Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

CareerFast (“we”, “us”, “our”) operates the website careerfast.ai and the CareerFast application. We are committed to protecting your personal data and your right to privacy. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@careerfast.ai.

2. What data we collect

• Account data: Your name and email address when you sign up via Clerk authentication.
• Profile data: Your CV text, achievement stories (STAR format), and career information you voluntarily provide.
• Job application data: Job descriptions and role information you upload or paste.
• Interview session data: Mock interview transcripts, scores, and AI coaching notes.
• Payment data: Subscription and billing information processed by Stripe. We never see or store your full card details.
• Usage data: Standard analytics including pages visited, features used, and session duration.

3. How we use your data

• To provide and improve the CareerFast service.
• To personalise AI coaching and interview preparation to your background.
• To process payments and manage your subscription.
• To send you important service notifications (not marketing, unless you opt in).
• To comply with legal obligations.

4. AI processing

CareerFast uses Anthropic's Claude AI to generate interview coaching, score answers, and produce question banks. Content you submit (CV text, job descriptions, interview answers) is sent to Anthropic's API for processing. Anthropic's data processing is governed by their privacy policy. We do not use your data to train AI models.

5. Microphone and camera access

Certain features (mock interview, live coaching) request access to your microphone and/or camera. This data is processed locally in your browser for speech recognition and is not stored on our servers unless you explicitly save a session. You can revoke these permissions at any time in your browser settings.

6. Data sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We share data only with:

• Clerk — authentication and user management
• Supabase — database hosting (EU servers)
• Anthropic — AI processing
• Stripe — payment processing
• Vercel — application hosting

7. Data retention

We retain your data for as long as your account is active. You can request deletion of your account and all associated data at any time by emailing info@careerfast.ai. We will complete deletion within 30 days.

8. Your rights (UK GDPR & GDPR)

Under UK GDPR and EU GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate data
• Request deletion (“right to be forgotten”)
• Object to or restrict processing
• Data portability
• Withdraw consent at any time

To exercise any right, email info@careerfast.ai.

9. Cookies

We use essential cookies for authentication and session management. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies. Analytics are anonymised.

10. Cookies

We use the following cookies on careerfast.ai:

Essential cookies do not require your consent as they are strictly necessary for the service to function. You can withdraw consent for optional cookies at any time via the “Cookie preferences” link in the footer. Under UK GDPR, you have the right to object to non-essential processing at any time.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by email or in-app notice. Continued use of CareerFast after changes constitutes acceptance.

12. Contact

For any privacy questions or requests: info@careerfast.ai