Effective**:** January 14, 2023

Cookies on Surfn

• Our privacy policy describes how we collect and use information, and what choices you have. One way we collect information is through the use of a technology called “cookies", and similar technologies, such as pixels, local storage and software development kits (SDKs). We use cookies for all kinds of things on Surfn.

What’s a cookie

• When you go online, you use a program called a “browser” (like Apple’s Safari or Google’s Chrome). Most websites store a small amount of text in the browser—and that text is called a “cookie.” Other technologies function similarly to collect data about your browsing activity. This policy refers to these technologies collectively as “cookies.”

  We use session cookies (that last until you close your browser) or persistent cookies (that last until you or your browser delete them). For example, we use persistent cookies to store your language preferences or other settings so you don‘t have to set them up every time you visit Surfn.

  Some of the cookies we use are associated with your Surfn account (including information about you, such as the email address you gave us) and other cookies are not.

How we use cookies

• There are four categories of cookies we may use:
  • Essential cookies are required so Surfn works in the way you expect. Examples of these types of cookies are login cookies which keep you logged in as you scroll through Surfn or search for Pins.
  • Analytics cookies which are used for internal analytics and include cookies from providers like Google Analytics.
  • Personalization cookies for customizing content, including ads.
  • Marketing cookies which are used for advertising Surfn to you off of Surfn.

What we do with the cookies in each category

• Essential cookies

  • We may use essential cookies to remember your settings and preferences, like the language you prefer and your privacy settings.
  • Essential cookies let you log in and out of Surfn.
  • Essential cookies are just one way we protect you from security risks. For example, we use them to detect when someone might be trying to hack your Surfn account or spam the Surfn community.

  Analytics cookies

  • We use analytics cookies to make Surfn better. For example, these cookies tell us how many people use a certain feature and how popular it is, or whether people open an email we send.
  • We also use cookies to help advertisers understand who sees and interacts with their ads, and who visits their website or purchases their products.
  • Sometimes we hire security vendors or use third-party analytics providers to help us understand how people are using Surfn. Just like we do, these providers may use cookies.

  Personalization cookies

  • We may use cookies to help us remember your preferences, or which images or websites you’ve interacted with so we can show you related content you might like.
  • We may also use cookies to help an advertising service we partner with show you interesting ads. For example, if you bought a coffee table from an advertiser that uses a Surfn partner’s service, they could ask us to show you an ad for a couch. You can opt out of these services at any time.

  Marketing cookies

  • Sometimes we hire advertising vendors so that we can market Surfn products on other websites and apps. These providers may use cookies to provide this service to us. You can opt out of these services at any time.

Where we use cookies

• We use cookies on getsurfn.com, in our mobile applications, and in our products and services (like ads, emails and applications). We also use them on the websites of partners who use ad tools like conversion tracking.