Security and trust

Built so you can trust it. Not just because we say so.

TruJob handles email content. That requires earning trust, not asking for it. This page documents what TruJob does and does not have access to, what we do with what we have, and how you can verify these claims yourself.

Last reviewed May 2026  ·  Colin Malcolm, Founder

TruJob requests exactly 3 Chrome permissions. Here is why each one is necessary.

Chrome will list every permission TruJob requests at install time. There are three. No more.

activeTab

Allows TruJob to read content from the Gmail or LinkedIn tab you are actively viewing when you initiate a scan. Does not grant access to any other tab, your browsing history, or any background process.

storage

Allows TruJob to store your settings (language preference, notification preferences, account session) on your device. Does not grant access to any data that is not yours.

https://*.gmail.com/* and https://*.linkedin.com/*

Restricts TruJob to operating only on Gmail and LinkedIn pages. TruJob cannot read, modify, or interact with any other website.

What TruJob cannot do

These are technical impossibilities given the permissions TruJob requests. Even if we wanted to do these things, we cannot.

Read your other browser tabs

TruJob has no access to anything outside the Gmail or LinkedIn tab you are actively viewing. Banking sites, healthcare portals, social media, email from other providers, all invisible.

Send your email content anywhere

Email body and metadata are processed in memory on your device. Only abstract signal data, scores and pattern flags, is transmitted to TruJob's servers. The email content itself never leaves your machine.

Access your other accounts

TruJob does not have access to your bank accounts, your other email accounts, your social media, or any other service. Sign-in credentials for any other service are completely outside TruJob's reach.

Run in the background

TruJob does not run unless you are actively viewing Gmail or LinkedIn. There is no background process, no continuous monitoring, no idle data collection.

Modify your emails or messages

TruJob is a read-only scanner. It cannot send messages, edit drafts, change recipients, or alter anything in your accounts.

What TruJob does to protect you

Encryption in transit and at rest

All data transmitted between your device and TruJob's servers is encrypted using TLS 1.3. All data stored at rest in our database is encrypted using AES-256. Database backups are encrypted with separate keys.

No third-party tracking on the extension

TruJob does not include Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Mixpanel, Segment, or any third-party analytics or advertising tracker in the extension. Any analytics on our website is privacy-respecting and disclosed in the cookie banner.

Quarterly security review

Code, dependencies, and access controls are reviewed quarterly by the founder and an independent security advisor. Changes ship monthly via Chrome Web Store auto-updates.

Vulnerability disclosure program

Researchers who find security issues can report them to security@trujob.io. We respond within 24 hours and publicly credit researchers who follow responsible disclosure.

Regular dependency updates

GitHub Dependabot monitors all dependencies daily. Security patches ship within 48 hours of disclosure for critical severity, 7 days for high, 30 days for medium.

How to verify this yourself

Trust is verifiable. Here is how to check our claims directly, without relying on what we say.

Inspect Chrome permissions

Visit chrome://extensions, find TruJob, and click Details. Chrome lists every permission the extension actually has, separately from what we say. The list will match the three permissions described above.

View network activity

Open Chrome DevTools (F12), go to the Network tab, and use TruJob in Gmail. You can see every request TruJob makes. Email body content will not be in any request payload.

Read the Chrome Web Store listing

Chrome Web Store listings include the extension's permission requests, developer information, and privacy practices declaration. TruJob's listing matches the documentation here.

Review our privacy policy and terms

TruJob's privacy policy and terms of service are publicly accessible from our footer. They are written in plain language and describe what we do, not what we are legally allowed to do.

TruJob's security commitments

Breach notification within 72 hours

If TruJob suffers a security breach affecting user data, every affected user will receive an email notification within 72 hours of confirmation. The notification will explain what happened, what data was involved, and what steps users should take.

Public incident transparency

Significant security incidents are publicly documented in a post-incident review on our website. We name what failed, what we changed, and what we learned. We do not hide failures.

Security improvements before features

When a security improvement and a new feature compete for engineering time, security wins. This is a written commitment.

Independent review before production launch

Before TruJob launches the Chrome extension publicly, our code and infrastructure are being reviewed by an independent security advisor with experience in browser extension and consumer SaaS security. The review is not a formal SOC 2 audit, but it functions similarly: an outside professional reviews our claims and the implementation behind them.

Found a security concern?

Email security@trujob.io with details. We respond within 24 hours, follow responsible disclosure timelines, and credit researchers publicly when issues are resolved.

Report security concern

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