# Privacy Policy — GhostBuster Jobs *Version 1.0.0 — Local MVP Edition* --- ## Overview GhostBuster Jobs ("the Extension") is a browser extension for Google Chrome. This privacy policy explains how the Extension handles information in connection with its operation on LinkedIn Jobs pages. The Extension is designed with data minimization as a core principle. It collects no personal data, transmits no data to external servers, and stores only the configuration settings you choose to set. --- ## What the Extension Does GhostBuster Jobs analyses job listing cards visible on LinkedIn Jobs search pages (`https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/*`) and applies user-configured heuristic rules to visually flag or collapse listings that appear to be stale, reposted, from blacklisted companies, or otherwise low-signal. All analysis happens locally in your browser. No data is sent anywhere. --- ## What Page Data Is Inspected When you navigate to a LinkedIn Jobs search page, the Extension reads the following information from job card elements that are already rendered and visible in your browser: - **Job title text** — used for keyword filter matching - **Company name text** — used for blacklist matching - **Posted date or relative time** (e.g., "3 days ago") — used for age-based filtering - **Visible card text** — used to detect repost labels and low-signal listing patterns This data is processed in memory solely to determine which badge (if any) to apply to each card. It is never written to storage, never logged, and never transmitted outside your browser. --- ## What Settings Are Stored Locally The Extension stores the following information in `chrome.storage.local` — which is local to your browser installation and device: - Master enable/disable toggle state - Maximum job age threshold (number of days) - Toggle states for: hide-old, detect-reposts, collapse-vs-hide, show-hidden, flag-keywords - Company names you have entered in your blacklist - Keywords you have entered in your keyword filter list This data is stored only on your device. It is not synced to any cloud service (including Chrome Sync) in this version. --- ## What Data Is NOT Collected The Extension does not collect, access, store, or transmit any of the following: - Your LinkedIn username, email address, or password - Your LinkedIn profile information, photo, or biographical details - Your LinkedIn connections or network data - Your LinkedIn messages, posts, or notifications - Your job application history or submitted application answers - Any résumé, cover letter, or uploaded document - Browser cookies or session tokens - Your browsing history (including pages other than the active LinkedIn Jobs tab) - Job listing URLs, job IDs, or records of which jobs you have viewed - Analytics, usage statistics, or behavioural telemetry - IP address or network information - Device identifiers or hardware information --- ## No Sale of Personal Data The Extension does not sell, rent, lease, share, or otherwise disclose user data to any third party. There is no data monetization model of any kind. --- ## No External Communication The Extension does not make any outbound network requests. It does not connect to any external API, analytics service, logging service, or remote server. All functionality is self-contained within the packaged extension files installed in your browser. --- ## User Control and Data Deletion You have full control over the data the Extension stores: - **Modify settings** at any time from the Options page (`chrome-extension://[id]/options.html`) - **Clear all data** using the "Clear All Local Data" button in the Options page — this removes all stored settings and resets to defaults - **Disable the Extension** at any time using the master toggle in the popup, or by disabling it in `chrome://extensions` - **Uninstall the Extension** at any time from `chrome://extensions` — Chrome will delete all locally stored extension data upon uninstallation --- ## Third-Party Services The Extension does not integrate with or transmit data to any third-party service, analytics platform, advertising network, or remote API. --- ## Children's Privacy The Extension does not knowingly collect any data from users of any age. Because it collects no personal data whatsoever, it presents no special risk with respect to children's privacy. --- ## LinkedIn's Own Privacy Policy GhostBuster Jobs is an independent third-party extension and is not affiliated with LinkedIn Corporation. When you use LinkedIn, LinkedIn's own Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply to your interactions with their platform. GhostBuster Jobs does not affect LinkedIn's data collection practices. --- ## Changes to This Policy If a future version of GhostBuster Jobs introduces features that change how data is handled (such as optional cloud sync, expanded platform support, or opt-in analytics), this privacy policy will be updated prior to or alongside that release. The updated policy will be included in the extension package and noted in the update release notes. --- ## Contact If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy or the Extension's data handling, please open an issue in the project repository or contact the maintainer directly. --- *GhostBuster Jobs is open source. You are encouraged to review the source code — particularly `content.js`, `background.js`, and `options.js` — to independently verify the data handling described in this policy.* --- *Last updated: Version 1.0.0*