Cookie Policy

1. What this Policy covers

This Cookie Policy explains how InstantWho uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or use the Service. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

2. What cookies and similar technologies are

Cookies are small text files placed on or read from a browser or device. Similar technologies may include local storage, session storage, browser identifiers or comparable mechanisms used to remember information, maintain sessions, protect accounts or provide requested functionality.

3. Strictly necessary technologies

InstantWho uses technologies that are necessary to operate core parts of the Service, including secure sessions, account access, security, abuse prevention and essential preferences.

These technologies are used only where reasonably necessary to provide requested functionality, protect the Service or remember an essential choice. They are not treated as optional advertising or marketing technologies merely because they use browser storage.

Blocking or deleting strictly necessary technologies may prevent sign-in, security controls or other parts of the Service from working correctly.

4. Optional technologies

If InstantWho enables optional analytics, personalisation, advertising or marketing technologies, they will be treated separately from strictly necessary technologies.

Where applicable law requires consent, optional technologies will not be activated until the required choice has been made. We will not treat continued browsing, silence or the use of strictly necessary functionality as consent where applicable law requires an affirmative choice.

5. Third-party content and services

Some features or externally provided content may use cookies or similar technologies under the relevant third party's own terms and privacy practices.

Where an optional third-party technology requires consent, we will use reasonable measures to prevent it from being activated before the required choice has been made. Merely making a third-party service available does not mean that InstantWho authorises unrelated tracking.

6. Your choices

Strictly necessary technologies may remain active because they are required for requested functionality or security.

Where consent is required for optional technologies, available controls may allow you to accept, reject or manage those choices. Where appropriate, you may change or withdraw a previous optional choice through the controls made available by the Service.

You can also use browser or device settings to block or delete cookies and similar storage. Browser-level blocking may affect functionality.

7. Duration

Some technologies last only for a browser session. Others may persist for a limited period so that the Service can maintain security, remember an essential preference or provide requested functionality.

We retain browser-based identifiers only for as long as reasonably necessary for their stated purpose, subject to security, legal and technical requirements. Where a specific optional technology is introduced, additional information about its purpose and duration may be provided through the relevant settings or notice where appropriate.

8. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when the Service, technologies we use or applicable requirements change. We will update the date above when we make material changes.

9. Contact

Questions about cookies or privacy settings can be sent to privacy@instantwho.com.