Cookie Policy
Last Updated: December 2024
Our platform uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Services. This helps us to provide you with the best possible experience when using our platform and enables us to improve our Services on an ongoing basis. By accepting our cookie notice, you are agreeing to our use of cookies as set out in this cookie policy.
1. INFORMATION ABOUT OUR USE OF COOKIES
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or device if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your device's hard drive. We use different types of cookies, each serving specific purposes essential to the operation and improvement of our platform.
2. STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES
These cookies are fundamental to the operation of our platform. They enable core functionalities such as secure account access, content upload management, event attendance verification, and payment processing. Without these cookies, you would be unable to access secure areas of the platform or utilize essential features such as content creation and event check-ins. These cookies are critical to providing our core Services and therefore cannot be disabled.
3. AUTHENTICATION AND SECURITY COOKIES
We employ authentication and security cookies to protect your account and ensure secure platform usage. These cookies verify your identity during login processes, maintain secure sessions throughout your platform interaction, and help prevent unauthorized access to accounts. They play a crucial role in our age verification processes and help protect against fraudulent platform usage.
4. ANALYTICAL/PERFORMANCE COOKIES
Our analytical and performance cookies enable us to recognize visitors and analyze platform usage patterns. Through these cookies, we can understand how users navigate our platform, which events generate the most interest, and how content creation patterns develop over time. This information helps us improve the platform's operation and functionality by optimizing the user experience. We utilize Google Analytics for this purpose, and you can learn more about their privacy practices at their website.
5. FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES
Functionality cookies allow us to recognize you when you return to our platform. These cookies remember your preferences, such as your content creation settings, location preferences, and language choices. They enable us to personalize your experience and provide enhanced features based on your previous interactions with our platform.
6. EVENT TRACKING COOKIES
These specialized cookies are essential for our event-based services. They help us verify your attendance at events, monitor content creation compliance, manage venue check-ins, and coordinate content delivery. These cookies ensure smooth operation of our event access and content creation services while maintaining necessary security and verification standards.
7. PAYMENT PROCESSING COOKIES
Through our integration with Stripe, our payment processor, we implement cookies necessary for secure financial transactions. These cookies facilitate content creator payments, maintain payment preferences, and help prevent fraudulent activity. They are essential for ensuring secure and reliable payment processing within our platform.
8. SOCIAL MEDIA AND MARKETING COOKIES
We utilize social media and marketing cookies to enhance content sharing capabilities and measure content performance. This includes the implementation of Facebook Pixel, which enables us to serve relevant content and advertisements to users on Facebook. These cookies help us understand how our content performs and allows us to improve our services based on user engagement.
9. COOKIE DURATION
Our platform employs both session and persistent cookies. Session cookies remain active only during your browsing session and expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device between sessions and may last anywhere from 90 days to two years from the date of download, depending on their specific purpose and function.
10. MANAGING COOKIES
You maintain control over cookies through your browser settings, which allow you to block or delete cookies as you prefer. However, please be aware that blocking cookies may impact your ability to use certain features of our platform. In particular, strictly necessary cookies are required for core platform functionality, including event access and content creation services. Blocking these cookies may prevent you from accessing essential features of our Services.
11. THIRD-PARTY COOKIES
Various third parties may set cookies when you use our platform, including our payment processor (Stripe), analytics providers (Google Analytics), social media platforms (Facebook), and content delivery networks. We do not have control over these third-party cookies. We encourage you to review the respective privacy policies of these providers for more information about their cookie usage and data practices.
12. UPDATES TO THIS POLICY
We reserve the right to update this Cookie Policy periodically. The most current version will always be available on our platform. When we make significant changes to this policy, we will notify users through the platform or via email communication.
13. CONTACT US
For any questions regarding our use of cookies, please contact us at:
Something Something Consultancy Ltd
First Floor, 280 Mare Street
London, E8 1HE
United Kingdom
Email: contact@guesty.me
End of Cookie Policy.