Cookie Policy

Last Updated: November 7, 2025

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.

Cookies allow websites to:

  • Remember your preferences and settings
  • Keep you logged in to your account
  • Understand how you use the website
  • Improve your user experience
  • Deliver relevant content and advertising

How We Use Cookies

Sweeperoo uses cookies and similar tracking technologies for the following purposes:

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

Required for the platform to function

Required

Purpose: These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be disabled. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility.

Examples:

  • Authentication cookies: Keep you logged in to your account
  • Session cookies: Remember your actions during a browsing session
  • Security cookies: Detect authentication abuse and protect your account
  • CSRF tokens: Prevent cross-site request forgery attacks

Duration: Session (deleted when you close your browser) or up to 30 days

Can you opt out? No - these cookies are essential for the platform to work. Disabling them will prevent you from using our services.

Functional Cookies

Remember your preferences

Optional

Purpose: These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences and settings.

Examples:

  • Language preferences: Remember your preferred language
  • Theme settings: Remember if you prefer dark mode or light mode
  • Dashboard layout: Remember your customized dashboard settings
  • Notification preferences: Remember your notification settings

Duration: Up to 1 year

Can you opt out? Yes - you can disable these cookies, but some features may not work as expected.

Analytics Cookies

Help us understand how you use our platform

Optional

Purpose: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our platform by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Examples:

  • Page views: Track which pages are most popular
  • User flow: Understand how users navigate through the platform
  • Error tracking: Identify and fix technical issues
  • Performance metrics: Monitor page load times and performance

Third-party services: We may use analytics services that set their own cookies (e.g., Google Analytics, if applicable).

Duration: Up to 2 years

Can you opt out? Yes - you can disable these cookies without affecting core functionality.

Marketing Cookies

Used for our own marketing purposes

Optional

Purpose: These cookies are used to deliver relevant advertisements and marketing content to you based on your interests.

Examples:

  • Retargeting: Show you relevant ads on other websites
  • Campaign tracking: Measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
  • Conversion tracking: Track which marketing efforts lead to sign-ups

Important note: We do NOT use marketing cookies to track sweepstakes participants. Marketing cookies are only used for our own business user acquisition.

Duration: Up to 1 year

Can you opt out? Yes - you can disable these cookies at any time.

Cookies on Sweepstakes Widgets

Important: When participants enter sweepstakes through widgets embedded on business user websites, we use minimal cookies for essential functionality only:

  • Entry tracking: Prevent duplicate entries from the same device
  • Fraud prevention: Detect and prevent fraudulent entries
  • Session management: Maintain entry state during the entry process

We do NOT use marketing or advertising cookies on participant-facing widgets. Business users are responsible for their own cookie policies on their websites where widgets are embedded.

Other Tracking Technologies

In addition to cookies, we may use other tracking technologies:

Web Beacons (Pixels)

Small transparent images embedded in web pages or emails that allow us to track page views, email opens, and user interactions.

Local Storage

HTML5 local storage allows us to store data locally in your browser for improved performance and offline functionality.

Device Fingerprinting

We may collect information about your device (browser type, operating system, screen resolution) to detect fraud and prevent duplicate entries. This information is anonymized and cannot be used to identify you personally.

Session Replay

We do NOT use session replay tools that record your screen or keystrokes.

How to Manage Cookies

You have several options to manage or disable cookies:

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:

  • Block all cookies
  • Block third-party cookies only
  • Delete cookies after each session
  • Receive a notification before a cookie is set

How to manage cookies in popular browsers:

Do Not Track (DNT)

We respect the "Do Not Track" browser setting. When DNT is enabled, we will not use optional cookies (analytics, marketing) on your device.

Opt-Out Links

You can opt out of interest-based advertising through:

Impact of Disabling Cookies

Please note that disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our platform:

  • Essential cookies: You will not be able to log in or use the platform
  • Functional cookies: Your preferences will not be saved
  • Analytics cookies: No impact on functionality
  • Marketing cookies: No impact on functionality

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our platform are set by third-party services we use. These include:

Authentication Services

If you sign in using a third-party authentication provider (e.g., Google, Microsoft), they may set their own cookies.

Payment Processing

Stripe may set cookies when you enter payment information. See Stripe's Privacy Policy.

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Cloudflare may set cookies for security and performance purposes. See Cloudflare's Privacy Policy.

We do not control third-party cookies. Please review the privacy policies of these services for more information.

Your Privacy Rights

Under various privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA), you have rights regarding your personal data collected through cookies:

  • Right to access: Request information about cookies we use
  • Right to deletion: Request deletion of cookie data
  • Right to opt-out: Opt out of non-essential cookies
  • Right to withdraw consent: Withdraw your consent at any time

To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@sweeperoo.com or manage your cookie preferences in your browser settings.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of material changes by:

  • Posting the updated policy on this page
  • Updating the "Last Updated" date at the top
  • Sending an email notification for significant changes

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact:

Privacy Officer
Skillful Squirrel Creative Inc. (operating as "Sweeperoo")
155-2 King Street West, Unit #195
Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8P 4S0
Email: privacy@sweeperoo.com