Privacy Policy

BuildCVFast ("we", "us", "our") operates the website https://buildcvfast.com (the "Site"), a free online CV builder and a library of career guides. This Privacy Policy explains what information is collected when you use the Site, how it is used, and the choices you have.

If you have any questions about this policy, contact us at buildcvfast@gmail.com.

The CV builder runs entirely in your web browser. The details you type or upload — such as your name, contact details, work history, education, skills and photo — are processed on your own device to show the live preview and create your PDF.

We do not upload, store or have access to the content of your CV on our servers. To let you continue later, your draft is saved automatically in your browser's local storage on your own device; you can remove it at any time with the "Start a new CV" button or by clearing your browser data. If you import an existing CV (PDF or Word), the file is read locally in your browser and is not sent to us.

Like most websites, we and our service providers automatically collect certain technical information when you visit the Site, including:

• Device and browser type, operating system and screen size.
• Approximate location (country or city level) derived from your IP address.
• Pages visited, time spent on pages, referring website and links clicked.
• Cookie identifiers and similar technologies (see section 5).

• To operate, maintain and improve the Site and the CV builder.
• To understand which guides and features are useful so we can create better content.
• To display advertising that helps keep the Site free (see section 6).
• To respond to messages you send us by email.
• To detect and prevent abuse, fraud and security issues.
• To comply with legal obligations.

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use cookies and local storage for the following purposes. Full details are in our Cookie Policy.

• Preferences and drafts: we store your chosen interface language and your CV draft in your browser's local storage on your device. This data is never sent to us.
• Analytics: Google Analytics uses cookies to help us understand how visitors use the Site.
• Advertising: Google and its partners use cookies to serve and measure ads (see below).

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on the Site. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this Site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting https://www.aboutads.info/choices or https://www.youronlinechoices.eu.

For more information about how Google uses data from sites that use its services, see https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Where required by law (for example in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland), we ask for your consent before personalised advertising cookies are used, through a consent message shown when you first visit the Site.

We use Google Analytics 4 to collect aggregated statistics about how visitors use the Site. Google Analytics does not give us your name or contact details. You can prevent Google Analytics from using your data by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

We do not sell your personal information. We share limited technical information only with service providers that help us run the Site — such as our web hosting provider, Google Analytics and Google AdSense — and only as described in this policy. We may also disclose information if required by law or to protect the rights, safety and security of our users and the Site.

CV content is not stored by us. Analytics data is retained according to our Google Analytics settings (currently 14 months). Emails you send us are kept only as long as needed to respond and for reasonable record-keeping.

Depending on where you live (for example under the EU/UK GDPR or the California Consumer Privacy Act), you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information we hold about you, to object to or restrict certain processing, to withdraw consent, and to lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority.

Because we do not store CV content and do not run user accounts, we usually hold very little information that identifies you. To make a request, email buildcvfast@gmail.com.

The Site is intended for people aged 16 and over. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

The Site is served over HTTPS. Because CV content is processed locally in your browser, it never travels to our servers. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we take reasonable measures to protect the Site.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top shows when it was last revised. Significant changes will be highlighted on this page.