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By continuing to browse the website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies as set out by this policy.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that, if you agree to their use, is stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or device. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
Where used, such information will not identify you personally; it is statistical data.
We use the following cookies:
| Category | Cookie Name | Domain | Purpose | Duration |
| Visitor Analytics | _ceg.s_ceg.u_ceir | .purplecv.co.uk | These cookies are placed by Crazy Egg and used to see how our website users interact with pages on the site. Crazy Egg privacy policy | 3 months / 3 months / 5 years |
| Visitor Analytics | _ga_gid_gat_gtag_UA | .purplecv.co.uk | These cookies are placed by Google Analytics and used to see how our website users navigate the site. Google Analytics privacy policy | 2 years / 1 day / 1 minute |
| Visitor Analytics | fr | .facebook.com | If a user is logged into Facebook, Facebook can place cookies on his/her computer through the PurpleCV website. These cookies are needed to use the ‘Follow us on Facebook’, Like’ and ‘Share’ functionalities. Facebook data policy | 3 months |
| Affiliate Tracking | PAPVisitorId | .postaffiliatepro.com | This cookie is placed by Post Affiliate Pro and used to identify if our website users have come from one of our participating affiliates.Post Affiliate Pro privacy policy | 10 years |
| Affiliate Tracking | PAPAffiliateId | .postaffiliatepro.com | This cookie is placed by Post Affiliate Pro and holds the user’s last referral ID while their last click is processing via cron. | Session |
| Language Tracking | lang | cdn.syndication .twimg.com | This cookie is placed by Twitter and used to determine the language settings of the user’s browser to better serve relevant information in the correct browser. Twitter privacy policy | Session |
| Performance | ai_user ai_session | .purplecv.co.uk | These cookies are associated with the Microsoft Application Insights software and collect statistical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a platform used for behaviour analytics and provides us with information about the behaviour of our visitors (for example, how long they stayed on the site, the average number of pages viewed) and also tells us how many visitors we have had. Microsoft Application Insights data policy | 1 year / session |
| Visitor Analytics | __lc.visitor_id | .purplecv.co.uk | Unique visitor ID. | 3 years |
| Functionality | lc_window_state | .purplecv.co.uk | This cookie supports our live chat function. | Session |
| Functionality | __livechat3rdpartymain_window_ timestamprecent_window__lc_vv__ lc.visitor_notification[status_ping] | .livechatinc.com | These cookies are placed by LiveChat, a USA-based company that provides online chat software to the PurpleCV website. These cookies provide us with supplementary information on how you interact with our live chat service, and may track if you perform certain actions so that they can be attributed to chat. LiveChat privacy policy | 3 years / session / session / session / session / session |
| Functionality | __livechat_lastvisit | .livechatinc.com | This cookie stores when the user last used LiveChat. | 3 years |
| Functionality | message_text | .livechatinc.com | If the user is writing a message and refreshes the page, this text will be remembered. | Session |
| Visitor Analytics | NID | .google.com | This cookie is placed by Google and used to remember website users’ preferences and other information. Google privacy policy | 6 months |
| Security | SIDCC | .google.com | Used to protect website users’ data from unauthorised access. | 3 months |
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. You can adjust the settings on your browser to decline any cookies if you wish. This can be easily done by activating the reject cookies setting on your computer.
However, please be aware that blocking cookies may affect your ability to use the website. You may not be able to access all or parts of the website or use the functionalities contained on it.
| Cookie Name | Type | Party | Description |
| SnapABugRef | Functional – Live Chat (Session) | First Party | Chat function that tracks the origin and site entry |
| SnapABugVisit | Functional – Live Chat (Session) | First Party | Chat function for the detection of new session |
| SnapABugChatWindow | Functional – Live Chat (Session) | First Party | Chat function that tracks the chat box position and minimize status. |
| SnapABugChatSession | Functional – Live Chat (Session) | First Party | Chat function for the tracking of chat in progress |
| SnapABugNoProactiveChat | Functional – Live Chat (Session) | First Party | Chat function flag to avoid proactively prompting visitors again |
| SnapABugChatPoll | Functional – Live Chat (Session) | First Party | Chat function tracking of the chat in progress transcript position |
| SnapABugChatMessage | Functional – Live Chat (Session) | First Party | Chat function to ensure the message typed by a visitor is persistence across pages |
| SnapABugChatView | Functional – Live Chat (Session) | First Party | Chat function to check logic handling |
| SnapABugUserEmail | Functional – Live Chat (Persistent – 1 year) | First Party | Chat function for visitor email address used to prepopulate the pre-chat window. This information is scrambled (not readable in plain text) |
| SnapABugBanned | Functional – Live Chat (Persistent – 30 days) | First Party | Chat function tracking whether the visitor is banned for chatting |
| SnapABugMinimizeStashCookie | Functional – Live Chat (Session) | First Party | Chat function for the detection of new messages while minimized so they persist during navigation. |
| SnapABugHistory | Functional – Live Chat (Persistent – 1 year) | First Party | Chat function that registers a unique ID that identifies the user’s device to keep track of the visitor visits and last chats to present history to chat agent |
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