Privacy Policy

Welcome to CareerSeek ("we", "us", or "our"). CareerSeek operates the website located at https://resumeai-phi-seven.vercel.app (the "Service").

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our resume-building services. Please read this policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please discontinue use of the Service.

We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy or our practices, please contact us at privacy@resumeai-phi-seven.vercel.app.

Information you provide directly:

• Resume content you enter (name, email, phone, work history, education, skills)
• Target job title and industry preferences
• Any messages sent through the CareerBot chat feature

Information collected automatically:

• Log data: IP address, browser type and version, pages visited, time and date of visits, time spent on pages
• Device data: device type, operating system, screen resolution
• Usage data: features used, buttons clicked, sections completed
• Cookies and similar tracking technologies (see Section 6)

Information from third parties:

• Google Analytics: aggregated, anonymised traffic and behaviour data
• Google AdSense: ad interaction data (see Section 7)
• Groq AI: your resume content is transmitted to Groq's API to generate AI suggestions. Groq's privacy policy applies to data processed by their systems.

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain the Service
• Process your resume content and deliver AI-powered suggestions
• Improve, personalise, and expand our Service
• Understand and analyse how you use our Service
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Communicate with you for customer service and support
• Send administrative information (policy changes, service updates)
• Prevent fraud, enforce our Terms, and comply with legal obligations
• Display personalised and contextual advertising via Google AdSense
• Measure and analyse the effectiveness of our advertising

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom, our legal bases for processing your personal data are:

• Contractual necessity: to provide the Service you requested
• Legitimate interests: to improve our Service, prevent fraud, and for analytics
• Consent: for cookies and advertising where required by applicable law
• Legal obligation: to comply with applicable laws and regulations

Resume content you enter is stored locally in your browser using localStorage — it does not leave your device unless you actively use AI features, in which case it is transmitted to our server and to the Groq API solely to generate your requested output.

We do not maintain a user account database or store your resume content on our servers beyond the duration of an individual API request.

Server logs may be retained for up to 90 days for security and debugging purposes. Analytics data is retained in aggregated form per Google Analytics' standard retention policy.

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and hold certain information. The types of cookies we use:

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you do not accept cookies, some parts of our Service may not function properly.

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our Service. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other websites on the internet.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings.

Additionally, you may opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices or www.youronlinechoices.com.

For more information on Google's privacy practices, please review the Google Privacy Policy.

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share information with:

• Groq AI: to process your resume content for AI-generated suggestions (data processor)
• Google LLC: for analytics (Google Analytics) and advertising (Google AdSense)
• Vercel Inc.: our hosting provider, which may process server logs containing IP addresses
• Law enforcement or regulatory bodies: when required by applicable law or to protect our legal rights

All third-party service providers are contractually obligated to keep your information confidential and to use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own, including the United States. When we transfer personal data from the EEA or UK, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, including Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Access: request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Rectification: request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): request deletion of your personal data
• Restriction: request that we limit how we use your data
• Portability: receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
• Objection: object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Withdraw consent: at any time for processing based on consent
• California residents (CCPA): right to know, delete, and opt out of sale of personal information

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@resumeai-phi-seven.vercel.app. We will respond within 30 days.

Since resume data is stored in your browser's localStorage, you can delete it at any time by clearing your browser's local storage or using the Reset function in the application.

Our Service is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or 16 in the EEA). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete such information promptly.

We implement appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal information against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure, or access. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Our Service may contain links to third-party websites (e.g., course platforms, job boards). We have no control over the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites and assume no responsibility for them. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party site you visit.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. For material changes, we will provide a more prominent notice. Your continued use of the Service after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us: