Plain-language summary: We use cookies to keep you logged in, remember your preferences, and understand how the Portal is used. You can control non-essential cookies through your browser settings.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit it. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to the website owners.
Cookies are not programs and cannot carry viruses or malware. They cannot access other files on your device. Most cookies contain a unique identifier — a randomly generated number — that is assigned to your device. This helps us distinguish your browser from others.
In addition to cookies, we may also use similar technologies such as web beacons (tiny transparent images embedded in web pages), local storage, and session storage. This policy covers all such technologies collectively.
2. Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following reasons:
- Security: To authenticate you when you log in and prevent unauthorised access to your account.
- Functionality: To remember your preferences, such as your dark/light theme choice and your job search filters, so you do not have to re-enter them each visit.
- Analytics: To understand how candidates use the Portal — which pages are visited, how long users stay, and what features are most useful — so we can improve the experience.
- Performance: To ensure the Portal loads quickly and performs reliably across different devices and browsers.
We do not use cookies for advertising or to track you across other websites. We do not share cookie data with advertisers.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the Portal to function. They enable core features such as login sessions, security tokens, and CSRF protection. Without them, the Portal cannot work correctly. These cookies cannot be disabled.
Functional Cookies
These cookies remember your choices and personalise your experience — for example, your preferred theme (light or dark), saved search filters, and language settings. Disabling them may affect your experience but will not prevent basic use of the Portal.
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the Portal. We use Google Analytics and our own internal analytics to collect aggregated, anonymised data about page views, session durations, and user journeys. This data guides product improvements. You may opt out of analytics cookies through your browser settings.
4. Cookie Reference Table
The table below lists the specific cookies set by the Careers Portal. We will update this table whenever we add or remove cookies.
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| cp-auth | Stores your authentication session after login. Required to keep you signed in. | Session | First-party |
| cp-theme | Remembers your light/dark mode preference so it persists across visits. | 1 year | First-party |
| __Host-csrf | CSRF protection token. Prevents cross-site request forgery attacks on form submissions. | Session | First-party |
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| cp-filters | Remembers your last-used job search filters and sort preferences on the jobs listing page. | 30 days | First-party |
| cp-lang | Stores your language preference if the Portal supports multiple languages in future. | 1 year | First-party |
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics — distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as client identifier. | 2 years | Third-party (Google) |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics 4 — used to persist session state. | 2 years | Third-party (Google) |
| _gid | Google Analytics — distinguishes users. Expires after 24 hours. | 24 hours | Third-party (Google) |
| cp-analytics | Internal analytics — tracks which pages and features are used to help us improve the Portal. | 90 days | First-party |
5. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on the Portal are placed by third-party services. These third parties have their own privacy policies and we do not control their cookies. The third parties whose cookies may appear on our Portal include:
- Google Analytics — We use Google Analytics to understand Portal usage patterns. Google may use data collected to contextualise and personalise ads in its own advertising networks; we have configured our implementation to disable advertising personalisation. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
- Assessment platform providers— When you take a third-party assessment (e.g., aptitude tests), that provider's platform may set its own cookies governed by their own privacy policy.
6. Managing Your Cookies
You have several options for managing and controlling cookies:
6.1 Browser Settings
All modern browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:
- View cookies that have been set on your device.
- Delete existing cookies.
- Block cookies from specific websites.
- Block all cookies (note: this will break the login function on our Portal).
Browser-specific guides:
6.2 Impact of Disabling Cookies
Portal will not function — login and security features will break.
Your theme and filter preferences will reset each visit.
No impact on functionality. We will not be able to measure Portal usage.
7. Do Not Track
Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want your online activity tracked. Currently, there is no universally agreed standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals.
At this time, the Careers Portal does not alter its data collection or use practices in response to DNT signals. We will revisit this position as industry standards evolve. You can control analytics tracking through your browser cookie settings as described in Section 6 above.
8. Policy Updates
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the technologies we use, legal requirements, or our business practices. When we update the policy, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.
For material changes — for example, if we introduce a new category of cookies — we will provide a more prominent notice (such as a banner on the Portal or an email notification to registered users).
We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies or this policy, please contact:
Data Protection Officer
Ahmedabad, Gujarat — 380001, India