Effective Date: February 2026
Last Updated: May 2026
Careersy AI — Privacy Policy
1. Introduction & Scope
Careersy AI ("Careersy," "we," "us," or "our") provides an AI-powered career mentoring platform for senior technology professionals in Australia and New Zealand (the "Service"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you use our Service.
We are committed to handling your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). For users based in New Zealand, we also comply with the Privacy Act 2020 (NZ) and the New Zealand Information Privacy Principles where applicable.
By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of your information as described in this Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Information You Provide Directly
Account Information:
- Email address
- Name (optional)
- Payment information (processed securely via our payment provider — we do not store credit card details)
Career and Professional Information:
- Career history, experience, and goals you share in sessions
- Resume and LinkedIn content you provide for review
- Job search activity, target roles, and companies you discuss
- Interview experiences and feedback you share
- Any other professional information you choose to provide
Session Content:
- The content of your conversations with the Careersy AI mentor
- Documents or text you paste into the Service
- Questions, responses, and notes generated during sessions
2.2 Information We Collect Automatically
Usage Information:
- Session frequency and duration
- Features used and interaction patterns
- Error logs and performance data
Technical Information:
- Device type, operating system, and browser
- IP address (used for security and debugging purposes only)
2.3 Payment Information
Payment processing is handled by a third-party payment provider. We receive confirmation of payment status but do not store your full card details. Billing records are retained as required by Australian tax law.
2.4 Temporary Chats
Some conversations you may not want associated with your saved profile. When you start a Temporary Chat (the EyeOff icon in the sidebar), three things happen:
- Careersy AI doesn't learn anything from the conversation. No facts get added to your profile.
- The assistant doesn't see your existing saved facts during the chat. It starts fresh.
- The conversation itself stays saved to your account so you can scroll back, and the full message contents are retained in our internal admin logs for quality review.
If you want a conversation that leaves no trace at all, contact us at support@careersy.ai and we will delete the relevant logs.
Temporary Chat status is set when the conversation is created and cannot be changed afterwards.
2.5 Sensitive Information
Your CV, profile, or messages may contain sensitive information as defined by the Privacy Act — for example, health information (such as a disability or a period of medical leave) or information about your background. We only collect this information when you choose to include it.
By uploading a CV or sharing such details, you consent to us collecting and using that sensitive information for the sole purpose of providing the Service — analysing your CV, coaching you, and matching you to opportunities. We do not use it for any other purpose, and you can choose not to share it.
3. How We Use Your Information
3.1 To Provide the Service
- Delivering AI-powered career mentoring sessions
- Maintaining context memory across sessions (where your plan includes this feature)
- Processing payments and managing your subscription
- Responding to support enquiries
3.2 To Improve the Service
- Analysing usage patterns to improve the quality of responses
- Identifying and fixing technical issues
- Developing new features
3.3 To Communicate With You
- Transactional emails — account confirmations, payment receipts, service notices
- Product updates and new features (you can opt out at any time)
3.4 For Security and Legal Compliance
- Detecting and preventing fraud or misuse
- Complying with applicable Australian and New Zealand law
- Responding to lawful requests from government or regulatory bodies
4. AI Processing and Your Career Data
4.1 How Your Data is Used in AI Sessions
The nature of this Service means you will share personal and professional information — including career history, goals, vulnerabilities, and challenges — as part of receiving mentoring. This information is used solely to provide the Service to you.
We do not:
- Sell your personal information to any third party
- Use your conversation content to train AI models
- Share your career information with employers, recruiters, or third parties
- Use your data for advertising targeting
4.2 Third-Party AI Providers
The Service relies on trusted third-party providers, most of them based in the United States, to deliver its features. These include Anthropic (Claude) to generate AI responses; OpenAI to transcribe any audio or video you upload; Voyage AI to convert your text into search embeddings; Exa to run live web searches; and Stripe to process payments. Your content is shared with each provider only to the extent needed to deliver the feature you are using.
Each provider processes your data under its own privacy terms and data processing agreement. Before your personal information is handled overseas, we take reasonable steps to ensure the provider handles it consistently with the Australian Privacy Principles, and we remain accountable under those Principles for how they handle it.
You can review Anthropic's privacy policy at anthropic.com/privacy.
