Cookie Policy
This is the full list of cookies, browser storage and tracking tags on cvmaple.ca, what each one is for and how to turn it off. Some are needed to sign you in. Others help us measure the site and our ads.
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The short version
- A few items are needed to keep you signed in and remember your language.
- Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity show us how the site is used. Clarity can replay visits, including the pages where you edit your resume.
- Google Ads and the Meta Pixel tell us whether our ads lead to sign-ups and purchases.
- These tags load when you open the site. You can block them in your browser, with a content blocker or with the opt-out links below.
- We don't sell your personal information.
2. Cookies we need
These keep the site working. Without them you can't sign in or save anything.
| Name | Set by | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Firebase sign-in (browser database) | Google Firebase, for us | Keeps you signed in between visits. |
| authToken (local storage) | CVMaple | Proves to our server that a request comes from your account. |
| cvmaple-lang (local storage) | CVMaple | Remembers whether you chose English or French. |
| Settings and dismissed notices (local storage) | CVMaple | Remembers small choices, like your job tracker view or a banner you closed. |
| __stripe_mid, __stripe_sid | Stripe | Set when a payment form opens, to prevent fraud. See Stripe's privacy policy. |
Your language and settings stay on your device and aren't sent to us.
3. Analytics
These tell us which pages people read, where they get stuck and which features they use, so we know what to fix.
| Name | Set by | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics | Counts visits and pages viewed, and tells new visitors from returning ones. Lasts up to two years. |
| _clck, _clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Links the pages of one visit together for heatmaps and session replays. _clck lasts a year, _clsk a day. |
Clarity records clicks, scrolling and what appears on the page, then plays it back to us like a video. That includes the resume editor, so what you type there can show up in a replay. We only use replays to find bugs and confusing screens, and we don't share them outside our team.
4. Advertising
We advertise CVMaple on Google and on Meta's apps (Facebook and Instagram). These tags tell us whether someone who clicked an ad went on to sign up or buy, so we can stop paying for ads that don't work.
| Name | Set by | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| _gcl_au | Google Ads | Links a visit to the Google ad that brought you here. Lasts about three months. |
| _fbp, _fbc | Meta Pixel | Links visits and actions like sign-up or purchase to Meta ads. Lasts about three months. |
Meta also gets some events straight from our server, not only from your browser. When you sign up, start a checkout, buy something or run a resume check, our server sends Meta the event with a hashed copy of your email address, your IP address and browser details. Hashing turns your email into a scrambled string. Meta can match it to an account it already knows, but can't read it back as an address.
Google and Meta may use this to show you CVMaple ads elsewhere and to measure them. We don't sell your personal information to them or to anyone else.
5. Your choices
The analytics and advertising tags load as soon as you open the site. You can stop them in any of these ways:
- Block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Most browsers can block only third-party cookies, which stops most ad tracking and keeps sign-in working.
- Install the Google Analytics opt-out add-on.
- Turn off personalized ads from Google in My Ad Center.
- Change your ad settings for Facebook and Instagram in Meta's ad preferences.
- Use a content blocker, or a browser with tracking protection built in, such as Firefox or Safari.
If you block the items we need, you won't be able to sign in. Blocking analytics and advertising doesn't change anything you can do on CVMaple.
6. Canadian privacy law
We've written this policy with Canada's federal privacy law (PIPEDA) and Quebec's privacy law in mind, which expect sites to explain their tracking in plain language. The Privacy Policy covers the rest of how we handle your information and the rights you have.
7. Changes to this policy
If we add or remove a tag, we'll update this page and the date at the top.
8. Contact
Questions about cookies or tracking: privacy@cvmaple.ca, or use the contact page.
Cookie questions people ask
Does CVMaple use cookies?
Yes. A few keep you signed in and remember your language. The rest are analytics from Google and Microsoft and advertising tags from Google and Meta. Each one is listed on this page.
Can I use CVMaple with cookies blocked?
Mostly, yes. Blocking third-party cookies or using a content blocker won't stop anything from working. If you block all site storage, though, you won't be able to stay signed in.
Does CVMaple record my screen?
Microsoft Clarity records how our pages are used, like clicks, scrolling and what's on the page, and lets us replay a visit to find problems. It only records the CVMaple tab, not the rest of your screen or other apps.
How do I opt out of Google Analytics on CVMaple?
Install Google's opt-out add-on or block cookies from google-analytics.com in your browser. Either one works on every site, not only ours.