Last updated: November 9, 2022
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The following is a list of third parties that may collect information from you on our Site. Note that this list is not exhaustive and may be amended from time to time. You will see the change of the last updated date on the beginning of this document. For more information on third party policies and practices, please visit their page.
| Name | Description | Type | Party | Time |
| _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across web sites using their services.It’s the first party cookie for “Conversion Linker” functionality – it takes information in ad clicks and stores it in a first-party cookie so that conversions can be attributed outside the landing page. | Advertising | Google Tag Manager | Persistent(3 Months) |
| wbcl | This cookie used to clear welcome back functionality data | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| wbc | This cookie is used to identify welcome back functionality information | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| utmParameters | This cookie us used to Save UTM Parameter In Cookie for AMP page case | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| UTCookie | This cookie used to store token for user authorization. | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| userCreatedOn | Cookie stores the timestamp when user is created in system. | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| upfs | This cookie is used to store user preferences information | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| tp | This cookie is used to store information that the user has disabled the tips page | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| sputms | Created by visitor service for the utm parameters of a visitor | Necessary | Internal-Visitor | Persistent(1 Year) |
| site_stat | This cookie is used to store resume sites feature statistics | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| sign | This cookie used to store information that user is signed in or not | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| rme | This cookie Used for Remember Me functionality | Analytics | Internal - Builder | Persistent(1 Year) |
| retuser | This cookie is used to check returning user | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| pfbst | This cookie is used for Google Adwords Pixel cookie | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| pevent | This cookie is used to fire purchase event after payment | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| OTZ | Used by Google Analytics to provide an aggregate analysis of website visitors. | Advertising | Google Analytics | Persistent(2 Years) |
| openRC | This cookie is used to store to dispay Resume Check | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| newLetter | This cookie is used to track that new Cover letter is created | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| ndblttwutf | Created for CDN experiments in application | Necessary | Internal – Experiment | Session |
| ndblttwute | Created for CDN experiments in application | Necessary | Internal – Experiment | Session |
| mxpd | This cookie is used to store information about Job Title and Currently employment status and used to send events to mixpanel | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| MSPTC | Cookie is created by Bing to keep the visitor data and optimize Bing Ads. | Advertising | Bing | Session |
| lpurl | This cookie is used to store Landing Page from where user visited site | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| lfu | This cookie is used to store the last resume Funnel URL | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| jsp | This cookie is used to store information about Job Search Parameters link title and location | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| JobNerdLP | This cookie is used to store information about Job Nerd Landing page user | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| jobId | This cookie is used to store clicked job id for multiple pages like dashboards, Job search, cover letter funnel etc. | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| isTWA | This cookie is used to Prevent Chrome 76 and later & Chrome 67 and before from showing the mini-infobar | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| gld | This cookie is used to store user country and state | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| gbnr | This cookie is used for the GDPR banner | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Persistent(5 Years) |
| g_state | This is google one tap cookie which stores the user status | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Persistent(6 Months) |
| fstory | Cookie identifies the value as true or false as per if the sesson is being recorded or not. | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| editMode | This cookie is used to track that cover letter is in edit mode | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| DV | Created by Google. This cookie is used to save the user’s preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. | Advertising | Persistent(1 Day) | |
| dt | This cookie is used to store device information like desktop, mobile, tablet etc. | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| docId | This cookie is used to store Document ID | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| defaultPageNo | This cookie is used to store page number while searching jobs and loading page wise with scroll | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| dcex | This cookie is used to store information that document exists or not on the finalize page | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| cvNerdLP | This cookie is used to store information about CV Nerd Landing page user | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| clJobId | This cookie is used to store cover letter Job ID (to pre-fill Cover Letter variables based on Job ID) | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| cldocId | This cookie is used to store Cover letter ID | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| cbnr | This cookie is used for the CCPA banner | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Persistent(5 Years) |
