Virtru Email Protection

Surprisingly easy email protection and control for Gmail.

What is Virtru Email Protection?

Virtru Email Protection is a Chrome extension designed to benefit organizations in managing their data privacy and security. Its features allow users to protect Gmail messages and attachments. It enables complying with data privacy regulations like HIPAA, GDPR, FERPA, and more. The extension enhances secure file sharing both internally and externally. It encrypts emails and provides granular controls such as setting expiration dates, disabling forwarding, and watermarking attachments. The program also supports instant access revocation and alerts users to encrypt emails when sensitive data is detected.

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Extension stats

By: https://www.virtru.com

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Users: 700,000+

Rating: 3.98 (116)

Version: 12.6.1 (Last updated: 2024-08-22)

Creation date: 2020-05-16

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
unlimitedStorage

Host permissions:

http://*.virtru.com/*
https://*.virtru.com/*
http://*.google.com/*
https://*.google.com/*
http://*.googleusercontent.com/*
https://*.googleusercontent.com/*

Size: 6.82M

Email: up*****@virtru.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 791 ▼ 12

Other rankings

#19 in Privacy & Security

#15 in protect keyword 32 ▼ 3

#27 in data privacy keyword 34 ▼ 5

#44 in encrypt keyword 19 ▼ 6

#50 in term keyword 12 ▼ 12

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Extension summary

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Easily protect Gmail messages and attachments, and maintain control wherever they’re shared.

At Virtru, we understand that data is an organization’s most valuable asset and sharing it is critical for business success. But sharing data creates significant risk. We believe no one should have to choose between protecting data and sharing it. We help more than 20,000 organizations, large and small, across almost every industry, protect data wherever it’s created or shared so they can collaborate with confidence.

Privacy Ensure Gmail messages and attachments stay private so you don’t have to trust Google with your data.

Compliance Maintain compliance with data privacy regulations such as HIPAA, GDPR, CJIS, ITAR, CCPA, FERPA, CMMC, NIST, and more.

Secure, Seamless Sharing Protect Gmail messages and attachments and maintain control wherever they’re shared - both internally and externally, beyond Google.

End-to-End Encryption Data-centric protection and object-level encryption for email messages and attachments directly within the Gmail client with a simple Chrome extension.

User reviews

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Pros

Easy to use for sending sensitive information
Intuitive interface that integrates well with Gmail
User-friendly experience with guiding pop-ups
Effective in protecting against hackers and viruses

Cons

Frequently requires reinstallation or reactivation
May conflict with other extensions, causing operational issues
Does not work effectively if the recipient isn't using Gmail with the extension installed
Gmail functionalities may be disrupted, leading to lost emails

Most mentioned

Issues with installation and reinstallation
Conflicts with other Chrome extensions
Problems when sending emails to non-Gmail users
Stability and functionality problems reported over time

Recent reviews

Caused my emails to be marked as SPAM in Google Email Server scoring algorithm. Super frustrating. Otherwise, easy to use encryption tool that I had been using for a few years.

Jeremy McInerney, 2024-11-20

Paul Drake, 2024-06-03

Super easy to use extension that doesn't clash with any of my existing extensions. You essentially don't have to change how you send an email. I was using separate software outside of Gmail to send encrypted data. Now, it's super intuitive and easy!