Coommunity Cookie Policy

What are cookies and what does this policy cover?

Cookies are small pieces of text used to store information in web browsers. They are used to store and receive identifiers and other information on computers, smartphones and other devices. Other technologies — including data we store in your browser or device, identifiers associated with your device and other software — are used for similar purposes. In this policy, we refer to all these technologies collectively as "cookies".

If you have a CoommunityApp account, use Coommunity services — including our websites and applications — or access other websites and applications that use Coommunity technologies, please be aware that we use cookies. Through them, Coommunity is able to provide its services and understand the information it receives about you — including information about the use of other websites and applications, or whether you have previously registered or logged in.

Unless otherwise stated in this policy, the Coommunity Privacy Policy applies to the processing of data collected through cookies.

Types of cookies we use

Why do we use cookies?

Cookies help us provide, protect and improve Coommunity services — whether by personalising content, measuring and adapting ads where applicable, or enabling a safer experience. In general, we use cookies for the following purposes:

Authentication

We use cookies to verify your account and distinguish you from other users of our services. This includes:

• Keeping you logged in as you navigate between different pages of the CoommunityApp.
• Ensuring that the content you see matches your account and preferences.
• Verifying that you are authorised to access certain features or content.

Security and integrity

We use cookies to help maintain the security of Coommunity services and protect the integrity of our users' accounts. This includes:

• Detecting and combating automated behaviour (bots) that violates our Terms of Service.
• Preventing unauthorised access attempts to accounts.
• Identifying and blocking violations of our Terms or Policies.

Advertising, recommendations and measurement

We use cookies to help show relevant ads to users inside and outside the CoommunityApp, and to measure the effectiveness of those ads. This includes:

• Selecting the ads you see, based on your interests and activity — on the free plan only.
• Measuring how many people have seen or interacted with an ad, and its performance.
• Providing personalised recommendations for content, people and communities.
• Allowing advertisers to better understand the audiences their ads reach.

Features and preferences

We use cookies to provide the features that make the CoommunityApp useful for you. This includes:

• Saving your language, location and accessibility preferences.
• Allowing features such as payments and security verification to work correctly.
• Remembering your preferences between sessions so you don't have to reset them every time you log in.

Performance

We use cookies to understand how our services are being used and to continuously improve them. This includes:

• Measuring page load times and identifying technical issues.
• Analysing which features are most used and where difficulties occur.
• Testing new features with selected groups of users before rolling them out to everyone.

Analytics and research

We use cookies to better understand user behaviour and support the research and development of our services. This includes:

• Collecting aggregated and anonymised data on CoommunityApp usage.
• Supporting internal studies and analyses aimed at improving the user experience.
• Collaborating with external researchers on projects of public interest, always with appropriate privacy safeguards.

Where do we use cookies?

We may place cookies on your computer or device, and receive information stored in those cookies, when you use or access:

• Coommunity services — including the CoommunityApp and associated websites.
• Services provided by Coommunity integrated partners.
• Websites and applications of other companies that use Coommunity technologies on their platforms.

Do other companies use cookies on Coommunity services?

Yes. Other companies use cookies on Coommunity services to provide us with advertising, measurement, marketing and analytics services, and to provide certain features and improve our services. For example, third-party cookies help tailor ads outside the CoommunityApp, measure campaign performance and effectiveness, and support marketing and analytics.

Third-party companies also use cookies on their own websites and applications. To understand how these companies use cookies, please refer to their respective privacy and cookie policies.

How can you control your information?

We use cookies to help personalise and improve content and services, provide a safer experience and show you useful and relevant ads where applicable. You have several tools available to control how we use your data.

If you have a CoommunityApp account

You can review and adjust your cookie and data preferences directly in your account settings:

• Manage your Cookie Preferences in Coommunity Settings
• Manage your Ad Preferences in Coommunity Settings
• Review your Activity and limit external data collection

If you do not have a CoommunityApp account

Even without an account, you have options to control Coommunity cookies:

• Manage your cookie preferences as an unregistered user

All users — Browser controls

Regardless of whether or not you have an account, you can use the following tools:

• Browser settings — most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can configure your browser to refuse cookies, delete existing cookies or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Check your browser settings or its help menu to find out how to do this.
• Privacy tools — there are third-party extensions and tools that allow you to manage and block cookies in a more granular way, according to your privacy preferences.