CandysAI Cookie Policy

Last updated: June 5, 2025

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files saved on your device (e.g., computer, smartphone) when you use our website. They help us improve the website’s performance, tailor it to your preferences, and analyze how users interact with our Services. We also use similar technologies, like tracking pixels or local storage objects, that work in a similar way.

2. Types of cookies we use

We use different types of cookies, which can be divided into the following categories:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies
    • Purpose: Enable basic website functions like navigation, access to secure areas (e.g., user account), or payment processing for Services.
    • Examples: Session authentication cookies, cookies related to PayPal payment processing.
    • Legal basis: Performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).
    • Consent: These cookies don’t require your consent as they are essential for the website’s operation.
  • Functional Cookies
    • Purpose: Enhance the convenience of using the Services, e.g., by saving your preferences for AI companions (appearance, personality) or language settings.
    • Examples: Cookies storing your choices in the AI character creator.
    • Legal basis: Legitimate interest of the administrator (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
    • Consent: You can disable these cookies, but it might affect the Services’ functionality.
  • Analytical Cookies
    • Purpose: Help us understand how users interact with our website, e.g., which features are most used, session duration, or where users come from. This data is usually anonymized.
    • Examples: Cookies used by analytical tools, such as [e.g., Google Analytics, if used; please confirm].
    • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
    • Consent: These require your consent, which you can provide in our cookie settings panel.
  • Marketing Cookies
    • Purpose: Enable the display of personalized ads or offers, e.g., regarding new CandysAI features, on our website or partner sites.
    • Examples: Cookies tracking your preferences to customize ads.
    • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
    • Consent: You can refuse consent for these cookies without affecting the use of the Services.

3. What data do we collect using cookies?

Through cookies, we may collect the following information:

  • Technical data: IP address, browser type, operating system, device ID.
  • Data related to Service usage: visit history, clicks, time spent on the site, preferences for AI companions.
  • Behavioral data: information about interactions with the Services, e.g., what content you generate (conversations, images, videos).

We don’t use cookies to collect sensitive personal data (e.g., health or financial data) unless it’s essential for providing the Services (e.g., payment session data processed by PayPal).

4. How to manage cookies?

You have control over the cookies used. You can:

  • Manage settings in our panel: When you first visit our site, we display a cookie banner where you can choose which cookies you consent to (excluding strictly necessary ones).
  • Change browser settings: You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. You’ll find instructions in your browser’s help section (e.g., Chrome, Firefox, Safari). Keep in mind that disabling strictly necessary cookies might prevent you from using some website functions.
  • Incognito mode: Using private Browse mode in your browser can limit cookie storage.

5. Third parties and cookies

We cooperate with trusted partners who may place cookies on our website:

  • PayPal: Cookies related to payment processing, ensuring transaction security and discretion (transactions appear on statements as “PayPal”).
  • Analytical tools: [E.g., Google Analytics, if used; please confirm], which help us analyze website traffic.
  • Advertising partners: [E.g., ad networks, if used; please confirm], which deliver personalized ads with your consent.

Each partner operates under a data processing agreement, ensuring compliance with GDPR and other regulations.

6. How long do we store cookies?

The storage duration of cookies depends on their type:

  • Session cookies: Are stored only during your visit to the site and deleted after closing the browser.
  • Persistent cookies: Remain on your device for a specified period (e.g., several months or years) or until manually deleted.
  • Analytical/Marketing cookies: Stored for the period specified in the tool settings (e.g., Google Analytics stores data for up to 26 months, if used).

You’ll find detailed information about the storage period in our cookie settings panel.

7. Security

We use security measures like SSL encryption and Cloudflare protections to safeguard data collected by cookies. However, no system is completely immune to threats, so we recommend regularly updating your software and exercising caution when using the internet.

8. Your rights

In accordance with GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access data collected by cookies.
  • Rectify, erase, or restrict the processing of this data.
  • Object to the processing of data for analytical or marketing purposes.
  • Withdraw consent for cookies other than strictly necessary ones.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at smentochadam[a]gmail.com. More information is available in our Privacy Policy.

9. Contact

If you have questions about our Cookie Policy, please write to us:

  • Email: smentochadam[a]gmail.com
  • Address: Polska ul. Aleja Wolności 2c 84-300 Lębork

In case of complaints, you can contact the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (ul. Stawki 2, 00-193 Warszawa, Poland).

10. Changes to the Cookie Policy

We reserve the right to update this Cookie Policy at any time. We’ll inform you about significant changes via a banner on the website or by email. Please check this page regularly.

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