AskNicely Cookie Policy

The effective date AskNicely last updated its Cookie Policy is October 1, 2021.
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Our Cookie Policy outlines the general policy, practices, and types of cookies that Ask Nicely may use to operate and improve our services and your experience when visiting our website or using our proprietary AskNicely platform, either web-based or mobile app, or similar services. Please refer to our Privacy Policy at https://www.asknicely.com/privacy  for additional information and definitions regarding our privacy practices.

WHAT ARE COOKIES AND WHY DO WE USE THEM
‍Cookies are small pieces of data set by a website or web-based application through your browser and stored on your electronic device. Cookies are used by many websites and web-based applications to remember information about you, such as your language setting, login information, or session information, or to analyze website usage and improve the overall user experience. We use cookies and other similar technologies (collectively "cookies") in order to provide a better experience for you and to generally improve our website at https://www.asknicely.com/,  and our proprietary AskNicely platform offered as both a web-based service and mobile app, and other services (collectively “Services”). For our website we use cookies to operate our website, improve your experience on our site, analyze site usage, and provide social media features. For the AskNicely platform, we use necessary, functional, and analytics cookies to store and retrieve login information, session information, operate the technology platforms effectively, and obtain aggregate data for analysis to improve our technology services. 
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ENABLING/DISABLING COOKIES
‍Some portions of our Services are functional without cookies, and you may generally choose whether to accept cookies. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default; however, you may be able to delete cookies yourself through your browser's cookie manager. To do so, please follow the instructions provided by your web browser. Please note that disabling cookies will reset your session, disable auto-login, and may adversely affect the availability and functionality of our website, applications, services and other resources we can provide to you.

For more information about managing cookies and how to stop cookies being installed visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.

AskNicely allows you to withdraw your consent to the use of cookies at any time by selecting the “Decline” button below. Your withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of using cookies based on your consent before withdrawal. 

By clicking “Decline All” you withdraw your consent to the use of all cookies other than those cookies strictly necessary to operate our website and the AskNicely platform. Please note these services may not perform as intended without performance and functionality cookies being set. More information is provided below. 

TYPES OF COOKIES
Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and technology function and are not switched off even when a user selects “Decline” in a cookie banner. They are usually only set in response to actions made by the user such as recording your cookie consent, logging in, or filling in forms, and are therefore essential to the services provided.

‍Performance and Functionality Cookies: These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization for the website or application and may be needed to function properly but are not strictly necessary and are therefore included as a user option. Examples include cookies to determine whether you have logged in before and to determine if you have dismissed a notification banner. We also use cookies to provide customized services. You may disable any of these functional cookies as described above; but if you do, various functions of the Services may be unavailable to you or may not work as intended

Analytics and Customization Cookies: Analytics cookies collect information about website use in an anonymous way that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our websites are being used or the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. Examples include counting site visits and clicks. AskNicely uses Google Analytics to track anonymised usage statistics for the site. This data is used to analyze how frequently people visit the site, how the website is found, and which pages are most frequently viewed. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a website user. This information is combined with data from thousands of other users to create an overall view of website data use and is never identified individually or personally. These cookies are only used to identify ways to improve the website.

The analytics cookies we use are: Google Analytics – Web traffic tracking. Learn more at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, and to opt out, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Customization cookies help us customize our websites for you. We provide specific default settings and information to you as a user such as language based upon your browser settings.  

‍Advertising Cookies: These cookies are based upon uniquely identifying the browser and internet device rather than relying upon directly personal information. Cookies are placed by third-party advertising platforms or networks to collect information about website visits and actions for delivery of targeted ads and to track ad performance, such as ensuring ads are properly displayed. They also perfom functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing and possibly selecting ads that are based on your interests. The collection of information is often through cross-context behavioral tracking. These cookies can be set by the site owner or advertising partner to build a profile of interests and show relevant adverts on other sites. AskNicely uses advertising cookies only for our own ads. We do not allow advertisers to use data to build a profile

Social Networking Cookies: These cookies integrate with social media links provided on the site and activate in response to user choice. The cookies enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our websites through third party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes. AskNicely currently provides links to Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter on its website.

‍Unclassified Cookies: These cookies are in the process of being classified with the help of providers. 

‍EFFECTIVE DATE AND AMENDMENTS
‍We may modify this Cookies Policy from time to time, with the current version indicated by the effective date at the top of this document.

CONTACT INFORMATION
‍You can email your inquiries to privacy@asknicely.com. You may also contact us via phone or mail. 

‍US Headquarters:
‍Phone (USA): +1 (971) 325-1296

Mailing Address:
Attn: Privacy Team
Ask Nicely Inc.
1615 SE 3rd Ave, Level 3,
Portland, Oregon 97214
United States of America

‍Our EU representative:
‍Phone: +31642079210
Attn: EU Privacy Team
Ask Nicely B.V.
Weesperstraat 61-105
Office #415
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1018VN, Netherlands