Privacy Policy

• Visitors to our Site
• People who contact us through the Site, email, phone, or other channels
• Candidates and prospective candidates (including those we identify through professionalnetworks and public sources)
• Client and business contacts

• Contact details you provide
  (Name, email, phone number, mailing address, employer, job title)
• Information related to inquiries or project discussions
  (Informationyou submit via forms, emails, or calls)
• Candidate information
  (Résumé/CV, employmenthistory, education, qualifications, professional licenses, skills, languages,work preferences, compensation expectations (if shared), availability, andother information you choose to provide)
• Reference information
  (Names and contact details of references and notes from reference conversations – typically with appropriate notice/permission
• Communications
  (Content of emails, messages, meeting notes, and call summaries)
• Event/marketing information
  (Newsletter sign-ups, event registrations, and related preferences)

• Device and usage data
  (IP address, browser type, device identifiers, operating system, pages viewed, time spent, referring pages, and timestamps)
• Cookies and similar technologies
  (Used to remember preferences, measure performance, and improve the Site –see Section 6

• Public professional sources
  (e.g., business websites and professional networking profiles)
• Referrals
  (e.g., mutual contacts)
• Clients in connection with a search
• Service providers
  (e.g., scheduling tools, CRM/ATS tools)
• Other lawful sources relevant to executive search and recruitment

• Providing our services
  (Conducting executive search and recruitment activities, assessing candidate fit, coordinating interviews, and managing search processes)
• Communicating with you
  (Responding to requests, scheduling conversations, sending administrative notices)
• Maintaining talent networks
  (keeping candidate records for current and future opportunities (where appropriate)
• Operating and improving the Site
  (Analytics, troubleshooting, security monitoring, and improving content and usability)
• Marketing and business development
  (Sending updates, insights, or invitations (you can opt out anytime)
• Compliance and protection
  (Legal compliance, enforcing agreements, preventing fraud or misuse, and protecting rights and safety)

• A. To clients and search stakeholders
  If you are a candidate, we may share relevant information (e.g., résumé/CV, interview notes, or assessment information) with a client or prospective client in connection with a search, typically with your knowledge and/or consent as appropriate to the context.
• B. To service providers
  We may share information with vendors who help us operate our business (e.g., hosting, analytics, email, CRM/ATS systems, document management, scheduling). They are authorized to use information only as needed to provide services to us.
• C. Legal, safety, and business transfers
  Wemay disclose information:
  
  • To comply with law, regulation, legal process, or lawful requests
  • To protect rights, property, and safety of IK Search, our clients, candidates, or others
  • In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar transaction (subject to appropriate confidentiality protections)

• Maintain notes about conversations and interviews
• Verify professional history and qualifications (within lawful limits)
• Contact references where appropriate (often after informing you or with your permission, depending on the situation)

• Keep the Site functioning
• Remember preferences
• Understand usage patterns and improve performance

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• A. Marketing communications
  
  • You may opt out of marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link (if included) or by contacting us at info@iksearch.com.

• B. Access, correction, deletion
  
  • You may request that we access, correct, update, or delete certain information we hold about you by contacting us (see Section 12). We will consider requests consistent with applicable law, our professional obligations, and legitimate business needs (e.g., recordkeeping, dispute resolution).
• C. “Do Not Sell or Share”
  
  • We do not sell personal information. If we engage in certain types of analytics or advertising technologies that some laws characterize as “sharing” for targeted advertising, you may have the right to opt out where applicable. Contact us at info@iksearch.com for assistance.
• D. EEA/UK (GDPR) notice (where applicable)
  
  • If you are located in the EEA or UK, we may process your information based on legitimate interests (executive search and business operations), consent (where required), contractual necessity, and/or legal obligations. You may have rights such as access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, and data portability, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.