Privacy Policy

Who we are

Purposeful is operated by Purposeful Inc., a company based in Canada. This policy explains what we collect when you use https://purposeful.careers, why, where it goes and how to get rid of it. We wrote it to be read, not skimmed; if anything is unclear, ask us.

What we collect

Things you give us.

• Your selections: the industries and activities you pick, and free-text answers about your background and goals.
• Your resume, if you upload one. The file is read in your browser and the text is sent to our server for analysis. We never store the original file. We keep only the structured summary the analysis produces (skills, experience, achievements, a short narrative).
• Your account details when you sign up: email address and name, managed by Clerk (see below).

Things we generate. The career matches, action plans, resume reviews and interview preparation we produce for you are stored in your account so you can come back to them.

Things we measure.

• For every AI generation we record the endpoint, the model used, token counts, estimated cost, response time and whether it succeeded. For visitors who are not signed in we store a salted, daily-rotating hash of the IP address so we can enforce fair-use limits. We cannot recover the IP address from this hash.
• Site analytics through Plausible, which uses no cookies and no personal identifiers.
• Product analytics through PostHog to understand which steps people complete and where they drop off. PostHog stores an anonymous identifier in your browser; when you sign in, your events are linked to your account. We do not record sessions or capture what you type.

How we use it

• To produce your career matches and toolkit. That is the product.
• To save your progress so it is there when you come back, including on another device when you are signed in.
• To keep the service affordable and available: rate limits, abuse prevention and cost monitoring.
• To process payments if you subscribe.

How the AI processes your data

We use Anthropic's Claude models to analyse your resume text and to write your career matches and toolkit. Your inputs are sent to Anthropic's API for the duration of each request. Anthropic does not use data sent through its API to train its models.

Resume text is processed in memory to produce a summary and is not written to our database. Only the summary is kept.

AI-generated content can be wrong. Treat it as a well-researched starting point, not as professional advice.

Services we rely on

• Clerk: sign-up, sign-in and account security. Clerk holds your email, name and session information.
• Stripe: payments. Card details go directly to Stripe and never touch our servers; we keep a Stripe customer reference and subscription status.
• Anthropic: AI generation, as described above.
• Plausible: privacy-friendly analytics, no cookies.
• PostHog: product analytics (funnels and usage), as described above.
• Railway: hosting and database.

Where your data lives

Our application and database run on Railway in the United States. Our providers process data in their own regions, which may include the United States. By using Purposeful you consent to this transfer.

How long we keep it

• Account data, profile and toolkits: for as long as your account exists.
• Anonymous use (no account): your inputs stay only in your browser's local storage; our server keeps no copy of them. Usage records with hashed IPs are kept for up to 13 months for cost analysis.
• Billing records: as long as tax and accounting law require.

Your choices and rights

• Delete everything. From your Profile page you can delete your account. This cancels any subscription, removes your account at Clerk, and deletes your profile, toolkits and subscription record from our database immediately. AI usage records are kept but no longer linked to you.
• Download your data. The Profile page has a "Download my data" link that returns your profile, toolkits and subscription status as a JSON file.
• Correct it. Your profile is editable at any time.
• Use it anonymously. You can run the full matching flow without an account; nothing is stored on our side except the usage record described above.

If you are in Canada you have rights under PIPEDA, and if you are in the EU or UK under the GDPR, including the right to complain to your privacy regulator. Email us first; we will answer within 30 days.

Children

Purposeful is for adults in the workforce. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 16.

Changes to this policy

When we change this policy we update the date at the top. For material changes we will tell signed-in users by email or with a notice in the app.