Cookie Notice

Last updated: 11 Sep 2026

Overview

This notice explains the cookies and local-storage values Abtal Business Network uses today. Everything we set is strictly necessary, with one optional exception: the ad-measurement cookie (abn_adclk), which is only set after you allow ad measurement and then click a promoted job. There are no third-party advertising or analytics cookies on the Service. Your measurement choice is asked for in the consent banner and can be changed at any time from the Cookie preferences control at the end of this page.

Strictly-necessary cookies

These cookies are required for the Service to function and cannot be switched off — they do not require consent under applicable law, but we disclose them here for transparency.

Cookies we set

Name	Purpose	Duration	Type
`authjs.session-token`	Keeps you signed in between visits (issued after Keycloak authentication)	Session / up to 30 days	Strictly necessary
`authjs.csrf-token`	Protects sign-in and form submissions from cross-site request forgery	Session	Strictly necessary
`abtal-cookie-consent`	Remembers that you saw and accepted this cookie notice	12 months	Strictly necessary
`theme (local storage)`	Remembers your light/dark display preference	Until cleared	Strictly necessary (preference)
`abtal-consent-measurement`	Remembers whether you allowed ad measurement (off unless you opt in)	12 months	Strictly necessary (your choice)
`abtal-ads-prefs`	Remembers your ad preferences (whether the home feed may use your profile country or first specialty to pick a sponsored card). Two on/off values, set only by you on Settings → Ads; never sent to the ads system	12 months	Strictly necessary (your choice)
`abn_adclk`	Set only after you opt in and click a promoted job: lets the employer count that one application came from their promotion. Holds a signed reference to the promotion — no name, account, IP or location	7 days	Optional — ad measurement

Ad measurement is optional — and off unless you opt in

We do not use third-party advertising cookies, analytics trackers, or cross-site tracking of any kind. The language/locale you browse in is carried in the URL path (e.g. /en, /ar), not a tracking cookie.

The only optional cookie is ad measurement (abn_adclk). If you allow it and later click a promoted job, that click is remembered for seven days so the employer can see that one application came from their promotion. It carries a signed reference to the promotion and nothing about you — no name, account, IP address or location — and employers only ever see totals.

Your measurement choice

Ad measurement stays off until you give specific consent — in the cookie banner or in the Cookie preferences control at the end of this page. You can change your choice at any time; withdrawing it immediately removes any measurement cookie already set. Everything else we set remains strictly necessary.

Controlling cookies

The strictly-necessary cookies cannot be disabled without losing the ability to sign in or use the Service securely. The optional ad-measurement cookie is controlled by your choice: withdraw it in the Cookie preferences control and any abn_adclk cookie is removed immediately. You can also clear cookies at any time through your browser settings; you will then need to sign in and make your choices again. See our Privacy Policy for how we handle the personal data associated with your account.

Cookie preferences

Ad measurement

Off unless you allow it. When on, a promoted job you click is remembered for seven days so the employer can count that one application came from their promotion — no name, account, IP address or location.