Privacy Policy

Last updated November 5, 2026

We collect only what Freshboots needs to work: your name and email when you sign in, what you write when you respond or post, and billing details through Stripe.
We don't sell your information, show ads, or use tracking cookies.
When you respond to a listing, the employer who posted it sees your name, message, email, and phone number if you add one.
To see or delete your information, email info@freshboots.work.

Who we are

Freshboots is a job board at freshboots.work for people moving from desk jobs into the skilled trades, and for the employers hiring them. In this policy, "Freshboots," "we," and "us" mean the operator of freshboots.work. Questions about this policy go to info@freshboots.work.

What we collect

When you browse

You can browse listings without an account. We don't use analytics, advertising cookies, or tracking pixels. Like any website, our server and hosting provider receive your IP address and basic request details (such as the page requested and your browser type) in order to deliver pages and protect the site from abuse. Our pages load fonts from Google Fonts, so your browser also sends your IP address to Google when it fetches them.

When you sign in

You sign in with an account you already have at Google, LinkedIn, or Facebook. From the one you choose, we receive your name, your email address if that provider shares it, a link to your profile picture, and the account ID that provider assigns to you. We never receive your password. We use the provider's access only once, to read those details, and don't keep it. We never post to your Google, LinkedIn, or Facebook account.

When you respond to a listing

We collect the message you write, the email address you give for replies, your phone number if you add one, and the date you responded.

When you post a job

We collect everything in your listing, which is public once it's live. Payments are handled by Stripe: you enter your card details on Stripe's checkout page, not ours, and we never see or store your card number. From Stripe we receive your billing email and the IDs Stripe uses for your customer record and subscription.

How we use it

To run your account and keep you signed in.
To show listings, and to deliver responses to the employers who posted them, on the site and by email.
To process listing fees and keep listings live while they're paid for.
To keep Freshboots secure and prevent spam, fraud, and abuse, such as limiting how many responses one account sends in a day.
To answer your questions and requests, and to meet our legal obligations.

We don't sell your information, use it for advertising, or share it with anyone for their own marketing.

The employer you respond to. When you respond to a listing, the employer who posted it sees your name, your message, the email you gave, and your phone number if you added one. We also email your response to him. After that, how he uses your information is up to him, and our Terms of Service require employers to use it only to consider you for the job.
Everyone, for listings. Live job listings are public.
Service providers who run parts of Freshboots for us: Stripe (payments), Migadu (email), our hosting provider (servers), the sign-in provider you choose (Google, LinkedIn, or Facebook), and Google Fonts (fonts). Each handles your information under its own terms and privacy policy.
When the law requires it, or when it's needed to protect the rights, property, or safety of Freshboots, our users, or others.
If Freshboots changes hands, for example in a merger or sale, your information may transfer to the new owner, who must keep honoring this policy.

Cookies

Freshboots sets two cookies, both needed for signing in:

session keeps you signed in. It lasts 30 days, or until you sign out.
signin protects the sign-in process from forgery. It lasts 10 minutes and is deleted when sign-in finishes.

Neither one tracks you across other websites. Stripe sets its own cookies on its checkout pages.

How long we keep it

Sessions end after 30 days, or when you sign out.
Unfinished sign-ins are deleted after 10 minutes, and listings whose checkout was never completed are deleted after a day.
Your account, your listings, and responses are kept until you ask us to delete them. An employer can still see the responses to his listing after it expires.
Server logs are kept for a limited time for security and troubleshooting.
Stripe keeps payment records as financial and tax laws require.

See, correct, or delete your information

To get a copy of your information, correct it, or delete your Freshboots account, email info@freshboots.work from the email address on your account, or tell us which service you sign in with (Google, LinkedIn, or Facebook) and the name on it. We answer within 30 days.

When we delete your account, we delete your profile, your sign-in connections, your sessions, and your responses to listings. If you're an employer, we also take down your listings, cancel their subscriptions, and delete the responses to them. We keep only what the law requires us to keep, such as payment records.

You can also remove Freshboots' access from your Google, LinkedIn, or Facebook account settings. That stops future sign-ins through that service, but it doesn't delete the information we already have; email us for that.

Depending on where you live, such as California, Connecticut, Virginia, the European Union, or the United Kingdom, you may have additional privacy rights. We honor the requests above for everyone, wherever they live.

Security

Freshboots uses encrypted connections (HTTPS) everywhere. We never handle passwords, and we store sign-in session tokens only in a scrambled (hashed) form. No system is perfectly secure, but if we learn of a breach that affects your information, we'll tell you as the law requires.

Children

Freshboots is for adults looking for work and the employers hiring them. It isn't meant for anyone under 18, and we don't knowingly collect information from children. If you believe a child has given us information, email us and we'll delete it.

Where your information is stored

Freshboots stores your information on servers in the United States.

Changes to this policy

When we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top. If a change is significant, we'll also say so on the site or email you before it takes effect.

Contact

Email info@freshboots.work with any question about this policy or your information.