Effective Date: October 2, 2025
Last Updated: October 2, 2025

At Edge International Partners, we understand that trust is the foundation of every consulting relationship. When you share your most sensitive business information with us, you're placing extraordinary confidence in our ability to protect what matters most to your business.

This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and share your personal data. It applies to all individuals who interact with our firm, whether as clients, potential clients, website visitors, or job candidates.

Edge International Partners is a strategic consulting firm serving businesses that need trusted advisors for their most sensitive and consequential decisions. For detailed information about our services and approach, please visit our website.

Contact Information:

United States:
Edge International Partners LLC
Email: privacy@edgeinternationalpartners.com
Website: www.edgeinternationalpartners.com

European Representative:
Email: privacy.eu@edgeinternationalpartners.com

The information we collect depends on how you interact with our firm. We collect only what we need to deliver our services, maintain our business relationships, and comply with legal obligations.

Contact and Professional Information

When you engage with us or express interest in our services, we collect basic contact details such as your name, job title, company name, email address, phone number, and business address. This information allows us to communicate with you, understand your role within your organization, and coordinate our work effectively.

Business Context and Engagement Information

During consulting engagements, we collect business information necessary to understand your challenges and provide meaningful advice. This typically includes financial records, organizational structures, strategic plans, operational processes, competitive analyses, and proprietary methodologies. The exact nature of this information varies significantly based on the engagement, but we treat all business information you share as potentially sensitive and subject to strict confidentiality obligations that extend beyond the scope of privacy law. These confidentiality commitments are typically detailed in our engagement agreements.

Sensitive Personal Data

We generally do not request sensitive personal data such as health information, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, or similar categories. If you voluntarily provide such information, for example in the context of discussing workforce matters or organizational culture during an engagement, we will protect it with additional care and process it only where necessary for the specific purpose you've shared it.

Recruitment Information

If you apply for a position with our firm, we collect information you provide in your application, including your resume or CV, cover letter, references, work history, educational background, and any other information you choose to share during the recruitment process. We may also collect information from references you've provided or from professional networking platforms where you've made your profile public.

Website and Technical Information

When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain technical information through cookies and similar technologies. This includes your IP address, browser type and version, device type, operating system, pages you visit, time spent on pages, links you click, and the website that referred you to ours. This information helps us understand how people use our website and improve the user experience.

We process your personal data for specific purposes tied to our business operations and your relationship with us.

Delivering Consulting Services

The primary purpose for collecting your information is to deliver the consulting services you've engaged us to provide. This includes analyzing your business challenges, developing recommendations, creating deliverables, conducting research, coordinating with your team, and providing ongoing advisory support. We cannot provide effective consulting without understanding the full context of your situation, which necessarily involves processing substantial business and personal information.

Client Relationship Management

We use your contact and business information to manage our ongoing relationship with you. This includes responding to inquiries, scheduling meetings, invoicing for services, maintaining project files, and ensuring continuity across engagements. We may contact you periodically with information we believe would be valuable to you, though you can opt out of marketing communications at any time.

Business Operations and Improvement

We process information to maintain and improve our business operations. This includes financial accounting, quality assurance, training our team, developing better methodologies, and analyzing which types of engagements we serve most effectively. When we use engagement information for internal learning and improvement, we work with de-identified or aggregated information whenever possible. The insights we gain from past work inform our capabilities, but we never use your specific confidential information to benefit other clients or for competitive intelligence purposes.

Recruitment and Human Resources

If you've applied for a position with us, we process your application materials to evaluate your candidacy, conduct interviews, check references, and make hiring decisions. If we hire you, this information becomes part of your employment record. If we don't hire you, we may retain your information for future opportunities unless you ask us to delete it.

Website Analytics and Improvement

We analyze website usage data to understand how visitors interact with our site, which content is most valuable, where users encounter difficulties, and how we can improve the overall experience. This analysis uses aggregated, de-identified data and does not involve tracking individuals across the web.

