The version that matters
Cookies are small text files a website stores on your device. Some are essential — the site won’t work without them. The rest are optional, and you decide. We use a deliberately small set, we don’t run advertising cookies, and we never sell what we learn. In Europe and the UK, nothing optional loads until you opt in. In the US, you can opt out any time. This page tells you exactly what’s on, what each one does, and how to switch off anything that isn’t essential.
01 What cookies are
A cookie is a small file placed on your browser or device when you visit a website. It lets the site remember things between pages and visits — that you’re in a session, a preference you’ve set, or, in aggregate, how the site is being used. This policy also covers similar technologies such as localStorage and pixels, which do a comparable job even though they aren’t technically cookies.
This Cookie Policy applies to the Recruise group of companies (see our Privacy Notice for who controls your data where you are) and our websites at recruiseglobal.com and recruiseindia.com. It sits alongside that Privacy Notice, which explains the wider picture of how we handle personal data across India, the EU/UK, the US, and Asia.
02 Why we use them, and why so few
We use cookies for three narrow reasons: to keep the site secure and working, to remember a small number of your preferences, and — only where you allow it — to understand in aggregate how the site is used so we can improve it. That’s the whole list. We do not use cookies to build advertising profiles, we do not share cookie data with ad networks, and we self-host our fonts and most assets specifically so third parties can’t set cookies through them.
03 How consent works where you are
The rules differ by region, so our behaviour does too. In every case, strictly-necessary cookies are always on because the site can’t work without them.
- European Union & United Kingdom
- Opt-in. Analytics and any other non-essential cookie stay off until you accept them in our consent banner. “Reject all” is as easy as “Accept all”, nothing is pre-ticked, and we use Google Consent Mode so that no analytics storage is set unless you consent.
- United States
- Opt-out. You can decline analytics at any time through the banner or the footer control, and we honour Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signals as an opt-out.
- India & wider Asia
- We ask for your consent to analytics and remember your choice. Strictly-necessary cookies rely on legitimate use under the DPDP Act.
04 The categories we use
Every cookie on our site falls into one of these categories. Only the first is switched on without your say-so, because the site cannot function without it.
- Strictly necessary — always on
- Required for the site to load securely and for core features — page delivery, security, bot protection, and remembering your cookie choices. These don’t identify you personally and can’t be switched off, because without them the site breaks.
- Functional / preferences — optional
- Remember small choices so you’re not asked twice — for example, that you’ve dismissed a notice. We currently do this with your browser’s
localStoragerather than a tracking cookie, and it never leaves your device. - Analytics / performance — optional, off until you consent
- Help us understand, in aggregate, which pages are useful and where the site is slow. Analytics loads only after you consent (and, in the EU/UK, not before), we ask our analytics provider to anonymise IP addresses, and the data is aggregated — we’re counting patterns, not people.
- Advertising / targeting — not used
- We don’t use them. No ad-network cookies, no cross-site tracking pixels, no retargeting. If that ever changes, this policy will say so before it goes live, and it will be opt-in.
05 The cookies we set
This is the working inventory. Names and durations set by our infrastructure and analytics providers can change when they update their products; we review this table at each analytics or consent-tool release.
| Cookie / storage | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| __cf_bm | Strictly necessary | Set by Cloudflare, our security and delivery layer, to tell genuine visitors from bots. | ~30 minutes |
| cf_clearance | Strictly necessary | Records that your browser passed a Cloudflare security check, so you aren’t re-challenged. | Up to 1 year |
| recruise_cookie_consent | Strictly necessary | Remembers your cookie choices so we don’t ask on every visit. | 6 months |
| recruise:fraudNoticeDismissed (localStorage) | Functional | Remembers that you closed our recruitment-fraud notice. Stored on your device only. | Until you clear it |
| _ga, ga<id> | Analytics | Set by Google Analytics only after you consent, to measure site usage in aggregate. IP anonymisation is on. | Up to 13 months |
Analytics is not active by default and loads only after consent. If you never consent, the _ga cookies are never set.
06 Third-party cookies
A few trusted third parties power parts of our site and may set their own cookies. We keep this list short and we vet each one.
- Cloudflare — hosting, security, and content delivery. Sets the strictly-necessary cookies above.
- Google Analytics — aggregate usage measurement, loaded only with your consent. Google’s own privacy policy governs the data it processes.
- Embedded media — where we embed a video or a newsletter sign-up hosted elsewhere, that provider may set cookies when the embed loads. We note this at the point of embed where practical.
We do not use social-media tracking pixels or advertising networks. Newsletter subscriptions are handled by our email provider under our Privacy Notice, and lead forms are sent to our CRM server-side — neither sets a tracking cookie on your browser.
07 Managing and withdrawing consent
You’re in control of every non-essential cookie, and you can change your mind at any time.
- On our site
- When you first visit, our consent banner lets you accept or reject analytics — with equal prominence, and nothing pre-selected. To change or withdraw your choice later, use the “Cookie settings” link in the footer of every page. Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it.
- In your browser
- Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies — see the help pages for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge. Blocking strictly-necessary cookies may stop parts of the site working.
- Do Not Track & Global Privacy Control
- Where your browser sends a “Do Not Track” or Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as a request to keep analytics off, and — for US visitors — as a valid opt-out.
08 Changes to this policy
We update this policy when the cookies we use change, when we add or remove a provider, or when the law requires it. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page always reflects the current version. If we introduce a new category — for example, ever turning on a feature that needs a new cookie — we’ll ask for your consent before it loads.
09 How to contact us
Questions about cookies, or anything in this policy? Reach our Grievance Officer, who also handles data-protection matters:
Grievance Officer / Data Protection contact
For cookies, tracking, and data-protection enquiries
[Grievance Officer / DPO name]
Recruise India Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
5M-671, M M Square, OMBR Layout, Banaswadi, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560043
Email: privacy@recruiseglobal.com
Response time: within 30 days.