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Cookie Policy
Last updated June 24, 2024

This Cookie Policy explains how Partiful, Co. (“Partiful,”“we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them. 

This Cookie Policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy. If you have any questions or concerns about the Cookie Policy or its implementation, please contact us at hello@partiful.com, or as otherwise described in our Privacy Policy.

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES AND SIMILAR 
TECHNOLOGIES?

Cookies. A cookie is a text file containing a string of characters that is sent to your device when you visit a website. When you visit the site again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser. Cookies may store user preferences and other information. Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Partiful) are called "first party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies”. Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites. 

Local storage. Local storage technologies refer to the methods that web applications use to store datalocally on your device. The most commonly used local storage technology is called "localStorage" and is part of the HTML5 standard. This technology allows web applications to store data that persists even after the user closes their browser or restarts their device.

Session storage. Session storage isa feature of your web browser that allows a website to temporarily store data on your device while you are actively using the website. This data is deleted as soon as you close your browser or navigate away from the website. Websites may use session storage to improve your experience and ensure that certain information is readily available during your browsing session.

Other tracking technologies. Websites use a variety of tracking technologies, including web beacons (also known as tracking pixels), third-party tracking scripts, advertising pixels, and analytics tools. These technologies provide data on how visitors use websites and allow websites to serve personalized advertisements.

This Cookie Policy refers to all these technologies collectively as “cookies.”

2. WHY DO WE USE COOKIES?

We use cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our website to operate, and we refer to these as "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our website and services more broadly. For example, our cookies may help to distinguish you from other users of our services for the purposes of helping you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, enabling functionality, helping us understand activity and patterns, and facilitating online advertising.

Third parties set cookies on our website for analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

3. HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?

We and our service providers automatically log information about an individual’s interactions with our website and services, such as:

We use both persistent cookies and session cookies.Persistent cookies stay on your device for a set period of time or until you delete them, while session cookies are deleted once you close your web browser.We use persistent cookies, for example, to remember any preferences you have or choices you make when you use our website.

4. WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES DO WE USE?

In this section, we outline the specific types of cookiesserved through our website and the purposes they serve.

These cookies include:

5. HOW CAN YOU CONTROL COOKIES?

You can limit online tracking by:

Note that because these opt-out mechanisms are specific to the device or browser on which they are exercised, you will need to opt out on each browser and device that you use.

Do Not Track. Some Internet browsers can be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

6. HOW OFTEN WILL WE UPDATE THIS COOKIE POLICY?

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes to this Cookie Policy prior to the changes becoming effective by posting the changes on this page and providing a more prominent notice with on-site or email notifications. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. 

The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated. 

7. WHERE CAN YOU GET FURTHER INFORMATION?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please email us at hello@partiful.com.