What Are Cookies?
Like most websites you visit, BandLab Singapore Pte Ltd (“BandLab”) uses cookies. These are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer to improve your overall site experience. The information here describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We’ll also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored. However, this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site’s functionality.
If you’d like to read more about Cookies in general, you can find more information here, in a Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies…
How BandLab Uses Cookies
We want you to have the best possible experience on BandLab, so we recommend that you leave cookies turned on when accessing our website (on your PC, mobile phone or tablet device). If you turn off cookies, there are things on BandLab that won’t work as they should and you’ll find that BandLab has less music for you to enjoy and that listening to that music is a solitary experience. For further information see ‘Disabling Cookies’ below.
The Cookies We Set
Account Management:
If you create an account with BandLab, then cookies will be used to help manage the signup / login process as well as for general administration. Cookies also make it so you don’t have to log in every single time you visit a new page. Much of BandLab’s core features and functionality will only work when you’re logged in.
User Preference Cookies:
We use cookies to remember your site preferences and whether you are a registered user. Some of these cookies are placed whether or not you log in to an account.
Surveys:
From time to time, we’d like to give our users the chance to have their say via surveys and questionnaires so we can provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools, and get to understand you better. These surveys may use cookies, so that we remember who’s already taken part in a survey.
When you provide details via a form, or a contact page—cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases, we may use cookies provided by trusted third parties. This section will let you know which third party cookies you might find on BandLab.
Analytics:
We use third party analytics tools to help us measure traffic and usage trends, such as Google Analytics. These tools help us understand how people use BandLab and help us find ways we can improve your experience. Tracking how long you spend on the site and which pages you visit, for example, can help us make sure we’re always delivering the most relevant experience for you. Through these cookies, we and/or our third party providers will not collect any personal data, i.e. any information that identifies you or is capable of identifying you.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, please click here.
Advertising:
Showing you adverts while you are using our website helps us to make sure that you can continue to use BandLab for free. We use third party advertising services, such as DoubleClick, to personalise the ads you see and avoid showing you ads you have already seen. While visiting third party websites that are not affiliated with BandLab directly you may also notice BandLab retargeting and advertising because of cookies set whilst you were within the BandLab ecosystem. These cookies will not store any personally identifiable information.
For more information on DoubleClick and how it works, please click here.
Other Third Parties:
From time to time we also test new features and make subtle changes to the way the site is delivered. When we’re still testing new features, some third party cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience on BandLab, whilst ensuring we understand which new features our users like the most.
Social Media:
In some cases, we may provide you with custom content based on what you tell us about yourself—either directly or indirectly—by linking a social media account. These types of cookies simply allow us to provide you with content that we feel may be of interest to you.
We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work, many social media sites—including Facebook, Google Plus, Instagram, Twitter, etc.—will set cookies through our site, which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
Disabling Cookies*
You can prevent cookies being added by adjusting the settings on your browser (the “Help” section on your browser should tell you how to do this). But do be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in switching off some functions and features on BandLab.
For example, if you turn off cookies:
- You won’t be able to sign-in to Bandlab
- You won’t be able to make music on BandLab
- You won’t be able to collaborate on BandLab
- You won’t be able to create Shouts or comment on BandLab.
Hopefully that’s helped to clarify a few things about cookies for you. You will have the best experience on BandLab if you have Cookies enabled. However, if you still need more information, you may contact us here:
Email: cookies@bandlab.com
You may also use this e-mail address if you would like to know what personal data we store about you, or if you would like to make use of your rights to correction, deletion or blocking of personal data.