Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: October 26, 2026

Last Updated: October 26, 2026

Raines International Inc. (“Raines International,” “Raines,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal information.

This Privacy Policy explains how Raines International collects, uses, discloses, retains, and otherwise processes information about individuals through our websites, mobile applications, online platforms, databases, forms, electronic communications, and other interactive properties and services that link to or reference this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Website” or “Services”).

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected from candidates, prospective candidates, clients, prospective clients, business contacts, Website visitors, newsletter subscribers, individuals who communicate with us, individuals who submit information about another person, and other individuals whose personal information Raines processes in connection with its business.

By using the Website, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy. Where applicable law requires consent to a particular processing activity, we will obtain consent in the manner required by law.

1. WHO WE ARE

Raines International Inc. is an executive search firm headquartered in the United States.

Raines International Inc.
600 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2525
Miami, FL 33131
United States

General inquiries may be submitted through our Website or by contacting info@rainesinternational.com.

For privacy-specific requests, contact privacy@rainesinternational.com.

Where required by applicable law, Raines will provide the identity and contact information of an applicable privacy representative.

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may collect personal information directly from you, automatically from your device or use of the Website, and from third parties and publicly available sources.

Information You Provide Directly

You may provide information to us when you:

This information may include:

You should not provide sensitive personal information unless it is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose or Raines requests it.

3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM OTHER SOURCES

As an executive search firm, Raines may identify and research potential candidates who have not previously contacted Raines.

Where permitted by applicable law, we may collect professional and contact information from sources such as:

This may include information about individuals who have not previously interacted with Raines.

Where required by applicable law, including GDPR and UK GDPR, Raines will provide appropriate privacy information when collecting personal information indirectly, including information concerning the source of the information and the purposes for which it will be used.

The fact that information is publicly available does not necessarily mean that it may be used for every purpose. Raines will consider applicable privacy, data-protection, marketing, and platform requirements when using information obtained from public or third-party sources.

4. INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER INDIVIDUALS

If you provide Raines with personal information about another individual—for example, a colleague, candidate, referral, reference, or prospective contact—you represent that you have the authority to provide that information or that providing it is otherwise permitted by applicable law.

You should provide individuals with appropriate notice where required by law.

Raines may independently contact an individual whose information is provided to us and may collect additional information about that individual from other lawful sources.

5. INTERNET PROTOCOL (“IP”) ADDRESSES AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

When you access the Website, we may automatically collect technical and usage information, including:

Depending on applicable law, IP addresses, device identifiers, browsing information, and IP-derived location information may constitute personal information or personal data.

We may use this information to operate and maintain the Website, troubleshoot technical problems, maintain security, prevent fraud or misuse, analyze Website traffic and usage, understand how users interact with our Website, improve our Services, measure marketing and communications effectiveness, personalize Website content where permitted, and comply with applicable law.

We do not use an IP address to determine a person’s precise physical location unless a particular service or technology separately provides such information and its use is permitted by applicable law.

6. COOKIES, PIXELS, WEB BEACONS, AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

Raines may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, tags, scripts, local storage, software development kits, and similar technologies (“Tracking Technologies”).

These technologies may be provided by Raines or by third-party service providers.

Tracking Technologies may be used for:

Depending on the technology used, third-party providers may receive information such as IP addresses, device information, browser information, referring URLs, pages viewed, interaction information, and identifiers associated with your device or browser.

Examples of technologies that may be used include website analytics, advertising pixels, social-media technologies, embedded video technologies, email tracking pixels, and other measurement tools.

Raines will maintain an up-to-date internal inventory of Tracking Technologies used on the Website.

Where required by applicable law, Raines will obtain consent before using non-essential Tracking Technologies and will provide an appropriate mechanism for users to accept, reject, or manage those technologies.

Where applicable, users may change their preferences through Raines’ cookie or privacy preference center.

Browser settings may also permit users to restrict or block cookies, although doing so may affect Website functionality.

