Cookie Policy
Last updated: January 1, 2026
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your browser or device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, provide a better user experience, and give website owners useful information about how their sites are used.
Career Station ("we," "our," "us") uses cookies and similar technologies (such as web beacons, pixels, and local storage) on our website careerstation.in to enhance your experience and improve our services.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the basic functionality of our website. They enable core features such as user authentication, session management, security, and accessibility. Without these cookies, the website cannot function properly. These cookies do not require your consent.
Duration: Session to 1 year
Functional Cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember your preferences and choices, such as language, region, font size, and display settings. They provide enhanced, personalized features like saving your recent job searches, preferred job categories, and resume builder settings.
Duration: 30 days to 1 year
Analytics Cookies
We use analytics cookies (including Google Analytics) to understand how visitors interact with our website. These cookies collect information about pages visited, time spent on each page, job search patterns, and error messages. This data helps us improve our website and services. All data is aggregated and anonymized.
Duration: Up to 2 years
Marketing / Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements relevant to your interests. They also help limit the number of times you see an ad and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We may use cookies from third-party advertising partners such as Google Ads, Facebook Pixel, and LinkedIn Insight Tag.
Duration: Up to 2 years
Social Media Cookies
When you share content from our website via social media buttons (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook), those platforms may set cookies on your device. We do not control the use of cookies by third-party social media platforms. Please refer to their respective cookie policies.
3. Cookie Details
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| cs_session | Manages user session and authentication | Essential | Session |
| cs_csrf | CSRF protection token | Essential | Session |
| cs_preferences | Stores user display/language preferences | Functional | 1 year |
| cs_recent_searches | Remembers recent job search queries | Functional | 30 days |
| _ga | Google Analytics - distinguishes unique users | Analytics | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics 4 - persists session state | Analytics | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics - distinguishes users | Analytics | 24 hours |
| _fbp | Facebook Pixel - tracks visits for ad targeting | Marketing | 3 months |
| _gcl_au | Google Ads - conversion tracking | Marketing | 3 months |
| li_sugr | LinkedIn Insight Tag - ad analytics | Marketing | 3 months |
4. How to Manage Cookies
You can control and manage cookies in the following ways:
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to manage cookie preferences through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, delete cookies, or alert you when a cookie is being placed.
- Our Cookie Banner: When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner will appear, allowing you to accept or reject non-essential cookies.
- Opt-Out Links: You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Note: Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website and limit your ability to use some features.
5. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control these cookies. Key third-party providers include:
- Google (Analytics, Ads, reCAPTCHA)
- Facebook/Meta (Pixel)
- LinkedIn (Insight Tag)
- Razorpay (Payment processing)
- Freshdesk (Customer support chat)
6. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our data practices. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
7. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:
Email: contact@careerstation.in
Phone: +91-80-4567-8900
Address: Career Station Pvt. Ltd., WeWork Galaxy, 43 Residency Rd, Bangalore, Karnataka 560025
For more information, please also review our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.