What Are Cookies?
Cookies are compact text files stored on your browser or device when you navigate through modern web applications. They allow websites to remember your regional preferences (such as UK, UAE, or Greece job hubs), keep you securely logged in to your candidate or employer portal, and anonymously measure platform performance.
Top Talent Recruitment utilizes cookies in strict adherence to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).
Categories of Cookies We Use
We classify our cookies into three transparent categories:
Strictly Necessary & Security Cookies
Always ActiveEssential for candidate session authentication, CSRF security tokens, PASETO API security, and preserving your cookie preferences. These cookies cannot be switched off in our systems.
Performance & Analytics Cookies (GA4)
Optional (Consent Required)Help us understand how job seekers navigate categories, measuring search speed and regional engagement across London, UAE, and Greece to continuously improve the direct recruitment experience.
Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense)
Optional (Consent Required)Used to display contextual career advertisements and relevant job partner opportunities. These allow the platform to provide 100% free candidate access without recruitment markups.
Google Analytics (GA4) Implementation
Our Google Analytics 4 implementation strictly honors Google Consent Mode v2. When a visitor selects “Essential Only” on our banner, the following parameters are explicitly updated:
analytics_storage: 'denied'
ad_storage: 'denied'
ad_user_data: 'denied'
ad_personalization: 'denied'
In denied mode, no analytical cookies are stored on your hard drive, ensuring complete compliance with EU and UK PECR guidelines.
Google AdSense & Contextual Advertising
Google AdSense may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other sites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings . Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor cookies by visiting aboutads.info .
Security & Bot Mitigation (Cloudflare)
We employ Cloudflare Turnstile to protect candidate applications and login forms from automated credential-stuffing attacks and spam submissions. Cloudflare may set strictly necessary security tokens to distinguish legitimate human users from malicious automated scripts without tracking personal browsing history.
Cookie Lifespan & Expiration
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| token / auth_token | Top Talent | Candidate & Employer Authentication | Session / 14 Days |
| cookie_consent | Top Talent | Stores your banner choice (Accepted/Essential) | 12 Months |
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics | Distinguishes anonymous visitors | 2 Years (if consented) |
How to Manage or Revoke Consent
You are in full control of your cookie preferences. You can adjust your consent at any time using any of the methods below:
Instant Platform Reset
Click the “Preferences” button in the header banner above or click below to re-trigger the consent dialog:
Browser Settings
You can block or purge cookies through your web browser settings (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge). Consult your browser's help documentation for instructions.