Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 09 February 2026
Last Updated: 09 February 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how HireLinking (“HireLinking”, “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and protects your personal data when you visit or use hirelinking.com (the “Website”) and any related services (collectively, the “Services”).

HireLinking is the data controller of your personal data in connection with the activities described in this Privacy Policy.

By accessing or using the Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, you should not use the Website or provide us with your personal data.

1. Who We Are

• Website: https://hirelinking.com

• Legal Entity / Brand Name: HireLinking

• Contact Email: resume@hirelinking.com

HireLinking owns and operates the Website and is responsible for determining the purposes and means of processing your personal data.

2. Scope of This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to:

• Visitors to the Website (whether or not they make a purchase).

• Users who purchase digital products (such as resume templates) or services via the Website.

• Individuals who contact us via email, forms, or other communication channels linked to the Website.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to:

• Third‑party websites, applications, or services that may be linked from our Website.

• Third‑party platforms where HireLinking may maintain a presence (e.g., social media sites), which are governed by their own privacy policies.

3. Personal Data We Collect

We collect personal data in several ways: automatically when you use the Website and directly when you provide it to us.

3.1. Data Collected Automatically (“Device Information”)

When you visit the Website, we automatically collect certain information about your device and how you interact with the Website (“Device Information”). This may include:

• Technical identifiers

  • IP address

  • Browser type and version

  • Operating system and device type

  • Time zone setting and locale

• Usage and interaction data

  • Pages and content viewed

  • Time and date of visits

  • Time spent on pages

  • Clicks, scrolls, and referring/exit pages

  • Websites or search terms that referred you to the Website

• Cookies and similar technologies

  • Details of cookies stored on your device

  • Unique identifiers (e.g., cookie IDs, session IDs)

We refer to this automatically collected data as “Device Information.”

3.2. Data You Provide Directly

When you use certain features of the Website or communicate with us, you may voluntarily provide personal data, including but not limited to:

• Identity and contact information

  • First name and last name

  • Email address

  • Phone number

  • City, region, or country of residence

  • Organization or company name (if applicable)

• Account / order information (if applicable)

  • Billing address and/or postal address

  • Order details (products purchased, date and time, transaction amount)

  • Communication preferences (e.g., newsletter opt‑in)

• Payment information

  • We may collect limited payment-related data, such as transaction IDs and the last few digits of a card number, but full payment card details are typically processed and stored by our third‑party payment processor(s), not by us directly.

• Communications and content

  • Information you include when you contact us via email or contact forms (e.g., questions, feedback, support requests, CV/resume content if you choose to share it).

  • Any additional information you voluntarily provide in forms, surveys, or other fields on the Website.

3.3. Special Categories of Data

HireLinking does not intentionally collect any special categories of personal data (such as data about health, religion, political opinions, etc.). If you voluntarily choose to include such information in your resume or communications, you do so at your own discretion and responsibility.

4. Why We Process Your Data (Purposes and Legal Bases)

We process your personal data only when we have a valid legal ground to do so. Depending on your location (e.g., EU/EEA, UK, etc.), these legal grounds may include performance of a contract, legitimate interests, consent, and legal obligations.

4.1. To Operate and Maintain the Website

• Administer and protect the Website (troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, security, maintenance, support).

• Monitor usage and performance to ensure the Website functions correctly.

Legal basis:

• Our legitimate interests in operating, securing, and improving the Website.

4.2. To Process Orders and Provide Digital Products/Services

• Process your orders, payments, and transactions for digital products (e.g., resume templates).

• Deliver digital content and services you purchase (e.g., sending download links or access information).

• Provide customer support related to your purchase or use of our products.

Legal basis:

• Performance of a contract with you.

• Our legitimate interests in managing customer relationships and providing services.

4.3. To Communicate With You

• Respond to your inquiries, requests, and feedback.

• Send administrative messages, such as order confirmations, service updates, changes to terms or policies, and security notifications.

Legal basis:

• Performance of a contract with you.

• Our legitimate interests in effective communication and customer service.

4.4. To Send Marketing and Promotional Communications (If Applicable)

• Send you newsletters, updates, and promotional content about our products and services if you opt‑in or where permitted by law.

Legal basis:

• Your consent (where required).

• Our legitimate interests in promoting and developing our business, where local law permits.

You may opt out of marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in the emails or contacting us at resume@hirelinking.com.

4.5. To Improve Our Services and Conduct Analytics

• Analyze aggregated and anonymized data to understand how users interact with our Website.

• Improve the design, features, performance, and content of our products and Website.

Legal basis:

• Our legitimate interests in understanding and improving our services and user experience.

