This policy describes ETRMTalent's actual data practices. It is a working draft prepared for review by ETRMTalent's legal counsel and should be confirmed by an attorney before it is relied upon.
1. Who we are
This website is operated by ETRMTalent ("we", "us", "our"), a specialist recruitment firm for Energy Trading & Risk Management (ETRM) professionals.
- Address: 5251 Westheimer Rd, Suite 730, Houston, TX 77056, USA
- Email: community@etrmtalent.com
2. Personal data we collect
Information you give us
When you submit our contact form, we collect the information you provide: first name, last name, work email address, phone number, company name, and your message.
Information collected automatically
- Analytics — with your consent, Google Analytics collects your IP address, device and browser type, pages viewed, time on site, and approximate location.
- Anti-spam — our anti-spam service processes minimal technical signals to distinguish humans from bots. It does not build an advertising profile of you.
- Server logs — our hosting provider records standard request metadata (such as IP address) to operate and secure the site.
3. Cookies
We use a small number of cookies:
- cookie_consent — remembers your cookie choice (stored for 12 months).
- Google Analytics (
_ga,_ga_*) — set only after you accept analytics cookies. - Anti-spam — a temporary, session-only cookie set by our anti-spam service.
You can accept or decline non-essential cookies using our consent banner, reopen your choice any time via the "Cookie Preferences" link in the footer, and manage cookies in your browser settings.
4. How we use your data
- To respond to your inquiry or application and provide our recruitment services.
- To understand and improve how the site is used (analytics, with consent).
- To protect the site against spam and abuse.
We do not sell your personal data, and we do not use it for targeted advertising.
5. Who we share data with
- Google (analytics) — Google Privacy Policy.
- Hosting, security & email-delivery providers — the infrastructure partners that host the site, protect it from spam, and deliver your contact-form submissions to us.
Contact-form submissions are delivered to us by email and retained until we no longer need them to serve you.
6. Your privacy rights
Texas residents (TDPSA)
You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data, and opt out of any sale or targeted advertising. We honor browser-based Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals as a valid opt-out.
California residents (CCPA/CPRA)
You have the right to know, delete, correct, and opt out of the sale/sharing of personal information, and the right not to be discriminated against for exercising these rights.
EU / UK residents (GDPR / UK GDPR)
You have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and to object to processing of your personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, email community@etrmtalent.com. We aim to respond within the timeframes required by applicable law.
7. Data retention
We keep contact-form submissions only as long as needed to respond to your inquiry and for our legitimate business records, after which they are deleted.
8. Security
The site is served exclusively over HTTPS. We use reputable providers and reasonable technical measures to protect your data, though no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.
9. Children
This site is intended for business professionals. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the latest revision.
11. Contact us
For any privacy question or request, email community@etrmtalent.com.