Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

TryCareerMatch (trycareermatch.com) is operated by Diogo Serino, an individual based in Braga, Portugal. For data protection purposes, Diogo Serino is the data controller responsible for your personal data.

Contact: [email protected]

2. What data we collect

• Career profile data — education level, years of experience, skills, work preferences and sector interests. Entered by you during onboarding.
• Email address — provided voluntarily when purchasing the detailed report. Used to deliver your report and send a confirmation email.
• Payment data — processed directly by Stripe. We do not store card numbers or payment details on our servers.
• Session identifier — a random UUID stored in your browser's localStorage to link your profile and results without requiring an account.

3. How we use your data

• To run the career matching analysis and display your results.
• To process your payment and deliver the detailed report.
• To send you the report by email after purchase.

We do not use your data for advertising, we do not sell it to third parties, and we do not use it for any purpose beyond providing the service.

4. Legal basis (GDPR)

• Contract performance — processing your profile to deliver the matching service you requested.
• Contract performance — processing your email and payment to deliver the paid report.
• Legitimate interest — storing anonymous session data temporarily to provide a seamless experience without requiring an account.

5. Data retention

• Anonymous sessions — automatically deleted after 24 hours.
• Paid sessions — your email and results are retained for up to 12 months to allow you to re-access your report, then deleted.
• Payment records — retained by Stripe in accordance with their own policies and applicable financial regulations.

6. Third-party processors

We share data with the following processors only to the extent necessary to provide the service:

• Stripe (stripe.com) — payment processing. Stripe is PCI DSS certified and processes payments under their own privacy policy.
• Resend (resend.com) — transactional email delivery of your report.
• Neon (neon.tech) — database hosting in Europe. Your data is stored on servers located within the European Economic Area.

7. Your rights

Under the GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate data.
• Erasure — ask us to delete your data.
• Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interest.

To exercise any of these rights, email us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Portuguese data protection authority: CNPD (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados) at cnpd.pt.

8. Cookies and local storage

We do not use tracking cookies or advertising cookies. We use your browser's localStorage solely to store a session identifier that links your profile to your results within the same browser session. This identifier is not used to track you across other websites.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page reflects the most recent update. Continued use of the service after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.