Cookie Policy

Effective from 1st January 2025

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What are cookies and what does this policy cover?

Cookies are small pieces of text used to store information in web browsers. Cookies are used to store and receive identifiers and other information on computers, phones and other devices. Other technologies, including data that we store on your web browser or device, identifiers associated with your device and other software, are used for similar purposes. In this policy, we refer to all of these technologies as "cookies".

We use cookies if you have The FlyTribe or The FlyTribe account, use The FlyTribe Products, including our website and apps, or visit other websites and apps that use The FlyTribe Products (including the Like button). Cookies enable The FlyTribe to offer The FlyTribe Products to you and to understand the information that we receive about you, including information about your use of other websites and apps, whether or not you are registered or logged in.

This policy explains how we use cookies and the choices you have. Except as otherwise stated in this policy, the Privacy Policy will apply to our processing of the data that we collect via cookies.

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Why do we use cookies?

Cookies help us provide, protect and improve The FlyTribe Products, such as by personalising content, tailoring and measuring ads, and providing a safer experience. The cookies that we use include session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay in your browser until they expire, or you delete them. The cookies that we use and how we use them may change over time as we improve and update The FlyTribe Products, we typically use them for the following purposes: 

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Authentication

We use cookies to verify your account and determine when you're logged in so that we can make it easier for you to access The FlyTribe Products and show you the appropriate experience and features.

• For example: We use cookies to keep you logged in as you navigate between The FlyTribe Pages. Cookies also help us remember your browser so you don't have to keep logging in to The FlyTribe and so you can more easily log in to The FlyTribe via third-party apps and websites

 

Security, site and product integrity

We use cookies to help us keep your account, data and The FlyTribe Products safe and secure.

We also use cookies to combat activity that violates our policies or otherwise degrades our ability to provide The FlyTribe Products.

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Advertising, recommendations, insights and measurement

We use cookies to help us show ads and to make recommendations for businesses and other organisations to people who may be interested in the products, services or causes they promote.

We also use cookies to help measure the performance of ad campaigns for businesses that use The FlyTribe Products.

Cookies help us serve and measure ads across different browsers and devices used by the same person.

Cookies also allow us to provide insights about the people who use The FlyTribe Products, as well as the people who interact with the ads, websites and apps of our advertisers and the businesses that use The FlyTribe Products.

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Site features and services

We use cookies to enable the functionality that helps us provide The FlyTribe Products.

• For example: Cookies help us store preferences, know when you've seen or interacted with The FlyTribe Products' content and provide you with customised content and experiences. For instance, cookies allow us to make suggestions to you and others, and to customise content on third-party sites that integrate our social plugins. We use cookies such as the session-based "presence" cookie to support your use of Messenger chat windows.

We also use cookies to help provide you with content relevant to your locale. 

• For example: We store information in a cookie that is placed on your browser or device so that you will see the site in your preferred language.

 

Performance

We use cookies to provide you with the best experience possible.

• For example: Cookies help us route traffic between servers and understand how quickly The FlyTribe Products load for different people. Cookies also help us record the ratio and dimensions of your screen and windows and know whether you've enabled high-contrast mode, so that we can render our sites and apps correctly.

 

Analytics and research

We use cookies to better understand how people use The FlyTribe Products so that we can improve them.

• For example: Cookies can help us understand how people use The FlyTribe service, analyse which parts of our Products people find most useful and engaging, and identify features that could be improved.

 

Third-party websites and apps

Our business partners may also choose to share information with The FlyTribe from cookies set in their own websites' domains, whether or not you have The FlyTribe or The FlyTribe account or are logged in. Unlike cookies that are set on The FlyTribe's own domains, these cookies aren't accessible by The FlyTribe when you're on a site other than the one on which they were set, including when you are on one of our domains. They serve the same purposes as cookies set in The FlyTribe's own domain, which are to personalise content (including ads), measure ads, produce analytics and provide a safer experience, as set out in this Cookies Policy.

 

Where do we use cookies?

We may place cookies on your computer or device and receive information stored in cookies when you use or visit:

•  The FlyTribe Products; and

• Websites and apps provided by other companies that use The FlyTribe Products, including companies that incorporate The FlyTribe technologies into their websites and apps. The FlyTribe uses cookies and receives information when you visit those sites and apps, including device information and information about your activity, without any further action from you. This occurs whether or not you have The FlyTribe or The FlyTribe account or are logged in.

 

Do other Companies use cookies in connection with The FlyTribe Products?

Yes, other companies use cookies on The FlyTribe Products to provide advertising, measurement, marketing and analytics services to us, and to provide certain features and improve our services for you.

For example, other companies' cookies help tailor ads off The FlyTribe Products, measure their performance and effectiveness and support marketing and analytics. Certain features on The FlyTribe Products use cookies from other companies to function, for example, certain maps, payment and security features. 

Third-party companies also use cookies on their own sites and apps in connection with The FlyTribe Products. To understand how other companies use cookies, please review their policies.

 

How can you control your information?

We use cookies to help personalise and improve content and services, provide a safer experience and to show you useful and relevant ads on and off The FlyTribe Products. You can control how we use data to show you ads and more by using the tools described below.

Manage your cookies

 

If you have The FlyTribe account

• You can use your ad preferences to learn why you're seeing a particular ad and control how we use information that we collect to show you ads.

• To show you better ads, we use data that advertisers and other partners provide us about your activity off The FlyTribe Products, including websites and apps. You can control whether we use this data to show you ads in your ad settings.

 

Everyone

You can opt out of seeing online interest-based ads from The FlyTribe and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the US, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe or through your mobile device settings, where available, using Android, iOS 13 or an earlier version of iOS. Please note that ad blockers and tools that restrict our cookie use may interfere with these controls.

 

More information about online advertising 

The advertising companies we work with generally use cookies and similar technologies as part of their services. To learn more about how advertisers generally use cookies and the choices they offer, you can review the following resources:

• Digital Advertising Alliance

• Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada

• European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance

 

Browser cookie controls

In addition, your browser or device may offer settings that allow you to choose whether browser cookies are set and to delete them. These controls vary by browser, and manufacturers may change both the settings that they make available and how they work at any time. Certain parts of The FlyTribe Products may not work properly if you have disabled browser cookie use. Please be aware that these controls are distinct from the controls that we offer you.