Privacy Policy

Last updated: 8 August 2026

Haynes Career Studio respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect your personal information when you use our website, submit a CV for review, contact us, or use our career support services.

1. Who We Are

Haynes Career Studio is a career support service providing CV reviews, CV optimisation, LinkedIn optimisation, job search support and AI career guidance.

For privacy-related questions, you can contact us at:

Email: hello@haynescareerstudio.co.uk
Website: https://www.haynescareerstudio.co.uk

2. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with Haynes Career Studio, we may collect the following information:

• Full name

• Email address

• Phone number, where provided

• Information about the type of career opportunity you are looking for

• Industry or role interests

• Information about challenges you are experiencing with your CV

• The services you are interested in

• Your CV and information contained within it

• Information you provide when contacting us

• Payment-related information when purchasing our services

Our Free CV Review form also asks you to provide consent for Haynes Career Studio to contact you regarding your CV review and career support services.

3. How We Collect Your Information

We may collect information when you:

• Submit our Free CV Review Request form

• Upload your CV through our website

• Contact us by email

• Purchase one of our services

• Communicate with us about a service

Our Free CV Review Request form is provided through Google Forms. Uploaded CVs and form responses are stored using Google services associated with our business Google Workspace account.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Provide your requested CV review or career support service

• Review and provide feedback on your CV

• Contact you regarding your request

• Communicate with you about services you have requested or expressed an interest in

• Process and manage payments

• Respond to enquiries

• Maintain appropriate business and financial records

• Improve our services and customer experience

• Meet legal, regulatory and accounting requirements where applicable

We will only use your information for legitimate business purposes connected with the services we provide.

5. Your CV and Personal Information

CVs may contain personal information such as employment history, qualifications, contact details and other information you choose to include.

Please only provide information that is relevant to your CV review or career support request.

Your CV will be accessed only where necessary to provide the service you have requested and will not be sold or shared for marketing purposes.

6. How We Store Your Information

Information submitted through our Free CV Review form, including uploaded CVs, is stored using Google Forms and Google Drive.

We use Google Workspace for our business email and related business services.

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.

7. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may use trusted third-party service providers where necessary to operate our business and provide our services. These may include:

• Google Workspace / Google Forms / Google Drive – for email, form submissions and document storage

• Stripe – for processing payments

• Other service providers where reasonably necessary to operate our business or fulfil your requested service

These providers may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable data protection requirements.

We may also disclose information where required by law or where necessary to protect our legal rights.

8. Payment Information

Payments for our services may be processed through Stripe.

Haynes Career Studio does not directly store your full payment card details. Payment information is processed by Stripe in accordance with its security and privacy practices.

9. How Long We Keep Your Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including providing services, maintaining business records and meeting legal, accounting or regulatory obligations.

CVs and other client information will not be retained indefinitely where there is no legitimate business reason to keep them.

10. Your Data Protection Rights

Under UK data protection law, you may have rights including:

• The right to request access to the personal information we hold about you

• The right to request correction of inaccurate information

• The right to request deletion of your information in certain circumstances

• The right to request restriction of processing in certain circumstances

• The right to object to certain types of processing

• The right to request transfer of certain information where applicable

To exercise your rights, contact:

hello@haynescareerstudio.co.uk

We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.

11. Contact and Marketing Communications

If you submit our Free CV Review form, you are asked to consent to Haynes Career Studio contacting you regarding your CV review and career support services.

You can contact us at any time if you no longer wish to receive communications from us.

12. Cookies and Website Technologies

Our website is hosted using Google Sites and may use cookies or similar technologies provided by Google and other services used on the website.

These technologies may be used for website functionality, security, analytics or other purposes.

Third-party services may have their own cookie and privacy policies.

13. Children's Privacy

Our services are intended for adults and individuals seeking career support. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children for the purpose of providing our services.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, technology, legal requirements or business practices.

The latest version will always be published on this page, together with the date it was last updated.

15. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how Haynes Career Studio handles your personal information, please contact:

Haynes Career Studio
Email: hello@haynescareerstudio.co.uk
Website: https://www.haynescareerstudio.co.uk