Company Overview

Hunter is a company that helps professionals create new connections. They have three million user accounts and seventy-six million websites indexed. Their values are to move fast and help others move fast, push for simplicity, have a disproportionate impact, and care about their users' experience. They are a remote team working from Europe, America, and Asia.

Its mission is "to make it easy for everyone to find the right person to talk to." Their products are designed to make it easier for people to connect and build relationships. Hunter is a rapidly growing company. They have been featured in Forbes, TechCrunch, and The New York Times.

Hunter scans millions of web pages every day to discover actionable commercial information. They maintain an index of the entire web and arrange data that isn't included in any other database, much like search engines do.

They use artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to process and analyze this data, making it easier for their users to find the information they need. Hunter's products are used by professionals in various industries, including sales, marketing, recruiting, customer success, and business development. 

Their flagship product is Hunter.io, which allows users to find email addresses and contact information for people they want to talk to.

Type Of Consumer Data Collected

Hunter collects a variety of consumer data, including:

• Contact Information: Names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers. 

• Professional Information: Titles, company names, LinkedIn URLs, and Twitter handles. 

• Payment Information: Credit and debit card numbers. 

• Usage Information: IP addresses, browser types, operating system types, referring URLs, pages viewed on our website or app, interactions with their website or app, access times, and duration of visits. 

• Geolocation Data: General location data derived from an IP address. 

Hunter also collects non-personally identifiable consumer data. This is anonymous data that does not identify a specific consumer. Examples of non-personally identifiable consumer data include the number of times a page on their website is viewed, or the frequency with which emails sent through their Service is opened.

How Is Consumer Data Collected?

Hunter collects consumer data in a variety of ways, including:

• Through the use of cookies and other tracking technologies

• When consumers fill out forms on their website or app

• When consumers make purchases on their website or app

• When consumers interact with their email marketing campaigns

• When consumers call their customer support number

• From publicly available sources, such as LinkedIn and Twitter

How Is Consumer Data Used?

Hunter uses consumer data to provide their Service, which includes the following features:

1. Allowing users to find email addresses and contact information for people they want to talk to.

2. Helping users connect and build relationships.

3. Processing and analyzing data to make it easier for their users to find the information they need.

4. Supporting their marketing and sales efforts.

5. Providing customer support.

6. Developing new products and features.

Hunter may also use consumer data for the following purposes:

• Send marketing communications, such as emails, to consumers who subscribe to their newsletter or another mailing list.

• Send transactional messages, such as password reset or order confirmation emails, to consumers who have requested them.

• Customize the content shown to consumers when someone visits their website or app.

• To analyze how consumers use their website or app.

• To detect and prevent fraud and abuse of their website or app.

The Rights Given Under CCPA, FCRA, GDPR, And DPA

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the Data Protection Act (DPA) offer certain rights to consumers concerning their data. These rights include

• The right to know the usage of their data.

• The right to know what personal data is being collected about them.

• The right to know about sharing data with third parties.

• The right to opt-out of the sale of their data.

• The right to have their data deleted.

• The right to request that a business stop collecting or using its data.

• Hunter respects these rights and will take steps to comply with the laws.

How To Request Deletion Of Your Data?

If you would like to request the deletion of your data, please contact them at contact@hunter.io or visit their Claim page. Using their claim page will give you full control over your data.

Please note that they may need to retain some of your data to comply with their legal obligations or where they have a legitimate interest in doing so.