Website cookie policy

North Star Job Hunt uses essential cookies and closely related storage technologies where reasonably necessary to operate the Website, keep sign-in and MFA working, maintain session security, remember core service state, and protect the platform against abuse.

These cookies do not require an optional opt-in where they are strictly necessary for the operation, security, or delivery of the service you have requested.

The current North Star Job Hunt setup is designed to stay limited and predictable. Examples of the technologies currently used or expected to be used include the following:

• "northstar-auth-token" or related auth/session cookies, used to keep signed-in sessions working securely across the Website;
• "northstar_cookie_preference", used to remember whether you chose essential-only cookies or allowed optional cookies. This preference cookie currently lasts up to 180 days;
• browser local storage under the same cookie preference key, used as a browser-side mirror of the cookie choice so the Website can respect it consistently;
• Cloudflare Turnstile challenge technology when security checks are shown on forms, used to help distinguish genuine users from abusive or automated requests;
• Meta Pixel, used only after optional cookies are accepted, to measure whether paid social campaigns lead to page views, searches, saved-role actions, or account-registration events.

North Star Job Hunt may use cookies or similar local storage to remember user choices such as cookie consent, accessibility preferences, interface settings, or other account-related browser choices.

These settings help the Website reflect the choices you have already made without asking repeatedly on each page load.

Optional cookies for analytics, experience improvements, campaign measurement, or similar non-essential purposes are intended to remain off unless you clearly allow them.

Meta Pixel is treated as an optional campaign measurement technology. It should only load after optional cookies are accepted, and refusal should not prevent access to the Website or core job-search features.

Where a user chooses to use the guest CV refine flow, North Star Job Hunt may store temporary derived search data and related session state so that refined results can continue to work during the current search flow.

That temporary data is intended to support the current search session rather than to create a permanent candidate account profile by default.

Some parts of the Website may rely on third-party services that set or use cookies or similar technologies as part of security, payments, embedded flows, campaign measurement, or hosted infrastructure. Examples may include Supabase authentication, Cloudflare Turnstile, Stripe billing routes, Meta Pixel where optional cookies are accepted, and related hosted infrastructure providers.

North Star Job Hunt aims to use those services only where necessary for the operation or protection of the Website, and to keep optional third-party technologies subject to user choice where appropriate. Where a third party sets or accesses non-essential technologies, North Star Job Hunt aims to name that party clearly before asking for consent.

You can review or change your cookie choice through the public cookie settings page and, if you are signed in, through Preferences. You can also change browser settings to block or delete cookies, although doing so may affect how parts of the Website work.

Blocking essential cookies or related storage may prevent sign-in, security checks, saved preferences, or other core functionality from working properly.

North Star Job Hunt may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or Website features. The latest version shown on the Website will apply from the date it is published.

If you have questions about cookies or Website privacy, you can contact North Star Job Hunt using the contact routes shown on the Website.