Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

1205 Consulting Inc. ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of our clients, website visitors, and prospective clients. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and safeguard personal information when you interact with our website and services.

2. Information We Collect

We collect two categories of information:

Information you provide directly. When you submit our contact form, subscribe to our newsletter, request a resource, or complete one of our assessment tools, you voluntarily provide personal information. This may include your name, email address, phone number, company name, role, and any details you share in your message or form responses.

Information collected automatically. When you visit our website, we and our third-party service providers use cookies and similar technologies to understand how visitors interact with our content, measure the performance of our marketing, and improve usability. These include:

• Google Analytics 4 — aggregated site analytics (page views, session duration, event interactions such as tool completions and form submissions).
• Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (UET) — conversion measurement for our Microsoft Advertising campaigns (e.g., recording when a form is submitted so we can evaluate ad performance).
• Microsoft Clarity — anonymized session recordings and heatmaps used to identify usability issues. Sensitive form inputs are masked by default.
• LinkedIn Insight Tag — conversion measurement and (when active) audience support for LinkedIn advertising campaigns.
• Basic server logs — IP address and page requests recorded for security, debugging, and performance purposes.

You can opt out of analytics and advertising cookies using your browser's privacy controls, a browser extension that blocks trackers, or the opt-out mechanisms published by the providers listed in Section 7. Disabling cookies does not prevent you from accessing our content.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information you provide solely to respond to your inquiry, assess how we may assist you, and deliver our consulting services. We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. We may share information with service providers who assist us in operating our website (e.g., form processing), subject to confidentiality obligations.

4. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected, comply with legal obligations, or resolve disputes. Contact form submissions are retained for up to 24 months unless a client engagement begins, in which case data is retained per the terms of the engagement agreement.

5. Data Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information. Our website is served over HTTPS, and form submissions are transmitted securely. However, no method of internet transmission is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Your Rights

Under applicable Canadian privacy legislation (including PIPEDA), you have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of your personal information. To exercise these rights, contact us at contact@1205consulting.com. We will respond within 30 days.

7. Third-Party Services

Our website uses the following third-party service providers, each of which operates under its own privacy policy:

• Formspree — contact form processing
• Vercel — website hosting
• Google LLC — Google Analytics 4 (policies.google.com/privacy)
• Microsoft Corporation — Microsoft Advertising UET and Microsoft Clarity (privacy.microsoft.com)
• LinkedIn Corporation — LinkedIn Insight Tag (linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy)
• Calendly — meeting booking (calendly.com/privacy)
• Resend — transactional email delivery (resend.com/legal/privacy-policy)

Our website may also contain links to other third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Your continued use of our website after any changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, contact us at contact@1205consulting.com.