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Cookie Policy
Last updated: June 2025
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. They help us recognise you, remember your preferences, and improve your experience. Similar technologies such as localStorage and sessionStorage are also covered by this policy.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use the following types of cookies:
Essential Cookies
Required for the Service to function. These include authentication session cookies and security tokens. You cannot opt out of these without losing access to core features.
Functional Cookies
Enable personalised features and remember your preferences such as analysis state and guest session data.
Analytics Cookies
Help us understand how visitors interact with HireDecode so we can improve the Service. These are only set with your consent.
Payment Cookies
Set by Paddle during checkout processing. Paddle may use cookies to prevent fraud and process payments securely. Refer to Paddle's Privacy Policy for more information.
3. Session & Local Storage
For guest users, we use browser sessionStorage to preserve your CV data, extracted CV text, job description, free analysis results, and paywall state across page refreshes. This data stays in your browser and is not sent to our servers unless you create an account.
4. Managing Cookies
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- View cookies that have been set
- Block cookies from specific or all websites
- Delete cookies when you close your browser
Note that blocking essential cookies will affect the functionality of HireDecode. Please refer to your browser's help documentation for instructions on managing cookies.
5. Contact
Questions about our use of cookies can be directed to: aaliyahkhanyousafzai@gmail.com