Cookie Policy
We use cookies to ensure that you get the best experience on our website and to enhance your user experience. If you do not prefer the use of cookies, you can delete or block cookies from your browser settings. However, we would like to remind you that this may affect the usage of our website. Unless you change your cookie settings in your browser, we will assume that you accept the use of cookies on this site. You can find our Privacy Policy on our website.
What is a Cookie and Why is it Used?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device or network server through browsers by the websites you visit.
The main purposes of using cookies on our website are listed below:
- To improve the functionality and performance of the website and enhance the services provided to you,
- To improve the website and provide new features through the website and personalize the provided features according to your preferences,
- To ensure the legal and commercial security of the website, you, and our company.
Types of Cookies Used on Our Website
Session Cookies
Session cookies are temporary cookies used during your visit to the website, which are deleted after the browser is closed. The main purpose of using these cookies is to ensure the smooth functioning of the internet site during your visit. For example, it ensures that online forms consisting of multiple pages are filled out.
Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies are types of cookies used to improve the functionality of the internet site and provide our visitors with faster and better service. These cookies are used to remember your preferences and are stored on your device through browsers.
Some types of persistent cookies can be used to provide you with specific recommendations based on factors such as the purpose of using the website and your preferences. With persistent cookies, when you revisit our internet site with the same device, it is checked whether there is a cookie created by our internet site on your device. If there is, it is understood that you have previously visited the site, and the content to be provided to you is determined accordingly, thus providing you with better service.
Technical Cookies
Technical cookies are used to ensure the operation of the internet site and to detect non-functioning pages and areas of the website.
Authentication Cookies
When visitors log in to the website using their passwords, these types of cookies identify that the visitor is a site user on each page the visitor visits on the website, preventing the user from re-entering the password on each page.
Customization Cookies
Customization cookies are used to remember the preferences of users when visiting different pages of different websites. For example, remembering your selected language preference.
Analytical Cookies
Analytical cookies are used to generate analytical results such as the number of visitors to the website, the identification of pages viewed on the website, the hours of visiting the website, and the scrolling movements of pages on the website.
You can personalize your cookie preferences by changing your browser settings. Below are links to help you adjust your cookie settings:
Legal Basis for Using Cookies (UK & EU Users)
Under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) and UK GDPR,
we are required to obtain your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device.
We do this through the cookie consent banner displayed on your first visit to CV Atlas.
- Strictly necessary cookies — no consent required. These are
placed on the legal basis of our legitimate interest in operating a secure, functional
service.
- Functional cookies — placed on the basis of your legitimate
interest in a consistent user experience (language preference).
- Analytics cookies — placed only with your explicit
consent. You can withdraw consent at any time by clearing your
cookies or declining via the banner on a return visit.
Cookie Audit
The table below is our full cookie audit as of July 2026. We review this annually and
whenever we make changes to the platform that affect cookie usage.
| Cookie |
Provider |
Category |
Data collected |
Third-party data sharing |
Retention |
.AspNet.Consent |
CV Atlas (first-party) |
Strictly Necessary |
Boolean consent flag |
None |
1 year |
ConsentCookie |
CV Atlas (first-party) |
Strictly Necessary |
Accepted / Declined flag |
None |
1 year |
.AspNetCore.Session |
CV Atlas (first-party) |
Strictly Necessary |
Encrypted session identifier |
None |
Session |
.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.* |
CV Atlas (first-party) |
Strictly Necessary |
CSRF token |
None |
Session |
.AspNetCore.Culture |
CV Atlas (first-party) |
Functional |
Language / region code |
None |
1 year |
_ga |
Google Analytics (third-party) |
Analytics |
Anonymised client identifier, session data |
Google LLC (USA) — anonymised only |
2 years |
_gid |
Google Analytics (third-party) |
Analytics |
Anonymised daily session identifier |
Google LLC (USA) — anonymised only |
24 hours |
_ga_* |
Google Analytics (third-party) |
Analytics |
Session state for GA4 |
Google LLC (USA) — anonymised only |
2 years |
Analytics cookies are only set if you accept them. Google Analytics is
configured with IP anonymisation enabled. Data is transferred to Google LLC in the USA
under Standard Contractual Clauses. We do not use Google Analytics Advertising Features,
remarketing, or demographic & interests reporting.
Your Rights and the ICO
If you are located in the UK or EU you have the right to:
- Withdraw consent for non-essential cookies at any time by clearing your cookies or
adjusting your browser settings.
- Request information about the personal data processed via cookies by contacting us at
privacy@cvatlas.co.uk.
- Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at
ico.org.uk
if you believe we are using cookies unlawfully.
🇪🇺 EU Country Supplements — Germany, France and Spain
In addition to the general UK & EU legal basis described above, the following national rules
apply to users in specific EU member states.
- 🇩🇪 Germany (TTDSG): Our use of cookies and tracking technologies
complies with the Telekommunikations-Telemedien-Datenschutzgesetz (TTDSG). Non-essential cookies
require prior, freely given, specific, and informed consent. You may withdraw consent at any time.
The competent supervisory authority for cookie-related complaints in Germany is the BfDI
(bfdi.bund.de) or the
relevant Landesbehörde.
- 🇫🇷 France (CNIL guidelines): Our cookie practices comply with
the guidelines issued by the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés
(CNIL). Consent for non-essential cookies is collected before placement and you may withdraw it
at any time. The CNIL can be contacted at
cnil.fr.
- 🇪🇸 Spain (AEPD guidelines): Our cookie practices comply with
the guidelines of the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) and the
requirements of the Ley de Servicios de la Sociedad de la Información (LSSI-CE).
The AEPD can be contacted at
aepd.es.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology,
regulation, or the cookies we use. We will update the ‘Last updated’ date
at the top of this page when we do so. Material changes will be communicated to registered
users by email.
Contact
For any questions about this Cookie Policy or to exercise your rights:
privacy@cvatlas.co.uk
CV Atlas Cookie Policy · Jobsophy Ltd trading as CV Atlas ·
privacy@cvatlas.co.uk ·
Version 1.0 · July 2026