CapCut Cookies Policy
Last Updated: December 2024
This Cookies Policy explains how CapCut and our partners use cookies and similar technologies. It applies to the CapCut app, website, and the CapCut CommercePro website (together, the “CapCut Services”). Unless otherwise stated in this Cookies Policy, our Privacy Policy applies to the data we collect via cookies and similar technologies.
1. How do cookies work
Cookies are small text files that let websites and apps identify your browser or device. Cookies and similar technologies let websites and apps store or access info on your device. They enable certain features and distinguish you from other visitors. Most website and app providers use these technologies for various purposes. These purposes include: efficient page navigation, web security, and usage tracking. These technologies also remember user preferences and customise the user experience, especially in relation to ads.
Like many websites and apps, the CapCut Services use cookies and similar technologies, such as software development kits ("SDKs"), pixels, APIs, mobile ad IDs, tags, and local storage. We call them all "cookies" in this Cookies Policy.
Some of the cookies on the CapCut Services are set on browsers or devices and used directly by us. These are referred to as "first-party" cookies.
Other companies ("Partners") also set and use cookies on the CapCut Services. They help us keep it safe and secure and promote our services on other apps and websites. These cookies also enable us, our advertisers, and measurement partners to measure ad campaign effectiveness and show you personalised ads. In this Cookies Policy, we refer to cookies set by Partners on the CapCut Services as "third-party cookies". You can find more information about the Partners that use cookies on the CapCut Services, and links to their own privacy policies, in sections 3.3 and 3.4 below.
Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of time. Some cookies are "session cookies". They exist only while your browser is open and are deleted automatically or shortly after you close your browser. Other cookies are "persistent cookies". They stay after you close your browser or app. Persistent cookies expire automatically after a set time, like a few days or weeks. When you return to the CapCut Services, a third-party site, or other sites that use the same cookies, persistent cookies on your device can be recognised.
2. What are cookies used for
Cookies enable us to provide and secure, as well as analyse and customise, the CapCut Services. This includes providing a safer, personalised experience to users of the CapCut Services. For example, we will verify logged-in users to give them an appropriate experience, or identify locale to determine the appropriate language to present on the CapCut Services.
Cookies let us, our advertisers, and measurement partners measure ad campaign effectiveness. They also allow us to show you ads based on your browsing and profile.
We have provided more information below about the purpose of cookies.
Essential and optional cookies
Some cookies are essential to provide you with the CapCut Services and features you have requested. You cannot decline or disable them afterward.
Other optional, non-essential cookies will be used based on your usage and the sites you visit. We outline a summary of the types of cookies we use in below.
3. Types of cookies
The types of cookies that the CapCut Services and our partners use cookies can be classified into the following categories:
3.1. Safety and security
We use some cookies to keep you and the CapCut Services safe and secure. For example, these types of cookies enable us to prevent malicious attacks to the CapCut Services, detect non-human traffic (bots), and detect other suspicious activity.
Below are some examples of the cookies we use for safety and security, and their retention periods.
3.2 Functionality and customisation
Some cookies make the CapCut Services work better. They also let us customise the CapCut Services to your preferences. For example, we can display it in your preferred language.
Below are some examples of the functionality and customisation cookies we use, examples of their purposes, and their retention periods.
3.3 Analytics and research
The CapCut Services use first-party and third-party cookies to help us understand your use of the CapCut Services and their features. They show which pages you view and how you interact with them. This information lets us measure and fix any errors on the CapCut Services to improve your experience. We also use the information obtained via these cookies to test design ideas. It helps us understand user activity and patterns. This, in turn, improves the CapCut Services and their features. Below are examples of some of the analytics cookies we and our Partners use, examples of their purposes, and their retention periods.
3.4 Advertising and measurement
The CapCut Services use first-party and third-party cookies for advertising purposes. This includes personalising ads (depending on your settings) based on your browsing habits and profile, and your off-app activity. We and our Partners also use cookies to measure ads' performance on the CapCut Services.
Below are examples of the advertising and measurement cookies we and our Partners use, examples of their purposes, and their retention periods.
4. How you can control cookies
Cookie preferences
Some of the cookies that we use are essential to operate the CapCut Services. As a result, you cannot control the use of such cookies.
You can accept or refuse non-essential cookies. Blocking and/or deleting cookies may mean that some of your CapCut Services preferences will be lost. Blocking all cookies may also mean certain functionalities on the CapCut Services will not operate fully or properly.
You can control how we use data from cookies to conduct analytics and show you ads by using the settings described below.
You can exercise your cookie preferences through the Cookie Settings page on the applicable website of the CapCut Services, including:
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Your web browser settings
Most browsers will also allow you to choose the level of privacy settings you want. You can control your cookies and local storage settings, like:
For more information on how to manage the most popular browsers, see below:
Device Settings
You can also adjust your Cookie preferences via the privacy settings on the device you are using.
