Privacy Policy

CareerPrep ("Company," "we," "our," or "us") operates the website careerprep.site and related services. For purposes of GDPR, CareerPrep is the data controller responsible for the processing of your personal information as described in this policy. Our registered address is San Francisco, California, USA. You may contact our Data Protection team at: privacy@careerprep.site.

We collect the following categories of personal information:

Information You Provide Directly:

•Contact details (name, email address) when you submit our contact form, sign up for newsletters, or request early access to tools.

•Professional information you voluntarily submit when using career tools (such as resume text for analysis).

Information Collected Automatically:

•Technical data including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages viewed, and session duration, collected via standard web server logs and analytics tools.

•Cookie identifiers as described in our Cookie Policy section below.

Information from Third Parties:

•We may receive aggregated, anonymized analytics data from advertising partners. We do not receive personally identifiable information from third-party advertisers without your explicit consent.

We process your personal data for the following purposes and legal bases under GDPR:

•Service Delivery (Contract): To provide requested content, templates, and tools.

•Communications (Consent): To send newsletters and updates you have subscribed to. You may withdraw consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email.

•Analytics & Improvement (Legitimate Interest): To understand how users interact with our platform and improve content quality. We ensure this processing is balanced against your privacy rights.

•Legal Compliance (Legal Obligation): To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and lawful requests from authorities.

•Advertising (Consent): To serve relevant advertisements via Google AdSense and similar networks. You may manage advertising preferences through your browser settings or the Google Ad Settings page.

CareerPrep uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

Google uses the DART cookie to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of third-party vendor cookies through the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at http://optout.networkadvertising.org.

Advertisements on this site are clearly labeled and separated from editorial content in accordance with Google AdSense policies.

We use the following categories of cookies:

•Strictly Necessary: Required for site functionality (session management, security).

•Analytics: Google Analytics 4 cookies that help us understand usage patterns. These are anonymized and do not contain personally identifiable information.

•Advertising: Google AdSense cookies that enable targeted advertising. These are only placed with your consent where required by applicable law.

You may manage cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner or your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect site functionality.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. We share personal data only in the following circumstances:

•Service Providers: Trusted vendors who process data on our behalf (email delivery, cloud hosting, analytics) under strict data processing agreements.

•Advertising Partners: Google AdSense, subject to Google's Privacy Policy. No personally identifiable information is shared for advertising purposes without consent.

•Legal Requirements: When required by law, court order, or governmental authority.

•Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your data may be transferred to the successor entity, subject to the same privacy commitments.

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom, you have the following rights:

•Right of Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

•Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.

•Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): Request deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances.

•Right to Restriction of Processing: Request that we limit how we use your data.

•Right to Data Portability: Receive your personal data in a structured, machine-readable format.

•Right to Object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests.

•Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw any consent you have given at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@careerprep.site. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):

•Right to Know: Request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you in the past 12 months.

•Right to Delete: Request deletion of personal information we have collected, subject to certain exceptions.

•Right to Correct: Request correction of inaccurate personal information.

•Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: We do not sell personal information. However, you may opt out of sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising by using the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link in our cookie settings.

•Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.

Verified requests may be submitted to privacy@careerprep.site. We will acknowledge receipt within 10 business days and respond within 45 calendar days.

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. Newsletter subscribers' data is retained until they unsubscribe. Contact form submissions are retained for up to 24 months. Anonymized analytics data may be retained indefinitely.

We implement industry-standard technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, accidental loss, destruction, or disclosure. These include TLS encryption for data in transit, access controls, and regular security assessments. No method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure; however, we are committed to maintaining the highest commercially reasonable security standards.

CareerPrep operates from the United States. If you are accessing our services from outside the US, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. Where required, we use Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission to govern international data transfers from the EEA.

CareerPrep is designed for adults and professional job seekers. Our services are not directed to, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from, children under the age of 16. If we discover we have collected personal information from a child under 16 without verifiable parental consent, we will delete that information immediately. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a minor, please contact us at privacy@careerprep.site.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or for other operational reasons. We will post the revised policy on this page with a new "Last Updated" date. For material changes, we will provide prominent notice (such as an email notification to subscribers or a site-wide banner) at least 30 days before the changes take effect, where required by applicable law.

For any questions, concerns, or requests related to this Privacy Policy, please contact:

CareerPrep Privacy Team

Email: privacy@careerprep.site

Address: CareerPrep, San Francisco, CA, USA

For GDPR inquiries from the EEA, please indicate your country of residence in your request so we can ensure we respond in accordance with the applicable regulation.