1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of information that websites may store on your browser or device. They allow a website to recognize your browser or device and remember certain information.
Jigu Bites and the services we use may also use technologies similar to cookies, including:
- Local storage
- Session storage
- Software development kits (SDKs)
- Pixels
- Device identifiers
- Application identifiers
- Tags and web beacons
- Similar technologies
For simplicity, this Policy refers to these technologies collectively as "cookies and similar technologies."
2. Why Jigu Bites Uses Cookies and Similar Technologies
We may use cookies and similar technologies for purposes including:
- Authentication and account security
- Maintaining login sessions
- Remembering preferences
- Providing core functionality
- Maintaining shopping or transaction sessions where applicable
- Understanding how users interact with Jigu Bites
- Measuring performance and detecting errors
- Preventing fraud and abuse
- Improving the Services
- Personalizing certain features
- Supporting marketing or promotional activities where applicable
Not every technology is used for every purpose, and the technologies used may change as Jigu Bites develops.
3. Types of Technologies We May Use
3.1 Strictly Necessary Technologies
Some cookies and similar technologies are necessary for Jigu Bites to function. They may be used for login sessions, authentication, security, account management, fraud prevention, load balancing, maintaining application functionality, and remembering necessary technical settings.
Without these technologies, certain parts of Jigu Bites may not function correctly. Because these technologies are necessary for providing requested functionality, they may not be disabled through ordinary preference controls where doing so would prevent the associated feature from working.
4. Authentication and Session Technologies
Jigu Bites may use cookies, tokens, local storage, SDKs, or similar technologies to keep you signed in and maintain your session. These technologies may help us recognize an authenticated user, maintain a login session, protect accounts, prevent unauthorized access, and maintain application state. Authentication technologies may be provided directly by Jigu Bites or by authentication providers used by Jigu Bites.
5. Preference Technologies
We may use cookies or similar technologies to remember preferences such as language, display preferences, certain feature settings, notification preferences, and other choices you make while using the Services. This allows Jigu Bites to provide a more consistent experience.
6. Analytics Technologies
Jigu Bites may use analytics technologies to understand how the Services are used. We currently use or may use services such as Firebase and Google Analytics.
Analytics technologies may collect information such as:
- Pages or screens viewed
- Features used and interactions
- Sessions and referring information
- Device, browser, and operating system information
- Application version and approximate location
- Performance and crash information
- Technical identifiers
We use analytics information to understand usage patterns, improve features, identify technical problems, monitor performance, improve usability, and develop new functionality. Analytics providers may process information according to their own terms and privacy policies.
7. Performance and Error Monitoring
Jigu Bites may use cookies, SDKs, logs, or similar technologies to identify application errors, crashes, slow pages, failed requests, performance problems, and device compatibility problems. This information helps us identify and resolve technical problems.
8. Security and Fraud Prevention
Jigu Bites may use cookies and similar technologies to help detect suspicious activity, prevent automated abuse, protect accounts, detect fraud, protect authentication systems, prevent unauthorized access, and maintain platform security. Security-related technologies may operate even when other optional technologies are disabled because they may be necessary to protect the Services.
9. Personalization and Recommendations
Jigu Bites may use information collected through cookies or similar technologies together with information associated with your account to improve personalization. This may contribute to restaurant recommendations, search results, feed recommendations, content discovery, suggested restaurants, and other personalized features.
Not all personalization relies on cookies. Jigu Bites may also use information directly associated with your account or activity within the Services. Additional information is available in the Jigu Bites Privacy Policy.
10. Marketing and Promotional Technologies
Jigu Bites may introduce technologies that support marketing, advertising, promotional measurement, or campaign effectiveness. If these technologies are introduced, they may be used to measure campaign performance, understand interactions with promotional content, deliver or measure relevant promotions, prevent advertising fraud, and understand the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. The specific technologies and providers may change over time.
Where required by applicable law, Jigu Bites will provide appropriate controls or obtain the necessary permissions before using certain optional technologies.
11. Third-Party Technologies
Some cookies or similar technologies may be provided by third parties, including providers of analytics, authentication, maps, payments, security, communications, advertising, infrastructure, customer-support systems, and other integrated services. Examples may include Firebase and Google Analytics.
Third-party providers may collect or process information according to their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review the privacy information provided by third-party services that you use through Jigu Bites.
12. Cookies Used by Restaurants or Other Third Parties
Restaurant businesses may use Jigu Bites business tools, links, integrations, or promotional features. Where a restaurant or third party operates its own external website or service, that website may use its own cookies and tracking technologies. Those technologies are controlled by the relevant third party and are not governed by this Cookie Policy. You should review the applicable third party's privacy and cookie policies.
13. Managing Cookies
Depending on your browser, device, or application, you may be able to control cookies and similar technologies through browser settings, device settings, application settings, privacy controls, or cookie preference tools. Blocking or deleting certain cookies may affect how Jigu Bites functions. For example, disabling authentication or session technologies may prevent you from signing in or using account-related features.
14. Browser Controls
Most modern web browsers provide controls that allow you to view, delete, or block cookies, block third-party cookies, allow cookies only from certain websites, and receive warnings before cookies are stored. The exact controls depend on the browser you use. Deleting cookies does not necessarily delete information associated with your Jigu Bites account.
15. Mobile Applications
Jigu Bites mobile applications may not use traditional browser cookies in the same way as a website. Instead, the applications may use SDKs, device identifiers, application storage, local storage, authentication tokens, and similar technologies. These technologies may perform functions similar to cookies, such as maintaining login sessions, remembering preferences, measuring application usage, providing notifications, or supporting security.
16. Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers provide a "Do Not Track" or similar setting. Because there is currently no universally consistent technical standard for interpreting all such signals, Jigu Bites may not respond to every browser-level Do Not Track signal. Where applicable law requires a specific response to a recognized privacy signal, Jigu Bites will handle the signal as required by applicable law.
17. Changes to the Technologies We Use
Jigu Bites may change the technologies used by the Services, adding new technologies, removing technologies, replacing providers, changing analytics or security providers, or introducing payment, personalization, or marketing technologies. Because the platform will evolve, this Cookie Policy may be updated when our practices change.
18. Relationship With Our Privacy Policy
Cookies and similar technologies may collect information that constitutes personal information. How Jigu Bites collects, uses, stores, protects, shares, and deletes personal information is explained in our Privacy Policy. This Cookie Policy explains the specific role of cookies and similar technologies. If there is a conflict between this Cookie Policy and the Privacy Policy concerning the processing of personal information, the Privacy Policy will govern to the extent permitted by applicable law.
19. International Expansion
Jigu Bites is initially designed for users in Nepal. If Jigu Bites becomes available in additional countries, local laws may require additional cookie notices, consent mechanisms, or controls. We may update this Cookie Policy and our technology practices accordingly.
20. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time because of new technologies, new Services, changes to analytics providers, authentication systems, marketing technology, changes in applicable law, international expansion, or changes to our privacy practices. The "Last Updated" date at the beginning of this Policy indicates when it was most recently revised. Where required, we may provide additional notice or request consent before implementing certain changes.
21. Contact Us
If you have questions about cookies, tracking technologies, or our privacy practices, contact:
You may also use this address for privacy-related requests, data-export requests, or account-deletion requests until dedicated support channels are introduced.
22. Summary
In simple terms, Jigu Bites uses cookies and similar technologies primarily to make the platform work, keep accounts secure, understand how the Services are used, improve performance, personalize experiences, and potentially support marketing and promotional features.
You can control many cookie technologies through your browser or device, although disabling necessary technologies may prevent some Jigu Bites features from functioning correctly.
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