Proviso respects your privacy, and we are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect or receive from visitors and users of the website www.provisogroup.com (our “website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing such information.

This policy applies to information we collect or receive on the website, whether on mobile or desktop applications, and through messages between you and the website. It does not apply to information collected by us offline or by any other means, including any third party.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you must discontinue use of this  website. By accessing or using the website, you agree to this policy. This policy may change from time to time (see below Changes to Privacy Policy). Your continued use of the website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Collection of Information

We collect information from you to enable the functionality of the website and to support the delivery of our services. Information we collect and receive from you may include, without limitation:

• Personally identifiable information (“personal information”), such as your name, address, phone number and email

• Business and financial information you provide to us

• Other information you provide to us

When you access our online services, we may automatically collect the following information:

• Internet protocol (IP) address

• Device and other unique personal or online identifiers

• Time zone setting and location 

• Browser type and version

• Operating system and platform

If you engage with our content on social media, we may receive information about people with whom you are friends or otherwise connected. We may also automatically collect information from the emails we send you in order to determine if our emails are opened among other information.  

Information You Provide to Us 

Information we collect on or through our website may include information that you provide by filling out forms on our website and records of messages if you contact us.

Information Collected from Cookies and Tracking Technologies

On our website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, including details of your visits to our website, traffic data, location data, logs and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the website and information your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type.

The information we collect automatically helps us to improve our website and deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to estimate our audience size and usage patterns, store information about user preferences and recognize users when they return to our website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

• cookies, or small files placed on the hard drive of your computer, including “essential cookies” required to enable you to browse our website and use certain features;

• web beacons, or small electronic files (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit our website, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity); and

• log files, which are recorded by the website’s servers for information about the IP address, browser type, and current URL for each user of the website.

You may refuse to accept browser cookies or other features by activating the appropriate setting on your browser; however, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our website.

Use of Information

Proviso only uses information you share with us to improve your experience with our Company, communicate with you and offer and provide our services. Your trust is essential to us, and we safeguard your privacy with the same level of care we apply to our own.

We do not sell any personal information. 

We may disclose your information to subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, co-counsel, service providers and other third parties we use to support our business or in connection with our services. We may also disclose your information to comply with any law, court order, legal process or governmental request, and to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements.

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.

Privacy Laws

State and federal laws regulate the use of personal information. In general, you have the right to request access to any personal data collected, request modifications or corrections to your data, request deletion of your information and unsubscribe from any marketing communications.

In North Carolina, businesses must respond to any data requests within 45 days, with possible extensions for complex requests. If you have submitted personal information through our website and would like that information deleted from our records or would like to update or correct that information, please use our Contact Us page.

California Residents

If you are a resident of California, you may have additional data privacy rights. To the extent the website is subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, you may be entitled to: the right to receive notice of the categories of personal information that will be collected for what purpose the categories will be used; the right to access the categories, sources, and business purpose of personal information that is collected, as well as the categories of third parties with which Proviso shares personal information; the right to opt-out, at any time, from the sale of personal information to third parties (if applicable); and the right to request deletion of personal information to the extent that information was collected from the user.

California’s “Shine the Light” law (California Civil Code Section 1798.83) permits users of a website that are California residents to request certain information regarding their personal information that companies have shared with third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year, as well as the identity of those third parties. Proviso does not sell or share personal information for this purpose. However, California residents may submit requests related to this disclosure by contacting us below.

Our website does not currently respond to 'Do Not Track' signals from web browsers.

European GDPR

Proviso does not target individuals or entities located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the United Kingdom or Switzerland. However, if you reside in one of these jurisdictions, you may have certain rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) or applicable local data protection laws. These rights may include:

• The right to request access to the personal data we hold about you;

• The right to request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data;

• The right to request that we delete your personal data in certain circumstances;

• The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data or object to certain types of processing;

• The right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine‑readable format, and to request that we transfer it to another controller where technically feasible; and

• Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

We process personal data under the following legal bases: your consent, where you have provided it; our legitimate interests in operating and improving our website and services, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights; and compliance with legal obligations.

To exercise any of the rights described above, you may contact us below. To protect your information, we may require you to verify your identity before responding to your request. Please note that certain legal obligations or overriding legitimate interests may limit the extent to which we can comply.

Children

Our website and services are not intended for or directed to children under 18.  We operate our site in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and will not knowingly collect or use personal information from anyone under 13 years of age.

Security

We protect personal information with commercially reasonable means to prevent loss, theft and unauthorized access and use. Please note, no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and no one can guarantee absolute data security. You are responsible for safeguarding your personal information and ensuring you do not purposely or accidentally make your personal information publicly accessible via our website or online services that you do not want to be public.

General Provisions

This policy is incorporated into and part of the Terms of Use for the website. Please carefully review those terms before using the website.

In the event that Proviso goes through a business transition such as a merger, sale or acquisition by another company, this policy and your information will be transferred or disclosed to a successor or assignee as part of the transaction.

Modifications

We may modify this policy from time to time. When we update the policy, we will revise the effective date and post the new policy. We recommend that you review the policy each time you visit our website to stay informed of our privacy practices.

Contact Us

The website is operated by, and references to “we,” “us,” “Proviso” and “Company” mean, Bowles PLLC dba Proviso Counsel, a North Carolina professional limited liability company.  

If you have any questions about this policy or if you would like to exercise your rights as described herein, please contact us by email at team@provisogroup.com.

Last updated: March 1, 2026