Cookies Policy
Last Updated: January 2025
Welcome to Bahono, your premier interior design partner. This Cookies Policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on our website to enhance your browsing experience and provide you with personalized content related to our interior design services.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners. Cookies help us understand how you interact with our interior design portfolio, project galleries, and service information.
Important: By continuing to use our website, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with this policy. You can manage your cookie preferences at any time through your browser settings.
Types of Cookies We Use
1. Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. Without these cookies, services you have requested, such as viewing our interior design portfolio or submitting consultation requests, cannot be provided.
Examples include:
- Authentication cookies to recognize you when you return to our site
- Security cookies to protect against fraudulent activity
- Load balancing cookies to distribute website traffic efficiently
2. Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most frequently and whether visitors receive error messages. This helps us improve the performance of our site and better showcase our interior design projects and services.
We use these cookies to:
- Understand which design styles and project galleries are most popular
- Identify technical issues and improve website functionality
- Analyze user navigation patterns to enhance user experience
- Track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
3. Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, personalized features. They may be used to remember your preferences for design styles, room types, or project categories you've shown interest in.
These cookies help us:
- Remember your preferred language and region settings
- Recall your design style preferences for personalized recommendations
- Save items you've added to your inspiration board or favorites
- Provide customized content based on your browsing history
4. Targeting and Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests in interior design. They also help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and limit the number of times you see an advertisement.
These cookies enable us to:
- Show you relevant interior design content and project examples
- Deliver targeted advertisements on social media platforms
- Track conversion rates from our marketing efforts
- Build a profile of your design interests for personalized marketing
Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may use various third-party cookies to report website usage statistics, deliver advertisements, and provide social media integration. These third parties include analytics providers, advertising networks, and social media platforms.
Common third-party services we use include:
- Google Analytics: To analyze website traffic and user behavior
- Facebook Pixel: To track conversions and create targeted audiences
- Instagram Integration: To display our latest design projects from social media
- YouTube: To embed video content showcasing our design process
How Long Do Cookies Last?
The length of time a cookie remains on your device depends on its type:
- Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser. They help us track your journey through our website during a single browsing session.
- Persistent Cookies: These remain on your device for a set period (ranging from days to years) or until you manually delete them. They help us recognize you as a returning visitor and remember your preferences.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer.
Browser Settings
You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
- Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Cookies and site permissions
Please Note: If you choose to block or delete cookies, some features of our website may not function properly, and you may not be able to access certain areas or receive personalized content about our interior design services.
Cookies and Personal Data
Most cookies do not collect information that identifies you personally. However, some cookies may collect personal information such as your IP address, location data, or browsing behavior. We treat any personal information collected through cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws, including GDPR.
Updates to This Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, our business operations, or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last revised.
Your Rights
Under data protection laws, you have rights regarding the personal information we collect through cookies, including:
- The right to access your personal data
- The right to rectification of inaccurate data
- The right to erasure of your data
- The right to restrict processing
- The right to data portability
- The right to object to processing
- The right to withdraw consent at any time
By using our website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Cookies Policy and consent to our use of cookies as described herein.