| auid | This cookie is created and maintained by OAuth for user’s claim (encrypted) | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Persistent(1 Year) |
| ARRAffinitySameSite | Created by Azure cloud platform for load balancing. | Necessary | Microsoft Azure | Session |
| ARRAffinity | Created by Azure load balancer to choose the right instance of the application. | Necessary | Microsoft Azure | Session |
| AEC | Created by google to ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. These cookies prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user’s knowledge. This also help in identifying invalid impressions and clicks with google ads displayed. | Advertising | Internal - Builder | Persistent(13 Months) |
| ADWNDDisplayed | This cookie used to check that auto download displayed and download With PopUp Displayed | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| activetab | This cookie used in the Resume Site feature wizard to track the active tab | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| ActiveVolunteerIndex | This cookie is used to store Active Volunteer Section Index in the funnel | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| ActiveExpIndex | This cookie is used to store the Active Experience Section Index in the funnel | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| _sptinf | Collects BrowserName, BrowserVersion, DeviceType, OSName, Windows, DeviceModel and OSVersion from the device. | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Session |
| _sptd | Created by visitor service for the visit ID | Necessary | Internal-Visitor | Session |
| _spt | Created by visitor service for the visitorID | Necessary | Internal-Visitor | Persistent(5 Years) |
| _spsd | Created by visitor service for the visitor’s session id | Necessary | Internal-Visitor | Session |
| _sprf | Created for visitor service to set the referrer of visitor | Analytics | Internal-Visitor | Persistent(1 Year) |
| _hjUserAttributesHash | created by Hotjar | Analytics | Hotjar | Session |
| _hjSessionUser_* | created by Hotjar | Analytics | Hotjar | Persistent(1 Year) |
| _hjSession_* | created by Hotjar | Analytics | Hotjar | Persistent(1 Day) |
| _hjHasCachedUserAttributes | created by Hotjar | Analytics | Hotjar | Session |
| _gat_* | Created by Google Analytics to provide technical monitoring. | Analytics | Google Analytics | Session |
| __RequestVerificationToken | Anti forgery cookie set by ASP .Net MVC | Necessary | ASP .Net | Session |
| UserStatus | Cookie is created and maintained by accounts for user's info | Necessary | Internal-Accounts | Persistent(5 Years) |
| NID | The NID cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information | Analytics | Persistent(86 Days) | |
| MUID | This cookie is an analytics service provided that connects data from the Bing advertising network with actions performed on the Website. | Advertising | Bing | Persistent(25 Days) |
| MR | Analytics cookie that's used to pass user action information to the Bing advertising network. | Advertising | Bing | Persistent(7 Days) |
| JSESSIONID | This is used by New Relic to monitor session counts for an application. | Analytics | NewRelic | Session |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | Advertising | Google Double Click | Persistent(17 Months) |
| G_ENABLED_IDPS | Used for “Sign in with Google” | Analytics | Always | |
| fs_uid | FullStory to maintain session count at fullstory end | Analytics | Full Story | Persistent(30 Minutes) |
| ajs_user_id | These cookies are used to record the amount of people that visit our site, and track whether you’ve visited before. | Analytics | Segment | Persistent(1 Year) |
| ajs_anonymous_id | Used to distinguish anonymous (i.e. not logged in) users. https://segment.com/legal/privacy/ | Analytics | Segment | Persistent(1 Year) |
| 1P_JAR | Google uses these cookies, based on recent searches and interactions, to customise ads on Google websites. | Analytics | Google Analytics | Persistent(30 Days) |
| _uetvid | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences. | Advertising | Bing | Persistent(16 Days) |
| _uetsid | This is a cookie 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 | Advertising | Bing | Persistent(30 Minutes) |
| _gid | The cookie is created and used by Google Analytics for the visitor reports. Used to distinguish users. | Analytics | Google Analytics | Persistent(1 Day) |
| _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across web sites using their services.It’s the first party cookie for “Conversion Linker” functionality – it takes information in ad clicks and stores it in a first-party cookie so that conversions can be attributed outside the landing page. | Necessary | Google Tag Manager | Persistent(3 Months) |
| _ga_* | Used to persist session state by Google Analytics. | Analytics | Google Analytics 4 | Persistent(2 Years) |
| _ga | This Cookie is set by Google Analytics (a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. – “Google”), and is used to distinguish users on the Website to generate statistical information about their use of the Website. This helps us improve the Website. The information generated by this Cookie may be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. For more information, visit here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. You may also install a Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on by going here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.Source: Google Analytics | Analytics | Google Analytics | Persistent(2 Years) |
| _bs | This cookie is used by Blueshift, integrated via Segment | Advertising | Blueshift | Persistent(1 Year) |
| __cf_bm | This cookie is created by cloudflare. The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. | Necessary | Internal - Builder | Persistent(2 Years) |
PLEASE NOTE: We are not responsible for third-party policies or practices. We try to keep this information current, and will add to and subtract from the charts above as appropriate, but it is provided as a courtesy and may not be current or accurate. Please contact the applicable third parties regarding their privacy and data security policies and practices.
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