Cookie Policy
Last updated: 6th May, 2024
Welcome to Bolt Global’s Cookie Policy (“Policy”).
This Policy will help you understand why we use cookies, how this applies to you and how you can control the cookies you accept.
1.What Are Cookies
“Cookie” (also known as browser cookies or tracking cookies), are small, often encrypted text files, located in browser directories. They are used by web developers to help users navigate their websites efficiently and perform certain functions. The term also encompasses a range of technologies, these include but are not limited to:
●Pixel tags, which indicate if a page or email has been viewed
●Mobile device identifiers
●Web storage used on both desktops and mobile devices
Cookies can generally be broken down into the following 2 categories:
●Session Cookies, these cookies expire once you close the website.
●Persistent Cookies, these cookies stay attached to your browser up until you delete them.
There are also the cookies set by the website you visit, namely first party cookies and third-party cookies. Third party cookies are usually set by the partners of the site you visit, google analytics is a good example.
Bolt Global uses a combination of cookies throughout its platforms to improve its services which are detailed within this policy. Cookies also help us remember your preferences and improve our services.
2.What & How We Use Cookies
The following table shows all of the different cookies we use in order to provide you with the best possible service. If you have any questions regarding the cookies, we utilise please refer to our contact information section of this Policy.
| Cookie Type | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary Cookies | These cookies are essential in order to enable you to use the features of our services, such as maintaining your playlist. Without these cookies, services you have asked for e.g., e-billing, cannot be provided. In summary, these cookies enable services you have specifically asked for and make using our services possible. |
| 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 site 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. |
| Orders Processing Related Cookies | This site offers e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly. |
| Surveys Related Cookies | From time to time we offer user surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages. |
| Forms Related Cookies | When you submit data to 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 site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site 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 is affected by your preferences. |
| Third Party Cookies | In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site. This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. We may also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work, various social media sites will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies. |
| 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 |
The following table outlines how we use the different classes of cookies to maintain/enhance our services and how they apply to you:
| Cookie Type | Its purpose and explanation |
|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary Cookies | We use these cookies to provide you with the service you request. Without them we would not have the amazing functionality we have on our platforms and are an integral part of our services. |
| Performance and Analytics Cookies, these can include: Survey Related Cookies, Login Performance Cookies, you get the picture | We use these cookies to see how well our platform is doing and how we can improve it. These cookies are essential for upgrading our current services. |
| Functional cookies, these can include: Site Preference Cookies, Account related Cookies, etc | We use these cookies to tailor our services to you, you will have full control over them through our in platform banner and settings. |
| Third Party, Think of things like Google Analytics, etc | We may allow our partners to use cookies or other similar technologies on or outside the Spotify Service for the same purposes identified above. |