Cookie Policy

What this policy covers

This Cookie Policy explains how TheHandyHack ("we", "us") uses cookies and similar technologies on thehandyhack.com, and — importantly — how you choose what we save on your device. It supplements our Privacy Policy.

Your choices come first

When you first visit, we show a cookie banner. Only strictly necessary cookies are active before you choose. Everything else is off until you opt in. You have three options:

• Accept all — enable all categories below.
• Reject all — keep only strictly necessary cookies.
• Choose what to save — toggle each category individually (functional, analytics, marketing).

You can revisit these choices at any time using the “Cookie settings” link in the footer of every page. California residents: opting out of the marketing category also serves as your “Do Not Sell or Share” opt-out under the CCPA/CPRA.

Categories we use

1. Strictly necessary — always on

Required for the site to function: keeping you signed in, protecting against cross-site request forgery and fraud, and remembering your consent choice. Because these are essential, they cannot be disabled.

2. Functional — off until you opt in

Remember preferences you set, such as notification settings and display choices, so the site behaves consistently between visits.

3. Analytics — off until you opt in

Aggregate, de-identified measurement of how the site is used — which pages are visited and which features are used — so we can fix problems and improve the product. We do not use analytics to build advertising profiles.

4. Marketing — off until you opt in

Measure the effectiveness of outreach campaigns. Sharing data with advertising partners would constitute a “sale” or “sharing” under California law, so this category is strictly opt-in and defaults to off.

Third-party technologies

Some features rely on processors that may set their own technical storage while delivering their function:

• Stripe — payment processing. Stripe may use fraud-detection technologies during checkout; card details never touch our servers.
• Cloudinary — image hosting for profile and job photos.
• Resend — transactional email delivery.

These providers act under contract on our behalf and do not use your data for their own advertising.

How to change or withdraw consent

You can change your choices at any time:

• Click “Cookie settings” in the footer of any page to reopen the granular preference panel.
• Clearing your browser cookies and site data will also reset consent; we will ask again on your next visit.
• Your browser can additionally block or delete cookies via its own settings, though strictly necessary cookies are required for core features like signing in.

California privacy rights (CCPA/CPRA)

California residents have the right to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information and to limit the use of sensitive personal information. Because marketing/analytics technologies only activate with your explicit opt-in, the marketing toggle in our cookie banner functions as your Do Not Sell or Share opt-out control. Rejecting all non-essential categories, or never opting in, means no sale or sharing occurs.

Updates to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy as our practices change. When the policy changes in a way that affects your choices, we will re-prompt you for consent (the stored choice is tied to the policy version). The “Last updated” date above reflects the current version.

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