Cookie
policy

Background

This website https://hackajob.co (“Our Site”) and the services We make available through Our Site from time to time (“Services”) use Cookies and similar technologies. By using Cookies, We are able to provide you with a better experience and to improve Our Site and Services by better understanding how you use them. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Cookie Policy is deemed to occur when you press the “Accept All Cookies” or “Confirm My Choices” button on Our Cookie Consent Pop-up when you have selected your preferred Cookie options in Our Cookie Privacy Preference Center and pressed the “Confirm My Choices” button. If you do not agree to Our Cookie Policy, please stop using Our Site and Services immediately.

1. Definitions and Interpretation

“Cookie Law” means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and, where applicable, the UK GDPR;

“personal data” means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, as defined by the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (the “Data Protection Legislation”); and

“We/Us/Our” means HACKAJOB LTD., a company registered in England and Wales under number 09279930, whose registered office is at 3rd Floor, 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2DT.

2. Information About Us

2.1 Our Site is operated by HACKAJOB LTD. 2.2 Our Data Protection Officer is Scott Simpson and can be contacted by email at dpo@hackajob.co, by telephone at 07702 132 787, or by post at 3rd Floor, 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2DT, United Kingdom.

3. How We Use Cookies

3.1 We will place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First-party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our Services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.

3.2 By using Our Site and Services, you may also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. Third-party Cookies are used on Our Site to understand how users use Our Site and Services, provide personalisation and monitor the performance of marketing initiatives. For more details, please refer to section 4 below.

3.3 All Cookies used by Us are used in accordance with the current Cookie Law. We may use some or all of the following types of Cookie: 3.3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies - A Cookie falls into this category if it is essential to the operation of Our Site and Services, supporting functions such as logging in, payment transactions and protecting Our Site and Services. 3.3.2 Analytics Cookies - It is important for Us to understand how you use Our Site and Services, for example, how efficiently you are able to navigate around Our Site, and what features you use. Analytics Cookies enable us to gather this information, helping Us to improve Our Site and Services and your experience of them. 3.3.3 Functionality Cookies - Functionality Cookies enable Us to provide additional functions to you on Our Site and through Our Services such as personalisation and remembering your saved preferences. Some functionality Cookies may also be strictly necessary Cookies, but not all necessarily fall into that category. 3.3.4 Targeting Cookies - It is important for Us to know when and how often you visit Our Site and use Our Services (including which pages you have visited and which links you have visited). As with analytics Cookies, this information helps us to better understand you and, in turn, to make Our Site, Services and advertising more relevant to your interests. Some information gathered by targeting Cookies may also be shared with third parties. 3.3.5 Third-Party Cookies - Third-party Cookies are not placed by Us; instead, they are placed by third parties that provide services to Us and/or to you. Third-party Cookies may be used by advertising services to serve up tailored advertising to you on Our Site and through Our Services, or by third parties providing analytics services to Us (these Cookies will work in the same way as analytics Cookies described above). 3.3.6 Persistent Cookies - Any of the above types of Cookies may be a persistent Cookie. Persistent Cookies are those which remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit Our Site or use Our Services.

4. What Cookies Do We Use?

4.1 The following first party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:

  • hackajob_app - Cookie from hackajob. Purpose & type: manage user authentication. Lifespan: 1 month. This is strictly necessary.

  • hj_uid - Cookie from hackajob. Purpose & type: an anonymous, randomly generated identifier (containing no personal data) used to keep your experience consistent when We test improvements to Our Site. Lifespan: 1 year. This is strictly necessary.

  • referral_hac - Cookie from hackajob. Purpose & type: remembers a referral code when you arrive via a referral link, so it can be applied if you sign up (Functional). Set only when you arrive through a referral link. Lifespan: 1 year. Strictly necessary: no.

4.2 The following third-party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:

  • _gcl_* - Cookie from Google Ads. Purpose & type: conversion linking, used to measure the effectiveness of Our advertising (Targeting). Lifespan: 3 months. Strictly necessary: no.

  • _fbp - Cookie from Facebook. Purpose & type: Facebook conversion tracking (Targeting). Lifespan: 3 months. Strictly necessary: no.

  • _GRECAPTCHA - Cookie from Google (reCAPTCHA). Purpose & type: helps Us tell humans and bots apart to protect Our forms from spam and abuse (Strictly Necessary). Lifespan: 6 months. Strictly necessary: yes.

