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Privacy Policy.

Last updated: June 10, 2026

Churchill Hughes Inc. ("Churchill Hughes," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store, and protect personal information when you visit our website, contact us, submit information to us, engage with us as a client, candidate, supplier, or business contact, or otherwise communicate with Churchill Hughes.

Churchill Hughes Inc. is a company registered in the State of Texas, United States.

1. Who We Are

Churchill Hughes is an executive search firm focused on senior-level talent within power infrastructure, covering grid interconnection, transmission, substations, commissioning and power delivery.

For privacy-related questions, you can contact us at:

Churchill Hughes Inc.
5900 Balcones Drive STE 100, Austin, TX 78731, US
Email: office@churchillhughes.com
Website: churchillhughes.com

2. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information directly from you, from third parties, from publicly available sources, or through your use of our website. The information we collect may include:

Contact Information

This may include your name, email address, telephone number, company name, job title, location, and business contact details.

Candidate and Career Information

If you are a candidate, potential candidate, referral, or professional contact, we may collect information such as your employment history, CV or resume, LinkedIn profile, professional qualifications, skills, compensation expectations, work authorization status, career preferences, interview notes, references, and other information relevant to search assignments.

Client and Business Information

If you are a client, prospective client, supplier, investor, partner, or other business contact, we may collect information relating to your company, role, hiring requirements, commercial discussions, correspondence, and relationship with Churchill Hughes.

Website and Technical Information

When you visit our website, we may collect technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, time spent on pages, referring website, general location, and usage patterns.

Communications

We may collect information contained in emails, website forms, calls, messages, meeting notes, and other communications with us.

Public and Third-Party Information

As part of our executive search work, we may collect professional information from public sources, business directories, professional networking platforms, industry publications, company websites, referrals, and other legitimate business sources.

3. How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information for the following purposes:

  1. To operate and improve our website.
  2. To respond to enquiries and communications.
  3. To provide executive search, recruitment, talent advisory, and related services.
  4. To identify, assess, contact, and represent potential candidates.
  5. To introduce candidates to clients where appropriate.
  6. To manage client relationships and search engagements.
  7. To verify professional information, references, qualifications, and experience where appropriate.
  8. To maintain business records.
  9. To send relevant business communications, updates, or market insights.
  10. To comply with legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, and contractual obligations.
  11. To protect our rights, property, business interests, and security.
  12. To prevent misuse of our website or services.

We do not use personal information for purposes that are incompatible with the purpose for which it was collected unless permitted by law.

4. Legal Basis and Legitimate Business Use

Where applicable, we process personal information based on one or more lawful or legitimate grounds, including:

  1. Your consent.
  2. Performance of a contract or steps taken before entering into a contract.
  3. Our legitimate business interests in providing executive search and recruitment services.
  4. Compliance with legal obligations.
  5. Protection of legal rights and business interests.

For candidates and professional contacts, we may process information because we have a legitimate business interest in identifying, assessing, and contacting individuals who may be suitable for senior-level career opportunities.

5. Candidate Information

If we contact you regarding a potential opportunity, we may have obtained your details from a referral, public professional profile, industry research, previous communication, or another lawful business source.

We will only share your personal information with a client where we believe there is a legitimate reason to do so and, where appropriate, after discussing the opportunity with you.

You may ask us not to contact you about future opportunities, and we will respect that request.

6. Sensitive Personal Information

We do not intentionally seek to collect sensitive personal information unless it is relevant, necessary, and permitted by law.

Sensitive personal information may include information relating to health, race or ethnicity, religion, biometric data, precise location, government identification numbers, or other legally protected categories.

Where sensitive personal information is required, we will process it only where permitted by law and, where required, with your consent.

7. Cookies and Website Tracking

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to improve functionality, understand website performance, and analyze visitor behaviour.

Cookies are small files stored on your device. They may help us understand how visitors use our site, which pages are viewed, and how users interact with our content.

We may use:

  1. Essential cookies required for website operation.
  2. Analytics cookies to understand website usage.
  3. Functionality cookies to remember preferences.
  4. Marketing or tracking cookies only where disclosed and, where required, with your consent.

You can usually control cookies through your browser settings. If you disable cookies, some parts of the website may not function properly.

8. Sharing Personal Information

We may share personal information with:

  1. Clients and prospective clients, where relevant to a search assignment.
  2. Candidates, where relevant to a client opportunity.
  3. Service providers who support our business, such as website hosting providers, CRM systems, email systems, cloud storage providers, analytics providers, IT providers, and professional advisers.
  4. Legal, accounting, tax, insurance, or compliance advisers.
  5. Government authorities, regulators, courts, or law enforcement where required by law.
  6. A buyer, investor, successor, or adviser in connection with a business sale, merger, restructuring, or corporate transaction.

We do not sell personal information in exchange for money.

We do not knowingly share personal information for targeted advertising unless this is clearly disclosed and, where required, consent has been obtained.

9. International Transfers

Churchill Hughes Inc. is registered in Texas, United States. However, we may work with individuals, clients, candidates, suppliers, and service providers in other countries.

Your personal information may be transferred to, stored in, or accessed from countries outside your location, including the United States and the United Kingdom.

Where required, we will take appropriate steps to protect personal information transferred internationally.

10. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide services, maintain business records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and support future executive search activity.

Candidate and business contact information may be retained where it remains relevant to future opportunities, client mandates, market mapping, or professional relationship management.

You may ask us to delete or restrict use of your personal information, subject to any legal, regulatory, contractual, or legitimate business reasons that require us to retain it.

11. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, system, or transmission method is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of personal information transmitted to or stored by us.

12. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights in relation to your personal information. These may include the right to:

  1. Confirm whether we process your personal information.
  2. Access the personal information we hold about you.
  3. Correct inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
  4. Delete personal information.
  5. Restrict or object to certain processing.
  6. Obtain a copy of your personal information in a portable format.
  7. Opt out of certain uses, including targeted advertising, sale of personal data, or profiling where applicable.
  8. Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

To exercise your rights, contact us at office@churchillhughes.com.

We may need to verify your identity before responding to a request. We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.

13. Texas Privacy Rights

If you are a Texas resident, you may have rights under the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, where applicable. These rights may include the right to:

  1. Confirm whether we are processing your personal data.
  2. Access your personal data.
  3. Correct inaccuracies in your personal data.
  4. Delete personal data provided by or obtained about you.
  5. Obtain a copy of your personal data in a portable and readily usable format.
  6. Opt out of the sale of personal data, targeted advertising, or certain profiling activities.

To exercise these rights, contact us at office@churchillhughes.com.

If we deny your request, you may have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us using the same email address and stating that you wish to appeal.

14. Marketing Communications

We may send business-related emails, market updates, or relevant communications to clients, candidates, and professional contacts.

You can opt out of marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails, where available, or by contacting us directly.

Even if you opt out of marketing communications, we may still send necessary administrative, service-related, or legal communications.

15. Children's Privacy

Our website and services are intended for business users and adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

16. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, or services.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party websites. You should review their privacy policies before providing information to them.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

When we make changes, we will update the Last updated date at the top of this page. Your continued use of our website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.

18. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle personal information, contact:

Churchill Hughes Inc.
5900 Balcones Drive STE 100, Austin, TX 78731, US
Email: office@churchillhughes.com
Website: churchillhughes.com