Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 19, 2026

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Fast Forward Business Advisors (“FFBA”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to FFBA and fastforwardba.com.

Please read the following Privacy Policy to understand how your personal information will be collected, stored, used, and disclosed. This Privacy Policy may change periodically, so please check back from time to time.

This Privacy Policy includes details on:

  • What personal information we collect, and how we collect that information
  • Why we use or process personal information
  • How and where we disclose personal information
  • Our efforts to protect personal information
  • How long we keep personal information
  • Your rights regarding your personal information
  • Additional marketing notice
  • Text message service privacy and terms
  • Questions about this Privacy Policy

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1. Categories of Personal Information We Collect, and How We Collect That Information

We collect information or data about you or that can be used to identify you, such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, business information, professional background, or other information (“personal information”) when you voluntarily choose to disclose such information to us. For example, you may disclose personal information to us when you submit an inquiry through our website, contact us by telephone or email, sign up for communications from us, or schedule a consultation.

We may also collect personal information about you from another source, such as a referral from a business associate, a professional introduction, or a publicly available source. If you provide personal information to us about someone else, you acknowledge that you are authorized to disclose that information to us.

We also collect certain information through automatic means. We use cookies and other technologies to collect certain information when you use fastforwardba.com. Information collected through our website may include location, IP address, browser type, and content viewed. We use first-party and third-party cookies for analytics and advertising purposes, including Google Analytics and Google Ads. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings.

We do not direct our website to children or individuals under eighteen (18) years of age

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2. Why We Use or Process Personal Information

We use your personal information only for legal and legitimate purposes, including:

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Advisory Services

We will use and process your personal information to provide M&A advisory services, to communicate with you about those services, and to comply with our legal and professional obligations related to those services.

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Marketing

We may process certain personal information for direct marketing purposes, based on your consent. You have the option of withdrawing your consent at any time. We may also process your location data, IP address, and content viewed on our website in accordance with our cookie practices.

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Contract Performance

We may use or process personal information in connection with pre-engagement discussions and to perform an advisory engagement that we have with you.

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Legal Obligations

We will use or process personal information as necessary to comply with applicable legal obligations, including in connection with the defense of claims and satisfaction of governmental requests.

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Other Legitimate Interests

We will process your personal information for other legitimate interests, including analyzing use of our website, improving our website, managing client relationships, and fulfilling our obligations to clients and others.

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3. How and Where We Disclose Personal Information

We will not sell, trade, or rent your personal information.

We operate our website from the United States and store the information we collect in the United States. We will disclose personal information to service providers that perform services for us and who are obligated to secure that information — such as technology providers, analytics providers, and communications vendors. We may also disclose your personal information as required by a court order or any other legal or regulatory requirement, or to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property.

We may also share personal information with affiliated professional service providers, including legal counsel, in connection with providing advisory services or fulfilling our professional obligations.

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4. Our Efforts to Protect Personal Information

We take reasonable measures to protect personal information from misuse, interference, and unauthorized loss, access, modification, or disclosure. We undertake industry-standard data protection practices, including commercially available software and hardware security tools. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be one hundred percent secure. We will strive to protect your personal information but cannot guarantee the security of any information transmitted to us electronically.

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5. How Long We Keep Personal Information

We will keep your personal information until we no longer expect to need it for any legal and legitimate purpose and otherwise in accordance with applicable law. At the appropriate time, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or de-identify your personal information, except where we are required to retain it to satisfy legal obligations.

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6. Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Information

Subject to applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding personal information we have collected about you, including the right to: know what personal information we have collected; know what personal information was disclosed to third parties; correct inaccurate information; restrict or object to processing; request deletion of your personal information; or request transmission of your personal information to another data controller.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights, except that deletion of your personal information may prevent us from providing content or services that depend on that information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us:

By email: hello@fastforwardba.com

By telephone: 440-636-1919

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7. Additional Marketing Notice

We may process personal information you provide for marketing purposes, including when you contact us to express interest in our services, when you sign up to receive communications from us, or when we otherwise receive your contact details. You will be provided with the option to unsubscribe or opt out from receiving further marketing communications at any time by contacting us at the information above or by following unsubscribe instructions included in any marketing communication.

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8. Text Message Service Privacy and Terms

Text Message Privacy

Fast Forward Business Advisors sends text message responses to prospective clients about M&A advisory services offered at fastforwardba.com.

We respect your privacy and use the information you provide solely to send and respond to mobile messages. This includes sharing your information with platform providers, phone companies, and other vendors who assist us in delivering messages. Mobile information will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent are not subject to this restriction.

We may disclose information as necessary to satisfy legal, regulatory, or governmental requests, to avoid liability, or to protect our rights or property.

This section applies specifically to your use of our Text Message Service and does not modify the other sections of this Privacy Policy, which continue to govern our relationship with you in other contexts.

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Text Message Terms of Service

When you opt in to our text message service, we may send you a message to confirm your signup. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies.

To get help: Text HELP to 440-636-1919.  [link as tel]

To stop messages: Text STOP to 440-636-1919.  [link as tel]  After you send “STOP,” we will reply to confirm that you have been unsubscribed. After this, you will no longer receive text messages from us. If you wish to rejoin, simply sign up again as you did the first time.

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Participating Carriers

AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, Boost Mobile, MetroPCS, Virgin Mobile, Alaska Communications Systems (ACS), Appalachian Wireless (EKN), Bluegrass Cellular, Cellular One of East Central IL (ECIT), Cellular One of Northeast Pennsylvania, Cricket, Coral Wireless (Mobi PCS), COX, Cross, Element Mobile (Flat Wireless), Epic Touch (Elkhart Telephone), GCI, Golden State, Hawkeye (Chat Mobility), Hawkeye (NW Missouri), Illinois Valley Cellular, Inland Wireless, iWireless (Iowa Wireless), Keystone Wireless (Immix Wireless/PC Man), Mosaic (Consolidated or CTC Telecom), Nex-Tech Wireless, NTelos, Panhandle Communications, Pioneer, Plateau (Texas RSA 3 Ltd), Revol, RINA, Simmetry (TMP Corporation), Thumb Cellular, Union Wireless, United Wireless, Viaero Wireless, and West Central (WCC or 5 Star Wireless).

Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

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9. Questions About This Privacy Policy

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices of this website, please contact us:

Fast Forward Business Advisors

7160 Chagrin Rd., Suite 155

Chagrin Falls, OH 44023

Email:  hello@fastforwardba.com

Phone: 440-636-1919