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This Cookie Policy explains how HSKExam.net uses essential cookies, browser storage, consent controls, privacy-friendly analytics, and Google AdSense on eligible advertising-supported pages.
1. Essential Session Cookie
The service uses an essential session cookie to keep an authenticated account session secure. In development it is named hsk_session. In production it is named __Host-hsk_session. It is HttpOnly, uses SameSite protection, and is Secure in production. Clearing this cookie signs you out.
2. Browser Storage
Some state is stored temporarily in your browser rather than in a Cookie:
hskexam:auth-display:v1stores whether the navigation should show the signed-in state.- Exam draft keys beginning with
hskexam:vstore in-progress answers so you can resume an unfinished test. hskexam:checkout:pending-plan:v2stores a selected plan during the account and checkout flow.hskexam:cookie-consent:v1stores your YouTube consent choice.
Clearing browser storage may remove an unfinished answer draft or reset interface and consent preferences. Submitted test history and learning records are stored on the server.
3. YouTube Consent
Pages with embedded YouTube videos show a placeholder until you allow optional YouTube content. If you allow it, the video iframe is loaded and YouTube may set its own cookies or collect information according to YouTube's policies. If you decline, the video remains blocked and the rest of the page remains available.
4. Creem and Other Third Parties
When Premium payment is enabled and you choose to continue to checkout, Creem may set cookies or use similar technologies on its own checkout pages. Those technologies are controlled by Creem. HSKExam.net does not store complete payment-card details in its own systems.
5. Privacy-Friendly Analytics
HSKExam.net uses Plausible Analytics to understand aggregate website traffic and improve the service. Plausible is loaded from plausible.io and is configured as a privacy-friendly, cookie-free analytics service. We do not use Google Analytics. Plausible analytics data is used in aggregate and is not used to identify individual visitors.
6. Google AdSense
On eligible free pages viewed by users without an active Premium membership, Google AdSense and its advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, device information, and IP-address-derived information to serve, measure, and protect ads. Advertising is not loaded after an active Premium membership has been verified. Learn more about how Google uses information from partner sites and manage personalized-ad preferences in Google Ads Settings.
7. How to Manage Storage
You can clear or block cookies and browser storage through your browser settings. Blocking the essential session cookie prevents account login from working. Clearing an exam draft may remove answers that have not yet been submitted. You can change your YouTube choice by clearing the consent entry or choosing “Allow YouTube” in a video placeholder. Browser privacy controls may also restrict advertising cookies.
8. Security and Updates
We use reasonable security measures for session and browser-state data, but no internet system is completely secure. We may update this policy when storage behavior, third-party services, or legal requirements change.
9. Contact Us
For questions about cookies, browser storage, or consent, contact contact@hskexam.net.
We aim to keep the storage used by HSKExam.net limited, understandable, and connected to a clear website function.
Thank you for using HSKExam.net.