4.3 Web Search (Growth Plan)
When web search is enabled, the Service sends search text to our search provider (Exa) to retrieve current ANZ market information relevant to your question. That search text is drawn from your message and profile, so it may include personal information, which Exa processes in the United States under the safeguards described in section 4.2.
4.4 Session Memory
Where your plan includes context memory across sessions, your conversation history is stored to provide continuity of mentoring. You may request deletion of your session history at any time by contacting support@careersy.ai.
4.5 Automated Analysis and Scoring
Careersy AI uses automated processing to analyse the information you provide — including your CV, career details, and messages — to generate scores, assessments, and recommendations (for example, ATS-compatibility scores, AI-discoverability assessments, interview feedback, and job suggestions).
These are decision-support tools designed to help you with your own career. They do not make legally or similarly significant decisions about you on their own — you decide how to use the output, and we do not provide any automated decision about you to a third party such as an employer. If you would like to understand how a particular feature reached its result, contact us at support@careersy.ai.
6. Data Storage and Security
6.1 Where Your Data is Stored
Your data is stored on servers located in Australia. Some processing happens overseas, primarily in the United States, through the third-party providers described in section 4.2 (for example, generating AI responses or running web search). Before personal information is handled overseas, we take reasonable steps to ensure the provider handles it consistently with the Australian Privacy Principles, and we remain accountable for that handling.
6.2 Security Measures
We implement reasonable technical and organisational security measures including:
- Encryption in transit (TLS/SSL) for all data transfers
- Encryption at rest for stored data
- Access controls limiting who can access your data
- Regular security reviews
No method of electronic storage is completely secure. While we take reasonable steps to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
6.3 Your Responsibilities
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for notifying us immediately at support@careersy.ai if you suspect unauthorised access to your account.
7. Data Retention
| Data Type | Retention Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Active account data | Duration of subscription + 30 days | Retained while account is active |
| Session conversation history | Duration of subscription + 30 days | Deletable on request at any time |
| Quality-review logs (message content, including Temporary Chats) | Anonymised after 18 months | Kept for quality review and support while your account is active; automatically anonymised after 18 months — the message content and the link to you are permanently removed, and only de-identified usage statistics are retained to improve the Service. Logs still linked to you are deleted when you delete your account |
| Deleted account data | Deleted immediately on request | Permanent. No recovery period once confirmed |
| Payment records | 7 years | Required under Australian tax law |
| Security and access logs | 90 days | For security and incident response |
After retention periods expire, your data is permanently deleted or irreversibly anonymised.
8. Your Privacy Rights
As an Australian resident, you have the following rights under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth):
Right to Access:
You may request access to the personal information we hold about you. We will respond within 30 days. In most cases, access is free of charge.
Right to Correction:
If you believe personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, or misleading, you may request that we correct it.
Right to Deletion:
You may request deletion of your account and associated personal information. Deleting your account through your account settings takes effect immediately and permanently. Emailed deletion requests are actioned promptly, and within 30 days at the latest, subject to any legal retention obligations (such as payment records, which we are required to keep).
Right to Complain:
If you believe we have mishandled your personal information, you have the right to make a complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at oaic.gov.au or by calling 1300 363 992.
New Zealand residents have equivalent rights under the Privacy Act 2020 (NZ) and may complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner at privacy.org.nz.
How to Exercise Your Rights
Contact us at support@careersy.ai. Please include your name, email address, and a description of your request. We may ask you to verify your identity before actioning the request.
10. Children's Privacy
The Service is intended for adults (18 years and over) in professional contexts. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a person under 18, we will delete it promptly.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. For material changes, we will notify you by email at least 14 days before the changes take effect. Minor changes will be posted with an updated "Last Updated" date.
Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the updated Policy. If you do not agree to the changes, you may cancel your subscription before they take effect.
Previous versions of this Policy are available on request.
12. Contact
For privacy enquiries, access requests, correction requests, or complaints:
Privacy Officer
Careersy AI
Australia
We aim to respond to all privacy enquiries within 7 business days.
If you are not satisfied with our response to a complaint, you may escalate to:
- Australia: Office of the Australian Information Commissioner — oaic.gov.au
- New Zealand: Office of the Privacy Commissioner — privacy.org.nz
This Privacy Policy was last updated in February 2026.
