We built ArcVia to be the tool we'd trust with our own search.

What we access

Gmail and Outlook read-only access to detect recruiting-related threads. Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar read access to detect interview events. We request the minimum permissions needed and nothing more.

What we keep

Signal classifications — for example, "recruiter outreach detected" with a confidence score, or "interview scheduled." Momentum scores and state transitions. Metadata: thread identifiers, dates, sender domains. We use this to power your pipeline intelligence, momentum scoring, and guidance cards.

What we never touch

Personal emails. Non-recruiting threads. Attachments. Drafts. Sent mail content. Calendar events unrelated to your job search. Our two-layer classification engine processes recruiting signals only — everything else is ignored at the source.

What happens when you disconnect

Your synced signals and metadata are deleted. Your manually-entered pipeline data — opportunities, interactions, notes — remains yours and is unaffected. You can reconnect at any time and signal detection resumes.

Who sees your data

Only you. ArcVia has no social features, no shared profiles, no employer access, and no data selling. Your search is private. Period.

Which Google permissions we request

ArcVia requests two sensitive Google OAuth scopes, each connected by your explicit action in the app:

gmail.readonly — read-only access to your Gmail. Used to detect recruiter threads and classify their stage (outreach, screening, interview, offer, rejection). A rule filter excludes non-recruiting email before any body is examined. Only the classification result is stored — raw email bodies are discarded after classification. Attachments are never accessed.
calendar.events — read and write access to your calendar events. Used to detect interview events and optionally append ArcVia context to them so you see opportunity info directly in your calendar.

You control both. Connect from onboarding or Settings. Disconnect any time from Settings → Connections, or revoke directly from your Google Account permissions. Our full data handling terms are in the formal privacy policy.

AI classifies signals — it doesn't read your mail.

Our two-layer engine uses deterministic rules for common patterns and AI for ambiguous cases. It classifies sentiment and intent — "recruiter outreach about a VP Engineering role, high confidence" — without ever storing or displaying the email content itself. Each classification carries a confidence score so you can see exactly how certain the system is.

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