7. THIRD-PARTY ANALYTICS, ADVERTISING, AND EMBEDDED CONTENT

Raines may use third-party services to provide analytics, advertising, social-media functionality, video, communications, hosting, security, or other Website functionality.

These services may include technologies operated by providers such as analytics providers, advertising platforms, professional networking platforms, email providers, video providers, and other technology providers.

Raines will not represent that a particular third-party provider is used unless that provider is actually part of Raines’ current technology environment.

Where a third party receives personal information for its own purposes, rather than solely providing services to Raines, that processing will be subject to the third party’s privacy policy and applicable law.

8. HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION

Raines may use personal information for the following purposes:

Executive Search and Recruiting

Client and Business Activities

Website and Technology

Marketing and Communications

Legal and Compliance

Analytics and Research
We may create aggregated, statistical, or de-identified information for research, benchmarking, industry analysis, business planning, and other legitimate purposes, provided that the resulting information does not reasonably identify an individual.

9. LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING — GDPR AND UK GDPR

Where GDPR or UK GDPR applies, Raines will process personal data only where an applicable lawful basis exists.

Depending on the circumstances, lawful bases may include:

Legitimate Interests
Raines may rely on legitimate interests where processing is necessary for legitimate interests pursued by Raines or a third party and those interests are not overridden by the individual’s interests, rights, or freedoms.

Examples may include:

Raines will assess whether the processing is necessary and will balance its interests against the individual’s interests, rights, and freedoms.

The mere inclusion of a processing activity in this Privacy Policy does not itself establish that legitimate interests apply to every individual or every circumstance.

Consent
We may rely on consent where required or appropriate. Consent may be withdrawn at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing conducted before withdrawal.

Contract
We may process personal information where necessary to enter into or perform a contract.

Legal Obligation
We may process personal information where necessary to comply with a legal obligation.

Vital Interests
Where applicable, we may process personal information where necessary to protect someone’s vital interests.

Public Interest
Where applicable law provides a public-interest lawful basis, we may rely on that basis where appropriate.

10. DISCLOSURE OF CANDIDATE INFORMATION TO CLIENTS

Raines’ executive search services may require us to discuss or provide candidate information to clients or prospective clients.

For example, Raines may provide a client with information concerning a candidate’s:

We will make these disclosures in accordance with applicable law and the circumstances in which the information was obtained.

Where required, Raines will provide candidates with notice and/or obtain consent before providing information to a particular client or for a particular opportunity.

Raines does not consider the ordinary disclosure of candidate information to a client for the purpose of evaluating or pursuing an executive-search opportunity to constitute a sale of personal information merely because the client pays Raines for executive search services. However, whether a particular disclosure constitutes a “sale,” “sharing,” or other regulated disclosure under applicable law depends on the facts, including the nature of the disclosure, the parties’ contractual relationship, and whether personal information is exchanged for monetary or other valuable consideration.

Where a disclosure constitutes a regulated sale or sharing under applicable law, Raines will provide the rights and opt-out mechanisms required by that law.

11. SERVICE PROVIDERS AND OTHER RECIPIENTS

Raines may disclose personal information to categories of recipients including:

Service providers and contractors may process personal information only as necessary to provide services to Raines and subject to applicable contractual and legal requirements.

Raines may maintain a separate current list of material service providers and subprocessors where appropriate or required by law.

Raines does not intend this Privacy Policy to create a representation that every named technology company is currently used by Raines.

12. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AUTOMATED TOOLS

Raines may use artificial intelligence (“AI”), machine-learning, automated analytics, or similar technologies in connection with its Services and internal operations.

These technologies may assist with activities such as:

Where AI or automated tools assist with candidate-related activities, Raines may use human review and professional judgment as part of the process.

Unless expressly disclosed otherwise, AI-assisted processing is not intended to mean that an automated system alone makes a final employment or hiring decision on behalf of Raines or a client.

Where applicable law requires notice, explanation, access, opt-out rights, human review, bias testing, impact assessments, or other safeguards concerning automated decision-making or automated employment decision tools, Raines will implement those requirements.

