Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to CareerCompass ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclosure, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our career guidance platform.

By accessing or using CareerCompass, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information that you provide to us directly when you register or participate in our assessments.

A. Personal Data

• Account Information: Name, email address, and password (encrypted via our authentication provider).
• Payment Data: We do not store credit card details. All payment transactions are processed through our third-party payment processor (e.g., Stripe).

B. Psychometric & Career Data

To generate your career report, we collect:

• Responses to Big 5 Personality questionnaires.
• Responses to RIASEC Interest assessments.
• Self-reported career goals, education history, and employment status.

C. Usage Data

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the platform. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our App, and other technical information.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect or receive:

• To generate your Report: The primary use of your data is to calculate your psychometric profile and generate career cluster recommendations.
• To facilitate account creation and logon: Using Firebase Authentication to manage your secure session.
• To improve our AI models: Anonymized data may be used to refine our career matching algorithms.
• To communicate with you: Sending you your report, invoices, or critical account updates.

4. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal data. We only share information with the following third-party service providers for the purpose of running the application:

• Authentication: Google Firebase (for secure login).
• Payments: Stripe (for processing transactions).
• Hosting & Analytics: Vercel (for application hosting).

5. Data Retention & Deletion

We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless otherwise required by law.

Your Rights: You have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. You may delete your account and all associated data at any time directly through your account settings dashboard. Once deleted, this data cannot be recovered.

6. Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our App is at your own risk.

7. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at:

info@careercompass.com