Legal Compliance and Protection

We process personal data as necessary to comply with legal obligations, such as tax reporting, regulatory requirements, and responses to valid legal process. We also process information to protect our legal rights and interests, such as defending against claims or enforcing our agreements.

We process your personal data based on several legal grounds, depending on the context.

Contract Performance

When you engage our consulting services, we process your information to fulfill our contractual obligations to you. We cannot deliver the services you've hired us to provide without processing your business and personal information.

Legitimate Interests

We process certain information based on our legitimate business interests, provided these interests don't override your fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, we have legitimate interests in managing client relationships, improving our services, recruiting talented people, maintaining website security, and protecting our legal rights. We've carefully balanced these interests against privacy considerations and implement appropriate safeguards.

Consent

In some situations, we rely on your consent to process personal data. For example, if we want to record a video conference, we'll ask for your explicit consent first. You can withdraw consent at any time, though this won't affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Legal Obligations

We sometimes process personal data because we're legally required to do so, such as maintaining records for tax purposes or responding to valid legal process from courts or regulators.

We share your information only when necessary and always with appropriate safeguards.

Within Our Firm

Information is shared internally on a need-to-know basis. Only team members directly involved in your engagement or who need access for their specific role can view your information. Our partners across different office locations access information only when their involvement is required for your specific project. Every person who might access your information has signed comprehensive confidentiality agreements.

Service Providers

We engage service providers who perform functions on our behalf, such as cloud storage and computing, communication platforms, website hosting, data analytics, IT support, and professional services like legal and accounting. These providers are contractually required to protect your information, use it only for specified purposes, and maintain security standards at least as rigorous as our own. We carefully vet all service providers before engagement and monitor their performance regularly.

Legal Requirements and Protection of Rights

We may disclose personal data when required by law or when we believe disclosure is necessary to comply with legal process, respond to governmental requests, enforce our agreements, protect our rights or property, or protect the safety of our people or others. We carefully review all legal demands to ensure validity and narrow their scope whenever possible. When legally permitted, we will notify you before disclosing information in response to legal process.

Business Transactions

If Edge International Partners is involved in a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, your personal data may be transferred as part of that transaction. We would notify affected individuals of any such transfer and ensure the recipient maintains equivalent privacy protections.

With Your Authorization

We may share information when you've explicitly authorized us to do so, such as when you ask us to coordinate with specific third parties or when you approve a case study or reference. We confirm the scope of any such sharing in writing before disclosure.

No Sale of Personal Data

We never sell or rent personal data to third parties. We don't monetize your information through data brokerage, marketing databases, or similar practices. Your information is used exclusively for the purposes outlined in this policy.

Edge International Partners operates across borders, primarily between the United States and Europe. This means your personal data may be transferred to, stored in, or accessed from multiple countries. We implement appropriate safeguards to ensure your data remains protected regardless of location.

Transfers from the EU to the US

When we transfer personal data from the European Union or European Economic Area to the United States, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission. These are binding contractual commitments that ensure European data protection standards apply to your information even when processed in the US. We also implement supplementary security measures including encryption, access controls, and regular security assessments to provide additional layers of protection.

Transfers to Other Countries

If your data is transferred to other countries, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place through contractual commitments, adequacy decisions by relevant authorities, or other legally recognized transfer mechanisms.

Data Localization Requests

If you have specific requirements about where your data must be stored or processed, we can often accommodate these preferences. We maintain documentation of data locations and can provide details about where your information resides upon request.

Regardless of where your data is physically located, your privacy rights remain constant. We ensure that anyone who handles your information, anywhere in the world, maintains the same rigorous standards outlined in this policy.

We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law.

Business and Engagement Data

During an active engagement, we maintain all project-related information to ensure service continuity and quality. After an engagement concludes, we typically retain business information for seven years. This retention period aligns with standard accounting practices, audit requirements, and the potential need to reference past work. For engagements involving transactions with regulatory implications, we may retain information for up to ten years. You can request earlier deletion of your information, which we'll honor except where retention is required by law or necessary for legitimate purposes such as defending legal claims.

