Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

NoBsResume ("we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website nobsresume.com (our "Website") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

We've designed this policy to be straightforward and jargon-free, in keeping with our "no BS" philosophy. Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it.

This privacy policy applies to information we collect:

• On this Website.
• In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
• Through mobile and desktop applications you download from this Website, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and this Website.
• When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.

It does not apply to information collected by:

• Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by us or any third party.
• Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

2. Definitions

To help you better understand this Privacy Policy, here are some key terms and their definitions:

• Personal Data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject"). This includes information such as your name, email address, and IP address.
• Processing: Any operation performed on personal data, such as collection, storage, use, or disclosure.
• Cookies: Small text files that are placed on your device when you visit our Website. Please see our Cookies Policy for more information.
• Local Storage: A web browser mechanism that allows websites to store data directly in your browser without expiration dates and without being sent to the server with each request.
• Resume Data: The information you enter into our resume builder, which is stored locally in your browser using local storage.

3. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including:

Details of Information We Collect Automatically

The information we collect automatically may include:

• Usage Information: Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
• Device Information: Information about your computer, mobile device, and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, browser type, screen resolution, and other technical information.
• Location Information: We may collect information about your location, such as your country and region, to customize the resume format based on regional standards. This information is collected based on your IP address or device settings.
• User Behavior: Through Google Analytics, we may collect anonymized data about how users interact with our Website, including mouse movements, clicks, scrolls, and form interactions (excluding the actual content you enter).

4. Your Resume Data

Our core privacy feature is that your resume data is stored locally in your browser using local storage technology, not on our servers. This means:

Temporary Processing for PDF Generation

When you request to export your resume as a PDF, your resume data is temporarily transmitted to our servers for the sole purpose of generating the PDF file. During this process:

• Your data is transmitted securely using HTTPS.
• Your data is processed in memory and is not permanently stored on our servers.
• The generated PDF may be cached briefly to facilitate download.
• All data is deleted from our servers promptly after the PDF is generated and provided to you, typically within minutes.

Profile Pictures

If you upload a profile picture for your resume:

• The image is automatically converted to base64 format and stored locally in your browser along with your other resume data.
• The image is not permanently stored on our servers.
• The base64 data is transmitted to our servers only when generating a PDF, and is deleted alongside the rest of your resume data after PDF generation.

5. How We Use Your Information

We use the information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal data:

• To present our Website and its contents to you.
• To provide you with the resume building services and features you request.
• To generate PDF exports of your resume when you request this function.
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, security breaches, and fraudulent activity.
• To improve our Website, services, and user experience.
• To analyze usage patterns and optimize website performance.
• To customize the website based on your location (e.g., adapting resume formats to regional standards).
• To measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
• To provide you with support and respond to your inquiries.
• To notify you about changes to our Website or any services we offer.
• To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it or for which we have obtained your consent.

Legal Bases for Processing (For EEA, UK, and Swiss Residents)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), or Switzerland, we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

6. How We Share Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal data that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:

• To Service Providers: To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal data confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them. These may include providers of:
• Hosting and infrastructure services
• Analytics services
• PDF generation services
• Customer support services
• For Business Transfers: To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal data held by us about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
• For Legal Purposes: To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request; to enforce or apply our Terms of Service and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our business, our employees, our users, or others.
• With Your Consent: With your explicit consent or at your direction.

Third-Party Service Providers

We work with the following categories of third-party service providers who may have access to some of your data:

7. Analytics and Tracking Technologies

We use analytics tools to collect data about how users interact with our Website. These tools help us understand user behavior, improve our services, and enhance the user experience.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our Website. Google Analytics collects information such as:

• Pages you visit on our Website
• How long you spend on each page
• How you arrived at our Website
• What you click on while visiting our Website
• Your approximate geographical location (country, region, city)
• Technical information such as your browser type, device type, and screen resolution

The information generated by Google Analytics is transmitted to Google and stored on servers that may be located in the United States or other countries. Google Analytics sets cookies on your browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit our Website. These cookies cannot be used by anyone but Google.

We have activated IP anonymization for Google Analytics on this Website. This means that your IP address will be truncated within the area of Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to Google servers. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.

Opting Out of Analytics

You can opt out of analytics tracking in several ways:

• Using our cookie consent tool to disable analytics cookies
• Installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on (opens in a new window)
• Adjusting your browser settings to block or delete cookies

For more information about the cookies and tracking technologies we use, please see our Cookies Policy.

8. Advertising

We use Google AdSense, a service that allows us to display advertisements on our Website. Google AdSense uses cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Website and other sites on the internet.

How Google AdSense Works

Google AdSense may collect information about your online activity to:

• Measure the effectiveness of advertisements
• Display personalized ads based on your interests
• Protect against fraud and abuse
• Understand how users interact with advertisements

The information collected by Google AdSense may include:

• Pages you visit on our Website and other websites
• IP address and device information
• Geographic location
• Unique identifiers stored in cookies

Google may use cookies to remember the websites you visit and your interaction with our site and other sites. They use this information to make the advertising you see more relevant to your interests and to provide advertising-related services such as reporting, attribution, analytics, and market research.

Your Choices for Personalized Advertising

You can control the use of personalized advertising in several ways:

• Using our cookie consent tool to disable advertising cookies
• Adjusting your ad preferences through Google Ad Settings (opens in a new window)
• Opting out of personalized advertising through the Digital Advertising Alliance (opens in a new window), the Network Advertising Initiative (opens in a new window), or Your Online Choices (opens in a new window) (for users in the EU)
• Adjusting your browser settings to block or delete cookies

Please note that opting out of personalized advertising does not mean you will stop seeing ads on our Website. Instead, the ads you see may be less relevant to your interests.

