Cookie Policy

1. What are cookies and browser storage?

Cookies are small text files a website can save in your browser. Browsers also have other storage spaces, called sessionStorage, localStorage and IndexedDB. Sites use these to remember things, like whether you're signed in. Some sites also use them to follow what you do, for analytics or ads.

2. Does PinoyAbroad set its own cookies?

Our own code sets none. The cookies you get here come from the two analytics tools we use, Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity. You'll find them listed just below. We don't show ads.

3. Which analytics cookies will you see?

These cookies help us understand how the site is used. Our Privacy Policy explains what the two tools record.

• _ga and a second cookie whose name starts with _ga_. Both belong to Google Analytics and stay for up to 2 years.
• _clck. Microsoft Clarity, kept for 1 year.
• _clsk. Microsoft Clarity, kept for 1 day.
• CLID and MUID. Microsoft, kept for 1 year.

Neither tool loads on our staff-only admin page.

4. So what do we store in your browser?

Apart from those analytics cookies, just one technical value, kept in sessionStorage under the name chunk_reload_at. It is a timestamp. If we update the site while you have a page open, it lets the page reload itself once so it doesn't break. It holds nothing about you, and your browser clears it when you close the tab.

5. What happens on the staff-only admin page?

Our team signs in to a private admin page with Firebase Authentication, a Google service. On that page only, Firebase keeps the staff member's sign-in session in the browser (in IndexedDB or local storage). For email-link sign-in, it also remembers the email address used, in localStorage. Regular visitors never reach this page, so none of this touches your browser.

6. What do other services and websites see?

• Google Fonts. Our fonts load from Google's servers. That means Google receives your IP address and browser details when a page loads.
• YouTube thumbnails. Video preview images load from Google's image servers (i.ytimg.com).
• YouTube player. The player itself only loads from youtube-nocookie.com after you press play. From then on, YouTube may store data on your device under Google's policies.
• Share buttons and WhatsApp links. The WhatsApp, Facebook and LinkedIn share buttons on articles, and our WhatsApp links, send nothing until you click them. Once you do, that platform's own rules apply.

Government websites and the other websites we link to (Build AI CV, Talent Tabloid and Skills Assessment Australia) have their own cookie and privacy policies.

7. Is there a cookie banner?

No, we don't show one. The analytics cookies above are set when you open a page. For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Google Analytics is set up to work without its cookies. Wherever you are, the next section shows how to refuse or clear them.

8. How can you control this?

You stay in charge. Your browser settings let you block or clear cookies and other stored data, either for every site or just for ours. A private or incognito window clears everything when you close it.

Blocking storage won't stop the public site from working. You can still search and apply for jobs as normal. Only the staff admin sign-in needs browser storage.

Just want Google Analytics gone? The Google Analytics opt-out add-on does that in any browser where you install it.

9. Will this policy change?

If we ever add new tools that store data in your browser, we will update this page first and change the date at the top. For the bigger picture, see our Privacy Policy.

10. Who can you ask?

Have a question about cookies or storage? Email jobs@pinoyabroad.ph, message us on WhatsApp at +971 50 283 2394, or visit our contact page.