Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how LLC «HWD» ("we", "us", or "Operator") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our websites: https://boomstream.ru and https://boomstream.com (collectively, the "Sites"). It describes the types of cookies we use, their purposes, how third parties may use cookies through our Sites, and how you can manage your preferences.
This Policy supplements our Privacy Policy available at https://boomstream.com/privacy/ and forms an integral part of it regarding cookie usage.
1. General Provisions
1.1. This Cookie Policy is designed to inform you about the types of cookies we use, the purposes of their application, the technical data collected, the analytics services employed, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.
1.2. The data controller and the entity using cookies on the Sites is LLC «HWD», Taxpayer Identification Number 6161062312, Primary State Registration Number 1116193005202, Legal Address: Russia, Rostov-on-Don, Tvorcheskaya St., Bldg. 9, Str. 1.
1.3. This Policy applies to all pages, forms, user accounts, chats, technical interfaces, services and other functional elements of the Sites that use cookies or similar technologies.
1.4. Terms used in our Privacy Policy apply to this Cookie Policy unless explicitly defined otherwise herein.
1.5. Consent Mechanism: Upon your first visit to the Sites, a cookie consent banner will be displayed. You may provide active, explicit consent to non-essential cookies by selecting "Accept All", "Customize", or equivalent options. Strictly necessary cookies are set automatically as they are essential for the Sites to function properly (in accordance with Art. 6(1)(5) of Federal Law No. 152-FZ "On Personal Data").
1.6. You may withdraw your consent to non-essential cookies at any time via your browser settings, the Sites' consent management panel, or by contacting us. Withdrawing consent does not affect the basic functionality of the Sites.
2. What Are Cookies?
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cookies | Small text files or data fragments stored on your device via your browser. They help ensure site functionality, remember preferences, analyze traffic, enhance security, and measure advertising effectiveness. |
| Session Cookies | Temporary cookies that remain active only during your browser session and are automatically deleted when you close the browser. |
| Persistent Cookies | Cookies that remain on your device between sessions until they expire or are manually deleted. Their lifespan depends on site, browser, and service settings. |
| First-Party Cookies | Cookies set directly by our Sites. |
| Third-Party Cookies | Cookies set by external services integrated into our Sites (e.g., analytics, advertising, widgets, embedded content). |
| Web Beacons / Pixels | Small electronic images or scripts used alongside cookies to count visits, track site usage, and measure the effectiveness of content or campaigns. |
| Yandex.Metrica | A web analytics service provided by LLC "Yandex" used to collect statistical data on site traffic, user interactions, traffic sources, and technical performance. |
| Yandex.Webmaster | A service provided by LLC "Yandex" used to analyze site indexing, search visibility, technical health, search queries, and search-related traffic. |
3. How We Use Cookies
3.1. Cookies processed by the Operator contain technical, service-related, analytical, and other data regarding your visits, interactions with pages, forms, and functional elements.
3.2. Cookies enable the Sites to recognize your device or browser, maintain proper functionality, save your preferences, ensure security, analyze usage statistics, and improve user experience.
3.3. Cookies may contain unique identifiers, session data, interface settings, browser/device technical parameters, activity logs, traffic sources, visit timestamps, viewed pages, on-page events, and other technical metrics.
3.4. Cookies generally do not contain your full name, phone number, or email address. However, in some cases, cookies or technical identifiers may qualify as personal data if they enable direct or indirect identification of a user, or can be linked to other data we process.
3.5. We do not use cookies to sell databases, conduct hidden user profiling, or make decisions that produce legal effects or significantly affect your rights and legitimate interests based solely on automated processing.
4. Purposes of Cookie Usage
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
- Ensuring proper functionality of the Sites, including pages, forms, user accounts, chats, and other features;
- Maintaining information security, preventing abuse, spam, unauthorized access, and technical failures;
- Saving user preferences, display settings, sessions, and other parameters essential for usability;
- Registering and maintaining user sessions when accessing accounts or specific services;
- Analyzing site traffic, traffic sources, on-page behavior, visit duration, and other statistical metrics;
- Identifying technical errors, performance issues, and malfunctioning pages, forms, or scripts;
- Improving site interface, content, structure, navigation, and overall service quality;
- Evaluating the effectiveness of informational and advertising campaigns (when marketing cookies are applied);
- Analyzing indexing, search visibility, search queries, technical errors, and other search-related metrics via Yandex.Webmaster;
- Collecting aggregated statistical data on user behavior to improve site performance and content, including via Yandex.Metrica;
- Delivering and optimizing marketing/advertising cookies (subject to your explicit consent);
- Complying with legal obligations, processing user requests, and protecting our legitimate rights and interests.
5. Cookie Categories
| Category | Purpose | Impact of Disabling |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary / Technical | Ensure core site functionality, security, session management, and form processing. | Sites or specific features may malfunction. These are used without separate consent as they are objectively necessary. |
| Functional | Remember your preferences, display settings, and chosen options to enhance usability. | May require re-entering settings or reduce convenience. |
| Analytics | Analyze traffic, traffic sources, on-page behavior, technical events, and site performance. | Used to improve sites and services. Activated only upon your explicit consent. |
| Performance | Evaluate page load speed, stability, errors, and component performance. | May reduce our ability to diagnose and optimize performance. |
| Marketing / Advertising | Measure campaign effectiveness, optimize ads, and analyze interest in our content. | Used exclusively upon your active, informed consent. |
| Third-Party | Set by external services integrated into the Sites (analytics, ads, widgets, embedded content). | We do not control these cookies; their use is governed by the respective third parties' policies. |
6. Third-Party Services & Analytics
6.1. We may use web analytics software to measure visitor counts, visit frequency, traffic sources, on-site behavior, technical errors, and other statistical indicators.
