1. Introduction
Welcome to My CV Sucks. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it.
2. Data We Collect
To provide our services, we collect the following types of information:
Account Information
When you register, we collect your email address and a securely hashed password. This allows us to create and manage your account.
Document & Context Data
We collect the content of the documents (PDF, DOCX) you upload for analysis, the text parsed from them, and the job descriptions, countries, and cities you provide for context.
3. How We Use Your Data
Your data is processed for the following key purposes:
- Service Provision: To provide our core service of analyzing your CV against job descriptions and generating feedback.
- Account Management: To authenticate you, manage your tokens, and facilitate password resets.
- Communication: To send you essential service-related emails, such as registration confirmations and password reset links.
- Service Improvement: We may use anonymized or aggregated data derived from your documents and analysis results to train our AI models and improve the overall quality of our service. We never use your direct personal information for this purpose.
4. Data Sharing and Third Parties
We do not sell your personal data. We only share data with essential third-party service providers who are critical to our operations:
- Google (mycvsucks AI): The text content of your CV and job description is sent to Google's API for processing. We do not send your email address or other directly identifiable information in this request. You can review Google's Privacy Policy for more information.
- Domains: Our servers are hosted with mycvsucks.com, which stores your encrypted data.
- mycvsucks.com: We use mycvsucks.com to send transactional emails.
5. Your GDPR Rights
As a user, you are entitled to the following rights under GDPR:
- The Right to Access: You can see your basic account information on your Account page. For a full data export, please contact us.
- The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
- The Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You can permanently delete your account and all associated data from your Account page.
- The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
To exercise any rights not available through your account page, please contact us at privacy@mycvsucks.com.
6. Data Security
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. Your data is stored behind secured networks, and all passwords are encrypted using strong hashing algorithms. Uploaded files are stored in a non-public directory, inaccessible from the web. However, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
7. Cookie Policy
Cookies are small data files stored on your browser by a website. We use cookies to improve your user experience.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
We use one essential cookie for user authentication. The `PHPSESSID` cookie is used to manage your session and keep you logged in as you navigate our site. This cookie is required for the site to function correctly and does not require prior consent under GDPR. We do not use any non-essential cookies for analytics, marketing, or tracking purposes at this time.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@mycvsucks.com.