COOKIE POLICY

Welcome to Hook.online (the “Platform”), owned and operated by Editorji Technologies Private Limited (“we”, “us”, “our”, “Company”, “Hook”) understands that your privacy is important to data subject (“you”, “your”, “user”, “subscriber”) and we are committed to being transparent about the technologies we use. 

This cookie policy explains how and why cookies and other similar technologies may be stored on and accessed from your device when you use or visit our platform. This cookie policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. This policy is effective as of 20^th March 2025. Please note that this privacy statement will be updated from time to time.

We can place cookies and other similar technology on your device, including mobile device, in accordance with your preferences. Depending on your settings on your mobile device, the following information may be collected through cookies or similar technology: your unique device identifier, mobile device IP address, information about your device’s operating system, mobile carrier and your location information (to the extent permissible under applicable law).

Our services may have links to third party websites and services. This Policy does not apply to any such third-party website and services. By continuing to browse or use our platform and services, you agree that we can store and access essential cookies and other tracking technologies as described in this policy.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a site and allow a site to recognize your device. Cookies managed by us only are called “first party cookies” whereas cookies from third parties are called “third party cookies” as explained below.

Why do we use cookies and similar technologies?

Cookies do a lot of different jobs, such as letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences and generally improving the user experience. They can also help to ensure that the advertisements you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. In addition, cookies can help us to analyze the use of our websites and online content (analytics cookies) and they can also facilitate/track the interaction on our websites and online content with social media (e.g. links to social media sites, like buttons, etc.).

Do we use cookies for marketing and analytics?

Yes, we may use information collected from our cookies to identify user behavior and to serve content and offers based on your profile, and for the other purposes described below, to the extent legally permissible in certain jurisdictions.

In other cases, we can associate cookie information (including information from cookies placed via our advertisements on third party sites) with an identifiable individual. For example:

• If we send you a targeted email which includes web beacons, cookies or similar technologies we will know whether you open, read, or delete the message.
• When you click a link in a marketing e-mail you receive from us, we will also use a cookie to log what pages you view and what content you download from our websites, even if you are not registered at or signed into our site.
• Combining and analyzing personal data – As described above, we may combine data from publicly available sources, and from our different e-mail, website, and personal interactions with you (this includes information collected across our different websites such as our careers and corporate sites and information collected when you sign-up or log on to our sites or connect to our sites using your social media credentials (such as LinkedIn). We combine this data to better assess your experience with Hook and to perform the other activities described throughout our privacy policy.

Do you use any cookies from third party companies?

Some cookies, web beacons and other tracking and storage technologies that we use are from third party companies (third party cookies), such as Google Analytics etc. to provide us with web analytics and intelligence about our sites which may also be used to provide measurement services and target ads. Such companies use programming code to collect information about your interaction with our sites, such as the pages you visit, the links you click on and how long you are on our platform. This code is only active while you are on Hook website. We have no control over third-party cookies, you can turn them off, but not through us. We endeavor to identify these cookies before they are used so that you can decide whether you wish to accept them or not. In cases where the third party acts as the data controller, how they use the data which they collect and/or process through our Platform is completely determined by them and Company plays no role in the same.  For more information on how such companies collect and use information on our behalf, please refer to their privacy policies.  

Does Hook use any tracking technologies similar to cookies?

We may also use web beacons or other technologies for similar purposes as above and we may include these on our Platform, in marketing e-mail messages or our newsletter, affiliated websites, to determine whether messages have been opened and links clicked on. Web beacons do not place information on your devices, but they may work in conjunction with cookies to monitor website activity. The information provided below about cookies also applies to web beacons and similar technologies. 

What types of cookies does the Platform use?

The cookies used on Company sites have been categorized below. However, it is important to note that not all cookies may be used in all jurisdictions or websites. 

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies- These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Platform and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the Platform. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.
2. First Party Analytics Cookies- These cookies allow us to employ data analytics so we can measure and improve the performance of our Platform and provide more relevant content to you. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor down to an individual level that is available to us. These cookies are not passing personally identifiable information to any external third party other than in limited cases when we engage a service provider to act on our behalf but who is then unable to use the data for their own purposes. 
3. Performance Cookies- Performance cookies are generally third-party cookies from vendors we work with or who work on our behalf that collect information about your visit and use of the Hook website, for instance which pages you visit the most often, and if you get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is anonymous and is only used to improve how the website works. Third party vendors may have access to this data and may use it to improve their overall services and offerings Company has no control over these cookies.
4. Functionality Cookies- These cookies allow a Platform to remember choices you make (such as your username, language or the region you are in) and provide more enhanced, personal features. These cookies cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. They don’t gather any information about you that could be used for advertising or remembering where you’ve been on the Internet outside our site.
5. Advertising and Social Media Cookies-  Advertising and Social Media Cookies (including web beacons and other tracking and storage technologies) are used to (1) deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests; (2) limit the number of times you see an advertisement; (3) help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign; (4) retargeting to Hook websites/information and (5) understand people’s behavior after they view an advertisement. They are usually placed on behalf of advertising networks with the site operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and quite often they will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.

What if I don’t want cookies or similar tracking technologies?

When you visit Website for the first time, a banner informs you of the use of cookies. You have to provide explicit consent to our usage of cookies. You may refuse to accept browser cookies, however, we will continue capturing essential cookies to be able to provide you with our services. The cookie acceptance banner will no longer display on your screen.

The saving of a cookie on a device is governed by user-defined settings of the browser the user choses to use. If you have accepted the saving of cookies through your browser, they will be integrated into the pages and content you have viewed and may be temporarily stored in a dedicated location on your device. They will only be readable by their issuer.

You may still choose at any time to delete or disable all or part of these cookies using your browser, with the exception of the First Party Cookies which are necessary for our website to function. There are different options for refusing cookies, however refusing the cookies may impact the functioning of the service you request on our Website.

Contact Us
If you have any queries regarding this Cookie Policy, please contact us at support@hook.online .