Recruitment Data

If you apply for a position but are not hired, we retain your application materials for up to two years from your last interaction with us. This allows us to consider you for future opportunities without requiring you to reapply. You can request deletion of your application materials at any time.

Marketing and Contact Data

If you've expressed interest in our services but haven't engaged us, or if you were a past client who hasn't engaged with us recently, we retain your contact information for up to two years from your last contact with us. This allows us to maintain the relationship and share information that might be valuable to you. You can opt out of marketing communications or request deletion at any time.

Website and Technical Data

Technical information collected through our website is typically retained for shorter periods, generally up to two years, unless longer retention is necessary for security purposes or legal compliance.

You have significant rights regarding your personal data, and we're committed to facilitating their exercise.

Rights Available to Everyone

Regardless of where you're located, you have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you. You can request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data. You can request deletion of your personal data, subject to our legal retention obligations and legitimate business needs. You can request that we provide your data in a portable format that allows transfer to another service provider. In certain circumstances, you can request that we restrict processing of your data while we verify accuracy or assess objections. You can object to processing based on legitimate interests, and we'll cease that processing unless we have compelling grounds that override your interests.

Marketing Opt-Out

You can opt out of marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe mechanism in our emails or by contacting us directly. This won't affect communications necessary for active engagements or business operations.

EU and UK Rights (GDPR)

If you're in the European Union, European Economic Area, or United Kingdom, you have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. You have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority if you believe we've violated your privacy rights. You have enhanced transparency rights and can request detailed explanations of our processing activities. You have specific rights regarding automated decision-making and profiling, though we do not use automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

US State Privacy Rights

If you're a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act and California Privacy Rights Act provide you with specific rights. You have the right to know what categories of personal information we've collected, the sources and purposes of collection, and categories of third parties with whom we share information. You have the right to delete personal information subject to certain exceptions. You have the right to correct inaccurate personal information. You have the right to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information, though we do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined. You have the right to limit use of sensitive personal information, though we only use such information for permitted purposes. You won't be discriminated against for exercising these rights.

Similar rights may be available to residents of other US states with comprehensive privacy laws. Contact us to learn about the specific rights available in your jurisdiction.

Exercising Your Rights

To exercise any privacy rights, contact us at privacy@edgeinternationalpartners.com with "Privacy Rights Request" in the subject line. Include your name, contact information, a description of your request, and any details that help us locate your information. We'll respond within the timeframes required by applicable law, typically within 30 days. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests to ensure we're not inadvertently disclosing information to unauthorized parties.

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to function properly and to understand how people use our site.

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for our website to operate. They enable core functionality like security, session management, form submissions, and load balancing. You cannot disable these cookies without significantly impairing your ability to use our website.

Analytics Cookies

We use analytics cookies to understand aggregate usage patterns. These help us see which pages are visited most, where users spend their time, and which content is most valuable. This data is anonymized and aggregated, meaning we're not tracking individual behavior or building personal profiles. These cookies help us improve our website over time.

Managing Cookies

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse new cookies, delete existing cookies, or receive warnings before cookies are stored. Disabling non-essential cookies won't prevent you from accessing our website or contacting us about services. Instructions for managing cookies are available in your browser's help documentation.

We do not use cookies for advertising, cross-site tracking, or sharing data with social media platforms for their marketing purposes.

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or destruction.

Technical Safeguards

We protect data in transit using current encryption standards. Data at rest is encrypted using industry-standard algorithms. We maintain encrypted backups distributed across secure geographic locations. Our systems use multi-factor authentication, role-based access controls, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and regular vulnerability assessments. We conduct security testing and engage external experts to evaluate our protections.

Organizational Safeguards

Every team member receives security training before accessing any client information, with annual refresher training thereafter. All employees and contractors sign confidentiality agreements that extend beyond their time with the firm. We implement strict access controls that limit information access to those who need it for specific work. We maintain incident response procedures and regularly test our ability to respond to security events.