Your Personalized Ad Settings
If you are logged into the CapCut mobile application, you can withdraw your consent for personalized advertising by navigating to your in-app settings through the settings icon, selecting
“ad network preferences” and clicking “Do Not Consent.”
5. Changes to this Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time. When we post changes to this Policy, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Policy, and will notify you in accordance with applicable law of any material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share information using these technologies, such as by prominently posting notice of the changes in the CapCut Services. We recommend that you check this page from time to time to inform yourself of any changes in this Policy.
6. Contact us
If you have any questions or comments about this Policy, or privacy matters generally, contact us at: capcut.support@bytedance.com.
7. More information
For details on the CapCut Services’ cookie data processing, see our Privacy Policy. It covers international data transfers, safeguards mechanisms implemented, and the use of personal data with cookies. For more info on our Partners' data transfers, see their privacy and cookies policies.Cookies Policy
Last Updated: June 2022
This Cookie Policy applies whenever you access and use the CapCut Services. “CapCut Services” include our website, services, applications, products and content (collectively, the “CapCut Services”).
Like many websites and apps, the CapCut Services use cookies and similar technologies such as software development kits (SDKs), pixels and local storage. These technologies allow us to store information or gain access to information stored on your device to enable certain features and distinguish your device from others. Cookies and similar technologies are used by most apps and website providers to recognise that a device is the same as one used previously, for security, to remember user preferences and to generally improve user experience. This Policy explains what these technologies are and how we use them.
1. What technologies are used?
The CapCut Services use the following kinds of technologies:
Cookies: Cookies are small text files that enable us and our service providers and partners to uniquely identify your browser or device for various purposes, including those described above. Cookies normally work by assigning a unique number to your device and are stored on your browser by the websites that you visit as well as third party service providers and partners to those websites.
Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of time. Some cookies are "session cookies", meaning that they exist only while your browser is open and are deleted automatically once you close your browser.
Other cookies are "persistent cookies", meaning that they survive after your browser is closed. Most persistent cookies are set to automatically expire after a defined duration (for example, a few days, weeks or months). When you return to that website (or visit other websites that use the same cookies) the website provider or its service providers can recognise the persistent cookies they have set and recognise your browsing device.
Local storage: Local storage files are created by apps and websites to store information locally on your device. They are very similar to cookies, but can have slightly different properties (for example, local storage can be used to store more information and can be stored in a different location on your device to cookies). Local storage is normally used to speed up app and site functionality and remember your preferences.
SDKs: SDKs are pieces of code that enable data to be collected about your device, network and interaction with a website. Like cookies, they generally operate by assigning your device a unique number.
2. Categories of cookies and similar technologies
The types of cookies and similar technologies used by us and our partners in connection with the provision of the CapCut Services can be classified into the following categories. Some of these categories are “essential” to provide you with the services you have requested, such as to securely log into the CapCut Services. The following is a list of of the categories of cookies and similar technologies we use:
Identification and security: Identification and security cookies and similar technologies help us keep you and the CapCut Services secure, recognise you when you return to the CapCut Services to make sure that you are the right user and prevent activity that violates our policies.
Remembering your preferences: We need to remember the settings you have chosen on the CapCut Services so that they work how you want them to. For example, we use these technologies in order to remember what languages you want to see content in, and the privacy settings you apply to your account.
Functionality: Functionality cookies and similar technologies make the CapCut Services work more efficiently and to improve and optimize your experience. For example, we determine which device you use, the software version and the screen dimensions so that we can ensure that our app functions correctly.
Analytics: We use analytics cookies and similar technologies to analyse how you use the CapCut Services, including which pages you view most often, how you interact with the content, measure any errors that occur and test different design ideas. The information is used to report and evaluate your activities and patterns as a user of the CapCut Services. For example, we may test new features to help us decide which features users prefer.
3. Do other parties use these technologies on the CapCut Services?
Cookies and similar technologies can either be “first-party” or “third-party”. First-party cookies and similar technologies refer to technologies that we set and use directly. Third-party cookies and similar technologies refer to technologies set by third parties (such as analytics service providers).
We use first-party and third-party cookies and similar technologies on the CapCut Services.
4. How can I control these technologies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences through our Cookie Settings which can be found here.
You can also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use the CapCut Services though your access to some functionality and areas of the CapCut Services may be restricted.
5. Where can I find more information about these technologies?
If you would like to find out more about these technologies, you may find the following links useful:
6. Changes to this Policy
We will occasionally update this Policy to reflect changes in our practices. When we post changes to this Policy, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Policy. If we make any material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share information using these technologies, we will notify you by prominently posting notice of the changes in the CapCut Services. We recommend that you check this page from time to time to inform yourself of any changes in this Policy.
7. Contact us
If you have any questions or comments about this Policy, or privacy matters generally, contact us at: capcut.support@bytedance.com