Cookie Policy

1. Overview

This Cookie Policy explains how Taskbux uses cookies, browser storage, session identifiers, log files, and similar technologies when you visit or use our marketplace.

Cookies help us keep users logged in, protect forms, remember basic preferences, process marketplace actions, detect abuse, prevent fraud, and improve site performance.

By using Taskbux, you understand that cookies and similar technologies may be used as described in this policy.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser. They allow websites to remember information about your visit, such as login sessions, security tokens, preferences, or activity needed for site functionality.

Similar technologies may include session storage, local storage, server logs, authentication tokens, CSRF tokens, and tracking identifiers used to secure and operate the platform.

Some cookies are required for the site to work. Others may help improve performance, analytics, security, or user experience.

3. Types of Cookies and Similar Technologies We Use

Taskbux may use the following types of cookies and related technologies:

4. Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are required for Taskbux to function correctly. Without these cookies, important marketplace features may not work.

Examples of Essential Uses

• Keeping you logged into your account.
• Allowing buyers and sellers to access dashboards.
• Processing forms such as login, registration, password reset, order actions, task creation, checkout, and support tickets.
• Managing account sessions and preventing unauthorized actions.
• Remembering temporary marketplace actions during page navigation.
• Supporting order pages, messages, notifications, reviews, payouts, disputes, and admin features.

If you disable essential cookies, you may not be able to login, place orders, create tasks, send messages, request payouts, or use important account features.

5. Security Cookies and Fraud Prevention

We use cookies, session tokens, request tokens, IP logs, and similar technologies to protect users and the marketplace.

Security Purposes

• CSRF protection for forms and account actions.
• Login security and account session validation.
• Detecting suspicious behavior, spam, automated abuse, or repeated failed requests.
• Protecting order actions, payout requests, admin actions, and payment-related flows.
• Investigating reports, disputes, chargebacks, infractions, and marketplace abuse.

These technologies help keep Taskbux safer for buyers, sellers, and administrators.

6. Preference Cookies

Preference cookies may be used to remember choices you make on the platform so your experience is smoother.

Examples of Preference Uses

• Remembering marketplace filters or search preferences where available.
• Remembering display options or dashboard choices.
• Keeping selected tabs or user interface preferences.
• Improving convenience when browsing tasks, orders, messages, or admin pages.

Preference cookies are usually not required, but disabling them may make the site less convenient.

7. Analytics, Logs, and Site Performance

We may collect technical information through server logs, analytics tools, or internal marketplace tracking to understand how Taskbux is used and to improve the platform.

Examples of Logged Information

• IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, and referring URL.
• Pages visited, timestamps, request paths, errors, and performance data.
• Marketplace actions such as task views, search usage, filters, order actions, ticket activity, and payout requests where tracked.
• Security events such as failed login attempts, invalid requests, suspicious actions, and blocked activity.

This information helps us troubleshoot issues, detect abuse, improve marketplace features, and maintain site security.

8. Third-Party Cookies and Services

Some third-party services may use their own cookies or similar technologies when you interact with features connected to those services.

Examples of Third-Party Services

• PayPal for payments, tips, promotions, disputes, refunds, payouts, and payout webhook handling.
• Hosting, security, email, analytics, or performance services.
• Embedded media, external links, or third-party tools if enabled.
• Content delivery networks used to load site assets, scripts, icons, or framework files.

Third-party services have their own privacy and cookie practices. We do not control how third-party services use cookies once you interact with them.

For payment-related actions, PayPal may process information according to PayPal's own policies and terms.

9. How You Can Control Cookies

Most browsers allow you to control, block, or delete cookies through browser settings. You can usually find these controls in your browser privacy or security settings.

Browser Controls May Let You

• Delete existing cookies.
• Block third-party cookies.
• Block all cookies.
• Set alerts before cookies are stored.
• Clear site data for a specific website.

10. Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers offer "Do Not Track" signals. Because there is no consistent industry standard for responding to these signals, Taskbux may not respond to them in a specific way. You can still use your browser settings to manage cookies and site data.

11. How Long Cookies and Logs Are Kept

Cookies may remain on your device for different periods depending on their purpose. Session cookies may expire when you close your browser, while persistent cookies may remain longer unless deleted.

Server logs, security records, payment-related logs, dispute logs, payout logs, and marketplace activity records may be retained as needed for security, legal, accounting, fraud prevention, payment processor requirements, and dispute resolution.

We may retain some records longer when they relate to orders, payments, payouts, PayPal disputes, chargebacks, infractions, admin actions, or support investigations.

12. Related Policies

This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

13. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, marketplace features, security practices, legal requirements, payment systems, or third-party services. Updates will be posted on this page with the effective date shown above.