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Boast.io

Boast.io is a video testimonial collection and display platform. Its scripts embed widgets that request video testimonials from customers and showcase collected review videos on web pages, making requests to Boast.io servers to upload, process, and stream video content.

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Overview

Boast.io is a video testimonial collection and display platform for businesses. Its scripts embed widgets that serve two purposes: requesting video testimonials from customers (recording or uploading video reviews) and showcasing collected testimonial videos on web pages as social proof for prospective customers.

What This Script Does

Boast.io's embed scripts load from Boast.io's servers:

  • Testimonial collection widget: Renders a form or recording interface that allows customers to submit video testimonials. Supports webcam recording, file upload, and text-based reviews. Collected videos are uploaded to and processed by Boast.io's servers.
  • Testimonial display widget: Renders a carousel, grid, or wall of approved video testimonials on the page. Videos are streamed from Boast.io's CDN.
  • Data collection: The collection widget captures the reviewer's name, email, and video content. Display widgets track viewer interactions (play events, video completion rates) for performance analytics.
  • Cookies: May set cookies for session management during video recording and to track which testimonials a visitor has viewed.
  • No aggressive tracking: Boast.io does not perform cross-site behavioral tracking or set advertising cookies.

Consent & Compliance

Boast.io operates in a mixed functional/marketing consent category. Testimonial display serves as social proof content (functional), while the engagement tracking and marketing-oriented testimonial collection serve marketing purposes.

Under GDPR and ePrivacy, the testimonial display widget loads third-party content from Boast.io's servers, transmitting visitor IP and browser data. Video play tracking constitutes non-essential analytics. The collection widget processes personal data (name, email, video) requiring explicit consent and a lawful basis under GDPR.

Under CCPA/CPRA, reviewer personal data and viewer interaction metrics constitute personal information.

Should You Block This Without Consent?

Conditional. The testimonial display serves a functional social proof purpose, but since it loads third-party content and tracks video engagement, consider gating it behind functional consent. The testimonial collection widget should require explicit consent before rendering, as it collects personal data including video recordings.

Is Boast.io GDPR compliant?

Boast.io typically loads functional and marketing trackers, which are not strictly necessary for your site to work. Under the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, non-essential cookies and trackers must stay blocked until a visitor gives clear opt-in consent. So Boast.io can be fully GDPR compliant, but only if your site holds its scripts until consent is granted and lets visitors decline just as easily. Compliance depends on how your site loads Boast.io, not on Boast.io itself.

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Consent Categories

FunctionalMarketing

Also Known As

boast.ioboast iovideo testimonial widgetboast reviewstestimonial consent

Industries

Programming and Developer SoftwareComputers Electronics and Technology

Tracked Domains (1)

boast.ioFunctional

boast.io is a functional domain operated by Boast.io, used to run site features like chat, video, embeds, and preferences.

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