Sandscape

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Cookie Policy

Effective April 14th, 2025

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how Sandscape ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website (www.sandscape.ai) or use our multi-platform social gaming application and related services (collectively, the "Service"). It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them.

This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which provides more detail on how we handle your personal information.

By using the Service, you consent to the use of cookies and similar technologies as described in this policy, except where consent is managed through specific mechanisms (like a cookie consent banner).

2. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or use an application. Cookies are widely used by online service providers to make their websites or services work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the service provider (in this case, Sandscape) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the service provider are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the service (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics).

Other similar tracking technologies include web beacons (also known as "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"), scripts, and local storage (like HTML5). These technologies can also store small amounts of data on your device or monitor your activity.

In this policy, we refer to all these technologies collectively as "Cookies."

3. Why Do We Use Cookies?

We use first-party and third-party Cookies for several reasons. Some Cookies are required for technical reasons for our Service to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" Cookies. Other Cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Service, perform analytics, and serve advertising (primarily for free tier users).

The specific types of first-party and third-party Cookies served through our Service and the purposes they perform are described below:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: These Cookies are essential to provide you with services available through our Service and to enable you to use some of its features, such as accessing secure areas, processing payments, and ensuring basic functionality. Because these Cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the Service, you cannot refuse them without impacting how our Service functions.
    • Examples: Session management, authentication, security, load balancing.
  • Performance and Analytics Cookies: These Cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Service is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Service for you. They help us analyze traffic, identify popular features, and improve performance.
    • Examples: Google Analytics, internal analytics tracking usage patterns.
  • Functionality Cookies: These Cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our Service. They enable us to personalize our content for you, remember your preferences (e.g., your choice of language or region, login details), and provide enhanced features.
    • Examples: Remembering user settings, language preferences, login state.
  • Advertising/Targeting Cookies (Primarily for Free Tier): These Cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your inferred interests (cross-context behavioral advertising). These are typically third-party Cookies.
    • Examples: Google AdSense/AdMob, other ad network cookies.
  • Social Media Cookies: These Cookies may be set by social media services that we have added to the site (e.g., share buttons) to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests, which may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.

4. How Can You Control Cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject Cookies (other than Strictly Necessary Cookies).

  • Cookie Consent Tool: When you first visit our website or use our application, you may be presented with a cookie banner or preference center where you can manage your consent for different categories of Cookies. You can typically adjust your preferences at any time through a link in the website footer or within the application settings.
  • Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control Cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept Cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service effectively.
  • Mobile Device Settings: You can control advertising identifiers on your mobile device through your device settings. For iOS, navigate to Settings > Privacy > Tracking / Advertising. For Android, navigate to Settings > Google > Ads.
  • Third-Party Opt-Outs: Many advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. For more information, visit:

Refusing Cookies may impact your experience, and some functionality and features of the Service may become unavailable.

5. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the Cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of Cookies and related technologies. The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of Cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us using the details provided in our Privacy Policy or at privacy@sandscape.ai.