Nothing in this Privacy Policy limits rights that individuals may have under applicable laws governing automated decision-making or AI.

13. SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION AND SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF DATA

Raines may receive information that is sensitive under applicable privacy laws.

This may include, depending on the circumstances:

Raines does not intentionally seek sensitive or special-category information unless it is reasonably necessary for a legitimate business or legal purpose.

If sensitive or special-category information is provided to Raines, we will process it only as permitted by applicable law and, where required, on an appropriate additional legal basis.

Where California law provides individuals with a right to limit the use or disclosure of sensitive personal information, Raines will provide the applicable mechanism for exercising that right, as required by law. California residents may exercise applicable privacy rights through the “Your California Privacy Choices” made available by contacting Raines at privacy@rainesinternational.com.

14. CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

This section applies to California residents to the extent Raines is subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (“CCPA”).

The CCPA generally applies to for-profit businesses doing business in California that satisfy one or more statutory thresholds. Those thresholds are subject to statutory adjustments and should be evaluated annually.

Raines will maintain this section and its related disclosures based on its current California activities and applicable thresholds.

California Categories of Personal Information

California CategoryExamples
IdentifiersName, email address, telephone number, business address, online identifiers
Customer recordsContact information and similar information provided through forms or communications
Commercial informationInformation concerning services, searches, or opportunities
Internet/network informationIP address, browsing history, interactions with the Website
Geolocation informationApproximate location derived from IP address and, where applicable, more precise location information
Professional/employment informationResume, employment history, title, employer, qualifications, compensation and career information
Education informationEducational history and qualifications
InferencesProfessional interests, preferences, or other inferences derived from information collected
Sensitive personal informationCertain government identifiers, precise geolocation, health information, racial/ethnic information, religious information, union information, biometric information, and other information classified as sensitive under California law

California Sources, Purposes, and Disclosures

Raines may collect California personal information from the individual; candidates and professional contacts; clients and prospective clients; referrals; LinkedIn and professional networking services; public websites and publicly available information; recruiting and professional databases; research providers; Raines’ Website and Services; cookies and similar technologies; service providers; and other lawful sources.

Raines may collect, use, or disclose personal information for executive search and recruiting, candidate sourcing and evaluation, client services, communications, marketing, Website operation, analytics, security, fraud prevention, research, legal compliance, maintaining business relationships, and other purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Raines may disclose categories of personal information to clients and prospective clients, service providers and contractors, recruiting and professional platforms, technology providers, analytics providers, communications providers, professional advisers, government authorities where legally required, and other parties as permitted by law.

California Sale and Sharing

Raines does not sell personal information for monetary consideration.

Raines may disclose candidate information to clients and prospective clients as part of executive search services. Such disclosures are not necessarily a “sale” or “sharing” under the CCPA. If Raines engages in an activity that constitutes a sale or sharing under the CCPA, Raines will identify the applicable categories and provide the required opt-out rights.

Raines does not intend to share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising unless disclosed through this Privacy Policy and accompanied by the opt-out rights required by California law.

California Sensitive Personal Information

Raines may collect and process sensitive personal information where reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Where required, Raines will provide California residents with the ability to limit uses and disclosures of sensitive personal information.

15. CALIFORNIA RIGHTS

Subject to applicable exceptions and limitations, California residents may have the right to:

California residents may also have rights concerning Raines’ use of automated decision-making technology where applicable.

16. CALIFORNIA AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING RIGHTS

Where applicable California law applies to Raines’ use of automated decision-making technology (“ADMT”), California residents may have rights concerning the use of ADMT in connection with significant decisions.

Depending on the circumstances and applicable regulations, these rights may include:

Raines will provide any additional notices, opt-out mechanisms, or other rights required by applicable California law.

17. CALIFORNIA REQUEST PROCEDURES

California residents may submit privacy requests by contacting privacy@rainesinternational.com or by using the privacy request mechanism made available on the Raines Website.

