Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies help us enhance your experience on BestieSpy by remembering your preferences and enabling certain features.

2. How We Use Cookies

BestieSpy uses cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, account authentication, and session management. Without these cookies, the services you have requested cannot be provided.
• Authentication Cookies: When you sign in to your account, we use cookies to keep you logged in and remember your authentication state across pages and visits.
• Preference Cookies: These cookies allow us to remember choices you make (such as your preferred settings) and provide enhanced, more personalized features.
• Analytics Cookies: We use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with our website. This helps us improve our service and user experience.
• Security Cookies: We use security cookies to help identify and prevent security risks, protecting our service from spam and abuse.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We use both session and persistent cookies on our website:

• Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser. They are used to maintain your session while you navigate through the website.
• Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. They help us recognize you as a returning visitor and remember your preferences.

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we use various third-party cookies to provide our services. These include:

• Google Authentication: We use Google Sign-In to allow you to log into your account. When you authenticate with Google, cookies are set to maintain your login session and securely identify you across visits.
• Stripe: Our payment processor Stripe uses cookies to enable secure payment processing, fraud prevention, and to remember your payment preferences. These cookies are essential for processing subscriptions and transactions.
• Microsoft Clarity: We use Microsoft Clarity to understand how users interact with our website through session recordings and heatmaps. Clarity uses cookies to track user behavior anonymously. You can opt out of Clarity tracking through our cookie preferences when you first visit our site.

5. Managing Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically find these settings in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of your browser. You can set your browser to:

• Accept all cookies
• Notify you when a cookie is set
• Reject all cookies
• Delete cookies when you close your browser

Please note that if you choose to block or delete cookies, some features of our website may not function properly, and you may not be able to access certain parts of our service.

6. Local Storage

In addition to cookies, we may also use local storage technology to store information in your browser. Local storage is similar to cookies but allows for larger amounts of data to be stored. We use local storage to:

• Cache user preferences and settings
• Store temporary data to improve performance
• Remember certain user interactions

You can clear local storage through your browser settings, typically in the same area where you manage cookies.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our cookie practices.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us.