Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 25, 2026

Strategy Shark is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share your information when you interact with our website and services.

Who We Are

Strategy Shark is the intelligence partner for consumer brands, operated by Strategy Shark LLC, a Florida limited liability company. We help founders and leadership teams make better decisions through consumer research and business intelligence. This website is operated from the United States.

What Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal data:

  • Contact Information, including your name, work email, phone number, and company name when you submit our contact form or reach out to us directly.

  • Business Information, including the nature of your business, your category, your current data sources, and the questions or challenges you're working through, when submitted through our forms or shared in discovery conversations.

  • Engagement Data, including business performance data, syndicated research data, and proprietary research findings shared with us in the course of an active client engagement, governed by our Master Services Agreement and any applicable non-disclosure agreement.

  • Usage Data, including IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on the site, collected via cookies or analytics tools.

  • Cookies, small files used to analyze traffic and personalize user experience. You can disable cookies in your browser settings.

How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect to:

  • Respond to your inquiries and schedule discovery calls

  • Evaluate fit for the Intelligence Retainer, Strategic Projects, or Founders Hub partnerships

  • Deliver services to active clients, including research design, analytics, and intelligence work

  • Send updates or communications, with an opt-out option

  • Improve website functionality and user experience

  • Maintain legal and security compliance

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

Third-Party Services

We use trusted third-party tools to manage and analyze website traffic, communications, scheduling, client delivery, and internal operations. These may include:

  • Squarespace (website hosting and form submissions)

  • Google Workspace (email and document management)

  • Google Analytics

  • Stripe and Xero (payment processing and invoicing)

  • Slack (client communication)

  • MotherDuck and DigitalOcean (data warehousing and portal hosting)

  • Anthropic (AI-assisted analysis and intelligence delivery)

  • Additional internal systems we use to deliver client engagements

These third parties may collect or process information in compliance with their own privacy policies. We may add or change third-party providers over time and will update this policy accordingly.

How We Protect Your Data

We use secure third-party hosting, SSL encryption, role-based access controls, and platform-level protections to safeguard your personal information. Client data shared during active engagements is governed by the confidentiality and data handling terms of our Master Services Agreement and any applicable non-disclosure agreement.

Your Rights

You have the right to:

  • Request access to the personal data we hold about you

  • Request corrections or deletions of your information

  • Unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time

  • Contact us with any concerns about your privacy

To exercise any of these rights, please email us at strategist@strategyshark.com.

California Residents

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):

  • The right to know what personal information we collect, use, and disclose about you

  • The right to request deletion of your personal information

  • The right to correct inaccurate personal information

  • The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information (we do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising)

  • The right to non-discrimination for exercising any of these rights

To exercise any of these rights, email us at strategist@strategyshark.com. We will respond within 45 days as required by California law.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Any changes will be reflected on this page with a revised effective date.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please reach out to strategist@strategyshark.com.