Privacy Policy

I. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

1. Personal Information
   • Examples: Name, email address, phone number, postal address, résumé/CV details, employment history, educational background, salary expectations, information about your business or organizational needs, and other details you may provide when you inquire about or engage our Services.
   • Sources: You may voluntarily provide this information when you submit a job application, schedule a consultation, sign up for newsletters, or communicate with us via email, our website, or third-party platforms.
2. Automatically Collected Information
   • Usage Data: We may automatically collect certain technical information about your device and usage of our website or online resources, including IP address, browser type, operating system, pages viewed, access times, and referring URLs.
   • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to enhance site functionality, remember user preferences, and analyze site usage. For more details, please refer to our [Cookie Policy].
3. Third-Party Information
   • We may receive additional information about you from public databases, professional networking platforms (e.g., LinkedIn), former employers, or references you provide. This helps us tailor our recruitment and consulting services more effectively to your needs.

II. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

1. Recruitment and Placement
   • To evaluate your qualifications for specific roles, match you with suitable opportunities, and facilitate communication between you and potential employers.
2. Consulting Services
   • To gather information necessary to understand your business goals, challenges, and objectives, enabling us to provide tailored advice, solutions, or strategies for your organization.
3. Communication
   • To send you updates about new or relevant job openings, consulting insights, recruitment events, or other information related to your professional or business interests.
   • To send administrative messages such as updates to this Policy or our Terms and Conditions.
4. Personalization
   • To tailor our Services and recommendations to your professional background, industry, and specific business needs.
5. Analytics and Improvements
   • To analyze usage trends, measure the effectiveness of our recruiting and consulting strategies, and continually improve our Services.
6. Legal and Security
   • To protect our rights and property, detect and prevent fraud, comply with legal obligations, and enforce our Terms and Conditions.

III. HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

1. Potential Employers and Partners
   • We may share your personal information (including résumés, CVs, or project requirements) with employers or project partners seeking candidates or consulting solutions relevant to your background or business needs.
2. Service Providers
   • We may share your information with third-party providers that assist us in delivering our Services (e.g., cloud hosting, applicant tracking, data analytics, payment processing, background checks). These providers can only use your information to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are prohibited from disclosing or using it for other purposes.
3. Business Transactions
   • In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or part of our assets, your personal information may be transferred as part of the transaction. We will notify you via email and/or prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information.
4. Legal Obligations
   • We may disclose your information if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., courts, government agencies).
   • We may disclose your information to protect our rights, property, or safety, or that of our employees, clients, or others.
5. Consent
   • We may share your information for other purposes with your explicit consent.

IV. COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

1. Cookies
   • We use first-party and third-party cookies to collect information about your online activities across our website and other online services. This helps us optimize user experience, remember preferences, and deliver relevant content.
2. Managing Cookies
   • You can typically control the use of cookies through your browser settings. If you disable or delete cookies, some features of our website may not function correctly.
3. Other Tracking Technologies
   • We may use pixel tags, web beacons, or similar technologies to measure user engagement with our online content and to analyze the effectiveness of our recruitment and consulting efforts.

For more information, please see our [Cookie Policy].

V. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

If you are accessing or using our Services from outside the region where our servers or service providers are located, your personal information may be transferred across international borders. By using our Services, you consent to the transfer, processing, and storage of your information in accordance with this Policy and applicable data protection laws. 

VI. DATA SECURITY

1. Security Measures
   • We implement commercially reasonable measures such as encryption, secure servers, and strict access controls to safeguard your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
2. No Guaranteed Security
   • While we strive to protect your personal information, no electronic transmission or storage system is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your data.

VII. DATA RETENTION

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected (e.g., recruitment, consulting, compliance with legal obligations). Once it is no longer needed, we will securely delete or anonymize your information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

VIII. YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES

1. Access and Updates
   • You have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information at any time. If you would like to review, update, or delete your information, please contact us.
2. Opt-Out of Communications
   • If you no longer wish to receive marketing or informational communications from us, you can unsubscribe by following the link in any such communication or by contacting us directly.
3. Do Not Track
   • We do not currently respond to “Do Not Track” signals from web browsers, as there is no agreed-upon industry standard or legal requirement for recognizing them.

IX. THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND SERVICES

Our Services may include links to third-party websites, resources, or services. We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those third-party sites before providing any personal information.

X. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our Services are not directed to individuals under the age of [13/16/18 – select based on jurisdiction]. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If we discover that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child, we will promptly delete it.

XI. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal obligations, or other factors. When we make material updates, we will revise the “Last Updated” date and, where appropriate, provide additional notice (e.g., via our website or email).

XII. CONTACT US

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Good Hope Works

1213 W. Morehead St. STE 500 UNIT#591

Charlotte North Carolina, 28208 
Email: customerservice@goodhope.com

By using our recruiting and consulting Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue your use of our Services.