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UCBuddy Privacy Policy

Welcome to UCBuddy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, store, and protect your information when you use our AI-powered CV builder and career assistant services.

It applies to all UCBuddy products and features, including CV creation, resume optimization, AI career assistance, job matching, PDF export, and account management.

By accessing or using UCBuddy, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you have questions about how your information is handled, please contact us at support@uctalent.io.

01

Introduction

UCBuddy is an AI-powered CV builder and career assistance platform that helps users create, improve, organize, and manage professional resumes. The platform leverages artificial intelligence to assist with resume generation, CV optimization, grammar improvement, career guidance, and professional PDF export.

UCBuddy is designed to support students, recent graduates, career changers, and professionals throughout the job application process by providing accessible tools that simplify resume creation and improve job readiness.

02

Legal Basis for Processing

UCBuddy processes personal information based on one or more of the following grounds, where applicable:

01
User Consent
Explicitly provided by users when registering or using specific features.
02
Performance of Services
Necessary to deliver the services requested by the user (e.g., CV building, AI chat, PDF export).
03
Legal Obligations
To fulfill legal requirements under applicable laws and regulations.
04
Legitimate Interests
For platform security, fraud prevention, and technical maintenance, where permitted by applicable law.
Your Privacy Rights: Where consent is the primary legal basis, users may withdraw their consent at any time through the application settings. Please note that withdrawing consent may limit or disable certain features of the Services.
03

AI Transparency Notice

UCBuddy features advanced tools powered by Artificial Intelligence ("AI"), including resume generation, resume optimization, career guidance, job matching, and AI chat. We are committed to transparency: you will always be notified via the application interface when interacting with AI features or viewing AI-generated content.

Important disclaimer: AI-generated outputs are provided solely as assistive suggestions and do not constitute professional, career, legal, financial, or employment advice. Users retain sole responsibility for reviewing, verifying, and evaluating all AI content before using or relying on it. For more detailed information on how we process AI data, please see the AI Processing & Automated Recommendations section below.

04

What Information We Collect

We collect information necessary to provide UCBuddy's features, including:

Google Account
  • Full name
  • Email address
  • Profile picture
CV Content
  • Education
  • Work experience
  • Skills & projects
  • Career objectives
AI Chat Data
  • Messages sent to AI
  • AI-generated responses
Usage & Analytics
  • App version
  • Device type & OS
  • Usage events
  • Crash reports

We may also collect avatar photos and other images you upload for use in your resumes and profiles. This information is used to improve application performance, monitor crashes, diagnose technical issues, and enhance the overall user experience.

05

How We Use Your Information

We use your information to provide, maintain, and improve UCBuddy services. Here's how your data is utilized:

Account & Authentication
  • Create and manage your account
Core CV & Resume Services
  • Generate and optimize CV content
  • Generate and export professional PDF resumes
AI-Powered Assistance
  • Provide AI-powered career assistance and guidance
  • Match resumes with job descriptions
  • Analyze resume content to generate career recommendations, compatibility scores, and job matching suggestions
Analytics & Improvement
  • Improve application performance and diagnose technical issues
  • Analyze product usage patterns and enhance user experience
Security & Maintenance
  • Maintain security and reliability of our services
Note: We only use your information for the purposes described above and as required by law. Your data is never used for purposes beyond what you've consented to or what is necessary to operate UCBuddy.
06

Third-Party Services

UCBuddy integrates with the following third-party services to deliver its features:

Google Sign-In
For secure user authentication and account management
Firebase Services
For analytics, crash reporting, and application monitoring
Supabase
For database, cloud storage, and backend infrastructure
Google Gemini API
For AI-powered resume generation, optimization, and career assistance
07

International Data Processing

Certain third-party service providers used by UCBuddy, including cloud infrastructure, analytics, authentication, and AI service providers, may process or store information on servers located outside of Vietnam.

As a result, personal information is transferred to, processed, and stored in jurisdictions that may provide different levels of data protection than those available under the laws of your country of residence.

UCBuddy takes reasonable measures to help ensure that international data transfers are conducted with appropriate safeguards designed to protect personal information and maintain a level of protection consistent with applicable privacy and data protection laws.

08

AI Processing

To provide AI-powered features, certain CV content, resume information, uploaded documents, and user prompts will be transmitted to third-party AI service providers for processing and response generation.

AI technologies are used to assist with resume generation, resume optimization, career guidance, content recommendations, compatibility scoring, and job matching functionalities.

Users are informed that recommendations, scores, suggestions, and other outputs generated through these features may be produced wholly or partially by artificial intelligence systems.

AI-generated outputs are intended solely to support user decision-making and should not be considered final employment, recruitment, hiring, admission, legal, financial, or career decisions.

While we strive to improve the quality and accuracy of AI-generated outputs, such outputs may contain inaccuracies, omissions, outdated information, or recommendations that may not be suitable for every individual situation. Users should independently review and verify AI-generated content before relying on it.

UCBuddy maintains appropriate human oversight over the design, operation, and monitoring of its AI-powered services. AI-generated outputs are intended to support users and remain subject to human review and judgment.

UCBuddy does not use AI systems to make fully autonomous employment, hiring, admission, legal, or financial decisions on behalf of users.

Where AI-generated recommendations may relate to career opportunities or employment-related suggestions, such recommendations are intended to support human judgment and are not used as the sole basis for decision-making.

09

Data Sharing

We do not sell personal information. UCBuddy does not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise disclose your personal information to third parties for their marketing or commercial purposes.
You have the right to control how your information is shared. You can manage your consent preferences and data sharing settings at any time through your account settings or by contacting us directly.
10

Data Retention

We retain user information for as long as necessary to provide UCBuddy services, including account management, CV generation, AI assistance, and resume storage.

Certain information may be retained where required by law or for security, fraud prevention, and troubleshooting purposes.

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User Rights

Users may exercise their rights under applicable local laws by contacting us at support@uctalent.io. These rights include:

Access and Portability
Request access to and receive copies of your personal information.
Correction
Request the correction or updating of inaccurate or incomplete data.
Deletion
Request the deletion or anonymization of your data (or utilize the self-service account deletion feature in the app settings).
Withdraw Consent
Withdraw your consent for data processing at any time.
Restriction and Objection
Request that we temporarily restrict or pause the processing of your data or object to specific processing activities.
AI Transparency
Request information regarding how your data is processed through our AI-assisted systems.
Lodge a Complaint
File a complaint with competent data protection authorities if you believe your privacy rights have been violated.
12

Account Deletion

Users can delete their account and all associated personal data directly within the UCBuddy app settings. Upon receiving a verified request, we will delete or anonymize personal information unless retention is required by law, security obligations, or legitimate business purposes.

13

Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect user information against unauthorized access, disclosure, or loss.

While we strive to protect your information, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

14

Children's Privacy

UCBuddy is intended for users aged 16 and above. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age required by applicable law. If we become aware that such information has been collected, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

15

App Permissions

UCBuddy requests the following device permissions:

RECORD_AUDIO
Supports voice-to-text within the AI chat feature. Audio is only recorded when the user explicitly initiates voice input.
READ_MEDIA_IMAGES
Allows users to select profile photos and images from their device gallery for use in resumes and profiles.
INTERNET
Required to access AI services, synchronize user data, retrieve templates, and support analytics and crash reporting.
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Contact Information

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please reach out:

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Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated Effective Date. Continued use of UCBuddy after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.