Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how Randomly (“we”, “our”, or “us”) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website and use our platform. This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle personal information.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to the website owners. Cookies can be “session” cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or “persistent” cookies (remaining on your device for a set period or until you delete them).

3. Cookies We Use

We use the following categories of cookies on our platform:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our platform. They enable core functionality such as user authentication, session management, and security features. Without these cookies, the services you have requested cannot be provided.

• Authentication tokens — Secure tokens that keep you logged in and verify your identity during your session.
• Session cookies — Maintain your active session state as you navigate between pages.
• Security cookies — Help protect against cross-site request forgery and other security threats.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use this data to improve our platform and user experience.

• Google Analytics — Collects anonymized data about page views, session duration, bounce rate, and user navigation patterns. IP anonymization is enabled.

Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They also help limit the number of times you see an advertisement and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

• Google AdSense — Serves advertisements on our platform. Google may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites.
• DoubleClick (DART) cookie — Used by Google to serve ads based on your browsing history. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad Settings page.

Preference Cookies

These cookies allow our platform to remember choices you have made and provide enhanced, personalized features.

• Cookie consent preference — Remembers whether you have accepted or rejected non-essential cookies.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our platform are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control these cookies. The third parties that set cookies on our platform include:

• Google (Analytics & AdSense) — Google uses cookies to serve ads and analyze website traffic. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and other sites on the internet.
• Vercel Analytics — Our hosting provider may collect performance and usage metrics to help optimize website delivery.

5. Google AdSense & Personalized Advertising

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our platform. Google AdSense uses cookies, including the DoubleClick DART cookie, to serve ads based on your visit to our website and other websites on the internet. This enables Google and its partners to serve you ads based on your browsing patterns and interests.

Personalized ads: Google may use the information it collects to show you personalized advertisements. This means ads may be tailored to your interests based on your browsing history across multiple websites.

Non-personalized ads: If you opt out of personalized advertising, you will still see ads, but they will not be based on your browsing history or interests.

Opt out: You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings. You can also visit aboutads.info to opt out of third-party vendor cookies for personalized advertising.

6. How to Manage Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can usually find these settings in the “Options” or “Preferences” menu of your browser. The following links may help you understand how to manage cookies in popular browsers:

• Google Chrome — Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies
• Mozilla Firefox — Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies
• Safari — Preferences > Privacy
• Microsoft Edge — Settings > Cookies and Site Permissions

Please note that blocking or deleting essential cookies may prevent you from using certain features of our platform, such as logging in or maintaining your session.

7. Cookie Duration

• Session cookies — Deleted automatically when you close your browser.
• Persistent cookies — Remain on your device for a set period (typically between 30 days and 2 years, depending on the cookie) or until you manually delete them.
• Authentication cookies — Our refresh tokens have a defined expiration period for security purposes.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. We will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page when changes are made. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please visit our Contact page or review our Privacy Policy for more details about how we handle your data.