THE QUICK VIEW

Cookies, in a nutshell

A quick introduction to the types of technologies that may support your experience.

Essential

Technologies that may be needed for core website functions.

Analytics

Tools that may help understand visits and website performance.

Advertising

Technologies that may support ad delivery and measurement.

Preferences

Browser settings can help you control or delete stored cookies.

01 / THE BASICS

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website may store on your device when you visit it. They can help a website remember certain information, support functionality, understand usage and provide services.

Similar technologies, such as pixels, tags, scripts and local storage, may also be used for some of these purposes.

02 / PURPOSE

How CareerSteps may use cookies

Depending on the services enabled and your choices, cookies and similar technologies may be used to:

  • Support website functionality and user preferences.
  • Understand traffic and interactions with website content.
  • Measure website performance and troubleshoot issues.
  • Support advertising delivery, measurement and fraud prevention.
  • Maintain security and help prevent misuse.
03 / CATEGORIES

Types of cookies and similar technologies

Essential or functional technologies

These may support core website functions, security, authentication or remembering settings. Blocking some of them may affect how parts of the website work.

Analytics and measurement technologies

These may help measure visits, page interactions and performance. Their use depends on which analytics tools are configured and active.

Advertising technologies

Advertising providers may use cookies or similar technologies to serve ads, measure performance, limit repeated ads or help prevent invalid activity. Some advertising may be personalized depending on provider settings and applicable consent.

The exact cookies, their providers, purposes and retention periods can vary based on the tools enabled on the website.

04 / PROVIDERS

Third-party services

CareerSteps uses or may use third-party services that can involve cookies or similar technologies. Based on the website code and configurations, these include:

Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager is present in the website code to manage tags and scripts. The cookies and data collected depend on the tags configured through it.

Google Tag Manager Help

Google AdSense

Google AdSense is included in the website code for advertising. Google and its partners may use cookies and similar technologies for ad delivery, measurement, fraud prevention and, where applicable, personalization.

Google advertising technologies

Other advertising providers

The website code also includes third-party advertising scripts. These providers may use their own technologies according to their configurations and policies.

Their exact names, purposes and cookie behavior should be confirmed against the active advertising setup.

Firebase Authentication

Firebase Authentication supports account sign-in, including Google sign-in. Authentication may use browser storage or other technologies necessary for the sign-in flow. This is separate from advertising cookies.

Firebase privacy information

Third-party providers operate under their own terms and privacy practices. CareerSteps does not control every technology or cookie used by an external provider.

05 / ADVERTISING

Advertising cookies

Advertising services may use cookies or similar technologies to display advertisements, understand ad interactions, measure performance, prevent fraud and manage ad frequency.

Depending on the provider, region, account settings and consent choices, advertising may be personalized or non-personalized.

Google Ads Settings ↗

Google Ads Settings can help manage certain Google advertising preferences. It does not control every advertising provider or every cookie on CareerSteps.

08 / CHANGES

Updates to this Cookie Policy

We may update this policy when our website, technology, service providers or practices change. The latest version will be published on this page with its updated date.

09 / CONTACT

Questions about cookies?

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how technologies are used on CareerSteps, contact our team.

Email CareerSteps ↗
Last updated: October 2026