Ok, thanks for the link. I think I understand how the syntax of chmoding works but I can't seem to implement it into my snippet. The files still upload at a very limited access. Any ideas? Thanks for the link, that was very helpful! 
$mode = 0644;

# take form data
my $remotefile =  param('upload');

# make new variable to prevent overwriting of form data
my $filename = $remotefile;

# remove all directories in the file name path
$filename =~ s/^.*[\\\/]//; 

# full file path to upload directory (must include filename)
my $localfile = "/home/sulfericacid/public_html/upload/files/$filename
+";

# open a new file and transfer bit by bit from what's in the buffer
open (SAVED,">>$localfile") || die $!;
    while ($bytesread=read($remotefile,$buffer,1024)) {
    chmod $mode, '$filename'; 
    print SAVED $buffer;      
}
close SAVED;

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