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First Interview Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 22, 2026
Last Updated: August 22, 2026

First Interview Network ("First Interview," "we," "us," or "our") operates the website located at https://firstinterview.com (the "Site"). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect from visitors to the Site, how we use it, who we share it with, and the choices available to you.

Scope. This Policy applies to the public-facing Site. It does not govern the separate contractual relationship between First Interview and its member recruiting firms, which is addressed in the Member Agreement and related network policies. It also does not govern the independent privacy practices of member firms, who are separate businesses responsible for their own handling of personal information.

By using the Site, you agree to the practices described in this Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide Directly

We collect information you choose to submit through the Site, including:

  • Contact and inquiry forms — your name, email address, telephone number, company or firm name, job title, and the contents of your message.
  • Membership inquiries — information submitted by recruiting firms interested in joining the network, including firm name, principal contact, location, specialty areas, and business background.
  • Newsletter and content subscriptions — your name and email address.
  • Event or program registrations — registration details for webinars, roundtables, conferences, or training we make available.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Site, we and our service providers may automatically collect:

  • IP address and approximate geographic location derived from it
  • Browser type and version, operating system, and device type
  • Pages viewed, time spent on pages, referring and exit URLs, and the dates and times of your visits
  • Server log data and error diagnostics

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate the Site, remember your preferences, maintain session state, and understand how the Site is used. Categories include:

  • Strictly necessary cookies — required for the Site to function, including session management and security.
  • Analytics cookies — help us understand traffic patterns and improve content and navigation.
  • Preference cookies — remember choices you have made, such as form entries or display settings.
  • Session persistence — logged-in members of the the First Interview website will have their session identifying information stored in local browser cookies to facilitate viewing restricted information and elevated access permissions.

Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies through their settings. Disabling cookies may cause portions of the Site to function improperly.

We use a third-party analytics tag (Google Analytics) to measure traffic to our site. It is the only third-party analytics service we use. We do not use Google Signals or ads-data sharing, so your activity is not used for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Global Privacy Control (GPC)

We honour the Global Privacy Control signal. If your browser or a browser extension sends a GPC signal, we automatically stop loading our analytics tag for your visit. No analytics cookie is set and no information about your visit is sent to our analytics provider. You do not need to take any further action, and we will not ask you to confirm the choice.

You can also opt out manually, whether or not your browser supports GPC, using our Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information page. A manual opt-out is remembered on that browser for 13 months, and you can reverse it at any time from the same page.

Do Not Track (DNT)

Some browsers can send a "Do Not Track" signal. There is no common industry standard for how sites should interpret DNT, and we do not respond to it. We honour the Global Privacy Control signal instead, as described above.

How Long We Keep Analytics Data

Analytics data is retained by our analytics provider for two months for event-level data and fourteen months for user-level data, after which it is deleted automatically.