01. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your browser or device when you visit websites. They allow a site to recognize your device, remember preferences, and secure your session to maintain a seamless user experience.

We also use related tracking tools such as local storage, web beacons, and tracking pixels to analyze traffic pattern optimizations and prevent fraudulent activity.

02. How We Use Cookies

Cookies are essential to the security, authentication, and core operations of the BotDigit freelance marketplace. We utilize cookies to:

• Keep you authenticated and signed in across dashboard views.
• Enable CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) protection headers for secure forms.
• Remember your preferences, such as selected currency or interface light/dark themes.
• Track shopping cart state changes during digital product checkouts.

03. Types of Cookies We Use

We categorize cookies into three specific categories:

• Strictly Necessary: Essential for standard security and session operations. Without these cookies, features like account login, wallet balance verification, and checkout cannot function.
• Performance & Analytics: Help us measure traffic patterns, page load speeds, and feature interactions. These cookies compile anonymous analytics datasets to guide usability enhancements.
• Functional: Used to customize experiences based on user settings, such as regional workspace configuration options.

04. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our first-party cookies, some third-party integrations set cookies directly on your device when you interact with our platform:

• Stripe: Stripe sets security and diagnostic cookies to authenticate card payments, detect fraudulent bot patterns, and handle credit card authorization layers during checkouts.
• Razorpay: Razorpay initializes session tracking elements to mount payment checkout overlays, authenticate UPI flows, and log payment outcomes.
• Google Analytics: Provides analytics context to help us understand where visitors arrive from and how they navigate our landing sections.

05. Your Choices & Controls

You have the right to accept, limit, or refuse cookies:

• Browser Settings: You can adjust browser preferences to alert you when cookies are sent, block cookies entirely, or clear previously stored cookies. Note that blocking necessary cookies will disable account authentication and checkout features.
• Opt-Out Portals: For third-party analytics and ad networks, you can utilize industry-wide opt-out tools such as the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) or Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) controls.

06. Policy Updates

We will periodically update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our tracking practices or compliance obligations. When modifications occur, we will adjust the date listed at the top of this document.