6.2. We currently use or may use the following services:
| Service | Provider | Purpose | Data Processed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yandex.Metrica | LLC "Yandex" | Collect traffic statistics, analyze user actions, traffic sources, campaign effectiveness, identify errors, and improve sites. | IP address, cookie identifiers, browser/device info, on-site actions, viewed pages, visit timestamps, traffic sources, technical events. |
| Yandex.Webmaster | LLC "Yandex" | Analyze indexing, technical health, search visibility, search queries, search traffic, and errors. | Technical and statistical site data, indexing metrics, search queries, search traffic, technical errors. |
| Yandex Advertising Services | LLC "Yandex" | Measure campaign effectiveness, analyze conversions, and optimize advertising materials. | Cookie identifiers, traffic source data, on-site actions, browser/device technical info. |
6.3. Data obtained via web analytics is used primarily for statistical, technical, and analytical purposes: to understand how users interact with the Sites, which pages attract interest, which elements malfunction, and how to improve content and usability.
6.4. Analytics services may use web beacons, pixels, identifiers, scripts, and similar technologies to count visits, evaluate site usage, and measure content or advertising effectiveness.
6.5. For details on how LLC "Yandex" processes data, please refer to their privacy documentation: https://yandex.ru/legal/confidential/
7. Data Localization & Cross-Border Transfers
For Russian Users: In compliance with Russian data protection legislation, Yandex records, systematizes, accumulates, stores, updates (modifies, changes), and extracts personal data of citizens of the Russian Federation using databases located within the territory of the Russian Federation.
For Users from the European Economic Area (EEA): Russia is a jurisdiction outside the EEA that has not been recognized by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of personal data protection. Accordingly, Yandex has implemented appropriate safeguards to ensure that any transfer of your data complies with applicable EU data protection rules.
Specifically, Yandex relies on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission to ensure an adequate level of protection for your Personal Information transferred to Russia. A copy of these Standard Contractual Clauses is available upon request.
If you are located in a jurisdiction where your explicit consent is required for the transfer of your Personal Information to another jurisdiction, by using the Sites or Services, you explicitly and unambiguously consent to such transfer, storage, and/or processing of your information in other specified jurisdictions, including Russia.
8. Cookie Storage Periods
8.1. The retention period for cookies depends on their category, site settings, your browser preferences, the respective service's policies, and your manual deletion actions.
| Cookie Type | Storage Period / Principle |
|---|---|
| Session Cookies | Active only during your browser session; deleted upon browser closure. |
| Strictly Necessary | Stored for the duration required to ensure site functionality, security, sessions, or form processing, or until manually deleted. |
| Functional | Stored for the duration required to remember your preferences, or until manually deleted. |
| Analytics | Stored according to the analytics service settings; for Yandex services, data is retained in anonymized form for up to 365 days from collection, after which it is automatically deleted. |
| Marketing / Advertising | Stored according to advertising service settings, site/browser configurations, or until consent is withdrawn/manual deletion. |
| Third-Party | Retention periods are defined by the respective third party and your browser settings. |
8.2. You may delete cookies at any time via your browser or device settings. Deleting cookies may reset preferences, log you out of accounts, require re-entry of data, or limit certain site functions.
9. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
9.1. You can manage cookies in the following ways:
- Configure your browser to block cookies, notify you when they are sent, or delete them after each session;
- Manually delete previously stored cookies via browser or device settings;
- Restrict cookie creation for specific sites;
- Use private/incognito browsing mode (if available);
- Adjust your preferences via the Sites' consent management panel;
- Discontinue using the Sites if you do not consent to strictly necessary cookies.
9.2. Most browsers are pre-configured to accept cookies automatically. You can change these settings manually. Instructions vary by browser and device.
9.3. If you use multiple devices or browsers, you must adjust cookie settings separately on each.
9.4. Disabling cookies may affect site functionality, including form accessibility, account access, preference retention, page rendering, session security, and overall user experience.
10. Your Rights
10.1. You have the right to:
- Receive clear information about our use of cookies and similar technologies;
- Manage cookies via browser/device settings or the Sites' consent panel;
- Delete previously stored cookies from your device;
- Withdraw consent to non-essential cookies at any time;
- Submit inquiries regarding personal data and technical information processing;
- Exercise your rights as a data subject in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable legislation.
10.2. Inquiries regarding data processing or cookie usage may be sent to: support@boomstream.com
10.3. We review user inquiries within 30 days of receipt, unless a different period is stipulated by applicable law.
11. Relationship with Privacy Policy
11.1. If information collected via cookies qualifies as personal data, it is processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy: https://boomstream.com/privacy/
11.2. The Privacy Policy provides additional details on processing purposes, data subject categories, data composition, retention periods, third-party disclosures, security measures, and data subject rights.
11.3. This Cookie Policy does not replace consent to personal data processing, consent to receive marketing communications, or other legally required consents under Russian or international law.
11.4. Where cookies contain identifiers enabling direct or indirect user identification, such data is processed as personal data in compliance with data localization requirements (Art. 18(5) of 152-FZ) and security standards (Art. 19 of 152-FZ).