Privacy

Privacy Policy

BoardCheck is a Chrome extension and website for spotting warning signs on supported job-board pages. This page has two voices: a plain-English version first, then the more formal policy terms.

Effective April 23, 2026.

Plain-English version

  • BoardCheck does not sell your data.
  • The extension does not collect your browsing history.
  • Job-page matching happens locally in your browser.
  • BoardCheck does not upload job listings or page contents for warnings.
  • The website only collects what it needs for public support messages.

What you are getting

In normal use, BoardCheck looks at supported job-board pages in your browser, checks company names against a local reviewed-company dataset, and shows warning context when there is a match. That warning flow is not built around uploading your job search to BoardCheck.

If you contact support through the website, BoardCheck receives the message and contact details you choose to send.

Formal policy

This Privacy Policy describes how BoardCheck collects, uses, stores, and shares data through the BoardCheck Chrome extension, the BoardCheck website, and related support services. By using BoardCheck, you understand that these services process data as described below and as required to provide the features you choose to use.

No sale of collected data

BoardCheck does not sell personal information and does not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. BoardCheck uses data only to provide, maintain, secure, support, and improve the extension, website, and support workflows described in this policy.

No browsing or page-content collection

  • No browsing history collection
  • No job-listing text or page contents uploaded for the warning flow
  • No default analytics tied to your browsing activity
  • Local page inspection only on supported job-board surfaces

Matching, warning prompts, and local allowlist or blocklist behavior are handled in the browser against the bundled reviewed-company dataset and your local settings. BoardCheck does not use this local warning flow to create a remote profile of your job search.

What may stay local in the extension

The extension can store the bundled reviewed-company dataset, your protection mode, theme preference, local allowlist and blocklist, and small UI prompt state in browser extension storage on this device. It can also keep the currently captured company, supported-site status, and temporary popup state in extension session storage so the side panel can reopen with the latest supported click without sending that value off-device.

What the bundled dataset is and why it exists

The bundled reviewed-company dataset is the local file the extension uses to decide whether a company has already been reviewed and whether that review supports a Caution label.

The dataset is assembled from manually reviewed company records based on public sources, including company sites, public warnings, news reporting, regulator or court material, and other public evidence described in BoardCheck’s review rubric and research workflow.

What the website may collect

Public website pages are static product and policy pages. They do not load sign-in or analytics scripts by default. BoardCheck may receive ordinary technical request data from website and backend hosting, including IP address, user agent, requested URL, timestamps, and error or security logs.

The contact form, if you use it, sends the name, email, subject, and message you provide to the BoardCheck contact endpoint, which relays the submission through Brevo email delivery.

Accounts and paid features

BoardCheck does not currently offer accounts, subscriptions, or in-extension payments. If paid account features are introduced, BoardCheck will update this policy and Chrome Web Store disclosures before those features are made available.

Who data may be shared with

The local warning flow is not shared with third parties. Support workflows may involve Brevo for contact email delivery, Neon-backed rate limiting for the public contact endpoint, and Cloudflare or similar hosting infrastructure for the website and backend. BoardCheck does not sell personal information and does not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

BoardCheck may also disclose information if required by law, legal process, security investigation, fraud prevention, protection of rights or safety, business transfer, or enforcement of applicable terms.

Retention and deletion

Local settings, theme preference, and local allowlist or blocklist entries remain in browser extension storage until you change them, clear extension storage, or remove the extension.

The currently captured company and popup context are temporary session state.

You can remove local extension data by changing settings, clearing extension storage, or uninstalling the extension. For support data requests, use the contact method provided on the BoardCheck website.

Permissions and why they are needed

storage stores your local settings, local company lists, bundled dataset state.

windows lets the extension focus the current browser window before opening the warning popup. Supported host permissions let the content scripts read supported job-board pages so company matching can happen locally in the browser.

sidePanel lets BoardCheck show warning controls in the browser side panel.

Contact and sensitive information

If you contact BoardCheck through the website contact form, send only what is needed to understand and respond to your request. Do not include passwords, government ID numbers, banking numbers, or other sensitive personal information.

If you contact BoardCheck through Chrome Web Store reviews, Chrome Web Store support, email, or another third-party platform, your message may also be processed under that platform’s own policies.

Changes to this policy

BoardCheck may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date above identifies the current version. Material changes will be reflected on this page and, where required, in the Chrome Web Store listing or in-product disclosures.