This policy explains how Jobzem uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website. It describes what these technologies are, why we use them, and the choices you have to control their use.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They allow a site to recognize your device, remember preferences, and maintain sessions across page views.

Similar technologies may also be used, such as localStorage, sessionStorage, pixels, SDK signals, and device identifiers. For simplicity, we refer to all of these as “cookies” in this policy.

Cookies can be set by the site you visit (first-party) or by third parties providing services on that site (third-party), such as analytics, advertising, authentication, and fraud prevention providers.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to keep the site functioning (login sessions, load balancing), remember your choices (language, recent searches, consent), and improve performance and relevance (analytics, ranking, experiments).

Some cookies support security, such as detecting unusual traffic, preventing abuse, and protecting accounts. Others support measurement of traffic sources and campaign effectiveness.

Where required by law, non-essential cookies are used only after you provide consent via our banner or settings. You can revisit your choices at any time.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Essential (Strictly Necessary)

Enable core functions like authentication, session continuity, consent storage, and site stability. These do not require consent and cannot be disabled without affecting basic functionality.

Performance and Analytics

Help us understand usage (pages, searches, errors) to improve speed, relevance, and reliability. Data is aggregated or pseudonymized where feasible.

Functionality

Remember choices such as language, location hints, recent searches, and UI preferences to streamline your experience across visits.

Advertising and Targeting

Used to deliver more relevant ads, measure ad performance, and limit frequency. Placed by us or authorized partners; subject to your consent where applicable.

Security and Fraud Prevention

Support abuse detection, bot mitigation, and protection of accounts and forms. May leverage device signals and rate-limiting markers.

4. Third-Party Cookies

We work with trusted providers for analytics, advertising, tag management, social login, and fraud prevention. These providers may set their own cookies or similar identifiers.

Examples include Google services (Tag Manager, Analytics, AdSense), social identity providers (e.g., LinkedIn for login), and anti-fraud or A/B testing vendors. Their use is governed by their respective policies.

We contractually require partners to process data for limited purposes and to apply appropriate safeguards, but we do not control their cookie configurations on their domains.

5. How to Control Cookies

You can manage preferences via our cookie banner or settings where offered. Browser controls also allow you to block or delete cookies; blocking essential cookies may break login or basic navigation.

You may opt out of interest-based advertising with industry tools (NAI, DAA, EDAA) and adjust mobile OS ad settings (IDFA/GAID limits). These choices may rely on opt-out cookies or device signals.

Clearing cookies will remove your preferences, including opt-outs, requiring you to set them again.

6. Consent and Preferences

Where required, we request consent before setting non-essential cookies. Your selections are stored so we can honor them on subsequent visits from the same browser and device.

You can change or withdraw consent at any time through the banner or settings. Some regions require granular choices by category; we mirror those options when applicable.

7. Do Not Track (DNT) and GPC

Browsers may send DNT or Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals. Where legally required, we treat valid GPC signals as an opt-out or refusal for applicable categories (e.g., sale/share of data, targeted ads).

DNT handling is not standardized globally; we prioritize explicit choices made in our banner or settings when available.

8. Retention and Expiration

Cookies have defined lifetimes: session cookies expire when you close the browser; persistent cookies expire after a set duration unless you delete them earlier.

Essential session cookies typically last only for the session; analytics and preference cookies may persist longer to recognize returning visits; advertising cookies often have their own lifetimes set by partners.

9. Measurement, Attribution and Fraud Prevention

We use cookies and related signals to attribute traffic sources, measure campaign effectiveness, and detect invalid or abusive activity.

Metrics are aggregated where feasible, and signals for abuse detection may be retained briefly to protect the service and users.

10. Advertising Partners and Social Logins

Advertising partners may set or read cookies to serve and measure ads. You can manage preferences via our banner and partner opt-out tools. Social login providers may set cookies to authenticate you securely.

We do not share your password with social providers and do not control their cookie policies; review their terms for details.

11. International Considerations

Our service is global. Cookie practices may vary to reflect local legal requirements (e.g., consent banners, category toggles, regional disclosures).

Data collected via cookies may be transferred to other countries with safeguards such as contractual protections and access controls.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in technologies, legal requirements, or our practices. The “Last updated” date shows the current version.

Material changes may be highlighted on-site or via banner. Continued use after updates indicates acceptance of the revised Policy.

13. Contact

If you have questions about our use of cookies or similar technologies, please contact us through our Contact Page. Include details about your browser and region to help us respond effectively.

For privacy-specific inquiries (access, deletion, opt-out), see our Privacy Policy for instructions; cookie choices often must be set per browser/device.