This policy describes exactly what LaunchPact collects, where it is stored, how long it is kept and who else can see it. It is written to be read, not to be survived. If anything here is unclear, email admin@launchpact.in and we will explain it plainly.
The short version. We collect what you type into our application form and the resume you choose to attach. It lives in a private Google Workspace account belonging to LaunchPact. We do not sell it, we do not advertise on it, and we do not send your resume to employers without asking you first. The free ATS checker reads your resume inside your own browser — that file is never uploaded to us unless you separately attach it to the application form.
1. Who we are
LaunchPact is a career support service operating in India. We work for candidates, not for employers. We are not a recruitment consultancy and not a staffing firm: we are not paid by companies, we do not put you on our payroll, and we do not place you on contract.
For anything in this policy, the contact point is admin@launchpact.in or +91 88283 09468.
2. What we collect, and only when you give it
We collect nothing about you until you submit a form. There is no account, no login, and no tracking pixel following you between sites.
From the application form
| Contact | Name, email address, phone / WhatsApp number, location. |
|---|---|
| Track | Which programme you applied through, the plan you selected, and how you heard about us. |
| Professionals & career shifters | Current status, current or last role, years of experience, notice period, current CTC, expected CTC, and the blocker you describe. |
| Students | College, branch, graduation year, backlogs, internship experience, target role, stage of search, and hours per week available. |
| Resume | The file itself, if you attach one. PDF, DOC or DOCX only, up to 3 MB. Attaching a resume is optional — the form submits without it. |
From the free ATS checker
This is the part people most often assume works the other way round, so we will be precise about it.
When you drop a resume into the checker, the file is read and scored entirely inside your browser. It is not uploaded, not transmitted to our servers, and not stored by us. Close the tab and it is gone. We could not produce your file if you asked us to, because we never had it.
If — and only if — you then click through to book a call, we receive the result, not the document: your name, your email, the score out of 100, the band label, the number of faults found, the target role you typed, and the file's name. The contents of the resume do not travel with that.
Automatically
Our form submission carries a timestamp and a hidden anti-spam field. We do not use advertising cookies, analytics profiles, or cross-site trackers. Web fonts are loaded from Google Fonts, which means Google's font servers see your IP address when a page loads, as they would on most of the web.
3. Why we hold it
- To decide whether we can help you and to call you back with an honest answer, including when the answer is no.
- To do the work, if you become a client — rebuilding your profile, preparing you for interviews, and supporting you through negotiation.
- To follow up once. If you run the free ATS check and do not apply, we send a single reminder email after seven days. One. Reply "stop" and even that ends.
We do not use your data to train models, we do not build advertising profiles, and we do not enrich it against third-party data brokers.
4. Where it is stored, and what is encrypted
Your submission is written to a private Google Sheet inside a LaunchPact Google Workspace account. Your resume is written to a private Google Drive folder in the same account, with link sharing switched off — it is reachable only by signed-in LaunchPact staff.
Three columns are additionally encrypted at rest inside that Sheet, because they are the ones that would hurt most if the file ever escaped: your phone number, your current CTC and your expected CTC. Anyone opening the spreadsheet sees ciphertext in those columns. The key is held separately in script properties, not in the Sheet.
Data is processed on Google infrastructure and may be stored on servers outside India, under Google's own regional terms.
5. Who else sees it
Inside LaunchPact, access is limited to the people working on your case.
Outside LaunchPact, the list is short and complete:
- Google (Workspace, Sheets, Drive, Apps Script, Gmail) — as our processor, for storage and delivery.
- Google Fonts — serves typefaces to your browser and therefore sees your IP address.
- Employers — only once you are a client, only for roles you and we have agreed on, and never as a bulk forward of your resume to a database.
- A legal authority — if we are compelled by law, and only to the extent compelled.
We have never sold personal data and we will not. There is no advertising business here to sell it to.
6. How long we keep it
Applications and ATS-checker records are deleted after twelve months by an automated job. This is not a promise we remember to keep by hand — it runs on a schedule.
Client records are kept for the duration of the engagement and for as long afterwards as tax and contract law require.
You can have yours deleted sooner. Just ask.
7. What you can ask us to do
- See it. We will send you everything we hold on you, in a readable form.
- Correct it. Wrong number, wrong CTC, wrong college — tell us and we will fix it.
- Delete it. We will remove your rows and your stored resume, and confirm when it is done.
- Stop hearing from us. Reply "stop" to any email, or say so on the phone.
- Withdraw consent. You gave it with a tick box; you can take it back the same day.
Email admin@launchpact.in. We aim to action requests within 30 days and usually do it the same week. There is no charge, and asking costs you nothing in how we treat your application.
8. Children
Our services are for people at or above working age. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 16. If you believe a minor has submitted a form, tell us and we will delete the record.
9. Breaches
If a breach occurs that puts your data at risk, we will tell you and the relevant authority without hiding behind delay. We would rather send you an uncomfortable email than let you find out some other way.
10. Changes to this policy
If we change how we handle your data in a way that matters, we will update the date at the top of this page and, where the change is significant, email anyone currently on our records.
Something here not match what you were told on a call? That is worth an email — admin@launchpact.in. Written policy wins over anything said informally, and if the two disagree we want to know.