Cookie Policy
Effective Date: February 11, 2026 · Last Updated: February 11, 2026
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, provide a better browsing experience, and give site operators useful information. This Cookie Policy explains how CloseHack ("Company," "we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on closehack.com (the "Site") and our associated services.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the Site to function properly. They enable core features like secure login, session management, account authentication, and load balancing. Without these cookies, the Services cannot operate. These cookies do not collect personal information used for marketing.
Duration: Session to 1 year
Examples: Session ID, CSRF token, authentication cookies
Analytics & Performance Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the Site by collecting information about pages visited, time spent, errors encountered, and navigation patterns. This data is aggregated and anonymized to help us improve the Site's performance and user experience.
Duration: Up to 2 years
Examples: Google Analytics (_ga, _gid, _gat), performance monitoring
Functional Cookies
These cookies allow the Site to remember choices you make (such as your preferred language, region, or display settings) and provide enhanced, personalized features. They may also be used to remember changes you've made to text size, fonts, and other customizable parts of the Site.
Duration: Up to 1 year
Examples: Language preference, theme settings, form pre-fill data
Marketing & Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to your interests. They track your browsing activity across websites to build a profile of your preferences and show you targeted ads. They also limit the number of times you see an ad and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
Duration: Up to 2 years
Examples: Facebook Pixel (_fbp), Google Ads (IDE, NID), LinkedIn Insight Tag
3. Similar Technologies
In addition to cookies, we may use:
- Web Beacons (Pixels): Small transparent images embedded in emails or web pages that notify us when they are opened, helping us track email open rates and page visits.
- Local Storage: Browser-based storage used to save user preferences and application state data locally on your device.
- Session Storage: Temporary browser storage that is cleared when you close your browser tab, used for short-lived data during a single browsing session.
- Fingerprinting: We do not use browser fingerprinting to identify or track users.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our Site are set by third-party services that we use. These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies, and we encourage you to review them:
- Google Analytics: Web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic. Google Privacy Policy
- Stripe: Payment processing that uses cookies for fraud detection and secure transactions. Stripe Privacy Policy
- Facebook/Meta: Advertising platform used for remarketing campaigns. Meta Privacy Policy
- LinkedIn: Professional advertising platform used for B2B marketing. LinkedIn Privacy Policy
5. How to Manage Cookies
You have several options for managing cookies:
5.1 Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically find these in the "Options," "Preferences," or "Privacy" section of your browser. You can set your browser to block cookies, delete existing cookies, or alert you when a cookie is being set. Note that blocking all cookies may cause some features of the Site to not function properly.
5.2 Opt-Out Links
- Google Analytics: Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on
- Digital Advertising Alliance: DAA Opt-Out Tool
- Network Advertising Initiative: NAI Opt-Out Tool
5.3 Do Not Track
Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) setting. There is currently no industry standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. We do not currently respond to DNT signals but will update this policy if an industry standard is established.
6. Cookie Retention Periods
Cookies are retained for different periods depending on their purpose:
| Cookie Type | Retention |
|---|---|
| Session Cookies | Deleted when you close your browser |
| Authentication Cookies | Up to 30 days (or until logout) |
| Analytics Cookies | Up to 2 years |
| Functional Cookies | Up to 1 year |
| Marketing Cookies | Up to 2 years |
7. Cookies on Mobile Devices
If you access the Site from a mobile device, cookies and similar technologies will function in the same way as on a desktop browser. You can manage cookies through your mobile browser's privacy settings. Additionally, your mobile operating system may allow you to limit ad tracking through system-level settings (e.g., "Limit Ad Tracking" on iOS or "Opt Out of Ads Personalization" on Android).
8. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the updated policy on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
9. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, please contact us:
Related policies: Privacy Policy · Terms of Service