment Service
The Services provide functionality allowing you to make payments using Stripe. When you use Stripe to make a payment, your payment information will be collected by Stripe and not by us, and will be subject to Stripe's privacy policy. We have no control over and are not responsible for Stripe's collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time. The "Date Last Updated" legend at the top of this Policy indicates when it was last revised. Any changes will become effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Services after the new Policy takes effect constitutes your acceptance of the updated Policy.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Policy or our practices, please contact us at:
Email: editor@wbrindependent.com Mail: West River Solutions LLC, 201 Rue Beauregard, Suite 202, Lafayette, LA 70508