Privacy policy

RemoteCloud9 ("we", "us", or "our") operates remotecloud9.com (the "Platform"), a remote developer job board. This policy explains what personal data we collect, why, how we use it, and your rights over it.

By using the Platform you agree to the practices described here. If you do not agree, please stop using the Platform.

RemoteCloud9 is the data controller for personal data collected on this Platform. Contact: techcare@remotecloud9.com

• Name and email address (provided directly or via Google Sign-In)
• Profile information: location, bio, skills, experience, education, phone number
• Job search preferences: preferred salary, region, job type
• Application data: jobs you apply to, cover letters, application status
• Usage data: pages visited, search queries, saved jobs

• Company name, contact name and email address
• Phone number (used for code verification)
• Job listings you post, including title, description, salary and requirements

If you sign in with Google we receive your name, email address, profile picture and a unique Google account identifier. We use this only to create or identify your RemoteCloud9 account.

If you grant Gmail access for the optional "Scan emails" feature, we use it only to find job-related emails from companies you applied to, to update your application status. We do not read, store or share your email content for any other purpose.

• IP address and browser type
• Pages visited and time spent
• Referring URLs
• Session cookies (for authentication)

We do not use third-party advertising trackers or sell this data.

• Account creation and sign-in — to create your account, verify your identity and keep you signed in
• Job matching — to show relevant jobs based on your profile and preferences
• Application management — to track the jobs you apply to and show their status
• Code verification — to verify your email or phone
• Email notifications — job alerts you subscribe to, sign-in codes and important account updates
• Platform improvement — to understand how the Platform is used and fix issues
• Legal compliance — to comply with applicable laws and respond to legal requests

We do not use your data for advertising, third-party profiling or selling to data brokers.

If you are in the EEA or UK, our legal basis is:

• Contract performance — to provide the services you asked for
• Legitimate interests — improving the Platform, preventing fraud and keeping it secure
• Consent — where you opted in (newsletters, Gmail access)
• Legal obligation — where the law requires it

You can withdraw consent at any time.

We do not sell your personal data. We share it only when:

• You apply to a job — the employer sees your name, email and anything you submit
• Service providers help us run the Platform — Resend (email), Redis (caching of codes and sessions), Google OAuth (sign-in), Azure OpenAI (AI cover letter and interview prep). They act as processors under data processing agreements.
• The law requires it — court orders, or to protect rights and safety

• Candidate accounts — kept until you ask us to delete them
• Employer accounts and job listings — kept until you ask us to delete them or close your account
• Sign-in codes — deleted within 10 minutes
• Application data — kept until either side deletes their account
• Email logs — kept only as long as needed for debugging

We use essential cookies to keep you signed in and local storage to remember preferences. We do not use advertising cookies or tracking pixels.

• Access — a copy of the data we hold about you
• Correction — fix inaccurate data
• Deletion — delete your account and data
• Portability — your data in a machine-readable format
• Restriction and objection — limit or object to processing
• Withdraw consent — at any time

Email techcare@remotecloud9.com to use any of these rights. We reply within 30 days. In the EEA or UK you can also complain to your local data protection authority.

• HTTPS for all data in transit
• Hashed passwords — we never store plain-text passwords
• Signed sign-in tokens with limited lifetimes
• Sign-in codes stored with short expiry, outside our main database
• Access controls on production data

No system is completely secure. If you suspect a security issue, email techcare@remotecloud9.com immediately.

The Platform is not for children under 16. If you believe we have data from a child, contact us and we will delete it.

Your data may be processed outside your country, including India (where our servers are) and the United States (where some providers operate). Outside the EEA or UK we use safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses.

If we make material changes, we will email you or show a notice on the Platform. Continued use after changes means you accept the updated policy.