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Cookie Policy

Last updated: 5 August 2024

This Cookie Policy explains how Sonaga Tech Limited, Hamilton, Zweigniederlassung Luzern (‘Company’, ‘we’, ‘us’, and ‘our’) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognise you (‘you’) when you visit our Site. You may be able to set your cookie preferences in accordance with privacy laws. This policy applies to any Company product or service that links to this policy or incorporates it by reference. In this document, you will find information about what cookies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our usage of them. Please note that we may use cookies to collect personal information.

1. Definition

Cookies are small data files that are placed on a user’s computer or mobile device. This enables the service provider to tailor content to your interests, improving user experience. The Company may also use cookies to understand how users interact with the Site by collecting and providing reporting information. Also, the page itself may contain some script which is aware of the cookie’s data and can carry information from one visit to the website (or related site) to the next.

  • First-party cookies: Cookies set by the Site are called ‘First-party Cookies’.
  • Third-party cookies: Cookies set by parties other than the Site. This type of cookie enables third parties to provide features or functionality such as advertising, interactive content and analytics, among others.

2. Purpose

As well as session cookies, there are other types of cookies, some of which are essential for technical reasons, enabling the Site to operate correctly. Others help us track your interests and improve the overall user experience on our Site.  We have created a detailed list of first and third-party cookies, served through our Site, which you can see here. Please note that while we do our best to ensure the information is accurate and up-to-date, changes do occur occasionally and may not be updated immediately. Please note that the cookies will vary depending on the type of online page that you visit.

3. What control do I have over cookies?

When you first entered this site, depending on your country of residence, you may have been prompted to set your cookie preferences. You may control or alter your device’s cookie settings at any time on the Cookie Settings page or on your browser privacy settings. The instructions on how to make changes will depend on the browser you are using. Therefore, please refer to your computer or mobile device’s browser data for more information. When necessary, we ask you to select your cookie preferences at the start of the session.  Sometimes you can’t reject some essential cookies, as they’re necessary to provide you with the Service. For other non-essential cookies, you may still use our Site after rejecting them, though some functionalities may be restricted.

If you are interested in finding out more information about targeted advertising, please visit https://optout.aboutads.info/ or https://www.youronlinechoices.co.uk.

4. Type of website cookies

  1. Essential website cookies: These cookies are essential for the Site to deliver its full functionality and features and for you to access secure areas.
  2. Analytics and performance cookies: These improve the performance and functionality of our Site, but they are non-essential. However, certain functionalities (like videos) may become unavailable without these cookies. Performance and analytics cookies help us monitor the use of the Site and create reports. We also use them to collect information that helps us measure how effective our marketing campaigns are.
  3. Advertising cookies: Used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions such as preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are displayed correctly for advertisers, and sometimes selecting advertisements based on your interests.

