📄 PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: 17 March 2026

🔹 Plain-English Summary

We collect business and user data to power assessments, benchmarking, and growth insights.

We do not sell your data

We only share it when necessary and controlled

We use AI to help generate insights

You remain in control of decisions

1. Introduction

Growth & Search complies with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and Australian Privacy Principles.

2. What We Collect

We may collect:

Contact and professional details

Business profile information

Assessment and benchmarking data

Platform usage data

Technical and cookie data

We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal data.

3. How We Collect Data

We collect data when you:

Register

Complete assessments

Use the platform

Request support

4. How We Use Data

We use data to:

Deliver platform functionality

Generate benchmarking and insights

Produce reports (including GPR)

Improve system performance

Communicate with you

5. Assessment, Benchmarking & Outputs

We analyse submitted data to:

Generate scores and comparisons

Identify strengths and gaps

Provide prioritised recommendations

Outputs are:

Indicative only

Educational in nature

Not professional advice

6. AI & Data Processing

We use AI (including OpenAI) to:

Analyse data

Generate insights

Support reports

We take reasonable steps to ensure secure handling.

AI outputs:

May not always be accurate

Are for decision support only

7. Data Sharing

We do not sell your data.

We only share information:

With service providers

(e.g. hosting, analytics, payments, AI)

With specialist providers

Only when you request assistance

Only what is necessary

Under appropriate safeguards

We do not share data for unrelated marketing.

8. Overseas Processing

Some data may be processed overseas via cloud or AI providers.

9. Security

We use:

Encryption

Access controls

Secure hosting

Monitoring and backups

10. Data Retention

We retain data only as needed, then delete or de-identify it.

11. De-identified Data

We may use aggregated data to improve benchmarking and insights.

12. Cookies

Used for functionality, analytics, and experience improvement.

13. Access & Correction

You may request access or correction of your data.

14. Marketing

You may opt out at any time.

15. Contact

Neil Anderson
enquiry@growthandsearch.com

16. Updates

Effective 17 March 2026.
We may update this policy as needed.