Privacy Policy
At MeAndCareer, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and share information when you use our website and services. By using MeAndCareer, you agree to the terms outlined in this policy. We encourage you to read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data.
1. Information We Collect
We prioritize your privacy and minimize data collection. We do not collect personal identifiers like name, email, or phone number unless you voluntarily provide them through contact forms or feedback submissions. The information we collect includes:
- Quiz Responses: Quiz Responses: When you take a career assessment, your answers are processed to generate personalized results. These responses are temporarily stored in your browser's local storage and are not transmitted to or stored on our servers unless you explicitly choose to save or share your results.
- Analytics: Usage Analytics: We collect anonymous usage data to understand how visitors interact with our website. This includes pages visited, time spent on site, browser type, device type, geographic location (country/city level only), and referral source. This data is aggregated and anonymized, meaning it cannot be used to identify individual users.
- Technical Info: Technical Information: We automatically collect certain technical information when you visit our site, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, and device identifiers. This information is used for security purposes and to optimize site performance.
- Cookies: Cookie Data: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience. See our Cookie Policy section below for detailed information.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information solely to provide and improve our services. We never sell your information to third parties. Specifically, we use your data to:
- âś“Generate Results: Generate Personalized Results: Your quiz responses are analyzed to provide you with career recommendations, insights, and actionable advice tailored to your unique profile.
- âś“Platform Improvements: Improve Our Platform: Anonymous usage data helps us understand which features are most valuable, identify technical issues, and optimize the user experience. For example, if we notice users frequently abandoning a particular quiz, we might investigate and improve that assessment.
- âś“Trend Analysis: Analyze Trends: Aggregated, anonymous data allows us to identify broader trends in career interests, helping us create more relevant content and assessments.
- âś“Security: Maintain Security: We monitor for suspicious activity and use technical information to protect against fraud, abuse, and security vulnerabilities.
- âś“Communication: Communicate With You: If you contact us via email or feedback forms, we use your contact information solely to respond to your inquiry.
3. Data Storage and Security
We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your information. Your quiz responses are stored locally on your device using browser local storage, giving you full control. If you clear your browser data, your quiz history will be deleted. We do not maintain a centralized database of user quiz responses. Any data transmitted to our servers (such as analytics) is encrypted using SSL/TLS protocols. We regularly review and update our security practices to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of data.
4. Cookie Policy
Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help us improve your experience and optimize site performance. We use the following types of cookies:
🔧 Essential Cookies
Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, quiz functionality, and access to secure areas. These cookies do not store personally identifiable information.
đź“Š Analytics Cookies
Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our site. These cookies help us understand which pages are most popular, how long users spend on different sections, and what types of devices and browsers are used. This information helps us improve the site's structure and content.
⚙️ Preference Cookies
Preference Cookies: These cookies remember your settings and preferences, such as language selection, theme choice (light/dark mode), and whether you've accepted our cookie notice. This ensures a more personalized experience on repeat visits.
📢 Advertising Cookies
Advertising Cookies: We use Google AdSense to display ads on our site. These cookies may track your browsing behavior across different websites to show you relevant advertisements. While we benefit from ad revenue to keep MeAndCareer free, you have full control over these cookies through your browser settings or Google's Ad Settings.
You have full control over cookies. Most web browsers allow you to manage cookie preferences through settings. You can choose to block or delete cookies, though this may impact certain features of our website. To opt out of Google Analytics tracking, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. To manage personalized advertising, visit Google's Ad Settings or the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out page.
5. Third-Party Services and Advertising
To keep MeAndCareer completely free, we partner with Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Here's what you need to know:
How AdSense Works: How AdSense Works: Google AdSense uses cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. These ads help support our mission of providing free career guidance to everyone.
Data Sharing: Data Sharing: While we do not sell your personal information, Google may collect data through AdSense cookies to personalize ads. Google's use of advertising cookies enables them and their partners to serve ads based on your visits to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
Your Control: Your Control: You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings (ads.google.com/preferences). You can also visit aboutads.info to opt out of third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising.
Google's Privacy: Google's Privacy Policy: Google's privacy practices are governed by their own privacy policy. We encourage you to review Google's Privacy Policy to understand how they collect and use data.
Other Third-Party Services: We may use other third-party services such as content delivery networks (CDNs) to improve site performance and hosting providers to maintain our website. These partners are contractually required to protect your data and use it only for the purposes we specify.
6. Your Privacy Rights
You have several rights regarding your personal data:
- • Access: Right to Access: You can request information about what data we have collected about you.
- • Correction: Right to Correction: If we have incorrect information about you, you can request that we correct it.
- • Deletion: Right to Deletion: You can request that we delete any personal data we have about you. Since most data is stored locally on your device, you can delete this yourself by clearing your browser data.
- • Portability: Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your data in a machine-readable format.
- • Object: Right to Object: You can object to our processing of your data for specific purposes, such as analytics or advertising.
- • Withdraw Consent: Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process data, you can withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information in the Contact section below. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
7. Children's Privacy
MeAndCareer is designed to be accessible to students, including minors. However, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent. Our quizzes do not require users to provide personal information like name, email, or date of birth. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can delete it.
8. International Users
MeAndCareer is accessible worldwide. If you are accessing our website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate. By using our service, you consent to the transfer of your information to countries that may have different data protection laws than your country of residence.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make significant changes, we will notify users by posting a notice on our homepage or by other means. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last revised. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please don't hesitate to contact us. We're committed to addressing your privacy concerns promptly and transparently. You can reach us at: Email: privacy@meandcareer.com | Website: www.meandcareer.com/contact | We aim to respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 48 hours.
Last Updated: 12/29/2025