Cookie Policy

Please read this policy carefully as it applies to the Companjon Group’s use of cookies and other similar technologies in connection with this website and our customer self-service portal ‘MyCompanjon’.

What Are Cookies? 
 

Cookies, pixels and similar technology (collectively "cookies" for the purpose of this Cookie Policy) are small text files that are stored on your computer, mobile device or other device when you visit a website or use an app. Some of these cookies can be recognised by websites when you visit them. Cookies can be set by the owner of the website (“first party cookies”) or in some cases by third party services (“third party cookies”) the website owner allows to track your preferences or provide other functionality such as analytics.

When you visit our website or customer self-service portal you will be asked to confirm your cookie preferences though our cookie consent management centre.

Strictly Necessary Cookies 
Strictly Necessary Cookies are necessary to enable websites to function and cannot be switched off. Regulation states that such cookies can be stored on your device if they are essential for the operation of the website. You are not required to give consent for strictly necessary cookies. For all other types of cookies, consent must be obtained.

An example of strictly necessary cookies would be the Microsoft Azure cookies used on our ‘MyCompanjon’ portal to allow you to sign in via your email or social media accounts.

Functional Cookies 
These cookies enable websites to provide enhanced website functionality and to store user preferences in how the site is presented. This could include choices like your preferred language.

When you interact with our careers page, we use cookies to:
• Show job advertisements and relevant career content. 
• Record your contact (including applications for jobs with us)

Companjon uses an “iFrame” provided by our HR service provider Personio GmbH (“Personio”), Rundfunkplatz 4, 80335 Munich, Germany. Personio manages personal data such as job applications on our behalf on their system. You can find more information on Personio's Data Privacy Notice here

Performance Cookies 
Performance Cookies (Analytics and Tracking Cookies) are set by us or third-party analytics providers. These cookies allow us to recognise and collect the number of visitors to our website and understand how our visitors use the website. All of the information we use which is collected through these cookies is aggregated.

Our website uses Google Analytics a tool provided by Google LLC,1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, California, United States (“Google”) and LinkedIn an Insight tag provided by LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, United States (“LinkedIn), we use these cookies to help us understand how visitors engage with our website.

Google Analytics, Google Ads and LinkedIn provide analytics tools that help website owners (such as us) to understand how their visitors engage with them. Google Analytics may use a set of cookies to collect information and report site usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the ‘ga’ cookie.

The LinkedIn Insight Tag is a piece of lightweight JavaScript code that we have added to our website so we can see how our LinkedIn adverts are performing and track viewers of our adverts on LinkedIn to the visitors to our website. LinkedIn collects information from our website and reports site usage statistics back to us without personally identifying individual visitors. LinkedIn provides additional information on its use of the LinkedIn Insight tag here.

We also use Google Analytics tools on our ‘MyCompanjon’ portal to help us identify users and make sure that your current session persists. For more information, including details of how to block these cookies, please see Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites.

We also use Hotjar to understand how you use our website through Hotjar services such as heatmaps, page usage and session recordings. This helps us improve our website based on user needs. For more information click here to see how Hotjar uses cookies.

Targeting Cookies
These cookies are set by our third-party provider to provide behavioural advertising and re-marketing analytical data. They collect any type of browsing information necessary to create profiles and to understand user habits in order to develop an individual and specific advertising routine.

Website content loaded in iframes from third party providers, such as YouTube may set cookies. We use the Youtube video player, an application provided by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066. We have no control over these third party cookies (other than allowing them to be served when you choose to view a video). When you watch an embedded video from our YouTube channel on our website, YouTube may store cookies for a range of purposes. For more information visit YouTube/Google Privacy information.
 

Managing Cookies
 

Where you have given your consent to the use of a cookie, you may withdraw this at any time. You can withdraw or change your consent at any time by the following methods.

Our website 
Please refer to Change my Preference within the Cookie Policy to view and update your preferences when on our website (www.companjon.com)

 

Changing your browser settings 
You can choose within the setting on your browser whether you wish to accept cookies or not. To manage website cookies effectively, you will need to refer to specific web browser information to allow, reject, disable or delete cookies. 

Generally, the settings portion of the toolbar on most web browsers or the help section of your browser’s website will provide you with information to manage and disable cookies. Please be aware that if you disable cookies, it may affect other users if the device is shared.

MyCompanjon Portal 
Please refer to our Privacy Management Center to view and update your preferences once logged into the MyCompanjon Portal.

Description of cookies used on the pop-up display box when visitors enter our website and when visitors enter our MyCompanjon portal. 
 

Contact Us
 

If you have any questions about this cookie policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at info@companjon.com

Updated: June 2024. This Cookie Policy may be modified and updated. Please check back regularly to keep informed of updates.