Privacy Policy
Good Influence Group (“GIG,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to being transparent about how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information.
This Privacy Policy describes our information practices when you visit https://gigcompanies.com/ (the “Website”), submit an inquiry, subscribe to communications, or otherwise interact with us through the Website.
By using the Website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Where required by applicable law, we will request your consent before collecting or using certain information.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect personal information directly from you, automatically through your use of the Website, or through third-party service providers that support our operations.
Information You Provide
When you submit a contact form, request information, or otherwise communicate with us, we may collect:
- Your name
- Email address
- Phone number, if provided
- Company or organization name
- Job title or professional role, if provided
- Information about your business, project, or inquiry
- Any additional information you voluntarily include in your communications
You are not required to provide personal information simply to browse the Website. However, certain information may be necessary for us to respond to your inquiries or provide requested services.
Information Collected Automatically
When you access the Website, we and our technology providers may automatically collect certain information, including:
- Internet Protocol (IP) address
- Browser type and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages visited and time spent on the Website
- Referring websites or traffic sources
- General geographic location derived from technical information
- Website interactions and navigation patterns
- Cookie identifiers and related analytics data
This information helps us understand how visitors interact with the Website, evaluate performance, and improve the user experience.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:
Responding to Inquiries: To review and respond to contact form submissions, answer questions, and communicate about potential projects, partnerships, or services.
Business Development: To evaluate potential client relationships, prepare proposals, and communicate about GIG's capabilities and services.
Marketing Communications: To share company news, service updates, insights, announcements, and other promotional communications, subject to applicable legal requirements and your communication preferences.
Website Analytics: To understand visitor behavior, monitor Website performance, and identify opportunities to improve content, navigation, and functionality.
Website Security: To protect the Website, prevent unauthorized access, identify potentially fraudulent activity, and maintain operational security.
Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and other lawful obligations.
Business Operations: To manage our internal records, improve our services, and support legitimate business activities.
We will not use personal information for materially unrelated purposes without providing appropriate notice or obtaining consent where required.
3. Contact Forms & Marketing Communications
When you submit an inquiry through our Website, we use the information you provide to respond to your request and communicate with you regarding our services.
Information submitted through our contact forms may also be added to our marketing contact database, subject to applicable law.
We may send marketing communications about GIG, including company updates, new services, insights, and relevant business opportunities.
You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in those messages or by contacting us at k@gigcompanies.com.
Unsubscribing from marketing communications will not prevent us from sending necessary nonpromotional messages relating to an existing business relationship, active inquiry, or contractual obligation.
Where applicable law requires consent for marketing communications, we will obtain that consent before sending them.
4. Cookies & Similar Technologies
Our Website uses cookies and similar technologies to support functionality, analyze Website traffic, and improve visitor experiences.
Cookies are small data files stored on your device when you visit a website.
We may use the following categories of cookies:
Essential Cookies: These support basic Website functionality, security, and the operation of privacy preference tools.
Analytics Cookies: These help us understand how visitors use the Website, including which pages are viewed, how visitors navigate between pages, and how Website performance can be improved.
Preference Cookies: These may remember certain visitor choices, including cookie consent preferences.
Where required by law, we obtain consent before placing nonessential cookies on your device.
You can manage your cookie preferences through our Website's cookie consent tool or through your browser settings.
Disabling certain cookies may affect Website functionality or limit our ability to understand visitor activity.
5. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a website analytics service provided by Google, to help us understand Website traffic, visitor interactions, and overall performance.
Google Analytics may collect information about your device, browser, interactions with the Website, approximate location, and other usage data through cookies and similar technologies.
This information may be processed by Google in accordance with its applicable terms and privacy practices.
We use analytics information to evaluate Website performance and improve our content and user experience.
You can learn more about Google's privacy practices at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
You may also learn about Google Analytics opt-out options at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Where required, Google Analytics cookies will be subject to your cookie consent preferences.
6. How We Share Information
We do not sell personal information or share it with third parties for their own targeted advertising purposes.
We may disclose personal information to trusted third-party service providers that assist us with operating the Website and conducting our business.
These providers may include:
- Website hosting and content management providers, including Webflow
- Website analytics providers, including Google Analytics
- Email marketing and communication platforms
- Customer relationship management and business administration tools
- Technology, security, and operational support providers
- Professional advisers, where reasonably necessary
These providers may process personal information on our behalf to perform services for GIG, subject to applicable contractual obligations and legal requirements.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with legal obligations, respond to lawful requests, protect our rights or the rights of others, or investigate suspected fraud or security incidents.
If GIG undergoes a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or transfer of business assets, relevant information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.
7. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including responding to inquiries, maintaining business records, managing communications, and complying with legal obligations.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the nature of our relationship with you, and applicable legal requirements.
When personal information is no longer reasonably necessary, we will delete, anonymize, or otherwise securely dispose of it, unless continued retention is required or permitted by law.
8. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.
However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted through or stored in connection with the Website.
We encourage visitors not to submit sensitive personal information, financial account details, passwords, or confidential business materials through general contact forms.
9. Your Privacy Rights & Choices
Depending on your location and applicable privacy laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.
These rights may include the ability to:
- Request access to personal information we maintain about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate personal information.
- Request deletion of certain personal information.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Opt out of marketing communications.
- Manage nonessential cookies and tracking preferences.
- Exercise additional privacy rights available under applicable state or other privacy laws.
Certain rights may be subject to exceptions, verification requirements, or limitations under applicable law.
To submit a privacy-related request, please contact k@gigcompanies.com.
We may request additional information to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.
We will respond to applicable privacy rights requests within the timeframes required by law.
10. California Privacy Disclosures
California residents may have additional privacy rights under applicable California laws.
Depending on whether GIG meets the applicability requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, eligible California residents may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information, and to exercise other rights provided by law.
GIG does not sell personal information or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
California residents may contact k@gigcompanies.com with questions or requests concerning their personal information.
We will not discriminate against individuals for exercising privacy rights protected by applicable law.
11. Browser Tracking Preferences
Some web browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting that communicates a preference regarding online tracking.
Because browser-based Do Not Track signals are not interpreted uniformly across websites and services, our Website does not currently respond to these signals as a separate tracking-control mechanism.
Visitors may manage nonessential cookies through our Website's cookie consent tool, where available, or through browser settings.
Third-party analytics providers may collect information about Website activity through cookies or similar technologies, subject to their own privacy practices and the controls implemented on our Website.
Where applicable law requires recognition of specific privacy preference signals, we will honor those signals as required.
12. Third-Party Websites & Social Media
Our Website may include links to third-party websites and social media platforms.
When you follow these links, you may leave our Website and become subject to the privacy policies and terms of those third parties.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of websites or services that we do not own or control.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you visit.
13. Children's Privacy
Our Website is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed toward children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without any consent required by applicable law.
If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 in a manner inconsistent with applicable law, we will take appropriate steps to delete that information.
Parents or guardians who believe their child has submitted personal information through our Website may contact us at k@gigcompanies.com.
14. International Visitors
GIG is based in the United States, and our Website is primarily intended for visitors located within the United States.
If you access the Website from outside the United States, please be aware that information you provide may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where our service providers operate.
Data protection laws in these jurisdictions may differ from those in your country of residence.
Where applicable law requires additional safeguards for international data transfers, we will implement appropriate measures.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our business operations, Website functionality, technology providers, or applicable legal requirements.
When changes are made, we will update the effective date at the top of this page.
If required by applicable law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent before implementing material changes.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
16. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our information practices, or your privacy rights, please contact:
Good Influence Group
Email: k@gigcompanies.com
Website: https://gigcompanies.com/