Privacy
No cookies, no personal tracking, no accounts. We only keep what you choose to send us.
What we collect
Browsing collects nothing that identifies you. This site has no accounts, no cookies and no advertising or tracking scripts. Your search and filter choices stay in your browser's address bar and are never sent to us.
If you answer the one-question poll (“Which best describes you?”), we only add one to the total for that answer. We don't store who answered or anything about you. Your browser remembers your answer (and whether you've joined our WhatsApp channel) in its local storage, so you aren't asked again; you can clear it any time by clearing site data.
If you share a job on the “Post a job” page, we store the link, any job details you add and, only if you choose to give them, your name and email or LinkedIn so we can ask about the job. We keep a one-way scrambled code of your connection (not your IP address) for an hour to stop spam. We never publish your name or contact details.
If you send us a screenshot on the “Share Hirastra” page, we store your name, email, optional college and the screenshot. The screenshot is used only to check your share and is deleted as soon as we review it. Your email is used only to contact you if you're picked at month end. If you agree, we show your first name and initial (and college) on the site for 24 hours. We never sell or share any of it.
If you turn on browser job alerts, your browser gives us an anonymous delivery address for notifications. We store only that address, use it only to announce new jobs, and delete it when you turn alerts off.
If you apply to the Campus Lead programme, we store your name, email, WhatsApp number, college, course, graduation year, optional LinkedIn link and your answers, to review your application and contact you about the programme. Approved leads get a personal link; it only counts anonymous visits and joins, never who the students are. On the public leaderboard we show only your first name and college.
Instagram comments and messages
When you comment a company name on one of our Instagram posts, we reply with the apply links by Instagram direct message. To do that we receive your comment, your Instagram user ID and username from Instagram. If we need you to follow @hirastra_jobs first, we keep those details for up to 7 days so the links can be sent once you follow, then delete them; they are deleted as soon as the message is sent. We use them only to send the links you asked for, never for marketing, and never share or sell them.
Anonymous statistics
To learn which pages and channels help students, we count visits with Vercel Web Analytics, which uses no cookies and doesn't store IP addresses or identify you. We also keep simple anonymous totals: which channel a visit came from (for example a link we posted on Telegram), and how many times buttons like Apply, Join WhatsApp or the ATS check are used. These are daily counts with no personal data, deleted after 90 days.
Hosting
Like every website, our hosting provider handles basic technical requests (such as your IP address) to deliver pages, and may keep short-lived server logs for security. We don't use them to identify or profile you.
Links to other sites
Apply buttons and channel links take you to other websites: employers, hiring platforms, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and X. Their own privacy policies apply there.
Changes
If this ever changes, we'll update this page before it happens. Questions? Email contact@hirastra.com or message us on any of our channels.