Cookie Policy

Last updated: January 10, 2025

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners.

Talent Sourcerer uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our platform, analyze usage patterns, and improve our Services.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for various purposes, including:

  • Authenticating users and preventing fraudulent use of accounts
  • Remembering your preferences and settings
  • Analyzing how you use our Services to improve functionality
  • Personalizing content and advertisements
  • Measuring the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
  • Providing social media features

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility.

Purpose: Authentication, security, session management

Duration: Session or up to 1 year

Can be disabled: No (required for basic functionality)

3.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use this data to improve our Services.

Purpose: Analytics, usage tracking, performance monitoring

Duration: Up to 2 years

Examples: PostHog (EU hosted)

Can be disabled: Yes

3.3 Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personalized features.

Purpose: Remember preferences, language settings, user interface customization

Duration: Up to 1 year

Can be disabled: Yes

3.4 Targeting and Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They also help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Purpose: Targeted advertising, remarketing, conversion tracking

Duration: Up to 2 years

Examples: Meta Pixel (Facebook and Instagram advertising)

Can be disabled: Yes

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we use various third-party cookies to provide analytics, advertising, and other functionality. These third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites.

Third-party services we may use include:

  • PostHog: Website analytics and reporting, hosted in the EU. Loaded only with analytics consent.
  • Meta: Measuring which advertisements bring visitors to this site, and remarketing. Loaded only with marketing consent.
  • Web3Forms: Delivering the contact and get started forms.
  • Google Fonts: Serving the typefaces this site is set in.
  • Stripe: Processing payments securely.

5. How to Control Cookies

5.1 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to:

  • Block all cookies
  • Block third-party cookies only
  • Delete cookies when you close your browser
  • Notify you when a website sets or accesses cookies

Here are links to cookie management instructions for popular browsers:

5.2 Opt-Out Tools

You can also opt out of targeted advertising by visiting:

5.3 Mobile Devices

On mobile devices, you can control advertising tracking through your device settings:

  • iOS: Settings → Privacy → Tracking → Disable "Allow Apps to Request to Track"
  • Android: Settings → Google → Ads → Opt out of Ads Personalization

6. Impact of Disabling Cookies

Please note that if you disable or refuse cookies, some parts of our website may become inaccessible or not function properly. Specifically:

  • You may need to log in each time you visit
  • Your preferences and settings will not be saved
  • Some features may not work as expected
  • You may see less relevant content and advertisements

7. Web Beacons and Pixel Tags

In addition to cookies, we may use web beacons (also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs) to track user activity and measure the effectiveness of our communications. These are tiny graphics with a unique identifier that function similarly to cookies and are used to track online movements and gather information about email opens and interactions.

8. Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want to be tracked. Currently, there is no standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. At this time, our website does not respond to DNT signals, but we may implement such functionality in the future.

9. Cookie Retention Periods

Different cookies have different retention periods:

  • Session Cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
  • Persistent Cookies: Remain on your device for a set period (ranging from hours to years)

10. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on our website and updating the "Last updated" date.

11. More Information

For more information about our privacy practices, please see our Privacy Policy.

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

Email: pacco.ammann@talentsourcerer.com

Company: Grant Fortress B.V., trading as Talent Sourcerer

Registered address: Molenveenweg 19a, 1261 TG Blaricum, Netherlands

Chamber of Commerce (KvK): 73807206