  • CookieConsent - Cookie from Cookiebot. Purpose & type: stores your cookie consent state for this domain (Strictly Necessary). Lifespan: 1 year. Strictly necessary: yes.

  • sp_landing - Cookie from Spotify. Purpose & type: provide audio player functionality (Functional).

  • sp_t - Cookie from Spotify. Purpose & type: provide audio player functionality (Functional). Lifespan: 1 year. Strictly necessary: no.

  • __cf_bm - Cookie from Vimeo. Purpose & type: provide video player functionality (Functional). Lifespan: a few seconds. Strictly necessary: no.

  • vuid - Cookie from Vimeo. Purpose & type: provide video player functionality (Functional). Lifespan: 2 years. Strictly necessary: no.

  • YSC - Cookie from YouTube. Purpose & type: monitoring user activity (Performance). Lifespan: session. Strictly necessary: no.

  • CONSENT - Cookie from YouTube. Purpose & type: monitoring user activity (Performance). Lifespan: 2 years. Strictly necessary: no.

  • VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE - Cookie from YouTube. Purpose & type: monitoring user activity (Performance). Lifespan: 6 months. Strictly necessary: no.

4.3 Our Site and Services use analytics services provided by Google Analytics and Heap. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse usage information, enabling Us to better understand how Our Site and Services are used. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and Our Services offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies, however, whilst Our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve Our Site and Services, making them a better and more useful experiences for you.

4.4 The analytics service(s) used by Our Site and Services use(s) analytics Cookies to gather the required information.

4.5 The analytics service(s) used by Our Site and Services use(s) the following analytics Cookies:

  • _gid - Cookie from Google Analytics. Purpose & type: Google Analytics data collection to monitor how users use our site (Performance). Lifespan: a few seconds. Strictly necessary: yes.

  • _ga - Cookie from Google Analytics. Purpose & type: Google Analytics data collection to monitor how users use our site (Performance). Lifespan: 2 years. Strictly necessary: no.

  • _ga_* - Cookie from Google Analytics. Purpose & type: Google Analytics data collection to monitor how users use our site (Performance). Lifespan: 2 years. Strictly necessary: no.

  • _gat_* - Cookie from Google Analytics. Purpose & type: Google Analytics data collection to monitor how users use our site (Performance). Lifespan: a few seconds. Strictly necessary: no.

  • _hp2_hld - Cookie from Heap. Purpose & type: determine which domain a cookie can be set on since public suffix domains block setting cookies at the top level (Performance). Lifespan: a few seconds. Strictly necessary: no.

  • _hp2_id.#* - Cookie from Heap. Purpose & type: Heap data collection to monitor how users use our site (Performance). Lifespan: 2 years. Strictly necessary: no.

  • _hp2_ses_props.* - Cookie from Heap. Purpose & type: Heap data collection to monitor how users use our site (Performance). Lifespan: 2 years. Strictly necessary: no.

  • userty.core.s.* - Cookie from Heap. Purpose & type: Heap data collection to monitor how users use our site (Performance). Lifespan: session. Strictly necessary: no.

  • userty.core.p.* - Cookie from Heap. Purpose & type: Heap data collection to monitor how users use our site (Performance). Lifespan: 2 years. Strictly necessary: no.

5. Consent and Control

We manage cookie consent using Cookiebot, integrated with Google Consent Mode v2. The Cookiebot banner lets you accept or reject non-essential Cookies and change your preferences at any time; your choice is recorded in the CookieConsent Cookie and applied on future visits.

5.1 Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a Cookie Consent Pop-up requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of Our Site and Services may not function fully or as intended.

5.2 In addition to the controls that We provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all Cookies or only third-party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.

5.3 The links below provide instructions on how to control Cookies in all mainstream browsers:

6. Changes to this Cookie Policy

6.1 We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time. If We make material changes to Our Cookie Policy (such as changing the cookies We use or how We use Cookies on Our Site and through Our Services) you will be required to confirm acceptance of these material changes. Minor changes to this Cookie Policy will become binding on you on your first use of Our Site after the minor changes have been made. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.

6.2 In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

7. Further Information

7.1 If you would like to know more about how We use Cookies, please contact us at contact@hackajob.co, or by post at 3rd Floor, 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2DT, United Kingdom.