Cookie Policy

1. About this policy

This policy explains how SpringPad, LLC uses cookies and similar technology on springpad.com.

In this policy, "SpringPad," "we," and "us" mean SpringPad, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company located at 1301 Garret Lane, Lincoln, NE 68512. "You" means the person visiting our website.

This policy sits alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains more broadly what personal information we collect through the website and how we handle it.

2. What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file that a website places on your computer, phone, or tablet when you visit. Cookies are widely used to make websites work, to remember your settings, and to give site owners information about how their site is being used.

Cookies set by the website you are visiting are called first party cookies. Cookies set by another company whose service is running on that website, such as an analytics provider, are called third party cookies.

3. Why we use cookies

We use cookies to:

• Make the website work properly and keep it secure.
• Remember choices you have made, so you do not have to make them again on every page.
• Understand how visitors find our site, which pages they read, and where they run into problems, so we can improve it.

We do not use cookies to build advertising profiles about you or to follow you around other websites.

4. The types of cookies we use

Strictly necessary cookies. These make the website function. They handle things like page loading, security, and keeping you signed in if you log into an account through our site. The site cannot work properly without them, so they cannot be switched off through our site.

Preference cookies. These remember choices you have made, such as settings you have selected. They make the site more convenient but the site still works without them.

Analytics cookies. These help us understand how the website is used, in aggregate. They tell us things like which pages are most visited, how long people stay, and whether visitors arrived from a search engine or a link. We use this to improve the site. This information is collected in a way that does not identify you by name.

5. Similar technology

Alongside cookies, websites commonly use a few related technologies, and ours may use them too:

• Local storage, which lets a site save small amounts of information in your browser, similar to a cookie but usually longer lasting.
• Pixels and tags, which are tiny invisible images or snippets of code that record that a page was opened or an email was viewed.

Where we use these, we use them for the same purposes described in section 3, and this policy applies to them as well.

6. Cookies set by other companies

Some cookies on our site are placed by companies whose services we use to run the site, including our website hosting provider, our analytics provider, and our member management and booking platform.

We do not control those cookies. The company that sets them handles the information according to its own privacy policy, and we would encourage you to read it if you want the detail.

7. How long cookies stay on your device

Session cookies are temporary. They exist only while your browser is open and are deleted as soon as you close it.

Persistent cookies stay on your device for a set period, or until you delete them, so the site can recognize your browser when you return.

8. How to control cookies

You are in control of cookies on your own device. Every major browser lets you see what cookies have been set, delete them, block them from specific sites, or block them all. These controls are usually found in the browser settings under a heading such as Privacy, Security, or Site Settings. Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge all provide instructions in their help menus.

Two things worth knowing before you change these settings:

• If you block strictly necessary cookies, parts of our site will not work correctly. You may not be able to sign in or complete a form.
• Cookie settings apply to the browser and device you change them on. If you use more than one browser or device, you will need to set your preference on each one.

You can also browse in your browser's private or incognito mode, which clears cookies automatically when you close the window.

9. Do Not Track

Some browsers can send a Do Not Track signal to websites. There is currently no common industry standard for how websites should respond to that signal, so our site does not respond to it. You can still control cookies using the browser settings described in section 8.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time, including if we add or remove the services that set cookies on our site. When we do, we will post the new version on this page and update the date at the top.

11. Contact us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, contact us:

SpringPad, LLC
1301 Garret Lane
Lincoln, NE 68512
hello@springpad.com