Cookie Policy

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. We also use related technologies such as local storage, pixels, and software development kits (together, “cookies”). Cookies can be session cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or persistentcookies (which remain until they expire or you delete them), and they can be set by us (“first-party”) or by our providers (“third-party”).

2. How we use cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

2.1 Strictly necessary

These are required to run the Platform and cannot be turned off in our systems. They keep you signed in, maintain your session, remember checkout and form state, balance load, and protect against fraud and abuse. Without them, core features—such as logging in, placing orders, and secure playback—will not work.

2.2 Functional

These remember your choices and preferences to give you a better experience—for example, your theme (light/dark) and your audio player state (the current queue, playback settings, and volume), which we keep in your browser’s local storage, along with recently used settings.

2.3 Analytics and performance

These help us understand how the Platform is used—which pages and features are popular and where errors occur—so we can improve reliability and design. We use this information in aggregate and, where required, only with your consent.

We do not use cookies for cross-context behavioral advertising, and we do not sell information collected through cookies.

3. Cookie categories at a glance

• Authentication / session (strictly necessary) — keeps you securely signed in. Purpose: security and access. First-party.
• Preferences (functional) — theme, player state, and UI choices. Purpose: personalization.
• Security / anti-abuse (strictly necessary) — helps detect fraud and protect accounts.
• Analytics (optional) — usage and performance measurement. Purpose: improvement.

The specific cookie names and durations we set may change as we update the Platform and our providers. Where a consent banner is shown, it lists the current cookies in each category.

4. Third-party cookies

Some cookies are set by providers who help us operate the Platform—for example, our payment processor (during checkout), our authentication and hosting infrastructure, and our analytics and error-monitoring tools. These providers process data under their own terms and privacy notices. See the sub-processors listed in our Privacy Policy.

5. Your choices and how to control cookies

• Consent controls. Where required by law, we ask for your consent to non-essential cookies and let you change your choices at any time through our cookie/consent settings.
• Browser settings. Most browsers let you block or delete cookies and warn you before they are set. Refer to your browser’s help pages. Blocking strictly necessary cookies will break parts of the Platform.
• Global Privacy Control (GPC) / Do Not Track. We honor recognized opt-out preference signals, such as GPC, where we are legally required to do so.
• Device controls. Your operating system may offer additional controls over local storage and identifiers.

6. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy as our practices or the law change. We will update the effective date above and, where appropriate, notify you. Please check back periodically.

7. Contact

Questions about our use of cookies? Email privacy@wavekeep.com.

This document is a starting template. Confirm the specific cookies, durations, and providers used in your deployment (and wire a consent banner where required), then have it reviewed by qualified counsel before you rely on it.