Where required by law, Raines will provide additional request methods, including a toll-free telephone number or other required mechanism.

Raines may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests. Verification may require information that is reasonably necessary to match the request to information maintained by Raines.

Raines will respond within the period required by applicable California law.

Authorized agents may submit requests on behalf of California residents where permitted by law and where the required authorization and verification are provided.

18. CALIFORNIA OPT-OUT PREFERENCES

Where applicable, California residents may opt out of:

Raines will honor legally recognized opt-out preference signals, including the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”), where required by California law.

Where applicable, Raines will provide a clearly accessible “Your Privacy Choices” or equivalent mechanism through the Website.

19. CALIFORNIA RETENTION DISCLOSURE

Raines retains personal information for periods reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Retention periods vary depending on the nature and sensitivity of the information, the purpose for which it was collected, the nature of the relationship with the individual, whether the individual remains a candidate or client contact, legal and regulatory requirements, litigation or dispute considerations, security and fraud-prevention requirements, and legitimate business needs.

Where required by California law, Raines will provide more specific retention periods or criteria for determining retention periods.

20. MARKETING AND NEWSLETTERS

Raines may send newsletters, publications, reports, invitations, updates, and other marketing or business communications to individuals with whom Raines has an existing or prospective business or professional relationship.

This may include clients, prospective clients, candidates, prospective candidates, professional contacts, and other individuals who contact Raines, communicate with a Raines representative, request information, participate in a Raines activity, download content, register for an event or newsletter, or otherwise provide their email address to Raines in connection with Raines’ business or Services.

For U.S. recipients, Raines may use an email address provided in the course of an interaction with Raines for relevant marketing, business development, or relationship communications, subject to applicable law.

Raines does not use this practice as a basis for indiscriminate or random blind email outreach to individuals who have not interacted with Raines or otherwise provided their contact information to Raines.

Where applicable law requires affirmative consent to receive marketing communications, Raines will obtain the required consent before sending those communications. Providing an email address or communicating with Raines will not be treated as consent where applicable law requires a separate affirmative consent.

Marketing communications will include an appropriate method to unsubscribe or otherwise opt out. Individuals may unsubscribe at any time, and Raines will honor applicable opt-out requests within the time required by law.

Where Raines relies on consent, Raines will maintain appropriate records of the consent, including the purpose and method by which consent was obtained.

21. EMAIL TRACKING

Raines may use pixels or similar technologies in HTML emails to determine whether a communication has been opened or interacted with, where permitted by applicable law.

Email tracking technologies may collect information such as whether an email was opened, approximate time of opening, links clicked, device or browser information, and related engagement information.

Where applicable law requires consent for such technologies, Raines will obtain the required consent.

22. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

Raines is based in the United States. Personal information may therefore be transferred to, stored in, or accessed from the United States and other countries.

Where GDPR, UK GDPR, or another law governing international transfers applies, Raines will use a legally recognized transfer mechanism where required.

Depending on the circumstances, this may include:

Raines will not assume that a service provider’s U.S. location alone establishes an appropriate transfer mechanism. The mechanism applicable to a particular vendor will depend on the vendor’s certification, contractual arrangements, location, processing activities, and the applicable law.

23. GDPR AND UK GDPR RIGHTS

Where GDPR or UK GDPR applies, individuals may have rights including:

These rights are subject to applicable legal exceptions and limitations.

24. INDIRECT COLLECTION AND GDPR/UK GDPR NOTICE

Where Raines obtains personal information indirectly—for example, from LinkedIn, professional networks, public websites, referrals, databases, research providers, clients, or other third parties—Raines will provide the information required by applicable data-protection law.

Depending on the circumstances, this may include Raines’ identity and contact information, purposes of processing, applicable legal basis, categories of personal information, sources, recipients, international transfer information, retention criteria, applicable rights, whether provision of information is required, information concerning automated decision-making, and other information required by applicable law.

