Privacy Policy
Effective Date: March 18, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how John Russo, operating as The Career Blueprint ("Service Provider," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your information when you use our website, products, and services (collectively, the "Services"). By accessing or using our Services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Services, including:
a. Personal Information
This includes information that can be used to identify you directly or indirectly, such as:
Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, postal address.
Payment Information: Billing address and payment card details (collected and processed by third-party payment processors like Stripe; we do not store full payment card numbers).
Demographic Information: Career history, professional goals, and other information you provide in our diagnostic assessments (e.g., the Career Crossroads Audit™ and Identity Calibration Interview™).
b. Non-Personal Information
This includes information that does not directly identify you, such as:
Usage Data: Information about how you access and use the Services, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referral URLs, pages viewed, and the dates/times of your visits.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Services and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:
Provide, operate, and maintain our Services.
Process your transactions and deliver the products and services you purchase.
Personalize your experience and deliver tailored content, including your Strategic Career Blueprint.
Communicate with you, respond to your inquiries, and provide customer support.
Send you marketing and promotional communications (you can opt-out at any time).
Analyze and improve our Services, develop new products, and understand user trends.
Detect, prevent, and address technical issues or fraudulent activity.
Comply with legal obligations.
3. How We Share Your Information
We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:
Service Providers: We engage third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Services (e.g., payment processors, email service providers, analytics providers, AI content generation platforms like OpenAI/Anthropic). These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
Business Transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
With Your Consent: We may disclose your Personal Information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.
4. Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures designed to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
5. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following data protection rights:
Access: The right to request copies of your Personal Information.
Rectification: The right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
Erasure: The right to request that we erase your Personal Information, under certain conditions.
Restrict Processing: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Information, under certain conditions.
Object to Processing: The right to object to our processing of your Personal Information, under certain conditions.
Data Portability: The right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at john@russobc.com.
6. Third-Party Websites
Our Services may contain links to third-party websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
7. Children's Privacy
Our Services are not intended for individuals under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from Children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our 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 "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
By email: john@russobc.com