5. Detailed list of cookies on our Site:

Cookie Name Description Persistent Duration(Session Level or persistent) Third Party Name Pre-Registration(Y/N) Category
__cf_bm Used by Cloudflare. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. 30 Minutes cloudflare.com Essential
MR Microsoft MSN cookie. Used to measure the use of the website for CV Genius analytics. Persistent – 7 Days bing.com Y Advertising / Marketing
MUID Sets a unique user id for tracking how the user uses the site. Persistent – 13 Months bing.com Y Advertising / Marketing
_uetvid Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. Persistent – 1 Year bing.com Y Advertising / Marketing
_uetsid This cookie is utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. Expires 30 minutes after the browsing session ends. For more information, please visit https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/remarketing-in-paid-search-policies Persistent – 1 Day bing.com Y Advertising / Marketing
_ga It records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user. It is a HTTP cookie that expires after 2 years Persistent – 2 Years google.com Y Web Analytics / Statistics
_gcl_au Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. Persistent – 3 Months google.com Y Essential
_ga# It is a HTTP cookie that records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user. Persistent – 2 Years google.com Y Web Analytics / Statistics
NID This cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information 6 Months google.com Essential
test_cookie A session cookie used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. Session doubleclick.net Y Advertising / Marketing
_snt Created by visitor service for the visitorID Persistent – 5 Years CV Genius – Visitor Y Essential
_snrf Created by visitor service to set the referrer of visitor Persistent – 5 Years CV Genius – Visitor Y Essential
_snutm Created by visitor service for the utm parameters of a visitor Persistent – 5 Years CV Genius – Visitor Y Essential
_sntinf Created by visitor service for the visitor’s info like geolocation details, user agent Session CV Genius – Visitor Y Essential
_snsd Created by visitor service for the visitor’s session id Session CV Genius – Visitor Y Essential
_sntd Created by visitor service for the visit ID. guid format – visit id Session CV Genius – Visitor Y Essential
acc_session Cookie is created by Accounts. Account service assign a UID to user’s session which is stored in this cookie. Session CV Genius – Accounts Y Essential
userinf Cookie is created and maintained by accounts for user’s info Persistent – 5 Years CV Genius – Accounts Y Essential
SigninAuth_CORE Cookie is created and maintained by accounts for user’s claim (encrypted) Persistent – 5 Years CV Genius – Accounts Y Essential
authsigninstate Cookie is created by accounts service. This cookie ensure that users previouly used the system in their device before or not. Persistent(5 years) CV Genius – Accounts Y Essential
CLBDocumentId Used for storing coverletter document id Session CV Genius – Accounts Y Essential
DocumentID Used for storing document id Session CV Genius – Builder Y Essential
Invlgn_Count Used to store invalid login attempts by user Session CV Genius – Builder Essential
runtest Cookie is used by all components to set custom variants for some of the experiments (testing purpose) Session CV Genius – Builder Essential
useraction Used to pass user’s action from Builder to Dashboard. Session CV Genius – Builder Essential
_GRECAPTCHA This cookie is set by Google reCAPTCHA, which protects our site against spam enquiries on contact forms. Session recaptcha.net Essential
lr_user Used for storing LogRocket user flag. 1 Day CV Genius – Accounts Web Analytics / Statistics
lr_uf-# Created and used by Logrocket to maintain its session. Session logrocket.com Web Analytics / Statistics
lr_tabs-# Created and used by Logrocket to store recording details. 1 Day logrocket.com Web Analytics / Statistics
lr_hb-# Created and used by Logrocket to store heart beat. 1 Day logrocket.com Web Analytics / Statistics
vstrType Created by internal common segment to track new or returning visitor Persistent (5 years ) CV Genius – Visitor Y Essential
ajs_anonymous_id Created and maintained by the segment for tracking purpose. Segment internally assigns a UID to a fresh user session and stores it in this cookie and uses this UID to push analytics data or events when analytics consent is given by user. Persistent (1 year) Segment Y Web Analytics / Statistics
ajs_user_id Created and maintained by the segment for tracking purpose.Once builder create a UID for user for storing its data in our databases, segment creates this cookie with same UID created by us for linking all the tracking with our UID rather than using its previous anonymous UID. Persistent (1 year) Segment Y Web Analytics / Statistics

Other tracking technologies may be used to recognise or track visitors, such as web beacons, which allow us to recognise when someone has visited our Site or opened an email that includes these cookies. This type of cookie allows us to monitor traffic patterns, deliver or communicate with cookies, and monitor the performance of our online adverts. You can decline these cookies, but it may hinder the performance of the Site.

6. Cookie policy updates

From time to time we may update this Cookie Policy in order to reflect changes. Changes will be posted on the Site by changing the ‘Last updated’ date on the Cookie Policy. Please revisit the Site’s Terms regularly so you can be aware of any modifications made.

7. Contact information

If you have any queries about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at legal@cvgenius.com or by post to:

Sonaga Tech Limited
Hamilton, Zweigniederlassung Luzern
Hertensteinstrasse 51
Lucerne 6004, Switzerland
Phone: 0808 196 2674 (available Monday–Friday, 8am–12am (midnight))

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