What a cookie is.
A cookie is a small text file stored by your browser when you visit a website. Cookies allow a site to remember things about your visit — for example, your language preference, or whether you have dismissed a banner. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage and pixels; we refer to all of them as "cookies" in this page.
How we use them.
We group cookies into three simple categories:
| Category | Purpose | Consent |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Keep the site working — session, security, language preference, consent state itself | Not required |
| Analytics | Aggregate, anonymised usage data so we can improve the site | Required |
| Advertising | Conversion measurement only — whether an advert led to an enquiry. No profiling, no retargeting, no audience selling. | Consent |
The full list.
These are every cookie we may set, what it does, and how long it lives:
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| thrive_lang | Remembers your chosen language (EN / DE / PL / CZ) | 1 year | Essential |
| thrive_consent | Records your cookie-banner choice | 6 months | Essential |
| thrive_session | Keeps you signed in to the platform during a session | Session | Essential |
| _pa_* | Privacy-respecting, cookieless-first analytics (anonymised) | 30 days | Analytics |
| oai_* | OpenAI Ads conversion measurement — records that an enquiry followed an advert. Set only if you accept; never used for profiling or retargeting | 90 days | Advertising |
If you only visit the marketing site, the platform session cookie is never set.
Your controls.
You can change your analytics and advertising consent at any time by using the "Cookie preferences" link in our footer, or by clearing cookies for this domain in your browser.
All modern browsers let you block or delete cookies globally. Instructions:
Blocking essential cookies will break parts of the site — for example, language preference will reset on every visit.
When this changes.
If we add a new cookie, we will update the table on this page and, for non-essential cookies, ask for fresh consent. The effective date at the top shows when the policy was last updated.
Questions? Email privacy@thriveatwork.ai.