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Last updated: 2026-06-04

Short version

We set a small number of cookies that are essential for TakeMeUp.cv to work — none for advertising or cross-site tracking. Under the EU ePrivacy Directive (PECR), no consent banner is required for strictly-necessary or functional cookies, so we don't show one. If we ever wire analytics or third-party tracking, that will change and we'll add a consent banner before any non-essential cookie is set.

Cookies we currently set

NEXT_LOCALEFirst-party

Strictly necessary

Remembers your selected language (en / de / fr / es / it / pt / nl / pl / ro / cs / hu / sv) so you don't have to re-select on every page.

Lifetime: 1 year

cv_anonFirst-party

Functional (strictly necessary for anon users)

Lets you build a CV without signing up. The cookie ties your in-progress CV to your browser so you don't lose it on refresh. Anon CVs and the cookie are auto-purged after 30 days of inactivity.

Lifetime: 30 days from last activity

__session, __client_uat, __clerk_*Set by Clerk

Strictly necessary (signed-in users only)

Authentication session cookies set by Clerk, our auth provider. Needed for sign-in to work.

Lifetime: Session + refresh tokens

__stripe_mid, __stripe_sid (during checkout only)Set by Stripe

Strictly necessary

Set by Stripe during the checkout flow to prevent fraud. Only set while you're on the checkout page; not set when browsing the rest of the site.

Lifetime: Up to 1 year

Cookies we do NOT set

  • No advertising or marketing cookies.
  • No cross-site tracking pixels.
  • No social-media tracking cookies.
  • No analytics cookies today. PostHog is configured in our environment for a possible future analytics rollout (with IP anonymisation and EU hosting) — but the SDK is not loaded and no cookies are set. When/if we enable it, a consent banner will appear first.

How to manage cookies

You can clear or block cookies via your browser settings. Blocking NEXT_LOCALE or cv_anon will still let you use the site but you'll lose your language preference / any anonymously-saved CV.

Blocking Clerk's session cookies will prevent sign-in.

More info

Full details on what we collect and why are in our Privacy Policy.