COOKIES POLICY

Last updated: January 2024

Spendbase Inc., with its registered address at 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, DE 19958 (“us”, “we”, “our” or “Company”) uses cookies on the website https://www.spendbase.co/, including all pages and features within the website or mobile software applications (“Website”) to distinguish you ( “you”, “your” or “user”) from other users of the Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the Website and also allows us to improve the Website. By using the Website and clicking “Accept Cookies”, you consent to our use of cookies.

Our Cookies Policy (“This Policy”) explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third-parties we may partner with may use cookies on the Website, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the Website functionality.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or tablet or mobile device, if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Website or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Website more useful to you. 

Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies. A persistent cookie consists of a text file sent by a web server to a web browser, which will be stored by the browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date (unless deleted by the user before the expiry date). A session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

We use both persistent and sessional cookies, for example: 

• Account related cookies

If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.

• Login related cookies

We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.

• Email newsletters-related cookies

This Website offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.

• Forms related cookies

When you submit data to us through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

• Site preferences cookies

In order to provide you with a great experience on this Website we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this Website runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page that is affected by your preferences.

• Third-party cookies

When you visit a website, third-party cookies collect various types of data that are then passed on or sold to advertisers by the website that created the cookie. Tracking your interests, location, age, and search trends, these cookies collect information so that marketers can provide you with custom advertisements.

They track the following data:

• User preferences (theme or colour scheme)
• Use session & authentication (to identify which user is logged in)
• Which forms users have filled partially

Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but personal information that we store about you may be linked, by us, to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. The cookies used on this Website include those which are strictly necessary cookies for access and navigation, cookies that track usage (performance cookies) and remember your choices (functionality cookies).

We may use the information we obtain from your use of our cookies for the following purposes:

• to recognize your computer when you visit our Website;
• to retain clients’ email addresses and passwords when they log in to our ‘Member’s Area,’;
• to track you as you navigate our Website;
• to improve the Website’s usability;
• to analyze the use of our Website – such as how many people visit us each day;
• to analyze business logic;
• to propose a targeted advertisement;
• in the administration of our Website.

The data is used for the Company and our products only. The data may be shared with third parties in case of the use of third-party cookies.

In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. Third parties include search engines, providers of measurement and analytics services, social media networks, and advertising companies. The following section details which third-party cookies you might encounter through this site.

We use the Google Analytics service provided by Google Inc. which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web to help us to understand how you use the Website and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the Website and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.

Although Google Analytics records data such as geographical location, device, internet browser and operating system, none of this information personally identifies you to us. Google Analytics also records your computer’s IP address which could be used to personally identify you, but Google Analytics do not grant us access to this information.  They also help identify any difficulties you have accessing our services, so we can fix any problems.

Google’s Privacy Policy, which contains information on cookies, can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

As far as our website and applications will develop with time and more users will use our services, we also can use other services like Google Analytics. So, we ask you to visit their web pages, where you can read their Privacy Policies.

We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this Website that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter will set cookies through our Website which may be used to enhance your profile on their sites or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

Their use is governed by the privacy policies of third parties using such technologies. You should make sure you are aware of how third parties will use cookies by checking the third party’s cookie policy.

Where our use of cookies involves the processing of personal data, such personal data will be processed by us in accordance with our Privacy Policy. In most cases, we will need your consent in order to use cookies on this Website. 

You can restrict, block or delete the cookies which are set by any website by changing your internet browser settings (see your browser Help for how to do this). You can learn how to manage cookies on your web browser by following the Browser Cookies Guide https://privacypolicies.com/blog/browser-cookies-guide/.

Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact on the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you may not be able to use certain features on our Website (log on, access content, use search functions). 

If you delete cookies relating to this Website, we will not remember things about your visit, including your cookie preferences, and you will be treated as a first-time visitor next time you visit the Website.

Opting out of cookies does not otherwise limit the collection of personal information described elsewhere in our Privacy Policy.

If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser. Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this Website. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

You can learn more about cookies at the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies and the following third-party websites:

• AllAboutCookies: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
•  Network Advertising Initiative: https://thenai.org/

Company may periodically amend This Policy for any reason. Please review This Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Website after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us using the contact details on our Website, if you have any questions or queries regarding how we use cookies or anything else on our Website.

Email: hello@spendbase.co.