Career Story Terms of Service

Last Updated: September 5, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of Career Story ("Career Story," "we," "us," or "our"), including our website, applications, software, services, features, and related products (collectively, the "Service").

By creating an account, accessing, or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not use the Service.

1. Eligibility

You must be legally capable of entering into a binding agreement to use Career Story.
If you use Career Story on behalf of a company, organization, or other entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms.
Career Story is intended to assist individuals with career preparation, job searching, application tracking, resumes, and related activities. Career Story does not guarantee employment, interviews, compensation, job offers, or any particular career outcome.

2. Your Account

You may create an account using email authentication or a supported third-party authentication provider, such as Google.

Responsibilities

You are responsible for:

Providing accurate and reasonably current account information;
Maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials;
Maintaining the security of devices and accounts used to access Career Story;
All activity occurring through your account, except to the extent caused by Career Story's own unauthorized actions.

You must promptly notify us if you believe your account has been compromised or accessed without authorization.

Where email authentication is used, Career Story does not store your password in plain text. Passwords are stored using password-hashing mechanisms (such as bcrypt or Argon2) designed to protect credentials.

3. Your Career Information

Career Story allows you to provide professional, educational, career, contact, and related information, including work history, projects, education, skills, certifications, achievements, career preferences, resumes, cover letters, job information, and application information ("User Content").

Ownership: You retain ownership of your User Content.
Authorization: You are responsible for ensuring that you have the right to provide User Content to Career Story and that your use of the Service does not violate any applicable law or the rights of another person.
Restrictions: You should not upload information that you are not authorized to use or disclose.

4. License to Operate the Service

You grant Career Story a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive license to host, store, reproduce, process, modify as technically necessary, transmit, and otherwise use your User Content solely as reasonably necessary to:

Provide, maintain, and operate the Service;
Generate resumes, cover letters, job analyses, and other requested outputs;
Personalize and improve your experience;
Provide customer support;
Maintain security, prevent abuse, and enforce these Terms;
Comply with applicable law.

We do not acquire ownership of your resumes, career history, or other User Content merely because you use the Service.

5. AI-Powered Features

Career Story uses artificial intelligence and machine-learning services to provide certain features, including job-description analysis, resume tailoring, job deconstruction, keyword extraction, and cover-letter generation.

Third-Party Processing: Depending on the feature and configuration, information you provide may be transmitted securely to third-party AI service providers, including OpenAI, Google Gemini, and/or Anthropic, for processing on Career Story's behalf.
Accuracy Disclaimer: AI-generated content may contain errors, omissions, inappropriate suggestions, or inaccurate conclusions. AI outputs are provided as assistance and should be reviewed by you before being relied upon, submitted to an employer, or otherwise used.
No Career Guarantees: Career Story does not guarantee that an AI-generated resume, cover letter, ATS score, keyword analysis, qualification assessment, or other output is accurate or will improve your likelihood of obtaining employment.
Not Professional Advice: AI-generated content should not be treated as legal, financial, employment, immigration, or other professional advice.

6. Job Information and Third-Party Content

Career Story may allow you to enter, save, analyze, or otherwise process job descriptions and related information.

You are responsible for ensuring that your use of third-party job descriptions, websites, or other materials complies with applicable terms and laws.
Career Story does not guarantee the accuracy, availability, completeness, or continued existence of any job posting or third-party information.
Career Story is not an employer, recruiter, staffing agency, or representative of any employer unless expressly stated otherwise.

7. Resumes, Snapshots, and Career Profiles

Career Story allows you to maintain a Master Career Profile and create resumes or application-specific snapshots based on that profile.
Snapshot Isolation: Application-specific snapshots operate independently from the Master Career Profile. Changes to a snapshot do not modify the underlying Master Career Profile.
You are responsible for reviewing all generated or modified application materials before submitting them to an employer.

8. Acceptable Use

You may not use Career Story to:

Violate any applicable law or regulation;
Infringe intellectual-property, privacy, publicity, or other rights;
Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity;
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to accounts, systems, or data;
Circumvent security, authentication, rate limits, or access controls;
Introduce malware, malicious code, or harmful content;
Scrape, copy, reverse engineer, or systematically extract the Service except where expressly permitted by law;
Abuse AI or other features to generate unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive, or harmful content;
Use the Service to make automated decisions about other individuals in a manner prohibited by applicable law;
Interfere with the operation or availability of Career Story;
Use Career Story to compete with Career Story through unauthorized copying or systematic extraction of its functionality or data.

We may suspend or restrict access where reasonably necessary to protect the Service, our users, or third parties, or to address violations of these Terms.

9. Intellectual Property

Career Story and its underlying software, design, interfaces, trademarks, logos, documentation, workflows, and other proprietary materials are owned by or licensed to Career Story and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

Except for the rights expressly granted in these Terms, no rights are granted to you. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, sell, license, modify, or create derivative works of Career Story's proprietary materials without explicit permission.

10. Feedback

If you provide suggestions, ideas, comments, or other feedback concerning Career Story, you grant us permission to use that feedback without restriction or compensation, provided that such use does not identify you as the source without your permission where identification would reasonably be expected to be private.

11. Availability and Changes

We may modify, add, suspend, or discontinue features of Career Story from time to time. We do not guarantee that the Service will always be available, uninterrupted, error-free, or compatible with every device or browser. We may perform maintenance, security updates, or other operational work that temporarily affects availability.

12. Third-Party Services

Career Story may depend on or integrate with third-party services, including authentication providers, AI providers, hosting infrastructure, analytics services, and other technology providers. Third-party services have their own terms and privacy policies. Career Story is not responsible for services that are independently operated by third parties.

13. Privacy

Our collection and use of personal information are described in the Career Story Privacy Policy. By using Career Story, you acknowledge that personal information will be handled as described in that Privacy Policy.

14. Account Deletion

You may delete your account and eligible User Content through available account controls or by contacting support. Upon account deletion, we will handle your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy, including applicable retention requirements, legitimate operational needs, backups, and legal obligations.

15. Disclaimers

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CAREER STORY IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.

WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND THAT THE SERVICE OR ITS OUTPUTS WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, SECURE, OR UNINTERRUPTED. CAREER STORY DOES NOT GUARANTEE EMPLOYMENT, INTERVIEWS, JOB OFFERS, SALARY OUTCOMES, ATS PERFORMANCE, OR ANY OTHER PARTICULAR CAREER RESULT.

16. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, CAREER STORY AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR OPPORTUNITIES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CAREER STORY'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO CAREER STORY FOR THE SERVICE DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) USD $100.

17. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Career Story and its affiliates, officers, employees, and contractors from claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising from:

Your violation of these Terms;
Your unlawful or unauthorized use of the Service;
Your User Content;
Your violation of another person's rights; or
Your violation of applicable law.

18. Suspension and Termination

You may stop using Career Story at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you materially violate these Terms, create security or legal risks, abuse the Service, or where continued provision of the Service is otherwise reasonably necessary to protect Career Story or its users.

19. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms will be governed by the laws applicable to Career Story's legal entity and jurisdiction, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

20. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we will provide reasonable notice where required by applicable law. Your continued use of Career Story after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

21. Contact

For questions concerning these Terms, please contact Career Story through the support or contact channel provided on the Career Story website.