Where an exception to the obligation to provide notice applies, Raines may rely on that exception.

25. SPECIAL-CATEGORY DATA UNDER GDPR AND UK GDPR

Where GDPR or UK GDPR applies, certain information may constitute “special categories of personal data,” including information concerning racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, genetic data, biometric data used for identification, health, sex life, or sexual orientation.

Raines does not intentionally seek special-category information unless necessary and legally permitted.

Where Raines processes special-category information, it will identify and rely upon an applicable Article 9 condition or other lawful exception.

26. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

The Website and Raines’ Services are primarily intended for adults and professionals.

Raines does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the Website.

Raines does not knowingly use the Website to solicit children.

Where applicable law establishes a higher age threshold or additional requirements for processing children’s information, Raines will comply with those requirements.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to Raines in violation of applicable law, please contact us.

27. SECURITY

Raines maintains reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, acquisition, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

The particular safeguards used by Raines may include, where implemented and appropriate:

Raines does not represent that any particular security control is used unless it is part of Raines’ current security program.

Because no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure, Raines cannot guarantee absolute security.

28. DATA BREACHES

If Raines experiences a security incident involving personal information, Raines will investigate and respond in accordance with its incident-response procedures and applicable law.

Where applicable law requires notification to affected individuals, regulators, clients, or other parties, Raines will provide the required notification within the applicable timeframe.

29. RETENTION

Raines retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.

Retention considerations may include:

Raines may retain certain information for longer periods where necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims or comply with legal obligations.

When information is no longer required, Raines will delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it in accordance with applicable law and its retention practices.

30. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

The Website may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, applications, social-media services, professional networks, or other resources.

Those third parties operate independently and may have their own privacy policies.

Raines is not responsible for the privacy, security, or data practices of third parties.

You should review the applicable privacy policy before providing information to a third party.

31. DO NOT TRACK AND PRIVACY SIGNALS

Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” functionality.

Because there is not a universally accepted standard for responding to traditional Do Not Track signals, Raines may not respond to those signals except where required by applicable law.

Raines will honor legally recognized privacy preference signals where required, including applicable California opt-out preference signals.

32. U.S. STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS

Certain U.S. states provide residents with privacy rights in addition to those described above.

Depending on applicable law, residents may have rights concerning access, correction, deletion, portability, objection, restriction, sale, targeted advertising, profiling, sensitive personal information, and automated decision-making.

Raines will provide applicable state-specific rights and mechanisms where required by law.

Raines will not discriminate against an individual for exercising a privacy right protected by applicable law.

33. BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS CONTACTS

Raines may collect and process professional contact information relating to individuals who interact with Raines in a business-to-business capacity, including clients, prospective clients, vendors, service providers, referral sources, and other business contacts. This information may include names, business contact information, job titles, company affiliations, professional interests, and communications with Raines.

Raines may use this information to establish and maintain business relationships, provide and administer services, communicate regarding business matters, respond to inquiries, manage accounts and relationships, conduct business development activities, and otherwise operate and manage its business.

Where permitted by applicable law, Raines may also use business contact information for marketing or promotional communications. Any such marketing communications are subject to the practices described in the Marketing and Newsletters section of this Privacy Policy, including applicable consent requirements and the ability to unsubscribe from marketing communications.

Raines does not intend this section to authorize marketing communications where consent or another legal basis is required and has not been obtained.

34. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Raines may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our Services, technology, privacy practices, or applicable law.

If we make a material change, we will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Website and provide additional notice where required by law.

The “Last Updated” date at the beginning of this Privacy Policy indicates when it was most recently revised.

35. CONTACT US

Raines International Inc.

Attn: Privacy

600 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2525

Miami, FL 33131

United States

Privacy: privacy@rainesinternational.com

General: info@rainesinternational.com

Individuals may also submit inquiries through the Raines Website.

36. NO CONTRACT

Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to create an agreement or contract between Raines International and any individual or entity using the Website or providing personal information, except to the extent expressly required by applicable law.