Welcome to Placement Buddy. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our application and website (the "Service").
By accessing or using Placement Buddy, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the application.
2. Information We Collect
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when registering for the Service, expressing an interest in obtaining information about us, or otherwise contacting us.
Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, phone number, register number/student ID, and university details.
Academic and Professional Information: CGPA, branch, college, current semester, expected graduation year, backlogs, interested domains, resumes, and uploaded grade cards.
External Profiles: Links to your GitHub, LinkedIn, and portfolio websites.
Usage Data: Automatically collected data including device IP address, operating system, browser type, device information, and usage statistics.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the personal information collected via our Service for a variety of business purposes described below:
Account Creation and Logon: To facilitate account creation and logon processes securely.
Service Provision: To provide and maintain our Service, including cross-checking student identities and verifying academic records.
AI-Powered Features: To generate professional resume summaries and complete ATS-friendly resumes based on your academic data, GitHub repositories, and LinkedIn profiles.
Platform Security: To keep our Service safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention, and aggressive rate-limiting).
Communication: To send you administrative information, updates, and placement-related notifications.
4. How We Share Your Information
We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations. We may process or share your data with the following third-party service providers:
Authentication and Database Hosting: Google Firebase (for secure authentication, user management, and Firestore database hosting).
AI Processing: OpenRouter API (to power AI resume generation and grade card verification). Note: Your data sent to AI providers is strictly used for your requested generation and verification tasks and is not used to train public models.
File Storage: Cloudinary (for secure storage of your uploaded grade cards and generated PDF resumes).
5. Data Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process.
Data Encryption: Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest using industry-standard protocols.
Rate Limiting: Our systems employ aggressive rate-limiting to prevent brute-force attacks and abuse of AI generation services.
Verified Access: Access to the platform is strictly restricted to verified students.
However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
6. Data Retention
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information.
7. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
Request access and obtain a copy of your personal information.
Request rectification or erasure of your personal data.
Restrict the processing of your personal information.
If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
To exercise these rights, you can contact us using the contact details provided below or via the settings panel within the application.
8. Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Effective Date" and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
9. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this policy, or if you would like to exercise your rights regarding your personal data, you may contact us via the help desk in the application or by emailing us at: info.placementbuddy@gmail.com