Black Fortitude LLC is referred to in this policy as “Black Fortitude,” “we,” “us,” or “our.” By using this website or submitting information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Scope of This Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to personal and business information collected through blackfortitude.com, including information provided through contact forms, email communications, project submissions, financing inquiries, private-opportunity registrations, meetings, and related communications.
This policy does not govern the independent privacy practices of third-party lenders, attorneys, accountants, production companies, distributors, platforms, investors, service providers, or other independent parties.
2. Information We May Collect
The information collected depends on the nature of your interaction with Black Fortitude.
Contact and Identity Information
- Name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Mailing address
- City, state, country, or market
Business and Professional Information
- Company or organization name
- Professional title or role
- Business website and social profiles
- Professional background and experience
- Ownership, management, and decision-making authority
Inquiry and Project Information
- Business objectives and strategic needs
- Entertainment-project descriptions and materials
- Scripts, treatments, decks, recordings, videos, and proposals
- Production, distribution, streaming, media, or partnership requests
- Real estate, acquisition, and transaction information
- Private-opportunity interests and participation preferences
Financial and Financing Information
- Requested financing amount
- Use of proceeds
- Business revenue and financial performance
- Tax returns and financial statements when requested
- Debt, collateral, liquidity, and repayment information
- Property, purchase, valuation, and loan information
Technical and Website Information
- Internet Protocol address
- Browser and operating-system information
- Device type
- Referring website or source
- Pages viewed and website interactions
- Approximate geographic location
- Date, time, and duration of website visits
3. Sources of Information
Black Fortitude may receive information:
- Directly from you
- From your authorized representatives
- From companies, project owners, and transaction parties
- From professional referrals and business partners
- From lenders, attorneys, accountants, and advisers
- From public records and publicly available sources
- From website analytics and technology providers
- From communications and documents submitted during an engagement
4. How We May Use Information
Black Fortitude may use collected information to:
- Review and respond to inquiries
- Evaluate prospective clients, projects, borrowers, and partners
- Assess readiness, strategic fit, authority, and documentation
- Provide business-management and advisory services
- Evaluate entertainment and media opportunities
- Review financing and real estate requests
- Coordinate authorized introductions and referrals
- Communicate with lenders and transaction professionals
- Administer private-opportunity qualification procedures
- Maintain business and project records
- Manage contracts, payments, and professional relationships
- Protect the website, firm, clients, projects, and counterparties
- Detect fraud, abuse, security risks, and unauthorized activity
- Comply with legal, regulatory, contractual, and professional obligations
- Improve website content, performance, and user experience
5. Sensitive and Confidential Information
Do not submit Social Security numbers, complete banking credentials, account passwords, private keys, medical records, or other highly sensitive information through the general contact form.
Financing, real estate, entertainment, and business reviews may eventually require financial statements, tax returns, ownership records, contracts, identification records, budgets, scripts, decks, or other confidential materials.
Those materials should be provided only after Black Fortitude requests them and identifies an appropriate method of transmission.
6. When Information May Be Disclosed
Black Fortitude may disclose information when reasonably necessary to evaluate or advance a request, operate the business, protect legitimate interests, or comply with legal obligations.
Information may be disclosed to:
- Employees, contractors, and authorized representatives
- Independent lenders and financing sources
- Attorneys, accountants, tax professionals, and advisers
- Production companies, producers, distributors, and platforms
- Real estate professionals, underwriters, and transaction parties
- Technology, hosting, analytics, email, and security providers
- Qualified counterparties evaluating a specific opportunity
- Government authorities when legally required
- Potential successors in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale
Disclosure to a third party does not guarantee that the third party will review, approve, finance, produce, distribute, acquire, or participate in a request.
7. Sale and Sharing of Personal Information
Black Fortitude does not sell personal information to data brokers or advertisers for monetary compensation.
Black Fortitude may share information with service providers, professional advisers, lenders, project parties, and counterparties when reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Website analytics providers may receive technical information through cookies or similar technologies according to their own terms and privacy practices.
8. Third-Party Service Providers
We may use third-party services to operate the website, process communications, store information, analyze website usage, provide security, manage business records, or coordinate projects and transactions.
Those providers may process information according to their own agreements, security procedures, and privacy practices.
Black Fortitude does not control the privacy or security practices of every independent third party.
9. Cookies, Analytics, and Website Technology
This website uses Google Analytics and may use cookies, pixels, log files, or similar technologies to understand website traffic, referral sources, device information, and visitor behavior.
These technologies may collect technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, visit duration, and approximate location.
You may restrict or delete cookies through your browser settings. Certain website functions may operate differently when cookies or related technologies are disabled.
10. Business Communications
Black Fortitude may use submitted contact information to respond to inquiries, request additional information, coordinate meetings, provide updates, or communicate about a current or potential business relationship.
You may request that non-essential communications stop by replying to the message or contacting Black Fortitude directly.
Transactional, legal, security, and relationship-management communications may continue when reasonably necessary.
11. Data Retention
Black Fortitude may retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to:
- Evaluate requests
- Maintain business and project records
- Administer relationships and agreements
- Protect legal and commercial interests
- Resolve disputes
- Comply with legal and regulatory obligations
- Prevent fraud and unauthorized activity
Retention periods vary based on the nature of the information, the relationship, legal requirements, operational needs, and whether a project or transaction remains active.
12. Information Security
Black Fortitude uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect information from unauthorized access, loss, alteration, misuse, or disclosure.
No website, server, email account, cloud platform, file-transfer system, or method of electronic transmission is completely secure.
Black Fortitude cannot guarantee absolute security or that unauthorized access will never occur.
13. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Depending on applicable law and your jurisdiction, you may have the right to request:
- Confirmation of whether we maintain personal information about you
- Access to certain personal information
- Correction of inaccurate personal information
- Deletion of certain personal information
- Restriction of certain processing
- Information about certain disclosures
- Withdrawal of consent where consent is the legal basis for processing
Black Fortitude may need to verify your identity and authority before responding.
Requests may be limited by legal, contractual, security, recordkeeping, professional, or legitimate business requirements.
14. California Privacy Rights
California residents may have additional rights under applicable California privacy law, including rights relating to access, correction, deletion, and information about certain uses or disclosures of personal information.
Black Fortitude may request information necessary to verify the identity of the person making the request.
An authorized agent may submit a request when permitted by law, subject to verification of the agent’s authority and the consumer’s identity.
Black Fortitude will not unlawfully discriminate against a person for exercising an applicable privacy right.
Privacy requests may be sent to Sherman@blackfortitude.com .
15. Children’s Privacy
This website and Black Fortitude’s services are intended for adults and business users.
Black Fortitude does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through this website.
A parent or legal guardian who believes a child submitted personal information may contact Black Fortitude to request review and deletion.
16. External Websites and Platforms
The website may contain links to third-party websites, social platforms, lenders, production companies, streaming platforms, service providers, or other independent parties.
Black Fortitude does not control the privacy, security, content, or data practices of those external websites and platforms.
You should review the applicable privacy policy before providing information to an external party.
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
Black Fortitude may revise this Privacy Policy periodically. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
Continued use of the website after a policy update constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy.
18. Privacy Contact
Questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy may be sent to:
Black Fortitude LLC
Calabasas, California
Sherman@blackfortitude.com
Ashley.Nouri@blackfortitude.com