Privacy Policy
Last updated: 12 October 2026
1. Who we are
RICHBRIDGETMC, trading as BreakForthNow ("we", "us", "our"), is a sole trader based in Ireland. We are the controller of the personal data described in this policy.
- Postal address: 5 Ellis Quay, Smithfield, Dublin 7
- Email: support@breakforthnow.com
We handle personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Irish Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018.
2. What we collect
- Account data: your name and email address. Sign-in is handled by our authentication provider, which processes your password or other sign-in credentials. We do not see your password.
- CV data: the roles, dates, notes, education and skills you type into the service, your target role, and any job description you paste.
- Optional personal details: depending on the region you choose, a CV may offer optional fields such as date of birth or nationality. They are optional, and you decide whether to add them.
- Payment data: payments are handled by Stripe. We receive confirmation of the payment, the amount and a transaction reference. We do not receive or store your card number.
- Support messages: what you send us and our replies.
- Technical data: IP address, browser and device type, pages visited, and security and error logs.
3. What we ask you not to enter
Please do not include health information, religious or political beliefs, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, national identity numbers or similar sensitive information in your notes. We do not need it to draft a CV.
4. How we use your data and why
| Purpose | Data | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Provide your account, draft your CV, store it and produce the PDF | Account data, CV data | Contract |
| Sell credit packs, give credit, issue receipts, handle refunds | Account and payment data | Contract |
| Keep records required for tax and accounting | Transaction records | Legal obligation |
| Keep the service secure, prevent fraud and abuse, fix errors | Technical data | Legitimate interests (running a safe service) |
| Answer your questions | Support messages, account data | Contract and legitimate interests |
| Optional extras that need your consent, such as non-essential cookies or analytics, if we add them | As described at the time | Consent, which you can withdraw at any time |
5. How AI is used with your data
To draft the wording of your CV, we send the following to an AI service provider (Anthropic): your experience notes, role details, skills, target role and any job description you provide. We do not send your name, email address, phone number or other contact details.
The AI returns suggested wording. We check it against what you wrote and remove statements we cannot trace to your notes, but it can still contain mistakes. Please review every line before you use it. We do not make decisions about you with legal or similarly significant effects by automated means.
6. Who receives your data
We do not sell your data. We use these service providers to run BreakForthNow, each acting on our instructions:
- Clerk: sign-in and account security.
- Neon: database hosting for account and CV data.
- Vercel: website hosting.
- Stripe: payments.
- Anthropic: AI drafting, as described above.
We may also share data where the law requires it.
7. Transfers outside the EEA
Some providers process data outside the European Economic Area, including in the United States. Where this happens we rely on an adequacy decision, standard contractual clauses or another safeguard permitted by the GDPR.
8. Cookies
We use only the cookies needed to keep you signed in and keep the service secure. If we later add analytics or marketing cookies, we will ask for your consent first.
9. How long we keep data
- Account and CV data: while your account is open.
- If you delete your account (from your account page or by emailing us), we remove your account and CV data from our live systems within 30 days.
- Transaction and invoice records: for as long as Irish tax and accounting law requires.
- Support messages: for up to 2 years.
10. Your rights
You have the right to access your data, correct it, have it erased, restrict its use, receive it in a portable format, object to processing based on our legitimate interests, and withdraw consent where we rely on it. To use these rights, email support@breakforthnow.com. We will reply within one month.
You can also complain to the Data Protection Commission in Ireland: www.dataprotection.ie.
Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under local law, for example the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023. Contact us to use them.
11. Age
BreakForthNow is for people aged 18 or over.
12. Security
We use encrypted connections, access controls and a separate sign-in provider. No online service is completely secure, so please keep your sign-in details private.
13. Changes to this policy
We will update this page and its date when this policy changes. For material changes we will tell account holders by email.
14. Contact
Questions or requests: support@breakforthnow.com. Please put "Privacy request" in the subject line so we can find it quickly.