Privacy Policy

Updated February 2024

Privacy Policy

Thanks for working with us! Here we describe how we collect, use, and handle your information when you use our websites and services (‘Services’).

We at Vitae Express are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data (as described in this policy) is processed fairly and lawfully in line with all relevant privacy legislation.

Your Data

As a career development services business, we collect, use, store and transfer the following information to provide, improve, and protect our Services:

The data we collect and process. You may give us personal information by visiting the website, filling in forms on the website, using our Services, or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail, or otherwise. This personal information includes the following data which are referred to in this Privacy Policy as ‘your data’, ‘your personal data’ or ‘your personal information’:

  • Personal information: The personal information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address, payment information (including bank account and payment card details), any information you have included on your CV or resume.

  • Sensitive personal data such as your race or ethnicity, your political opinions, religious beliefs, membership in a trade union, physical or mental health condition, sexual orientation, or criminal offenses. Please note that we do not ask for any sensitive personal information and request that you omit any such information from your CV or resume prior to submitting it to us.

How we use your data

  • Services. Our Services are designed to make it simple and easy for you to acquire career development products (resumes and CVs LinkedIn accounts, interview preparation services, etc.) To make that possible, we store, use and transmit your data to internal staff and third-party service providers to enable us to register new customers, process payments and deliver our Services.

  • Usage. We also use your data, especially usage data, technical data, and data on how you use our Services, including the actions you take in your account (such as site visits, page interaction information, and search history), to evaluate and improve our services.

Sharing your data

We do not share with advertisers or third parties.

We do not disclose personal information to third parties for purposes that are materially different than what it was originally collected for. Should this change in the future, we will provide individuals with the option to opt-out.

Protecting your data

Stewardship of your personal data is critical to us and a responsibility we embrace. We have a team dedicated to keeping your information secure and testing for vulnerabilities.

We only process personal data where we have a legal basis for doing so. We review the personal data we hold on a regular basis to ensure it is being lawfully processed and that it is accurate, relevant, and up to date.

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Your rights - individuals outside the European Union

California Online Privacy Protection Act. As required by the California Online Privacy Protection Act ("California Act") and the California Business and Professions Code, this Privacy Policy identifies the categories of Personally Identifiable Information (as that term is defined above and in the California Act) that we collect through our website about individual consumers who use or visit our website and the categories of third-party persons or entities with whom such personally identifiable information may be shared. See more about the California Act.

Where we store and transfer your data

The EU and the United States. We have customers all over the world but to provide you with services, we store, use and transmit information only in the United States.

Grant of Rights for Use of Fictionalized Resume

Clients understand that Vitae Express will, from time to time, submit their best work for inclusion in resume writing books and resume writing competitions. All clients hereby grant permission for Scott Gardner, CPRW, CIC, Dba Vitae Express. to use their resume when fully fictionalizing name, contact information, company names, dates, and school names are used.

Changes to our Company

If we are involved in a reorganization, merger, acquisition, or sale of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that deal. We will notify you (e.g. via e-mail to the e-mail address associated with your account) of any such deal and outline your choices in that event.

We may revise this privacy policy from time to time and will post the most current version on our website. If a revision meaningfully reduces your rights, we will notify you.

Contact

Have questions or concerns about our Services or our privacy policy? Contact us at services@vitaeexpress.com.