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Cookie Policy
Last updated 1 November 2026 · version 2026-11-01-r2
HrThroo sets the cookies it needs to work: to keep you signed in, and to remember your privacy choice. On hrthroo.com and the help centre, and only if you allow it, Google Analytics also sets cookies to count visits. There are no advertising cookies, and the app and the pages candidates use set no analytics cookies at all.
The kinds of cookie
- Necessary (always on): Sign-in, security, and remembering your privacy choices. The service can't work without these, so they're always on.
- Analytics (your choice): Google Analytics on hrthroo.com and the help centre, to count visits and see which pages help. Off until you switch it on; never in the app or on candidate pages, never used for advertising.
Every cookie we set
| Cookie | What it's for | How long |
|---|---|---|
| better-auth.session_token (and __Secure-better-auth.session_token) | Keeps you signed in and identifies your session to the server. When you sign in. | 7 days, renewed while you use the app; cleared when you sign out |
| better-auth.session_data (and __Secure-better-auth.session_data) | A signed, short-lived copy of your session, so pages load without checking the database on every request. When you sign in. | 5 minutes, renewed while you use the app; cleared when you sign out |
| hrthroo_consent | Remembers the privacy choices you made here, and whether we've recorded them, so we don't ask again on every page. When you save your cookie choices. | 1 year |
| _ga, _ga_<id> | A random browser identifier Google Analytics uses to count visits to hrthroo.com and the help centre and see which pages are read. Never set in the app or on candidate pages, and never linked to an account or a candidate. Only after you allow analytics; removed if you turn it off. | Up to 2 years |
Other storage
With analytics allowed, Google Analytics may also keep a small amount of data in your browser's storage for the same purpose; turning analytics off stops it sending anything. Otherwise this site keeps nothing in local or session storage. Fonts are served from our own domain, so loading a page sends nothing to a font provider. When you pay, Razorpay's checkout may set its own cookies under its own policy.
Changing your choices
You can review your choices at any time: , or use “Cookie settings” at the bottom of any page. Each choice is recorded with the version of this policy it was made against and when, without your IP address or browser details.
What changed
- 2026-11-01-r2: Added Google Analytics cookies (_ga, _ga_<id>), off until you allow them, on hrthroo.com and the help centre only.
- 2026-11-01: First published.