Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-05-05

JobTrail is a Chrome extension that helps you score job postings against your resume and save the ones worth applying to into a Google Sheet you own. It has no backend and collects no telemetry. This page describes exactly what data the extension touches, where it goes, and what controls you have.

Default mode is on-device. Resume text never leaves your machine when you use the default Chrome built-in AI path. The cloud AI path is opt-in and only activates when you paste your own provider API key in settings.

1. What we store on your device

Resume text you paste into the settings page.
Optional API key for OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google Gemini, only if you choose to use the bring-your-own-key path.
Google OAuth token after you connect Google so JobTrail can write rows to the Sheet you select.
The Google Sheet you connected (spreadsheet ID and tab name) so the tracker follows you across signed-in Chrome instances.
Recent score results (up to 150) so revisiting a posting doesn't repeat the work.

2. What we send to AI providers

On-device path (default, free). Scoring runs locally via Chrome's built-in Gemini Nano. No network request to any AI provider is made. Your resume and the job description never leave the browser.

Cloud path (opt-in, bring-your-own-key). If you paste an API key in settings, scoring requests go directly from your browser to the provider you chose (OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google Gemini) under your account and the provider's terms. JobTrail does not proxy the request through any server.

Before any cloud AI request, the extension strips the following from the resume text as a defense-in-depth measure:

Phone numbers
Email addresses
Street addresses and ZIP codes
City and state lines
LinkedIn personal URL
Personal website URL

Names are not stripped (no reliable automatic way to do so for arbitrary names). The settings page shows a visible note above the resume textarea reminding you to remove your name and contact info from the resume itself if you plan to use the cloud path.

3. What we send to Google Sheets

When you click Save on a scored posting, the extension appends one row to the Sheet you connected. The row contains 13 columns: company, title, location, salary, source URL, posted date, score, top matched skills, top adjacent skills, top gap skills, JobTrail rationale, your note, and the timestamp. Your resume text is never written to Sheets.

4. What we never collect

No browsing history.
No analytics, telemetry, or error reports back to a JobTrail server. There is no JobTrail server.
No advertising identifiers.
No usage data of any kind.

5. How to delete everything

Two steps:

Open JobTrail settings and click Disconnect Google. This revokes the OAuth token with Google and clears it locally.
Right-click the JobTrail icon in Chrome and choose Remove from Chrome. This deletes all extension storage, including the resume, API key, sheet pointer, and scoring cache.

Rows you saved to your Google Sheet are yours. Delete them in Google Sheets if you want them gone.

6. Third-party policies

When you use the cloud AI path or save to Sheets, those services apply their own privacy terms:

Google (Sheets API and OAuth): policies.google.com/privacy
OpenAI: openai.com/policies/privacy-policy
Anthropic: anthropic.com/legal/privacy
Google Gemini API: ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms

7. Contact

Questions about this policy or how JobTrail handles data: jobtrail@ascentreon.com.

8. Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with an updated date. Material changes will be called out in the extension's update notes.