Introduction
The Opportunities Company (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is a recruiting and talent advisory firm based in Atlantic Canada. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information with transparency and care.
This policy explains what data we collect through our website at https://www.theopportunities.company, how we use it, and your rights regarding that information.
What We Gather
Information We Collect
Contact Form Submissions
When you submit a contact form on our site, we collect your name, email address, and phone number. This information is provided voluntarily by you and is used solely to respond to your inquiry.
Analytics Data
We use privacy-focused analytics to understand how visitors interact with our site. This includes page views, referral sources, and general usage patterns. See the Third-Party Services section below for details on each tool.
Technical Data
Our server may temporarily process your IP address for rate limiting and spam prevention purposes. This data is held in memory only and is not persisted to any database or log file. A honeypot field is used in our forms to filter out automated spam submissions; this field does not collect personal information.
Purpose
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Respond to your inquiries and schedule conversations about our recruiting and advisory services
- Notify our team internally when a new inquiry is received
- Understand how visitors use our website so we can improve the experience
- Prevent spam and abuse through rate limiting and form validation
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. We do not use your data for advertising or profiling.
Tools We Use
Third-Party Services
Fathom Analytics
We use Fathom Analytics for website traffic analysis. Fathom is a privacy-focused analytics tool that does not use cookies, does not collect personal data, and is compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and PECR. No personal information is tracked or stored by Fathom.
PostHog
We use PostHog for product analytics and event tracking. PostHog captures events such as form submissions and button interactions to help us understand how our site is used. PostHog uses IP-based distinct IDs for user identification and may set cookies for session tracking. No personally identifiable information from form submissions is sent to PostHog.
Slack
When you submit a contact form, the information you provide (name, email, phone number) is sent to a private Slack channel via a secure webhook. This is used solely for internal team notification so we can respond to your inquiry promptly. Your data is not shared with Slack for any other purpose.
Cookies
Cookies and Tracking
Our primary analytics tool, Fathom Analytics, is entirely cookieless. We do not use Google Analytics or any advertising-related cookies.
PostHog may set cookies on your device for session tracking purposes. These cookies are used to understand how you navigate our site during a session and are not used for advertising or cross-site tracking.
Retention
Data Retention
Contact form submissions are retained in our internal communication tools (Slack) for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry and to maintain a record of our correspondence.
Analytics data collected by Fathom and PostHog is retained according to each provider’s data retention policies. Fathom does not retain personal data. PostHog event data is retained in accordance with our PostHog account settings.
Rate-limiting data (IP addresses) is held in server memory only and is discarded when the server restarts. It is not written to any persistent storage.
Your Rights
Your Privacy Rights
You have the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you
- Correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information
- Delete your personal information from our records
- Withdraw consent for any data processing based on your consent
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information below. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
Compliance
Canadian Privacy Law (PIPEDA)
As a Canadian company, we comply with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). Under PIPEDA, we are required to:
- Obtain your consent when we collect, use, or disclose your personal information
- Collect only the information reasonably necessary for the purposes we identify
- Protect your information with appropriate security safeguards
- Make our privacy practices available to you in a clear and accessible manner
By submitting information through our contact forms, you consent to the collection and use of that information as described in this policy. If you have concerns about our privacy practices, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
Updates
Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal and regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
Get in Touch
Contact Us
If you have questions about this privacy policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us:
The Opportunities Company
Email: humans@theopportunities.company
Phone: 902-314-2965
Atlantic Canada (PEI, Nova Scotia)