Cookies Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how FlatDeal uses cookies and technologies that perform similar functions on https://flatdeal.com/, within FlatDeal mobile applications and through related digital services.

This Policy is intended to be read with the FlatDeal Privacy Policy. It describes the categories, purposes and controls associated with cookies, pixels, SDKs, tags, local storage, device identifiers and similar technologies.

1. What Cookies Are

A cookie is a small data file stored on or associated with a browser or device. Similar technologies can perform comparable functions, including recognising a browser or device, preserving session state, recording interactions or measuring activity.

2. Session and Persistent Cookies

Session cookies generally operate for the duration of a browsing session, while persistent cookies may remain until they expire or are deleted. The exact duration may depend on the technology and purpose.

3. Strictly Necessary Technologies

These technologies support authentication, account sessions, security, fraud prevention, basic navigation, load balancing and other functions necessary for the Platform to operate. Where applicable law treats them as necessary, they may operate without separate consent.

4. Functional and Preference Technologies

These technologies may remember interface settings or preferences and improve continuity of the User experience.

5. Analytics and Performance Technologies

These technologies may record information such as pages viewed, searches, session events, clicks, referral information, device information, performance measures and error events so that FlatDeal can understand usage and improve the Platform.

6. Security and Fraud Prevention Technologies

Security technologies may help identify suspicious sessions, abnormal behaviour, automated abuse, Account compromise or other activity that could threaten Platform integrity.

7. Marketing and Campaign Measurement Technologies

Where lawful, FlatDeal may use technologies to measure campaign effectiveness, understand engagement with marketing communications, attribute enquiries and evaluate promotional activity.

8. First-Party Technologies

Some technologies are placed or controlled directly by FlatDeal and may support authentication, preferences, analytics, security and other Platform functions.

9. Third-Party Technologies

Third parties may provide analytics, hosting, communication, customer-support, security or marketing technologies. Those providers may receive technical or usage information subject to their own policies and applicable contractual or legal safeguards.

10. Consent Management

Where applicable law requires consent before use of a non-essential technology, FlatDeal will present an appropriate consent or preference mechanism and will honour the choices available through that mechanism.

11. Withdrawal of Consent

Where consent is the legal basis for a cookie or similar technology, a User may withdraw consent through the available controls. Withdrawal does not necessarily erase information lawfully collected before withdrawal.

12. Browser Controls

Most browsers permit Users to block or delete cookies. Blocking necessary technologies may affect authentication, security and functionality. Browser controls may not control all technologies used by mobile applications.

13. Mobile Applications

FlatDeal applications may use SDKs, local storage, device identifiers, push-notification technologies and crash-reporting or analytics tools. Users may be able to manage certain permissions through device operating-system settings.

14. Analytics Information

Analytics information may be aggregated or otherwise analysed to understand Platform performance and trends. Where feasible, FlatDeal may use technical controls intended to reduce unnecessary identification.

15. Attribution

Where lawful, FlatDeal may use tracking mechanisms to determine whether a marketing activity, referral or campaign contributed to a visit, enquiry or other interaction.

16. Security

Certain security technologies may remain active even when a User has declined non-essential analytics or marketing technologies, to the extent they are necessary for security and permitted by law.

17. Relationship to Privacy Policy

Information collected through cookies or similar technologies is governed by the FlatDeal Privacy Policy, including provisions relating to sharing, retention, security and rights.

18. Changes

FlatDeal may change the technologies it uses as services, vendors and Platform architecture evolve. Where the law requires updated notice or consent, FlatDeal will update the relevant disclosure and control mechanism.

19. Cookie Management Principle

FlatDeal seeks to distinguish technologies that are required to provide the service from those that are optional. Where applicable law requires granular choices, the consent mechanism will present choices at an appropriate level of detail. The actual technologies deployed may vary by browser, device, application version, geography and feature availability.

20. Detailed Cookie Lifecycle

Placement

A cookie or similar technology may be placed when a page, application or embedded service is loaded, subject to applicable consent requirements.

Use

The technology may record technical, session, preference, analytics or marketing information according to its category and purpose.

Access

FlatDeal or the relevant third-party provider may read the identifier to provide the associated service or measurement.

Retention

The identifier may expire at the end of a session, after a defined period, or when the User deletes or blocks it.

Deletion

Users may delete certain browser cookies using browser settings or available consent controls. Server-side records are subject to the Privacy Policy.

21. Cookie Choice Logic

Where applicable law requires consent, FlatDeal will distinguish consent-requiring technologies from technologies that are necessary for core Platform operation. A User may be offered category-level choices. If a User rejects optional categories, FlatDeal will seek to prevent optional technologies in those categories from being newly deployed through the consent mechanism, subject to technical limitations and technologies that are necessary for security or service operation.

A change of preference may take effect after a short technical delay because already-created sessions, cached resources or third-party systems may not immediately reflect the new setting.

22. Cookie and Similar Technology Security

FlatDeal may use cookies and similar identifiers to maintain a secure session, recognise repeated authentication, detect suspicious access and support fraud prevention. Security-related identifiers may be treated differently from optional analytics or marketing technologies where applicable law permits their use without consent.

23. Analytics Data and Aggregation

Analytics services may collect event-level technical information. FlatDeal may use aggregated or otherwise de-identified outputs to understand trends, improve performance, identify errors and make product decisions. Aggregation does not necessarily mean that the underlying service provider receives no identifiable technical information.

24. Third-Party Technology Changes

Technology providers may change their software development kits, cookie names, identifiers or technical implementation. FlatDeal may update its consent configuration and this Policy when reasonably necessary. Because third-party technology changes may occur independently, a live list of exact cookie names should be maintained operationally rather than treated as a permanently exhaustive list in this Policy.

25. User Controls

Depending on the browser, operating system and device, a User may be able to block, delete or restrict cookies, reset advertising identifiers, disable certain application permissions, or use FlatDeal’s consent controls where provided. Disabling necessary technologies can impair login, security and functionality.