Effective Date: Last updated June 21, 2025
Who we are
Smart Resumes & More provides professional resume writing and career services through our website at https://smartresumesandmore.com. We are committed to protecting your privacy and safeguarding your personal information.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to help detect and prevent spam.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if applicable) may be visible to the public next to your comment.
Media Uploads
If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from these images.
Cookies
We use cookies for user convenience and website functionality. Cookies may store your name, email, and website if you leave a comment, so you won’t need to re-enter them next time. These cookies last for one year.
A temporary cookie is set on the login page to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, several cookies store your login and display preferences:
Login cookies: last 2 days (or 2 weeks if "Remember Me" is selected)
Screen display options: last 1 year
If you log out, the login cookies are removed.
If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will be saved in your browser with the post ID. It expires after 1 day and contains no personal data.Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves just as if the visitor had visited the original website.
These external websites may collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with the embedded content — especially if you are logged in to those external sites.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data.
If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email. Visitor comments may be processed through an automated spam detection service to ensure site security.
How long we retain your data
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to automatically approve future comments.
If you register an account on our site (if this feature is enabled), we store your personal information in your user profile. You can view, edit, or delete your personal info at any time (username cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and modify this information.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we erase your personal data. This does not include any data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To make a request, please contact us at:
contact@smartresumesandmore.com
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so. We may need to share your personal information in the following situations:
- Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
- Affiliates. We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy notice. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
- Business Partners. We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
How We Protect Your Data
We implement standard security measures to ensure the integrity and safety of your personal information. This includes regular monitoring, website security plugins, SSL encryption, and access restrictions. We have organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information
Third-Party Services and Analytics
We may use trusted third-party tools (e.g. Google Analytics, contact forms, CRM systems) to help us better understand site usage, manage inquiries, or deliver services. These services may collect anonymized traffic data but do not access your personal data unless explicitly provided by you (e.g., through a contact form).
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as needed to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. When changes are made, we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this page.
California Residents – Your Privacy Rights
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
If you are a resident of California, you have certain rights:
- Right to request what personal information we collect and why
- Right to know if personal data has been sold or disclosed
- Right to deletion of personal data (with legal exceptions)
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights
- Right to opt-out of data selling (we do not sell data)
We do not sell or share your personal data for commercial purposes.
Verification Process
To protect your information, we verify identity before processing data requests. You may be asked to provide identifying information (e.g., name, email, recent activity). We will only use that information to verify your identity and process your request.
You may also use an authorized agent to submit your request. We may deny the request if the agent doesn’t provide proof of authorization under the CCPA.
Additional Privacy Rights
You may:
- Object to processing
- Request correction of inaccurate data
- Restrict data processing
- Designate an authorized agent under the CCPA
- Request to opt-out of future data sharing
To submit any request, email:
contact@smartresumesandmore.com or use the contact form here:
🌐 https://smartresumesandmore.com/contact
Contact Us
For questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, contact: contact@smartresumesandmore.com or use the contact form here:
🌐https://smartresumesandmore.com/contact