Review resume privacy before you upload or share

Create a shareable source copy

Start from a copy of your master CV. Check whether it contains unnecessary identity numbers, a full home address, referees' contact details or personal records. Keep the information the employer actually needs for the current stage. If a later verified process requests additional documents, handle that request separately rather than embedding them in every application.

Remove information you are not authorised to disclose, including client records, internal plans and sensitive employer figures. A general description may be useful only if it is permitted and accurate. Do not upload another person's personal data because it appeared in a project or a team document you used as source material.

Inspect more than the visible page

A document can contain comments, tracked revisions and properties that are not obvious in the final layout. Microsoft documents how its Document Inspector can find several kinds of hidden information, and recommends inspecting a copy because removals may not be reversible. Follow the current instructions for the software and file type you use.

Review the results rather than clicking removal buttons without reading them. Some information may be useful and some may not be detectable by that feature. Export again after making changes, then inspect the exported file. A clean-looking page is not evidence that every hidden field or embedded item has been removed.

Source for the published guidance: Microsoft Support: Inspect documents for hidden information.

Check links and attachments as separate disclosures

Open each portfolio link as an external recipient would. Check access permissions, surrounding files and whether the page reveals teammates' details or private work. A shared folder may expose more than the single project you intended. Link to a suitable page or permitted demonstration rather than a broad repository of unrelated personal material.

Look at the attachment name and the selected file before sending. Similar filenames can cause a private master CV to be attached instead of the cleaned copy. Use an understandable version name and keep draft notes outside the shareable folder. The recipient sees the actual attachment, not your intention to choose the safer version.

Understand the service before sharing

Read the service's current privacy information and the permissions shown during any connection. Identify what you are uploading, whether it is saved and how to request help or erasure. If the explanation does not answer a material question, use the public support route before supplying more information. Keep product marketing claims separate from the actual privacy terms.

For Jobvance, review the privacy page before uploading a CV or connecting a mailbox. The free check and account workflows have different saving actions. Connected features depend on setup and consent. Do not assume that reading a guide, downloading a CV or cancelling one connection has erased every record you may have created elsewhere.

Source for the published guidance: Jobvance: Privacy information.

Plan for copies outside the service

Once a document is downloaded, emailed or submitted to an employer, it may exist outside the preparation service. Keep track of those copies for your own records. A deletion request to one service cannot recall an attachment from an employer or remove a file already saved on your computer. Contact the relevant recipient or service for its own process where needed.

Your next action is to make one clean source copy and review it before beginning a CV check. Keep identity documents and restricted information out unless a verified process specifically requires them. If you need help understanding Jobvance's saving or privacy actions, use its public contact page with a description of the issue and no unnecessary sensitive attachments.