Cookie Policy

Introduction to Our Cookie Policy

Welcome to the Cookie Policy page for Online Notaries Public. TeleNotary.com is proud to be the first platform to connect individuals and businesses with certified Remote Online Notaries (RON) across the United States. Privacy is important to us and we want our customers to understand how we collect, use, and share information about you. Cookies play a key role in providing a seamless and personalized experience when browsing our website. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them on our website, what choices you have regarding cookies, and how this all comes together to protect your privacy and security while using our services. Whether you are finding a notary, hiring a notary, or advertising your notary services and listings online, we believe it is important that our customers understand all that goes into our use of cookies to help inform your online experience.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are text files that are stored on your computer (or tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you access a website. They can be used for remembering preferences, activating certain features, improving site performance, and providing information to website operators about how their site is being used. Cookies can be temporary (session cookies) or persistent (stored cookies). Temporary cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your computer for some period of time or until you delete them. Cookies are used at Online Notaries Public so that you can more easily browse the site, if it works for you!

Why We Use Cookies

Online Notaries Public uses cookies for a few key reasons:

  • Improve user experience: They help us remember your login information, search history, and/or saved notary profiles to create a consistent and personalized experience whenever you return to our site.
  • Website functionality: Essential cookies are fundamental to the operation of online services like secure account login, real-time notary search, or access to your customer dashboard.
  • Analytics and performance: We use cookies to anonymously collect information about how our visitors use our website so that we can find out which sections are the most popular, improve site usability, or better respond to visitor needs and interests.
  • Security and legal compliance: Cookies help us detect unusual activity, prevent abuse of our services, and fulfill legal obligations regarding the protection of personal information-all of which helps us enhance security and maintain reliability.
  • Marketing and communications: With your permission, cookies allow us to offer useful updates or resources, learning content, or helpful notifications such as information about new RON laws or training events.

Types of Cookies We Use

In order to deliver optimal service, we use the following types of cookies:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are necessary for our website to work correctly. Without these cookies, you may not be able to log into secure areas, place orders, or use other core features such as our notary directory and your user dashboard.
  • Performance Cookies: These cookies collect data on how visitors use our website, for example, which pages are most frequently visited, or whether users get error messages on web pages. All information collected is aggregated and anonymous, used only to improve site performance.
  • Functionality Cookies: These store preferences and choices such as your language, country location, and chosen notary services. This allows us to tailor the website to your requirements in future visits.
  • Targeting / Advertising Cookies: With your consent, we may use targeting or advertising cookies to deliver content more relevant to you and tailored to your interests or to deliver educational content about our marketing outreach campaigns.
  • Third-party Cookies: Under certain circumstances, we also work with carefully selected trusted third-party solution providers (e.g., analytics, payments) who may also set cookies on your devices when you access the site. In these cases, cookies are subject to the respective privacy policy.

How We Use Cookies on the Online Notaries Public Website

On onlinenotariespublic.com, cookies are crucial to providing the services and resources that users have come to expect. Here are just a few ways in which cookies improve your experience:

  • Seamless Account Access and Management: Our cookies remember your authentication status, so you can manage your account, edit listings, or read more notaries without having to log in each time.
  • Personalized Search and Recommendations: Based on your searches and usage, our cookies will give you more relevant notary profiles, state-specific RON information, and educational resources to browse directly.
  • Secure Transactions: With our cookies, we allow secure connections to hire notaries, schedule an interview, or even pay for training sessions, all while ensuring your information remains secure at every point of interaction.
  • Notary Reviews and Ratings: Using cookies allows us to accept, filter, and manage the submission of notary reviews to provide transparency and accountability throughout our directory.
  • Analytics and Website Performance Optimization: Our website leverages our cookie capabilities by collecting anonymous usage data to help us refine search tools and improve page load speeds, ensuring we do more for the things our users care about most.

Managing and Controlling Cookies

We respect your ability to manage your personal information and cookie preferences. When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner where cookies can be accepted, or you can update your cookie settings immediately here:

  • Browser settings: Most web browsers allow you to view, manage, and delete cookies at all times. In most cases, your browser can be set to block all cookies, allow only some cookies, or notify you each time a cookie is being set on your device. Please bear in mind that disabling certain cookie features may affect the use of key elements on the website.
  • Cookie consent tool: Our website includes an easy-to-use tool that allows you to update your cookie preferences anytime you want. Simply click on the “Cookie Settings” link (located at the bottom of every page of our website) to see or amend your choices.
  • Opt-out from third-party cookies: In the case of third-party cookies (e.g., those being served by an analytics provider or an advertising network), please review your choices directly by clicking their opt-out engines.
  • Deleting Cookies: You can also delete cookies manually from your browser at any time. Please refer to instructions specific to your browser by checking its help menu.

We suggest that you keep functional and essential cookies enabled for the best experience on Online Notaries Public.

Third-Party Cookies and Services

Online Notaries Public collaborates with trusted third-party service providers to expand functionality, analytics, and security. Selected partners may set cookies on your device when you use their various features on our website. For example:

  • Analytics Vendors (Google Analytics): Google Analytics provides us aggregate information about how our website is being used. The cookies help us determine visitor trends and operating statistics, which helps us better understand the ways in which people use our services to improve them.
  • Payment Vendors: When you retain a notary or sign up for training services, secure payment cookies are used by our payment vendors to securely process your payment.
  • Social Media Integrations: If you follow us from our official website or share our content on a social media platform, these platforms may place cookies to facilitate your ability to share content more easily.
  • Marketing Tools: When you opt in, cookies from one of our trusted partners may be used to send you updates about new notaries, trainings, webinars, or other notary news and information.

