COOKIE POLICY

Effective Date: January 2, 2026

1. Our Approach to Cookies

At StartHire, we believe in a "Privacy-First" digital experience. Unlike many recruitment platforms, we do not use intrusive tracking, behavioral advertising, or third-party marketing pixels. This policy explains the limited use of cookies and similar technologies on our website.

2. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help the site function correctly and provide us with basic, anonymized information about how the site is being used.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We only use cookies and scripts that fall into the following categories:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the website to function. They enable basic features like page navigation and secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these.
Performance & Analytics: We use basic analytics (via Hostinger or Google Analytics) to understand which of our industrial sectors (e.g., Green Hydrogen vs. Battery R&D) are attracting interest. All data is anonymized; we do not track individual users or collect IP addresses for marketing purposes.

4. Third-Party Scripts & CDNs

To ensure high performance across the UK-Swedish corridor, our site loads technical assets (such as icons and styling frameworks) from external Content Delivery Networks (CDNs).

Lucide & Tailwind: These services may process your IP address to deliver the files to your browser efficiently. They do not set tracking cookies on your device for advertising purposes.

5. No Advertising or Third-Party Tracking

StartHire does not use:

Meta (Facebook) Pixels
LinkedIn Insight Tags
Google Ads Remarketing
Cross-site behavioral tracking

6. Managing Your Preferences

You can choose to block or delete cookies through your browser settings:

Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Block all cookies.
Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.

Please note that disabling strictly necessary cookies may affect the visual layout or functionality of the site.

7. Compliance with UK and Swedish Law

This policy is designed to meet the requirements of the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS).

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at info@starthire.net.