Cookies and browser storage
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We use cookies and similar browser storage only where needed to run Finance Hiring Lab. These rules also cover local storage and session storage. The site uses no local storage or session storage.
Storage we use
| Name | Type | Set by | Purpose | Duration | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
fhl_session |
Cookie (HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite=Lax) | financehiringlab.co.uk | Keeps you signed in after you use a one-time email link | Up to 7 days for customers (12 hours for staff accounts), or until you sign out | Strictly necessary |
fhl_draft |
Cookie (HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite=Lax) | financehiringlab.co.uk | Links this browser to the brief you are completing | Ends when you close the browser, unless you choose to keep the draft on this device (then 30 days) | Strictly necessary while you complete the order; keeping it for 30 days is your choice |
Public pages set no cookies until you start an order or sign in.
Saving a draft
When you start a brief, you can choose whether to keep it on this device for 30 days so you can come back later. If you don't choose that, the draft link ends when you close the browser; you can still return by signing in with your business email. Your answers are stored on our servers, not in your browser. To remove the saved link, delete the fhl_draft cookie in your browser settings.
Analytics, advertising and choices
We do not use advertising, social media tracking or analytics technologies. If we introduce optional technologies, we will explain them and ask for consent before using them unless a specific legal exception applies. Accepting and rejecting will be equally clear, nothing optional will run before you choose, and refusing will not prevent access to the basic service.
Stripe and your browser
Payment takes place on Stripe's hosted checkout page. Stripe uses its own necessary payment and security technologies there and explains them in its cookie and privacy notices. No Stripe technology is embedded on our own pages.
You can manage cookies in your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies may stop sign-in or checkout working. To ask about the technologies we use, contact [email protected].