9. Data Storage and Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal data from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.

How Your Data Is Stored

Security Measures

We employ various security measures to protect your data, including:

• Secure HTTPS connections for all website interactions
• Encryption of data in transit
• Regular security audits and vulnerability testing
• Access controls and authentication mechanisms
• Server-side security configurations and firewalls
• Regular software updates and security patches

10. Data Retention

We retain different types of data for different periods, depending on the purpose for which it was collected:

Data Deletion

You can delete your data in the following ways:

• Resume Data: Clear your browser's local storage or use the "Clear Data" feature in our application.
• Analytics Data: Opt out of analytics tracking using the methods described in our Cookies Policy.

11. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data. These may include:

How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Us section below. We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by applicable law (typically within 30 days).

Please note that these rights may be limited in some circumstances, such as where we have a legal obligation to retain certain data or where the data is not directly associated with you as an identifiable individual.

Since most of your resume data is stored locally in your browser and not on our servers, many of these rights can be exercised directly by you without our intervention, such as by clearing your browser's local storage or exporting your data as a PDF.

12. International Data Transfers

We are based in Bucharest, Romania, and the information we collect may be stored and processed in Romania, the United States, and other countries. If you are located outside Romania, please be aware that information we collect will be transferred to and processed in these countries.

By using the Website, you consent to your information being transferred to Romania, the United States, and other countries, which may have different data protection rules than those of your country.

Data Transfers from the EEA, UK, and Switzerland

For users in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), and Switzerland, we ensure that any transfer of personal data to countries outside these areas is done in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

When we transfer personal data outside the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as:

• Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, UK, or Swiss authorities
• Binding Corporate Rules for transfers to group companies
• Adequacy decisions by the European Commission, UK, or Swiss authorities
• Derogations in specific situations, such as with your explicit consent or when the transfer is necessary for the performance of a contract

We work with third-party service providers who may process your personal data outside your country of residence. These providers include:

• Google (Google Analytics, Google AdSense)

We ensure that these service providers offer an adequate level of data protection by signing data processing agreements that include the Standard Contractual Clauses or by verifying that they participate in frameworks that provide adequate protection for international data transfers.

13. California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) provide you with specific rights regarding your personal information.

Your Rights Under California Law

As a California resident, you have the right to:

• Right to Know: Request that we disclose to you the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which the personal information is collected, the business purpose for collecting or selling personal information, and the categories of third parties with whom we share personal information.
• Right to Delete: Request that we delete any personal information about you that we have collected.
• Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: Direct us not to sell or share your personal information to third parties, if applicable.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: Not be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.
• Right to Correct: Request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
• Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: Request that we limit the use of your sensitive personal information, if applicable.

Exercising Your California Privacy Rights

To exercise your rights under California law, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Us section below. We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by California law (typically within 45 days).

Notice of Collection

California law requires that we provide you with information about the categories of personal information we collect and the purposes for which we use that information. This information is provided in the "Information We Collect" and "How We Use Your Information" sections of this Privacy Policy.

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

We do not sell your personal information as defined under California law. However, we may share certain information with third-party analytics and advertising providers as described in this Privacy Policy.

You can opt out of this sharing by:

• Using our cookie consent tool to disable analytics and advertising cookies
• Adjusting your browser settings to block or delete cookies
• Contacting us using the information provided in the Contact Us section below

14. EEA, UK and Swiss Resident Rights

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom (UK), or Switzerland, you have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and similar laws regarding the collection and use of your personal data.

Your Rights Under the GDPR

Under the GDPR and similar laws, you have the following rights:

• Right of Access: You have the right to know whether we process personal data about you, and if we do, to access and obtain a copy of that personal data.
• Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal data concerning you and to have incomplete personal data completed.
• Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that your personal data be erased in certain circumstances, such as where the data is no longer necessary, where you withdraw consent, or where the processing is unlawful.
• Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, such as where you contest the accuracy of the data or where the processing is unlawful.
• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to transmit that data to another controller.
• Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, such as when the processing is based on our legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: If we process your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
• Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in your country of residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement.

Exercising Your GDPR Rights

To exercise your rights under the GDPR or similar laws, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Us section below. We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by applicable law (typically within 30 days).

If you are not satisfied with our response or believe that we are processing your personal data not in accordance with the law, you can lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority in your country.

15. Children's Privacy

Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features.

If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Us section below.

For residents of the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), or Switzerland, where the processing of personal data is based on consent, we will not knowingly engage in that processing for users under the age of consent established by applicable data protection law. If we learn that we are engaged in that processing with such users, we will halt such processing and will take reasonable measures to promptly remove applicable information from our records.

16. Links to Other Websites

Our Website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. These third-party websites may have their own privacy policies, which you should review when you visit them.

The inclusion of links to other websites does not imply endorsement or approval of the linked website or any information, products, or services contained on that website. We are not responsible for the content of any linked website, including without limitation any link contained in a linked website, or any changes or updates to a linked website.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

For material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will make reasonable efforts to provide notice before the changes take effect. This may include displaying a prominent notice on our Website or sending you an email notification if we have your contact information.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page. Your continued use of the Website after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

18. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: [email protected]

Please include your name and any relevant details in your inquiry so that we can respond appropriately to your request.