All of our third-party cookies are managed by agreements designed to protect your privacy and data security. Please see their privacy policies for more information.

Cookies and Data Privacy

Protecting privacy is a fundamental part of our mission at Online Notaries Public. We use cookies in accordance with all applicable data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and applicable state laws in the US. How we protect privacy:

  • Anonymization: Analytical and performance cookies gather information in ways that do not identify you directly.
  • Minimal Data Collection: We only collect information required to provide services, improve performance, and meet legal requirements.
  • Secure Storage: Data gathered through cookies are stored securely and our security practices are updated regularly.
  • Transparent Communication: Cookie usage and consent are communicated to you, as necessary. Our goal is that you will always remain in control of your data.

Cookies for Notaries: Special Considerations

If you are a notary listing your services on Online Notaries Public, cookies are an essential part of your profile management and business outreach efforts. Here are the ways cookies benefit notaries:

  • Profile Management: Cookies remember you every time you visit the site. No need to constantly log in, which makes it easier to edit your profile, respond to client inquiries, and schedule or reroute incoming appointments.
  • Performance Analytics: Aggregate analytics can be reviewed to determine the frequency of profile views, demand for specific services, and a breakdown of engagement with all business listings.
  • Timely Notifications: Time-sensitive new client requests, review postings, and announcements can be efficiently notified via cookies.
  • Training/Mentorship Program Access: Those who sign up for NotaryStars.com training or mentorship programs are automatically linked to assigned resources via cookies tracking.

Like all users, control over cookie settings is fully in your hands, which can be updated upon selection at any time.

Cookies for Business and Enterprise Users

For our business customers (title companies, law firms, real estate brokerages, banks & other financial institutions, and health care providers), cookies facilitate efficient team management and enterprise-centric features:

  • Multi-User Access: Cookies help maintain secure sessions for teams that run multiple notary hires or manage compliance for multiple jurisdictions or locations.
  • Project Tracking: Persistent cookies can store project preferences to simplify workflow when processing large numbers of notarizations and monitoring the status of each.
  • Custom Reporting: Analytics cookies allow the collection of data regarding how hiring is trending, how well contracts are performing, response times, user satisfaction, and more, to assist with process optimization.
  • Integration with Internal Systems: For enterprise customers who integrate our platform with internal management systems, cookies support authentication and secure session data exchange.

We always prioritize privacy and security-no matter how large or small your organization.

Your Rights and Choices

As an Online Notaries Public user, you have the following rights:

  • You have the right to be informed on what type of data we’re collecting and for what purposes.
  • You have the right to receive a copy of all data processed, and inspect it.
  • You have the right to update, correct, or delete your personal data.
  • You have the right to withdraw your consent for non-essential cookies at any point.
  • You have the right to request information about third-party cookie use.

To exercise your rights, or for questions regarding cookies, you can contact us at [email protected], through our telephone number: 346-284-2961, or through our online form which can be found in the contact us section of the website. Our support team is ready to guide you through your data preference decisions.

Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time based on technological changes, law changes, and our users’ needs. Updated versions of this Cookie Policy will be posted here, along with a version number and effective date of the revised policy. Please review this page from time to time so that you are aware of how we use cookies and how you can protect your privacy. In the event that substantial changes are made, we may notify our users in individual email messages or via notifications on the website.

Contact Us About Cookies and Privacy

Your trust and confidence with us is of the utmost importance. Should you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding our Cookie Policy or data privacy practices, feel free to reach out to us at:

Address:1300 Post Oak Blvd Ste 610, Houston TX 77056
Phone:(346) 284-2961
E-mail:[email protected]
Website:https://onlinenotariespublic.com/
Form:Our Contact Us section of the website

We are committed to communicating openly and will attend to your request in an appropriate and prompt manner. With our ongoing updates, tools, and other relevant industry information and resources, simply follow us via our official website.

Frequently Asked Questions About Cookies

  • Will I not be able to use Online Notaries Public if I turn off cookies? No. Restrictions to certain cookies may prevent you from logging in, searching for notaries, or changing your profile settings. For optimal usage, we suggest allowing at least strictly necessary cookies.
  • Do cookies retain my personal documents or sensitive information? No. There is no storage of uploaded documents, signatures, or other personal or sensitive transaction records on cookies. These are securely processed using advanced encryption technology.
  • Can I modify my cookie preferences after the first configuration? Yes. Cookie preferences can be modified at any time via the “Cookie Settings” link at the bottom of our website or by contacting support.
  • Are cookies shared with advertisers? We do not sell or otherwise share personally identifiable information with third-party advertisers. Any marketing cookies present are only so that we may improve your experience and touch base with you about relevant updates after consent.

If you still have more questions, our support team is available to help.

Conclusion: Our Commitment to Your Privacy and Experience

At Online Notaries Public, privacy, security, and user experience are all top priorities. Cookies are implemented to help streamline any journey you take-whether hiring an online notary remotely, managing your professional profile, or using an educational resource-in the most smooth, synergized, efficient, and secure manner possible. We are committed to transparent practices, honoring your preferences, and offering you continuing support with all of your notarization needs. We appreciate your loyalty to Online Notaries Public. How can we assist you today? Hire a Remote Online Notary, list your services, or reach out with inquiries about the Cookie Policy.