This Cookie Policy governs the use of cookies and equivalent storage technologies on the website and application InterviewCrusher(hereinafter, “the Site”), an artificial-intelligence-assisted job interview simulator. Its purpose is to inform you clearly and transparently about the technologies used, the purposes for which they are employed and the means available to you to manage them.
This policy is drawn up in accordance with Article 22.2 of Ley 34/2002, de 11 de julio, de Servicios de la Sociedad de la Información y de Comercio Electrónico (LSSI-CE) (the Spanish Law on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce), Directiva 2002/58/CE on privacy and electronic communications (the ePrivacy Directive), Reglamento (UE) 2016/679 (RGPD) (the GDPR) and the Guidance on the use of cookies of the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) (the Spanish Data Protection Agency).
1. What cookies and local storage are
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores in the user’s browser when they visit it. It allows information about the visit to be remembered, such as language preferences or the state of a session, so that the experience is more useful on subsequent visits or within the same browsing session.
Alongside cookies, browsers offer other local storage mechanisms with effects equivalent to those that Article 22.2 LSSI-CE makes subject to consent, mainly:
- localStorage: stores data on the device persistently until it is expressly deleted.
- sessionStorage: stores data that is automatically erased when the tab or the browser is closed.
Throughout this policy, the term “cookies” is used, unless otherwise indicated, to refer collectively to both cookies in the strict sense and these browser storage technologies.
2. Types of cookies
Cookies can be classified according to different criteria. The categories relevant to the Site are described below.
By ownership
- First-party: sent and managed from the Site’s own domain.
- Third-party: managed by an entity other than the owner of the Site (for example, an analytics provider or a payment gateway), only in the event that such services are actually activated.
By purpose
- Technical or necessary: enable navigation and the use of the Site’s basic functions (maintaining the interview session, remembering the consent choice or, where applicable, managing the account balance). Due to their strictly necessary nature, they are exempt from the obligation to obtain prior consent under Article 22.2 LSSI-CE.
- Preference or personalization: remember user options, such as the visual theme (light or dark) or the interface language.
- Analytics or measurement: allow the use of the Site to be quantified and analyzed in aggregate form in order to improve it. They are only installed if that functionality is activated and with prior consent.
By duration
- Session: deleted at the end of the browsing session or when the browser is closed.
- Persistent: remain stored for a set period, defined for each case in the table below.
3. Cookies and storage used
The table details the identifiers that operate in the user’s browser. The technologies marked as functional are strictly necessary and therefore exempt from consent. The rest are only activated if the corresponding services are enabled and always with prior consent.
| Cookie / Storage | Ownership | Purpose | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| themelocalStorage | First-party | Remembers the visual theme preference (light or dark). | Persistent | Functional · exempt |
| language / langlocalStorage | First-party | Remembers the language selected for the interface. | Persistent | Functional · exempt |
| interview-session / cvsessionStorage | First-party | Maintains the state of the interview session and the CV data provided during the practice session in progress. | Session (erased when the tab is closed) | Functional · exempt |
| cookie-consentlocalStorage | First-party | Remembers the consent choice (accept, reject or category settings) so that the notice is not shown again on every visit. | Persistent (max. 24 months) | Functional · exempt |
| credits-balancelocalStorage · paid version only | First-party | Keeps the account’s credit balance for the proper functioning of the paid service. | Persistent | Functional · exempt |
| Visit measurement (no cookies)own counters + Vercel Web Analytics | First- and third-party (Vercel Inc.) | Fully aggregated and anonymous measurement of Site usage. Does not use cookies or device storage, does not create profiles and does not allow the user to be identified. | N/A (no storage) | No cookies · exempt |
| Payment gatewaycookie / storage · paid version only | Third party (payment provider) | Secure payment processing and fraud prevention during the transaction. | Session / persistent | Third party · according to purpose |
This list is kept up to date. If new technologies are incorporated in the future, this policy will be updated and, where applicable, the corresponding consent will be obtained in advance.
4. Basis for processing and prior consent
Technical or necessary cookies are installed on the basis of the legitimate interest in providing the service expressly requested by the user and do not require consent.
The remaining cookies (non-essential preference, analytics or third-party cookies) are only installed with the user’s prior consent, expressed through a clear affirmative action. Consent must be prior, informed, freely given, specific and unambiguous. Consent is not obtained by merely continuing to browse, by inactivity, by scrolling the page or by closing the notice.
The Site does not use cookies for advertising purposes or for profiling for behavioral advertising.
Independently of the above, the Site carries out fully aggregated, cookieless visit measurement (page-view counts, approximate visitors, traffic sources, country and device type) using own counters and the Vercel Web Analytics tool. This measurement stores no information on your device and processes no personal data: it uses no cookies or persistent identifiers, builds no profiles and cannot identify you. It is therefore not subject to the consent requirement of Article 22.2 LSSI-CE. The “Analytics” category in the cookie panel is reserved for any future tools that do use cookies.
5. How you manage your consent
On your first visit, a first-layer banner is displayed with essential information and three options presented on equal terms, with the same format and visual prominence:
- Accept all cookies.
- Reject all non-necessary cookies. Rejecting is as simple as accepting and is done with a single click from the same layer.
- Configure your preferences by category, granting or denying consent in a granular way.
A prior blocking mechanism is applied: cookies and scripts that are not strictly necessary are not loaded until you give your consent. Until you decide, only the functional technologies described in this policy operate.
You may withdraw or modify your consent at any time, as easily as you gave it, through the persistent “Cookie Settings” link available in the footer of every page of the Site. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of prior processing.
6. Configuration through the browser
In addition to the Site’s options, you can allow, block or delete installed cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain technologies may affect the operation of some features. Check the instructions for each browser:
7. International data transfers
In the event that third-party cookies are activated whose providers are based or process data outside the European Economic Area (for example, in the United States), such transfers will be carried out with the appropriate safeguards provided for in the RGPD (GDPR), such as the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission or the applicable adequacy framework. You can consult the details of the recipients and the applicable safeguards in our Privacy Policy.
8. Retention and renewal of consent
The choice you make is kept for the time necessary to remember your preferences. Following the AEPD’s guidance, consent is renewed at reasonable intervals and, in any case, its useful life does not exceed 24 months. After that period, or in the event of significant changes in the use of cookies, you will be asked for your consent again. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of browsing.
9. Additional information and related documents
For more information about the processing of your data and the terms of use of the service, you can consult: