Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences and understanding how you use our site.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential cookies - required for the website to function properly
• Analytics cookies - to understand how visitors use our website
• Preference cookies - to remember your settings and preferences
• Marketing cookies - to show you relevant advertisements

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following categories of cookies:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular.

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

Marketing Cookies

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our website are set by external service providers. These cookies help us deliver better services and analyze website traffic. Details about external providers:

• Stripe - payment provider, uses cookies for secure payment processing and fraud prevention. Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy
• Sentry - frontend error monitoring, uses cookies to track errors and improve performance. Privacy Policy: https://sentry.io/privacy/
• Railway - hosting and deployment platform, may use cookies for infrastructure management and service delivery. Privacy Policy: https://railway.app/legal/privacy
• Cloudflare - content delivery network and security services, uses cookies for security, performance optimization, and analytics. Privacy Policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
• All external providers process data in accordance with data processing agreements (Art. 28 GDPR)

5. Specific Cookies Used by Freenance

Here is a detailed list of cookies used by our platform:

• Session cookies - store JWT user authorization token (duration: 2 weeks)
• Security cookies - prevent CSRF attacks and ensure session security (duration: up to 24 hours)
• Preference cookies - remember language, theme, and other user settings (duration: up to 1 year)
• Analytics cookies - track platform feature usage to improve performance (duration: up to 2 years)
• Marketing cookies - used for content and ad personalization (duration: up to 2 years, require consent)

5. Managing Cookies

You can control and manage cookies in several ways. Important: Marketing and analytics cookies are only used after you have given your consent, in accordance with GDPR requirements.

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or delete certain cookies.

Website Cookie Settings

You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner when you first visit our website.

6. Consequences of Disabling Cookies

If you choose to disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are necessary for the website to work.

7. Updates to This Cookie 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.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:

• Email: support@freenance.io
• Address: Rafał Bajda, Przeworska 9b/62, 04-382 Warszawa, Poland
• We respond to cookie-related inquiries within 5 business days
• Correspondence may be conducted in Polish or English