1. Information We Collect

When you create an account on CareerLookAI, we collect the following information:

• Account information — first name, last name, email address, date of birth, and education level provided at registration
• Saved careers — careers you choose to save to your account
• Job search queries — search terms entered in the Jobs Portal (processed via JSearch/RapidAPI)
• Career submissions — if you submit a career via the Career Explorer, we store the career name and a rate-limiting identifier. We do not store your full IP address.
• AI chat conversations — messages sent to our AI counselor are processed by Anthropic's Claude API. We do not permanently store your chat messages. See Anthropic's Privacy Policy for how they handle API data.

2. How We Use Your Information

• To provide and personalize our career guidance services
• To maintain your saved careers and account preferences
• To process job searches on your behalf
• To communicate with you about your account
• To improve our platform and user experience

3. Data Storage & Security

Your account data is stored securely using Supabase (PostgreSQL database hosted in the United States). Authentication is handled by Supabase Auth with industry-standard encryption. We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data, but no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

4. Third-Party Services

We use trusted third-party services to power features on this site. These services may receive limited data necessary to perform their function — for example, your search terms are sent to our job search provider when you use the Jobs Portal, and your chat messages are processed by our AI provider. We do not sell your personal data to any third party, and we only share data with third parties to the extent necessary to provide our services.

Our key service providers include: Supabase (account data storage and authentication), Anthropic (AI guidance chat), RapidAPI/JSearch (job listings), OpenStreetMap/Nominatim (location search), Stripe (payment processing), Resend (transactional email), and Google (fonts and advertising services). Each provider maintains their own privacy policy governing their data practices.

5. Advertising & Third-Party Cookies

We display advertisements on this site through third-party advertising networks, which may include Google AdSense and Media.net (the Yahoo/Bing contextual advertising network). These advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about your visits to this and other websites in order to display advertisements — including interest-based advertising tailored to your browsing activity.

• Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this site and other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
• Media.net and other ad partners may similarly use cookies for contextual and interest-based ad serving, subject to their own privacy policies.
• You can opt out of many third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices or optout.networkadvertising.org.
• Where required by law, we request your consent before enabling advertising cookies, and you may decline via our cookie banner. Declining consent limits ads to non-personalized serving.

Advertising helps keep CareerLookAI free to use. We do not control the content of third-party advertisements, and the appearance of an ad does not constitute our endorsement of the advertised product or service.

6. Data Retention

We retain your account data for as long as your account is active. You may request deletion of your account and associated data at any time by contacting us through our inquiry form. We will process deletion requests within 30 days.

7. Children's Privacy (COPPA)

CareerLookAI is intended for users 13 years of age and older. We require users to confirm they are at least 13 years old at registration and we collect date of birth to verify this. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has created an account, we will delete the account and associated data immediately. If you believe a child under 13 has registered, please contact us through our inquiry form.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights under applicable privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable state laws) including:

• Right to access the personal data we hold about you
• Right to correct inaccurate data
• Right to request deletion of your data
• Right to data portability
• Right to opt out of certain data processing

To exercise any of these rights, contact us through our inquiry form.

9. Changes to This Policy

We will update this Privacy Policy as our practices evolve. Material changes will be noted with an updated "Last updated" date at the top of this section. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

This Cookie Policy explains how CareerLookAI uses cookies and similar browser storage technologies. We keep this simple.

What We Use Cookies For

We use three types of storage on your device:

• Essential cookies — keep you logged in and remember your preferences. These are required for the site to work and cannot be turned off.
• Performance cookies — temporarily cache career and university data so pages load faster. No personal information is stored in these caches.
• Advertising cookies — we do not currently use these. If we introduce advertising (such as Google AdSense) in the future, we will update this policy and ask for your consent before any advertising cookies are set.

Third-Party Services

We use trusted third-party services to power features on this site, including Supabase (account storage), Anthropic (AI chat), Google (fonts and future advertising), and job search providers. Each of these services has its own privacy and cookie policy. We encourage you to review them if you have questions about how they handle data.

Managing Your Cookies

You can clear cookies and browser storage at any time through your browser settings. Doing so will log you out of your account but will not affect your ability to use the site. You can also decline non-essential cookies via our cookie banner.

Your Consent

By clicking "Accept" on our cookie banner, you consent to the use of cookies as described above. Essential cookies are always active when you use an account — they are required for login functionality to work.