1. Introduction
Apogee ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our service.
Apogee is operated by App Factory, a trading name of App Factory Dev Ltd, registered in England and Wales (Company No. 16567409).
2. Information We Collect
Account Information: When you create an account or join our waitlist, we collect your email address, name, and any other information you provide.
Career Information: To provide our service, we collect information about your career including work history, skills, achievements, goals, and preferences. This is the core of what Apogee helps you manage.
Usage Data: We automatically collect information about how you interact with our service, including IP addresses, browser type, and pages visited.
Device Information: We may collect information about your device, including device type, operating system, and unique device identifiers.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our career companion service
- Generate personalised career intelligence and recommendations
- Help you track and manage your career history
- Process your transactions and send related information
- Send you technical notices, updates, and marketing communications
- Respond to your comments, questions, and customer service requests
- Monitor and analyse trends, usage, and activities
- Detect, prevent, and address technical issues
4. What We Will Never Do
Unlike other career platforms, Apogee is built for you, not employers. We will never:
- Sell your data to employers or recruiters
- Share your career information with third parties for marketing
- Use your data to help employers target or assess you
- Reveal that you're job searching to anyone
5. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. Since Apogee is designed as a lifelong companion, we're built for long-term data retention.
You can request deletion of your data at any time, and we will comply within 30 days.
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. All data is encrypted in transit using TLS and at rest using industry-standard encryption.
7. Your Rights (GDPR)
If you are in the UK or EU, you have the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Rectify inaccurate personal data
- Request erasure of your personal data
- Restrict processing of your personal data
- Data portability (export your career data)
- Object to processing of your personal data
To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@app-factory.dev.
8. Data Portability
Your career data belongs to you. You can export your complete career history, achievements, and other data at any time in a standard, portable format.
9. Cookies
We use essential cookies to enable core functionality. We may also use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with our website. You can control cookies through your browser settings.
10. Third-Party Services
We may use third-party services that collect, monitor and analyse data. These include payment processors, analytics services, and cloud hosting providers. Each third-party service has its own privacy policy. We carefully vet all third-party providers to ensure they meet our privacy standards.
11. Children's Privacy
Our service is not intended for children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we discover we have collected such information, we will delete it immediately.
12. International Data Transfers
Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for such transfers in compliance with applicable data protection laws.
13. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.
14. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- Email: privacy@app-factory.dev
- Website: app-factory.dev