Privacy Policy for Lead Collection via LinkedIn

Last Updated: April 29, 2025

My Dark Lab (“we,” “our,” “us”) is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you engage with us via LinkedIn, including through lead generation forms, direct messaging, or profile interactions.

1. Information We Collect

When you engage with our business on LinkedIn, we may collect the following types of personal information:

  • Contact Information: Full name, email address, phone number, company name, job title.

  • Professional Information: LinkedIn profile data, industry, experience, location, interests.

  • Interaction Data: Responses to lead forms, message history, connection timestamps, or engagement with content (e.g., polls, ads, comments).

  • Consent Records: Opt-in confirmations, timestamps, and proof of lead form submissions.

2. How We Collect Information

We may gather your personal information through:

  • LinkedIn Lead Gen Ads and forms

  • LinkedIn Messaging (InMail, DMs)

  • Connection and engagement on posts, polls, or events

  • Manual export or sync of leads from LinkedIn CRM tools (e.g., LinkedIn Sales Navigator)

  • Publicly available information from your LinkedIn profile

3. Purpose of Data Collection

We collect and process your personal information to:

  • Respond to your inquiries or contact requests

  • Send newsletters, updates, or personalized service offerings

  • Follow up on your interest in our services or products

  • Provide targeted insights, recommendations, and offers relevant to your professional interests

  • Track marketing performance (e.g., lead attribution, ad analytics)

  • Comply with applicable legal obligations

4. Legal Basis for Processing (Under GDPR)

We process your data under the following legal grounds:

  • Consent: You have provided explicit consent by submitting a form or interacting with us on LinkedIn.

  • Legitimate Interest: For purposes of direct B2B marketing, relationship-building, and service promotion, especially if your role aligns with our target audience.

  • Contractual Necessity: If you request information before entering into a contract with us.

5. Sharing and Disclosure of Information

We do not sell your data. However, we may share it under the following circumstances:

  • Third-party Services: With CRM or email marketing platforms (e.g., Mailchimp, HubSpot) to manage communication.

  • Analytics Tools: To monitor ad performance and campaign engagement.

  • Legal Requirements: If required by law or subpoena.

  • Business Transfers: In case of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale.

All third parties are contractually bound to protect your information per applicable privacy laws.

6. Data Retention

We retain your information for as long as:

  • You remain a potential or active customer

  • We are legally required to maintain communication records

  • You have not requested deletion or opted out

After this period, your data is securely deleted or anonymized.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

  • Access your personal information

  • Correct inaccurate or outdated information

  • Delete your data (Right to Erasure)

  • Restrict or object to certain processing activities

  • Withdraw consent at any time

  • Data portability

To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@mydarklab.com.

8. Cookies and Tracking

LinkedIn may use cookies to collect behavioral data for ad targeting. We do not place additional cookies on your browser through LinkedIn, but we may access aggregated analytics from LinkedIn Campaign Manager.

For details on LinkedIn’s cookie usage, visit: LinkedIn Cookie Policy

9. Data Security

We employ reasonable organizational and technical safeguards including:

  • TLS/SSL encryption for communication

  • Secure storage of data within verified cloud services

  • Access controls and user authentication on all data systems

10. International Data Transfers

If you are outside the United States, your data may be transferred to, processed, and stored in the U.S. We comply with GDPR standards for international transfers via standard contractual clauses or other legal mechanisms.

11. Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect information from individuals under 16 years of age. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such data, contact us immediately for removal.

12. Updates to This Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please reach out to:

📧 privacy@mydarklab.com
🌐 www.mydarklab.com
📍 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States