Cookie Policy

Last updated: October 5, 2026

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, improve efficiency, and provide information to website owners. Cookies can be "session" cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or "persistent" cookies (remaining until they expire or you delete them).

2. Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function. They cannot be disabled. No consent is required for essential cookies under GDPR.

Cookie Purpose Duration
_joblaze_key Session management and authentication Session
_csrf_token Cross-site request forgery protection Session
cookie_consent Stores your cookie consent preference 1 year

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use the website. These cookies are only set if you consent.

Cookie Purpose Duration
umami.* Privacy-friendly website analytics (Umami) Session
_ga Distinguishes visitors (Google Analytics) 2 years
_ga_<ID> Distinguishes visitors (Google Analytics) 2 years

3. Managing Cookies

When you first visit Joblaze, you will see a cookie consent banner where you can accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your preference at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting the site.

You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies, delete existing cookies, or be alerted when a cookie is set. Note that disabling essential cookies may prevent the website from functioning properly.

4. Third-Party Cookies

We use Umami, a privacy-friendly analytics service, which may set cookies to track anonymized usage data. Umami does not use cookies for tracking across sites and does not collect personal information.

With your consent, we also use Google Analytics 4, provided by Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited, which sets the _ga and _ga_<ID> cookies to produce aggregated usage statistics. Google may process this data outside the UK and EEA, including in the United States. You can opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out add-on; see also Google's Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites that use our services, and our Privacy Policy. We do not use any advertising cookies.

5. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date.

6. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at privacy@joblaze.com.