1. Who we are
careerreadout.com is an online service. Its purpose is to produce a faithful, high-value Career Intelligence Report for each user, built from the CV and answers the user provides, together with a free preview, an ATS-style CV and an audio version. For the purposes of data protection law, careerreadout.com is the controller of the personal data described in this policy.
Contact for anything related to privacy: hello@careerreadout.com.
2. What this policy covers
This policy applies to the careerreadout.com website, the free preview, the paid Career Intelligence Report and everything delivered with it (online report, PDF, ATS-style CV and audio version), and the emails we send you. By using careerreadout.com you accept the practices described here. If you do not agree, please do not use the service.
3. Data we collect
a) Data you give us
- Your CV or resume (uploaded as a PDF, or pasted as text), including everything it contains: name, contact details, work history, education, skills and any other content you choose to include.
- A LinkedIn profile URL, if you paste one instead of a CV.
- Your form answers: the decision you are facing, current and target role, industry, location, years of experience, tenure, job-search activity and outcomes, compensation band and expectations, last raise, employer situation, financial runway, risk tolerance, time horizon, and any notes you add.
- Your email address.
- Messages you send us (for example support or refund requests).
Please do not include sensitive information in your CV or notes that is not needed for a career analysis, such as health data, religion, political opinions, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, government ID numbers or financial account numbers. If you include it, you do so at your own initiative and we will process it only to produce your report.
b) Data we generate for you Analysis results, the free preview, the full report, the PDF, the ATS-style CV and the audio version, all produced from the data above and from public market information.
c) Payment data Payments are handled by Lemon Squeezy, which acts as merchant of record. We never see or store your card number. We receive from Lemon Squeezy the order identifier, order status, product, amount, and your email and billing country as needed to deliver your purchase and handle refunds.
d) Technical data Your IP address and browser information when you use the site. We use your IP address to limit abusive or automated use (rate limiting) and for security. Our hosting provider and service providers also log technical data.
e) Cookies and analytics If we enable analytics or advertising measurement (third-party analytics and advertising pixels), these tools set cookies or similar identifiers and record page views and funnel events such as starting the form or purchasing. We load them only after you accept them in our cookie banner (see section 11).
4. Why we use your data, and on what legal basis
| Purpose | Legal basis (where GDPR/UK GDPR applies) | |---|---| | Generate your free preview and your paid report, PDF, CV and audio | Performance of a contract / steps taken at your request before a contract | | Take payment, deliver your purchase, handle refunds and support | Performance of a contract; legal obligations | | Send transactional emails (report ready, problems with your order) | Performance of a contract | | Send reminders about your unfinished report and occasional follow-up emails | Your consent (optional checkbox), which you can withdraw at any time | | Prevent fraud, abuse and misuse; keep the service secure | Legitimate interests | | Measure and improve the site and our marketing | Your consent (cookie banner) | | Keep records of your acceptance of our Terms and Privacy Policy, and defend legal claims | Legitimate interests; legal obligations |
We do not use your data for automated decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on you. The report is an informational analysis that you are free to ignore.
5. Who we share your data with
careerreadout.com uses a range of technologies and trusted service providers (processors) to run the service. They receive only what they need to perform the report, create the audio file and the CV.
We may also disclose data if required by law, a court order or a valid legal request, to protect our rights, safety or property, or in a sale, merger or transfer of the business (with notice to you where required). We do not sell your personal data, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising. A list of the specific providers is available on request at hello@careerreadout.com.
6. International transfers
Our providers are located in, or may process data in, the United States and other countries outside yours, including countries whose data protection rules differ from those where you live. Where required, we rely on safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses or the providers' certification under recognised frameworks.
7. How long we keep data
- Free preview submissions that never became a paid report: deleted or anonymised after 90 days.
- Paid reports and their files (report, PDF, CV, audio): kept for 12 months after purchase so you can come back to them, then deleted. You can ask for earlier deletion at any time.
- Deletion requests: if you ask us to delete your data, we delete all your reports and files for that email address. We keep only the email address itself on a suppression list, so that we never email you again. Lemon Squeezy keeps its own order and tax records under its own policy.
- Order and tax records: kept as long as the law requires (typically 7 years).
- Records of your acceptance of our terms: kept for 5 years, for legal defence.
- Email suppression list (people who unsubscribed or were refunded): kept as long as needed so we do not email you again.
- Server logs: a short period, in line with our providers' defaults.
8. Security
We use access controls, signed payment confirmations, private server-side processing of your full report and rate limiting. Your report is served only after payment and is opened through its unique link, so please do not share that link: anyone who has it can view your report. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. If a breach affecting you occurs, we will notify you and the authorities as required by law.
9. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example the EU/EEA and UK, California and other US states, Canada, Brazil, and other countries with data protection laws), you may have the right to: know and access the personal data we hold about you; correct it; delete it; restrict or object to processing; receive a portable copy; withdraw consent at any time (without affecting prior processing); opt out of the sale or sharing of personal data (we do neither); and not be discriminated against for exercising your rights. You may also complain to your local data protection authority or, in the US, your state attorney general.
To exercise a right, write to hello@careerreadout.com from the address you used with careerreadout.com. We may need to verify your identity. We will answer within the time required by law (generally within 30 days). Deleting your data may mean we can no longer provide your report or process a refund.
10. Emails and unsubscribing
We send transactional emails (such as your report being ready). If you ticked the optional box, we also send reminders about your unfinished report and occasional follow-up emails. Every such email contains a one-click unsubscribe link, and you can also write to hello@careerreadout.com. Unsubscribing stops marketing and reminder emails, not essential transactional ones about an order.
11. Cookies
careerreadout.com itself uses only what it needs to work. Analytics and advertising measurement cookies from third-party tools, if enabled, are set only after you click "Accept" in the cookie banner. You can reject them, and you can change your choice later from the link in the footer. You can also block cookies in your browser settings.
12. Children
careerreadout.com is for people aged 18 or older. We do not knowingly collect data from minors. If you believe a minor has given us data, contact us and we will delete it.
13. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. The date at the top shows the latest version. For material changes we will notify you by email or on the site. Continued use after the effective date means you accept the update.
14. Contact
careerreadout.com · hello@careerreadout.com