Third-Party Security

Service providers must demonstrate appropriate security measures and sign agreements requiring them to protect data at levels at least equivalent to our own standards. We regularly review vendor security practices and maintain the right to audit compliance.

Limitations

While we implement strong security measures, no system is perfectly secure. The internet and electronic storage systems have inherent vulnerabilities. We cannot guarantee absolute security, but we continuously work to protect your information using measures consistent with industry standards and the sensitivity of the data we handle.

Security Incidents

If a data breach affects your personal data, we'll notify you and relevant authorities as required by law. We'll explain what happened, what information was involved, and what steps we're taking to address the situation. We maintain detailed incident response procedures to contain breaches quickly and minimize harm.

Edge International Partners uses artificial intelligence as part of our consulting methodology to enhance analysis, identify patterns, and develop insights. We want to be transparent about this use while addressing common concerns about AI and privacy.

AI and Your Personal Data

We use AI tools and platforms that are specifically configured for enterprise use with strong privacy protections. The AI systems we employ are contractually prohibited from training their models on your data or retaining your information beyond the immediate processing session. This means that when we use AI to analyze documents or information you've provided, your data flows through these systems but does not become part of any training dataset, is not accessible to the AI provider for their own purposes, and is not used to improve models that serve other customers.

We only use AI platforms that provide zero-data retention guarantees and that maintain confidentiality standards equivalent to our own. We do not use publicly available AI systems or free consumer versions of AI tools for any work involving client information.

Human Judgment Remains Central

While we leverage AI as an analytical tool, all consulting recommendations and deliverables reflect human judgment and expertise. AI supports our work but does not replace the professional judgment, strategic thinking, and experience that you hire us to provide. We do not use automated decision-making that produces legal effects or similarly significant decisions without human involvement.

Transparency and Control

Our use of AI is an integral part of how we deliver modern, high-quality consulting services. The AI tools we employ allow us to process information more efficiently, identify patterns across larger datasets, and explore scenarios more thoroughly than would be possible through manual analysis alone. This ultimately benefits you through more comprehensive insights and more efficient delivery.

If you have specific questions about how we use AI for your particular engagement or want to understand the specific tools and safeguards we've implemented, we're happy to provide detailed explanations.

We may update this privacy policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or business operations. The "Last Updated" date at the top indicates when the policy was most recently revised.

For material changes that reduce protections or significantly alter how we handle personal data, we'll notify active clients by email at least 30 days before the changes take effect. We'll also post prominent notices on our website. You'll have the opportunity to review changes and ask questions before they become effective.

If you object to material changes, you can request deletion of your information or exercise other applicable rights. For ongoing engagements, material changes may require us to discuss modifications to our service agreements to ensure alignment with updated practices.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.

If you have questions about this privacy policy, want to exercise your privacy rights, or have concerns about how we handle your information, please contact us:

Email: privacy@edgeinternationalpartners.com
Subject Line: Privacy Inquiry

European Privacy Matters:
Email: privacy.eu@edgeinternationalpartners.com

We respond to privacy inquiries within two business days for acknowledgment and within ten business days for substantive responses. For privacy rights requests, we respond within the timeframes required by applicable law.

If you believe we've violated your privacy rights and are not satisfied with our response, you may contact regulatory authorities. EU and EEA residents can contact their local Data Protection Authority through the directory maintained by the European Data Protection Board (edpb.europa.eu). California residents can contact the California Attorney General at oag.ca.gov.

Privacy and confidentiality form the foundation of trust in professional services. This policy reflects our commitment to protecting your information with the same care we'd expect if our roles were reversed. We've aimed for transparency and clarity because you deserve to understand exactly how we handle your data.

If anything in this policy raises questions or if you want to discuss privacy and security measures for your specific situation, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Edge International Partners LLC
www.edgeinternationalpartners.com
privacy@edgeinternationalpartners.com

Updated October 2025