What Are Cookies
This site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your browser to provide us with the needed information to maintain a great user experience as well as make improvements to our platform. This page describes what information the cookies gather and more info on how we use them. We also provide information on how to prevent our cookies from being stored. However, this will break certain functions of the site rendering it unusable for the purpose intended.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons which we have detailed below. It is recommended that you leave all cookies activated.
Disabling Cookies
You can remove or delete unwanted cookies through your browser settings. Be aware that disabling cookies will cause the site to break and not all functions will be available to you. It is highly recommended that you do not disable cookies as the site will fail to work properly.
The Cookies We Set
You are free to delete or remove any cookies that we set. However, please be aware that disabling cookies will affect functionality. Below listed are the type of cookies we may set and how they are used:
- Account related cookies
If you create an account we will use cookies for the signup process. 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 such as selecting the stay logged in forever option.
- Login or account related cookies
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can track that you are indeed logged into the site. This prevents you from having to log in to each and every page you visit on the site as you navigate from page to page while browsing the logged in portions of our website. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out unless you have selected the option to remain logged in forever in which case the cookie will remain for as long as it is not removed by you or deleted by your browser. This is to ensure that you can access the logged in areas of the site when logged in.
- Email related cookies
This site offers a newsletter. Cookies may be used to remember if you are already subscribed.
We may also use cookies to analyze statistics related to marketing or other email correspondance from us to include open rate, user engagement with the email, opt-out preferences, etc.
- Cookies used when submitting data via a form
Submitting data to through a form on Grindabuck.com such as those found on the registration page, account verification page or contact pages cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence or to confirm completion of the form.
- Site preference cookies
In order to remember your preferences for the site we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page that is affected by your selected preferences.
Third Party Cookies
In some cases we use cookies provided by trusted third parties. Below listed are some examples and explainations of what cookies we use and what they are used for. This list may not include all cookies used. We encourage you to review your browser settings from time to time to see which cookies have been set. You are always free to disable any cookie but we remind you that the site may not function correctly afterward.
- This site uses Google Analytics to understand how you use the site and to identify ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies are used to track things like how long you spend on the site and which pages that you visit so we can improve and maintain the best user experience possible.
- Several partners and site members may refer friends and family to the site using their unique affiliate tracking link. Affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our users have come to us through one of our partner site's or member's unique affiliate link.
- We use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to automatically login to your Grindabuck account or interact with our social media presence. The following social media sites may set cookies if you choose to interact with or use their login service; Facebook and Twitter
- As a convenience to our members we also place cookies on behalf of the following sites in order to provide the user with a seamless and automated login/register experience when accessing these 3rd party, linked, advertisers or services:
- Engageme.TV - this cookie is set so that when you log in to Engageme.TV you are able to automatically link your Grindabuck account to your Engageme.TV account. This eliminates user error when entering user ID and makes the process much easier.
- Smores.TV - this cookie is set so that when you log in to Smores.TV you are able to automatically link your Grindabuck account to your Smores.TV account. This eliminates user error when entering user ID and makes the process much easier.
Contacting us
If there are any questions regarding our online privacy policy or cookies policy, you may contact us using the information below.
Grindabit Interactive, Inc.
Attn: Data Protection Officer
13700 Alton Parkway, Suite 154-218
Irvine, CA 92618
Email: [email protected]
This Cookies Policy was last updated on May 24, 2018.
