Welocity.ai Cookie Policy

Effective Date: November 1, 2025

Version: 1.0

Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how Welocity.ai (operated by NetConnect Private Limited) ("Welocity", "we", "us", "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website (www.welocity.ai) ("Website") or use our AI-powered talent delivery platform ("Platform"). It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and how you can manage or control their use.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used to make websites work efficiently and provide reporting information.

First-party cookies are set by Welocity directly.

Third-party cookies are set by other parties to provide features or functionality on our website (like analytics or marketing tools). These third parties can recognize your device when you visit our site and certain other websites.

We may also use similar technologies such as web beacons, local storage, or pixels, which serve the same purpose as cookies.

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies for several important reasons:

Essential Operations: To provide secure access to our Platform and enable core functionality.
Performance: To understand how visitors use our services and improve user experience.
Personalization: To remember your preferences and customize your experience.
Analytics: To analyze Platform usage and optimize our AI-powered services.
Marketing: To deliver relevant information about our talent delivery solutions.

Additionally, cookies also help maintain security, record your consent preferences, and improve the stability of our AI-based interview and assessment tools.

Types of cookies we use

The cookies used on our Platform may fall under the following categories:

Cookie Type	Purpose	Cookie Names	Duration
Essential Cookies	Required for Platform security and core functionality	sessionid, csrftoken, auth_token, interview_session	Session to 7 days
AI Service Cookies	Enable Octo AI assistant and video interviews	octo_id, interview_token, video_session	During interview
Performance Cookies	Monitor Platform performance	perf_metrics, api_timing, load_time	30 days
Analytics Cookies	Understand visitor behavior and improve features	_ga, _gid	Up to 26 months
Marketing Cookies	Measure ad effectiveness and deliver relevant content	_fbp, li_fat_id	Up to 90 days

AI-Specific Cookies

Octo Session Management: Maintains context during AI interviews.
Language Preference: Remembers interview language selection (25+ languages).
Skills Matching: Temporary storage for AI matching algorithms.
Video Processing: Manages video upload and processing status.

These cookies are short-lived and automatically expire after the interview session ends.

Your Cookie Choices

How to Control Cookies

Cookie Banner: When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie banner where you can:
- Accept all cookies
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Customize your preferences
You can update preferences anytime by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link available in the website footer.
Browser Settings: You can control cookies through your browser:
- Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies
- Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies
- Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies
- Edge: Settings > Privacy > Cookies
Disabling all cookies may prevent access to certain secure areas or interview sessions.
Platform Settings: Logged-in users can manage preferences at:www.welocity.ai/account/privacy.

Impact of Refusing Cookies

Essential Cookies: Cannot be disabled as they are necessary for the Platform's operation.

Other Cookies: Refusing may result in less personalized experiences, re-entering preferences each session, or reduced performance insights.

Even if you reject cookies, aggregated or anonymized analytics data may still be collected but will not identify you personally.

Data Retention

Session cookies: Deleted when the browser closes.
Persistent cookies: Retained for the specified duration.
Analytics data: Aggregated after 26 months.
Marketing cookies: Maximum 90 days.

We review our cookie inventory periodically and remove expired or inactive cookies automatically.

California Privacy Rights (CCPA)

Right to know what personal information is collected via cookies.
Right to opt-out of the sale of personal information (we do not sell data).
Right to non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights.

Users can manage or opt-out of marketing cookies using the same cookie banner or by adjusting browser settings.

Contact Us

For questions about our cookie practices:
NetConnect Private Limited
Operating as Welocity.ai
Email: privacy@welocity.ai
Cookie Preferences: www.welocity.ai/cookie-settings
Data Protection Officer: dpo@welocity.ai

Last Updated: November 2, 2025