Revised as of 12/11/2023

At Good Research, privacy is what we do. This Privacy Notice (”Notice”) outlines data we may collect about you, how we use that data, and how to contact us about your privacy rights. We may modify or amend this Notice at our discretion. When we make changes to this Notice, we will amend the revision date at the top of this page. We recommend that you review this Notice each time you visit our website in case revisions have been made.

Data Collection

Through your use of the Good Research website, certain information which could be used to identify you or be reasonably associated with you (”Personal Information”) may be collected in the following ways:

Information you provide to us directly

We welcome questions, feedback, and inquiries. If you choose to contact us, you may purposefully or inadvertently disclose Personal Information via e-mail, phone, or any other method of contact. To protect your data, we recommend limiting the amount of Personal Information provided during your initial contact with us. We will inform you if additional information is needed to help us respond to your request.

In the event we engage with you in product or service offerings, we will also collect information about you and/or your organization as is necessary to define and formalize a contractual relationship with you.

Data Usage

Personal Information we collect about you may be utilized to provide you with information regarding products and services we offer or to fulfill our obligations arising from any requests made or contracts entered into between you and Good Research.

We do not sell your Personal Information. We do not share Personal Information with third parties other than for purposes outlined in this Notice.

Data Transfer

Good Research is headquartered in the United States. As such, any information collected about you outside of the United States will be transferred to the United States for processing and retention.

Third Parties (and how we use them):

We use a variety of third-party service providers in order to deliver our products and services to you, including (but not limited to) our website. However, depending upon your interactions with us, it is likely that only a subset of third parties would be permitted to process personal information on our behalf. For example, visitors of the website will engage a smaller subset of service providers than individuals to whom we deliver consulting services.

• IT and Infrastructure Service Providers
  • We share personal information with third-party vendors associated with the delivery of products and services you request from us, customer relationship management, development and stewardship of our data infrastructure, internal and external electronic communications, meeting facilitation, contractual negotiation, project management, business analytics, and financial reporting. Such parties are necessary to provide reasonable security and data protection for personal information, and we maintain contractual agreements with all such parties in order to govern and restrict their processing on our behalf only.
• Financial Service Providers
  • We share personal information with financial institutions in connection with managing accounting and financial records, as well as in preparing and delivering invoices, and processing payments.
• Governmental and Law Enforcement Agencies
  • We may share personal information in order to comply with our tax reporting obligations, to comply with any subpoena, court order or other legal process, to comply with a request from our regulators, governmental request, or any other legally enforceable demand. We also share personal information to establish or protect our legal rights, property, or safety, or the rights, property, or safety of others, or to defend against legal claims.
• Partner Organizations
  • Good Research is an active partner with Data Curious, a non-profit community awareness organization. As such, requests for support that you submit via datacurious.org may be shared with Good Research for fulfillment, including any requests or inquiries that you submit to Data Curious. For more information about Data Curious and its data practices, please visit their privacy policy.

In the event Good Research merges with, is acquired by, or is sold to another corporate entity, we may transfer personal information as an asset of the organization.

For more information about any of the third parties described above or the business purposes for which they are used, please contact us.

External links and Third-Party Data Collection

This Notice does not address the privacy practices of any third parties, including any third party operating a website or service to which this website links.

Data Retention

We retain your Personal Information for as long as is necessary to provide you with the products or services we offer. We also may retain your personal information to comply with our legal or professional obligations, enforce our agreements, or resolve disputes.

Protecting Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 18. We do not intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under the age of 18. If we obtain knowledge that we have received such information, we will take steps to verify and delete it. Please notify us in accordance with the “Contact Information” section below if you believe this has occurred.