Cookie Policy
Last updated: January 1, 2025
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners. Cookies allow a website to recognize your device and remember information about your visit.
2. How We Use Cookies
At Ryloz.com, we use cookies to enhance your browsing experience and improve our services. We only place cookies on your device after you have given us your explicit consent through our cookie banner, which appears on your first visit to our website.
2.1 Cookie Consent System
When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie banner at the bottom of your screen with two options:
- Accept: This allows us to place all cookies on your device
- Reject: This prevents us from placing any non-essential cookies
Your choice is stored in your browser's local storage as "cookieConsent=true" or "cookieConsent=false" and will be remembered for future visits.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
3.1 Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly and cannot be switched off. They include:
- Cookie consent preference storage
- Session management for logged-in users
- Security and authentication cookies
- Load balancing cookies
3.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We only use these cookies if you have given your consent:
- Google Analytics: Helps us analyze website traffic and user behavior
- Website performance monitoring: Tracks page load times and technical performance
- Error tracking: Helps us identify and fix technical issues
3.3 Marketing and Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver relevant advertisements and track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. We only use these cookies if you have given your consent:
- Facebook Pixel: Tracks conversions and helps optimize our advertising
- Google Ads: Enables remarketing and conversion tracking
- Social media pixels: Tracks engagement from social media platforms
3.4 Functional Cookies
These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization. We only use these cookies if you have given your consent:
- Language preferences
- Theme and layout preferences (dark/light mode)
- Personalized content recommendations
- User interface preferences
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website are set by third-party services. These include:
- Google Analytics: google.com
- Facebook: facebook.com
- Google Fonts: fonts.googleapis.com
- Content Delivery Networks: Various CDN providers
These third-party services have their own privacy policies and cookie policies, which we encourage you to review.
5. Cookie Duration
Cookies can be either "session" cookies or "persistent" cookies:
- Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser
- Persistent Cookies: These remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them manually
5.1 Our Cookie Retention Periods
- Cookie Consent: Stored permanently until manually cleared
- Theme Preferences: Stored permanently until manually cleared
- Analytics Cookies: Typically 2 years
- Marketing Cookies: Typically 30-90 days
- Session Cookies: Deleted when browser is closed
6. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
6.1 Browser Settings
You can control and manage cookies in your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- View what cookies have been set and delete them individually
- Block third-party cookies
- Block cookies from particular sites
- Block all cookies from being set
- Delete all cookies when you close your browser
6.2 Changing Your Consent on Our Website
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by:
- Clearing your browser's local storage for our domain
- Deleting our website's cookies through your browser settings
- Using your browser's developer tools to clear localStorage
- Refreshing the page after clearing preferences to see the cookie banner again
6.3 Browser-Specific Instructions
For detailed instructions on managing cookies, please visit:
- Chrome: Google Chrome Help
- Firefox: Mozilla Firefox Help
- Safari: Apple Safari Help
- Edge: Microsoft Edge Help
7. Impact of Disabling Cookies
If you choose to disable cookies or reject our cookie consent, you may experience:
- Reduced functionality on our website
- Inability to save preferences (like theme selection)
- Less personalized content
- Repeated requests for cookie consent
- Some features may not work properly
8. Mobile Device Cookies
Mobile devices use similar tracking technologies to cookies, including:
- Mobile advertising identifiers (IDFA for iOS, GAID for Android)
- Local storage and session storage
- Device fingerprinting
You can typically manage these through your device's privacy settings.
9. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on our website and updating the "Last updated" date.
10. Legal Basis for Processing
Our legal basis for using cookies depends on the type of cookie:
- Essential Cookies: Legitimate interest in providing our service
- Analytics Cookies: Your explicit consent
- Marketing Cookies: Your explicit consent
- Functional Cookies: Your explicit consent
11. International Transfers
Some of our third-party cookie providers may transfer your data outside of your country of residence. We ensure that such transfers are conducted in accordance with applicable data protection laws and that appropriate safeguards are in place.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
- Email: cookies@ryloz.com
- Website: https://ryloz.com/
- Privacy Policy: View our Privacy Policy
13. Additional Resources
For more information about cookies and online privacy, you can visit:
By continuing to use our website after accepting cookies, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this Cookie Policy.