Privacy Policy for Private Job Application Tracker

1. Who we are and what this policy covers

Private Job Application Tracker is a browser extension for Google Chrome, published by an independent developer. This policy explains what the extension does with your data, what our pages at jobapplicationtracker.app do, and what rights you have. It applies to the extension itself and to the pages of jobapplicationtracker.app that belong to it (the welcome page and the uninstall page, plus this policy).

The short version: your job list is stored only in this browser, on this device. We never receive it and cannot see it.

2. What data the extension handles

The extension saves what you ask it to save. Everything below stays on your device. It is not sent to our server or to any third party, it is not sold, and we have no access to it.

• What it reads from a page. Only when you click the extension icon, it makes one short read of the current page to fill in the form: the address, the page title, the job title, company, location, salary, the job description and any text you selected. It reads nothing in the background and does not read your browsing history or your other tabs. Nothing is saved until you press Save job.
• What you add yourself. Statuses, dates and notes. Notes may contain personal details, such as a recruiter's name. They stay with you too.
• Settings. The last status you picked and whether you closed the reminder about exporting your list.
• Where it is stored. All of the above is in chrome.storage.local on this device. The extension does not use Chrome sync, so your list does not move between devices.
• CSV files. Export CSV creates a file on your computer, and from then on that file is yours to keep or share. Import CSV reads a file you choose, inside your browser.
• Saved links. Opening a saved job link takes you to that website, like any other link. That website's own policy applies there.
• No accounts. The extension has no sign-up, no login and no user profiles.
• No tracking inside the extension. The extension contains no analytics, no advertising code and no remote code.

Chrome Web Store disclosure. Our Chrome Web Store listing declares Website content and Web history because the extension reads job details from the current page and saves that page's address. All of it stays on your device.

3. Cookies and analytics on our website

The welcome and privacy pages of this extension on jobapplicationtracker.app use Google Analytics 4 to count visits. This happens only on the website, not inside the extension. The uninstall page has no analytics. The welcome page also reports whether the extension's icon is pinned to your toolbar. We never send Google Analytics your job list, your notes or the pages you save. Advertising features are off for everyone.

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, analytics cookies are off unless you allow them. Google works out your country from your IP address. Without your consent Google Analytics sets no cookies and stores no identifier on your device. The Google script still loads and can send Google a basic signal without a cookie: the page you opened, the time, your browser and device type, and your approximate location.

Everywhere else, analytics cookies are on by default. Google Analytics sets cookies named _ga and _ga_*, which can last up to two years, and processes the same technical data.

Your browser connects to Google to load the script, so Google sees your IP address. Google says Google Analytics 4 uses it to estimate location and does not store it. Statistics are kept for 14 months (see section 8).

Your choice. If your browser's time zone is in Europe, the pages of jobapplicationtracker.app ask "Allow analytics cookies?" with Yes and No. The answer is kept in your browser's local storage and applies to the whole site, including the welcome page and this policy: after Yes they set the _ga cookies too. You can change your answer any time with "Cookie settings" at the bottom of this page; choosing No removes the _ga cookies this site has set.

You can also block cookies in your browser settings, use a content-blocking extension or install Google's opt-out add-on. The website keeps working without them. Google's own privacy policy describes how Google processes this data.

Server logs. Like any web server, ours keeps a technical log of requests to these pages: IP address, the address requested, the time, the browser type and, if your browser reports it, the page you came from. We use it to keep the site running and safe, and it is deleted automatically after a short time. The extension sends nothing to this log; only opening one of these pages does.

4. How we use data

The only data we receive is the aggregated website statistics and server logs described above and, if you choose to send them, your answer on the uninstall page and any email you write to us. We use the statistics to see how many people reach the welcome page, the logs to keep the site running and safe, and your answers and emails to reply to you and to improve the extension. We do not build individual profiles and we do not combine this data with any other source.

When you remove the extension, Chrome opens a short page on our website that asks why. Answering is optional. Only if you press Send, the reason you picked and the text you typed (up to 500 characters) go to our server, which passes them to us as a message in Telegram with the name of the extension and does not store them. To stop spam, the server counts answers per day by a one-way hash of your IP address with a key that changes every day; the hash is kept for 2 days and is never part of the message. The uninstall page has no analytics and sets no cookies. Please do not put personal details in your answer.

The use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

5. Who we share data with

We do not sell or rent data, and we share it only with the services named here. They process data for us: Google Analytics, as a service provider for the website statistics in section 3; Telegram, which delivers answers from the uninstall page to us (it receives the extension name, the reason and the text you send, but not your IP address or any install ID); and our hosting and email providers, which store the server logs and the emails you send us. Please do not put personal details in your answer on the uninstall page. We have no server that receives data from the extension.

6. Your rights, including under the GDPR

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, you have the right to access, correct or delete personal data about you, to restrict or object to its processing, and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. Because the job list is stored only on your device, you can see, change or delete it yourself at any time (see section 8). We cannot see it, so we cannot recover it for you either. For website analytics, you can opt out as described in section 3. For anything else, write to [email protected] and we will answer within 30 days.

In those places the website sets analytics cookies only after you answer Yes, so the legal basis for them is your consent, which you can withdraw with Cookie settings. The legal basis for the basic signal without cookies, for website analytics elsewhere and for server logs is our legitimate interest in understanding how the website is used and keeping it safe. The legal basis for emails and uninstall page answers you send us, and for counting those answers by the IP hash, is our legitimate interest in replying to you, improving the extension and preventing spam. The legal basis for storing your job list and settings is that you asked the extension to save them.

7. Children

The extension and the website are not directed at children under 13 (or under the age set by your country's law). We do not knowingly collect data from children. We never receive the job list, so we hold no such data from it.

8. Data retention and deletion

Your job list lives in your browser only. Delete job removes one entry, and removing the extension from Chrome deletes the whole list, so export a CSV first if you want a copy. CSV files you exported stay on your computer until you delete them. Website analytics data is kept by Google Analytics for the retention period set in our account (14 months) and then deleted automatically. Server logs are deleted automatically after a short time. We keep emails only as long as we need them to reply or to improve the extension, and you can ask us to delete them. Answers from the uninstall page stay in our private Telegram chat until we delete them; our server keeps only the daily counts and the IP hash described in section 4, for 2 days.

9. Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will update the text on this page and the date at the top. Please check this page from time to time if you want to stay informed.

10. Contact

Questions about this policy or about your data: [email protected].