Privacy Policy

The Career Quill is a career development tool that helps you build professional resumes, analyze your resume content, and create compelling career portfolios. We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how we handle your information.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data. By using The Career Quill, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

When you use The Career Quill, you may provide:

• Resume Data: Personal information including your name, contact details, work experience, education, skills, and projects that you enter into the Resume Builder.

• Uploaded Files: Resume files (PDF, DOCX, or text) that you upload to the Resume Analyzer for AI-powered feedback.

• Cookie Preferences: Your choices regarding analytics and advertising cookies.

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our site, we may automatically collect:

• Usage Data: Information about how you interact with the site, such as pages visited, features used, and time spent on the site.

• Device Information: Browser type, operating system, IP address, and device identifiers.

• Analytics Data: Aggregated usage statistics collected through Google Analytics (only if you consent via our cookie banner).

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide Core Features: Store your resume data locally on your device and enable you to build, edit, and export your resume.

• AI Analysis: Process resume content you submit for analysis using AI-powered tools to provide feedback and suggestions.

• Improve Our Service: Understand how users interact with the site to enhance features, fix bugs, and optimize performance.

• Security and Fraud Prevention: Detect and prevent abuse, spam, and unauthorized access through rate limiting and reCAPTCHA verification.

• Analytics: Generate aggregate statistics about site usage (only with your consent).

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

The Career Quill uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience:

• Essential Cookies: Required for basic site functionality, including storing your theme preference (light/dark mode) and cookie consent choices. These cannot be disabled.

• Analytics Cookies: Google Analytics cookies that help us understand site usage and performance. These are only activated if you provide consent via our cookie banner.

• Advertising Cookies: Google AdSense cookies that enable personalized advertising. These are only activated if you provide consent.

You can manage your cookie preferences at any time through our cookie consent banner. Note that disabling certain cookies may limit some features of the site.

4. Third-Party Services

The Career Quill integrates with the following third-party services:

• OpenAI: We use OpenAI's API to provide AI-powered resume analysis. When you submit a resume for analysis, the content is sent to OpenAI for processing. OpenAI's use of data is governed by their privacy policy.

• Google Analytics: If you consent, we use Google Analytics to understand site traffic and usage patterns. Google's privacy practices are described in their privacy policy.

• Google AdSense: If you consent, we display advertisements via Google AdSense. Google's advertising practices are outlined in their advertising policy.

• Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise: We use reCAPTCHA Enterprise to prevent spam and abuse on the Resume Analyzer. reCAPTCHA's data collection is governed by Google's privacy policy.

5. Data Storage and Security

Local Storage: The Career Quill stores your resume data locally in your browser using localStorage. This means your resume information never leaves your device unless you explicitly use the Resume Analyzer feature. You have complete control over this data and can clear it at any time through your browser settings.

Server Data: When you use the Resume Analyzer, your resume content is temporarily processed by our server and sent to OpenAI for analysis. We do not permanently store resume content on our servers after the analysis is complete.

Security Measures: We implement industry-standard security practices to protect your data, including HTTPS encryption for all data transmission, rate limiting to prevent abuse, and secure API key management for third-party integrations.

6. Data Retention

Resume Data: Data you create in the Resume Builder is stored indefinitely in your browser's local storage until you manually delete it or clear your browser data.

Analysis Requests: Resume content submitted for AI analysis is not retained on our servers after the analysis is completed and results are returned to you.

Cookies: Cookie data is retained according to the expiration periods set by the respective cookie. You can delete cookies at any time through your browser settings.

7. Your Rights and Choices

You have the following rights regarding your data:

• Access and Control: You can view, edit, and delete your resume data at any time through the Resume Builder interface or by clearing your browser's local storage.

• Cookie Preferences: You can update your cookie consent choices at any time through the cookie consent banner.

• Do Not Track: We respect Do Not Track (DNT) browser signals and will not track your activity if you have DNT enabled.

• Data Portability: You can export your resume data in multiple formats (PDF, DOCX, TXT) at any time.

8. Children's Privacy

The Career Quill is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can delete it.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. When we make changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.

If we make material changes that significantly affect your privacy rights, we will provide prominent notice on the site before the changes take effect.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at:

Email: dev@jpbranski.com

We will respond to your inquiry as promptly as possible.