Who we are
Our website address is: https://understandthejob.com and we provide guidance on job hunting including topics of wages, hidden expectations, red flags, and personal suitability. We have articles, guides and tools which provide tailored help with next-steps advice so you can respond effectively. The site includes a glossary of job advertising terms to help decipher cryptic ad phrases to guide job seekers and applications. In addition the Job Advert Explainer provides a breakdown of what the advert really means (and implies) and delivers tailored guidance and a suitabilty analysis.
What data do we collect?
When visitors paste advert text on the site into the analysis tool we do not store the data in the form, we process the form and return an anonymised advice page. We save only the anonymised analysis “explainer” text as displayed.
We do log the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection and to provide protection against bad actors, but these are not stored alongside the submitted texts. There is no correlation between submitted text and you anonymised IP. The text is discarded immediately, the IP after one month or sooner if required.
Cookies
We use cookies to allow advertising, and analytics. This site is supported by adverts so these cookies help us deliver support to you. All cookies are anonymous, and user controlled view the cookie control panel
Embedded content from other websites
Articles, Adverts and tools on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
Who we share your data with
Your anonymous IP address is shared with Google for the advertising and analytics. Your text pasted into the tools is shared with OpenAI for use in decoding and processing, we do not store the text you provide.
How long we retain your data
Other than anonymised IP addresses for security and spam protection your user data is not stored by this site.
IP Addresses are automatically deleted from this site after one month, if you would like your IP address deleted before that time please contact us.
We store an anonymised result of the analysis of the advert which you pasted – these are stored in the form of advice pages, example results, and saveable result pages for sharing.
If you feel that a result contains identifying information please indicate the information by contacting us and we will endeavour to remove that information if we agree.
Where your data is sent
Your anonymous IP address is saved on our site for one month, and it is shared with Google for the advertising and site visitor analytics. Your text pasted into the tools is shared with OpenAI for use in decoding and processing. We do not save your pasted or input text.
What are your data protection rights?
Our Company would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request Our Company for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Our Company correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Our Company to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Our Company erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Our Company restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Our Company’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Our Company transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us
How to contact us
If you have any questions about Our Company’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email us via the website contact form