Cookie Policy
What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a smoother and more personalized experience by remembering your preferences, enabling essential functions, and analyzing how you use our platform.
Some cookies are set directly by WishMate, while others come from third-party providers that help us improve functionality and performance. This policy also covers similar technologies such as web beacons and local storage.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core features such as account login, authentication, and security. Without them, some parts of our website may not work correctly.
- Preference Cookies: These cookies remember your settings and preferences—such as language, region, and display options—to enhance your browsing experience.
- Analytics Cookies: We use analytics cookies (via Amplitude Analytics with EU server zones) to understand how visitors use our site (e.g., which pages are most visited or where users spend the most time). This helps us improve performance and usability.
- Marketing Cookies: Marketing cookies help us deliver personalized advertisements and measure the effectiveness of our campaigns. They may track your browsing behavior across other websites to show relevant ads.
Types of Cookies We Use
Session Cookies
Temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser. They are essential for navigation and maintaining secure sessions.
Persistent Cookies
Remain on your device for a set duration or until you manually delete them. These cookies allow us to remember your preferences and personalize your next visit. For example, our consent management platform (CookieYes) stores your consent choices in the cookieyes-consent cookie.
Third-Party Cookies
Certain features on our website rely on third-party services (such as Amplitude Analytics for usage tracking, and other analytics providers, advertising networks, and social media platforms). These third parties may set cookies according to their own privacy and cookie policies. We recommend reviewing the respective third-party privacy policies for more details on how they handle cookie data.
Similar Technologies
In addition to cookies, we use similar technologies to enhance your experience:
- Local Storage: We use browser local storage to save your preferences and settings locally on your device, such as display preferences and session data.
- Web Beacons: Small graphic images (also known as pixel tags) that help us understand user behavior and measure the effectiveness of our communications.
- Session Identifiers: We generate unique session IDs (UUID v7) to track user journeys and improve the user experience. These identifiers are temporary and do not contain personal information.
Third-Party Services
We work with the following third-party services that may set cookies:
- Amplitude Analytics: Usage analytics and behavior tracking (EU server zones)
- Firebase: Authentication and user management (if configured)
- Stripe: Payment processing (if applicable)
- Vercel: Hosting and performance optimization
These services are subject to their own privacy and cookie policies. We recommend reviewing their policies for more information.
Managing Cookies
You have control over your cookie preferences. You can:
- Accept or reject cookies: via our cookie consent banner upon your first visit
- Change your browser settings: to block, delete, or notify you before cookies are stored
- Use third-party tools: to manage advertising or tracking cookies (e.g., opt-out platforms)
Please note that disabling some cookies may affect the functionality or performance of our website. For example, disabling essential cookies may prevent you from logging in or using certain features.
Cookie Consent Management
When you first visit WishMate, you'll see a cookie consent banner powered by CookieYes. You can choose to accept or reject non-essential cookies. Your choice is stored in the cookieyes-consent cookie and will be remembered on future visits.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by reopening the cookie settings widget available on our website, or by contacting us at [email protected].
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. Any significant updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.
We encourage you to review this policy regularly to stay informed about how we use cookies.
Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or this policy, please contact us at [email protected].
For more information about how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.