Cookie Policy

Last updated: April 2, 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how FlatStart uses cookies on our website. We use cookies to improve your browsing experience, remember your preferences, and understand how you interact with our platform designed to help young adults navigate rental flat setup costs and budgeting in Hong Kong.

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our website. These files contain information about your browsing activity and preferences. They are widely used across the internet to enhance user experience and provide personalized content. When you return to our site, cookies help us recognize you and remember your previous interactions, making your visits more efficient and relevant to your needs.

Types of Cookies We Use

We use several categories of cookies to support different functions on our website:

Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the basic functionality of our website. They enable core features such as page navigation, secure access, and form submission. Without these cookies, our site cannot operate properly.
Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, including which pages are visited most frequently and whether users encounter errors. This data helps us improve site performance and user experience.
Preference Cookies: We use these to remember your choices and settings, such as language preferences, display options, and other customizations you’ve made during your visits.
Marketing Cookies: These cookies track your activity across websites to deliver targeted content and advertisements that may be of interest to you based on your browsing patterns.

How We Use Cookies

Our cookies serve multiple purposes on our platform. They enable us to understand which budgeting guides, rental cost calculators, and tenant rights resources you find most valuable. We analyze this data to improve our content about deposit agency fees, moving expenses, furniture budgets, and first monthly budget planning for young adults in Hong Kong areas like Mong Kok, Sham Shui Po, and Tseung Kwan O.

We also use cookies to measure website traffic, track user engagement with our financial planning tools, and optimize page loading times. These insights help us enhance the overall user experience and ensure our platform effectively addresses the needs of first-time renters. Additionally, cookies allow us to personalize your experience by remembering settings you’ve configured during previous visits.

Managing Your Cookies

You have full control over cookie settings in your web browser. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies or alert you when a cookie is being sent. You can adjust these settings through your browser preferences to block all cookies, accept only essential ones, or manage them on a per-site basis.

Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality and user experience of our website. Some features, particularly those related to saving your budgeting preferences or tracking your progress through our guides, may not work properly without cookies enabled. We recommend keeping essential cookies enabled to ensure optimal use of our platform, while you can choose to disable marketing or preference cookies based on your privacy preferences.

Third-Party Cookies

Our website may include content or links from third-party services that use their own cookies. These third parties may collect information about your browsing behavior across different websites. We do not control these third-party cookies and encourage you to review their privacy policies to understand how they collect and use your data.

Policy Updates

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. When we make significant changes, we will notify you through our website or other appropriate channels. Your continued use of our website following any updates indicates your acceptance of the revised policy. We recommend reviewing this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and your options for managing them.