Policy and Terms

Cookies Policy

1. What are cookies and similar technologies?

Cookies are small text files that uniquely identify your browser or device. The cookie file is stored on your browser. When you return to that website (or visit websites that use the same cookies) these websites recognize the cookies and your browsing device.

2. Categories of cookies

Cookies do many different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the user experience. Cookies can tell us, for example, whether you have visited the Website before or whether you are a new visitor. They can also help to ensure that ads you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.

There are different categories of cookies, including:

First party cookies, which are served directly by us to your computer or device.
Third party cookies, which are served by a third party on our behalf.

Cookies can remain on your device for different periods of time. Some cookies are ‘session cookies’, meaning that they exist only while your browser is open. These are deleted automatically once you close your browser. Other cookies are ‘permanent cookies’, meaning that they survive after your browser is closed. They can be used by the Website, for example, to recognise your computer when you open your browser and browse the Internet again.

3. What cookies do we use and how do we use them?

The types of cookies and similar technologies used by us and our partners in connection with the Website can be classified into one of four categories, namely ‘essential cookies’, ‘functionality cookies’, ‘performance cookies’ and ‘targeting cookies’

We use cookies for the following purposes:

Performance – we use cookies to maintain the stability and performance of the website and services.
User ID – we use cookies to ensure that users only see their own information via authentication on log in.
Security – we use cookies for security controls, features, and checks to ensure your account along with our website and services are protected.
Personalisation -we use cookies to store your choices and preferences including but not limited to language, location, or page history to enhance and personalise our website for you.

4. Google Analytics

We also use Google Analytics, which is a web analytics tool that helps us understand how users engage with the Website. Like many services, Google Analytics uses first-party cookies to track user interactions, as in our case, where they are used to collect information about how users use our site and helps us improve our service. It is able to disclose website trends without identifying individual visitors. For more information on Google Analytics, click here. You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our site. For more information on how to opt out, click here.

5. Targeted advertising

Our advertising partners use device identifiers and other similar technologies to show you ads that are useful to you. We may share certain information such as your location, browser and cookie data and other data relating to your use of our Service with our business partners to deliver personalised advertisements (“ads”) that may be of interest to you.

BuddingSparks may allow third-party ad servers or ad networks to serve personalised advertisements either on the Service or on third party websites, including Facebook and Google. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly to your browser or mobile device, these personalised ads and ad links, and will automatically receive your IP address when they do so. They may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, device identifiers, location data, and clear gifs, see above) to compile information about your browser’s or device’s visits and usage patterns on the Service, and to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalise the advertising content. BuddingSparks does not sell, rent, or share the information we collect directly from you or about you from third parties with these third-party ad servers or ad networks for such parties’ own marketing purposes.

4. How to control or delete cookies and similar technologies

We use cookies on this site to make sure you can use the Website easily and enjoy the Website. Some of these cookies are essential and we cannot provide our service without them.

You can change your preferences by changing the settings in your browser. For more information on how to manage the most popular browsers, please see below:

5. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time to reflect our current practice and ensure compliance with applicable laws. We recommend that you check this page from time to time to inform yourself of any changes. We may notify you of changes to this policy by email.