The short version: We collect the email you give us, a mobile number if you choose to leave one, the answers you choose to share when you ask us for a plan, the pack details you submit, and any story you choose to send us for our guides. We use them to help you, and for nothing else. We don't sell your data, we don't run advertising trackers (we do count visits to our public pages with Google Analytics, with its advertising features switched off), we don't spam you, and we never reveal who submitted a pack. You can ask us to delete everything, any time.
Who we are
PinkSlipped is post-layoff navigation, built by people who've lived it. This policy explains what we collect, why, and what we do — and don't do — with it. If anything here is unclear, write to us at hello@gotpinkslipped.com.
What we collect
We keep this short on purpose.
Email you give us. Our guides and tools are free to read without an email. When you join PinkSlipped, sign up for the inbox, or choose the optional email ask at the end of a guide, we store your email address and which form you used. No name is required. The optional ask is permission to write when something matters — no drip, no sequence, and you can leave in one click.
Your intake answers. If you ask us to build you a plan, we ask about your situation — things like your employment status, timeline, and what you're most worried about. Some of what you share can be sensitive, and we treat it that way: it's stored separately with restricted access, used only to shape your plan and connect you with the right help, and never used for marketing.
A mobile number, only if you add one. When you ask us for a plan, you can leave a personal mobile number. It's optional. We use it for one thing: if our email isn't reaching you, a person on our team may call or text you by hand to make sure it got through. We never use it for marketing, we don't send automated texts, and we never share or sell it, including with partners. It's kept apart from your intake answers.
Pack Finder submissions. If you add an alumni community to the directory, we collect what you enter: the company, the pack name, the platform, the join link or instructions, and the note on how you know about it. The "how you know" field is for our verification only — it is never published.
Stories you share for our guides. If you answer one of our story calls, like Who You Told, we keep what you write, how you chose to let us use it, and an email only if you leave one. A few people on our team read it. Before anything is quoted we remove or change details that could identify you (unless you chose to be credited by name) or the people in your story, and your words appear only in the way you chose. We never share stories with employers or partners, and leaving an email never adds you to a mailing list. Ask us to delete yours any time before it's published.
Basic technical data. Like most sites, our hosting keeps standard logs (things like IP address, browser type, and pages requested) to keep the site running and secure. On our public pages we also use Google Analytics 4 to count visits in aggregate — see Cookies and tracking below.
How we use it
To reach you only when there's something worth your time — a new field note, or word that the full PinkSlipped is ready. No drip, no noise.
To verify and index the packs you tell us about, so other people who just got the same call can find them.
To make sure our replies reach you. If you left a mobile number and our email seems not to be getting through, someone on our team may call or text to say we wrote — nothing more.
To shape our guides from the stories people send us, used only in the way each person chose.
To keep the site working, safe, and a little better each week.
What we don't do
We don't sell your data, and we don't rent or trade it.
We don't spam you. Every email we send has a one-click unsubscribe.
We don't reveal who submitted a pack. Verification is quiet by design.
We don't run public forums or comment threads. Discretion is a feature here, not an afterthought.
Who else can see it
We share data only with the service providers who help us run PinkSlipped, and only as much as they need:
Hosting and database. Our site and database run on Supabase, which stores the data described above on our behalf in the United States.
Email, if and when we send it. If we send announcements, we'll use a reputable email provider to deliver them.
Analytics. Google Analytics processes aggregate usage data for our public pages on our behalf. We've disabled its advertising features and ad personalization, and it doesn't receive your email, intake answers, or anything you type.
We may also share information if the law requires it, or to protect the safety and rights of people who use PinkSlipped.
Cookies and tracking
We keep this light — light enough that we don't need a separate cookie policy. We use only strictly necessary cookies: the ones that keep you signed in and keep the site secure. We don't run advertising or targeting cookies, we don't use your data to follow you around the internet, and we don't sell it to advertisers.
We use Google Analytics 4 on public pages only, with advertising features off. It sets a first-party _ga cookie to tell visits apart. Besides page views, we count when someone opts in to email updates, a tool produced a result (or a prep sheet was printed), and someone clicked through to get started. Never what you typed, never your email, never an amount, a date or a state. It never runs on the intake, your plan, your account, sign-in, or the Insurance Check, and it never loads if your browser sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal. You can also clear or block cookies in your browser at any time; the site will still work, though you'll be signed out.
Sometimes we run ads on search engines and community sites so people can find these tools. If you arrive from one of our ads, the link carries a short label that says which ad it was — for example "google / cpc / unemployment-tool". We keep that label in your browser tab's session storage (it is gone when you close the tab), and if you choose email updates or start a plan we store it next to that record so we can tell which ads are worth paying for. It is a label for the ad, not for you. We do not use advertising pixels, we do not send anything back to the ad platform about what you do here, and we do not build advertising audiences from visitors.
How long we keep it
We keep your email for as long as you want to hear from us. If you left a mobile number, we keep it with your plan until you ask us to remove it or your plan is deleted, whichever comes first. Pack listings stay up while they're accurate. You can ask us to remove any of these at any time.
Your privacy choices
Unsubscribe any time, in one click, from any email we send.
Ask us what we have, correct it, or have it deleted — just email hello@gotpinkslipped.com and we'll take care of it, usually within a few days. That includes your mobile number: ask us to remove it and we will, without touching the rest of your plan.
We don't sell or share your personal information for advertising, so there's nothing to opt out of on that front. Depending on where you live (including California and other U.S. states), you may have additional legal rights over your data — access, correction, deletion, and portability. Email us and we'll honor reasonable requests regardless of where you are, without treating you differently for asking.
Children
PinkSlipped is built for adults navigating job loss. It is not directed to anyone under 18, and we don't knowingly collect data from children.
Security
We take reasonable measures to protect the little data we hold. No system is perfectly secure, but we keep what we collect small on purpose — that's the best protection there is.
Changes to this policy
If we change how we handle your data, we'll update this page and move the effective date at the top. Material changes will be made clear.
Contact
Questions, requests, or corrections: hello@gotpinkslipped.com.