4.6. To Comply With Legal Obligations and Defend Our Rights

• Comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.

• Respond to requests from public and government authorities.

• Enforce our Terms of Use and other policies.

• Protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and that of our users or others.

Legal basis:

• Compliance with a legal obligation.

• Our legitimate interests in protecting our business and enforcing our rights.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Website may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and store certain information automatically.

5.1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by websites that you visit. They help websites recognize your device and remember certain information about your visit (e.g., language preferences or login status).

5.2. Types of Cookies We May Use

• Strictly necessary cookies: Required for the Website to function properly (e.g., session management, security).

• Performance/analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors use the Website to improve performance and content (e.g., page views, traffic sources).

• Functional cookies: Allow the Website to remember your preferences (e.g., language, region).

• Marketing/advertising cookies (if applicable): Used to deliver relevant advertisements or measure marketing performance.

5.3. Managing Cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies via your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality and user experience of the Website.

6. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal data. However, we may share your information with the following categories of recipients where necessary:

6.1. Service Providers and Processors

We may share data with trusted third‑party vendors who perform services on our behalf, such as:

• Payment processors and gateways

• Website hosting, cloud storage, and IT service providers

• Email service providers and communication tools

• Analytics and performance monitoring tools

These third parties are authorized to use your personal data only as necessary to provide services to us and are generally bound by confidentiality and data protection obligations.

6.2. Business Transfers

In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or other business transaction, your personal data may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to appropriate confidentiality protections.

6.3. Legal Requirements and Protection of Rights

We may disclose personal data if required or permitted by law, such as:

• To comply with legal obligations, court orders, or government requests.

• To protect our rights, property, and safety, and that of our users or others.

• To investigate and prevent fraud, security issues, or other illegal activities.

(“Legal disclosure” as described in your original text.)

7. International Data Transfers

Depending on your location and where our servers or service providers are based, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own, including countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) such as Canada, the United States, or India.

Where required by applicable law, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards (such as standard contractual clauses or equivalent legal mechanisms) are in place to protect your personal data when it is transferred internationally.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, including:

• For the duration of your relationship with us and as needed to provide you with our Services.

• For a reasonable period after your last interaction with us, to maintain records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

When we no longer need your personal data, we will delete it, anonymize it, or securely store it and isolate it from further processing where deletion is not immediately possible (for example, in backup archives).

9. Information Security

We take reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the personal data we process against:

• Unauthorized or unlawful access

• Loss, misuse, or alteration

• Unauthorized disclosure

These measures may include secure servers, access controls, encryption (where appropriate), and regular security assessments.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for using a secure Internet connection and taking steps to protect your own devices and credentials.

10. Your Rights (Especially If You Are in Europe)

If you are located in the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom (UK), or in a country with similar data protection laws, you may have some or all of the following rights regarding your personal data:

• The right to be informed – To receive clear information about how your data is used.

• The right of access – To request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

• The right to rectification – To request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.

• The right to erasure – To request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.

• The right to restrict processing – To request limitation of how we process your data in certain cases.

• The right to data portability – To receive your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller, where technically feasible.

• The right to object – To object to certain processing activities, including direct marketing.

• Rights related to automated decision‑making and profiling – To not be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that produce legal or similarly significant effects on you, where applicable.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in the Contact Information section below.

Additionally, if you are a European resident, note that:

• We process your information primarily to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example, when you make an order through the Website).

• We also process information to pursue our legitimate business interests as described in this Policy.

• Your information may be transferred outside of Europe, including to countries such as Canada, the United States, and India, as described above.

You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority if you believe your rights have been violated.

11. Children’s Privacy

The Website and Services are not intended for children under the age of 16 (or a higher age of consent where required by local law), and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided personal data to us, please contact us at resume@hirelinking.com. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child without appropriate consent, we will take steps to delete such data promptly.

12. Links to Other Websites

Our Website may contain links to external websites that are not owned or controlled by HireLinking.

Please be aware that:

• We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or policies of such third‑party websites.

• This Privacy Policy applies only to data collected by our Website.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third‑party websites you visit.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or for other operational reasons.

When we make material changes, we will:

• Update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Policy; and

• Take additional steps to inform you, such as displaying a prominent notice on the Website or sending you a direct notification, where required by law.

Your continued use of the Website after any changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated Policy.

14. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights regarding your personal data, you may contact us at:

Email: resume@hirelinking.com
Website: https://hirelinking.com

Please include enough information for us to identify you and respond to your request (for example, your full name, email address, and a clear description of your query or request).