Privacy Policy

1. Overview

Vantage ("the App") is a Mac and Windows application that runs on your own computer. This policy explains what data the App handles, where it goes, and what control you have over it. It applies whether you're using Vantage in self-hosted mode (bringing your own API keys) or with a Vantage license (turnkey mode).

2. Data stored on your device

Vantage stores your resume, job search results, application history, configuration, and (if you supply your own) API keys locally on your computer, in ~/Library/Application Support/Vantage/. This data is never uploaded to a Vantage-operated database or server for storage. Deleting that folder deletes your data.

3. Data sent to third parties (self-hosted mode)

If you supply your own API keys, the App sends the relevant data directly from your computer to each service you've configured, governed by that service's own privacy policy:

• Anthropic or Google (Gemini) — your resume text and job descriptions, to score jobs and tailor your resume
• SerpApi — job title and location search terms, if configured
• Hunter.io — company names, to look up likely hiring contacts, if configured
• Resend — your email address, to send your job digest, if configured
• Buffer — post text and your connected LinkedIn account, if you enable auto-posting

4. Data sent through the Vantage relay (license mode)

If you use a Vantage license instead of your own API keys, the same requests described above are routed through a relay service operated by Vantage, which forwards them to the same third parties using Vantage's own keys. In this mode:

• Request content (resume text, job descriptions, search terms, post text) passes through the relay in transit to fulfill your request. It is not permanently logged or stored beyond what's needed to process and, for cost purposes, meter the request.
• Your license status (active/inactive, tier, expiration) is stored so the relay can validate requests.
• If you connect LinkedIn via Buffer, an access token representing that connection is stored so future posts can be published on your behalf — this token is never sent to your device.

5. Billing and account data

Paid subscriptions are processed by Stripe; your card details go directly to Stripe and are never seen or stored by Vantage. To operate your subscription, the relay stores: your email address, your plan and its usage counts, Stripe customer and subscription identifiers, your license key, and the marketing channel you first arrived from (for example "google" or "tiktok"). The website remembers that channel in your browser's local storage until you start a trial or purchase; it is not shared with advertisers. License keys and receipts are emailed to you via Resend and Stripe respectively.

6. What we don't do

Vantage does not sell your data, use it for advertising, or share it with anyone beyond the specific third-party services described above that are necessary to provide the features you've enabled. The marketing website does not use tracking or advertising cookies.

7. Your control

You can disable any third-party integration at any time in Config. Uninstalling the App and deleting ~/Library/Application Support/Vantage/ removes all locally stored data. To cancel a subscription, use the manage link in the App. To request deletion of license, billing, or LinkedIn-connection data held by the relay, email [email protected].

8. Children's privacy

Vantage is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.

9. Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated as the App evolves. Continued use of the App after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

10. Contact

Questions about this policy, or requests to access or delete data the relay holds about you (license, billing, or LinkedIn-connection data): [email protected].