1 INTRODUCTION
When you visit or interact with our websites, services, applications, tools or messaging, we or our authorized service providers may use cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies for storing information to help provide you with a better, faster, and safer experience and for advertising purposes.
This document aims to set out the principles and theapproach of RSG UNIVERSAL PAYMENTS LTD. (“Company”) in relation to the cookiesthat will be used by Company (The platform used by Company to execute itsoperating activities).
The objective of this Policy is to help you understandmore about these technologies and the use of them on the Company’s websites andin its services, applications, and tools.
Company’s cookies and similar technologies havedifferent functions. They are either necessary for the functioning of ourservices, help us improve our performance, give you extra functionalities,enhancing security, or help us to serve you relevant and targetedadvertisements. The Company uses cookies and similar technologies that onlyremain on your computer, tablet, mobile phone, or other devices (collectivelyreferred to as “device”) for as long as you keep your browser active (session)and cookies and similar technologies that remain on your device for a longerperiod (persistent). You are free to block, delete, or disable these cookies ifyour device permits so. You can manage your cookies and your cookie preferencesin your browser or device settings.
Where possible, security measures are set in place toprevent unauthorized access to our cookies and similar technologies. A uniqueidentifier ensures that only the Company and/or our authorized serviceproviders have access to cookie data.
Service providers are companies that help us withvarious aspects of our business, such as website operations, services,applications, advertisements and tools. These service providers may also placecookies on your device via our services (third party cookies). They may alsocollect information that helps them identify your device, such as IP-address orother unique or deviceidentifiers.
2 The Policy
2.1 Defining cookies
Like most websites, the Company uses technologies thatare essentially small data files placed on your device that allow us to recordcertain pieces of information whenever you visit or interact with our sites,services, applications, messaging, and tools.
The specific names and types of the cookies, webbeacons, and other similar technologies used by the Company may change fromtime to time. In order to help you better understand this Policy and Company’suse of such technologies we have provided the following terminology anddefinitions:
- Cookies are small text files usually comprisedof letters and numbers. The cookie files are storedin your device when you visit a website or view a message. Cookiesallow a website to recognize a particular device or browser.
- Web beacons are small graphic images (also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”) that may be included on websites, services,applications, messaging, and tools, that typically work inconjunction with cookies to identify users anduser behaviour.
- Similar technologies are technologies used to store information in yourbrowser or device utilizing localshared objects or local storage, such as flash cookies, HTML 5 cookies, and other web application software methods. These technologies can operate across all of your browsers, and in someinstances may not be fully managed by your browser and may require managementdirectly through your installed applications or device.
The terms “cookies” or “web beacons” or “similartechnologies” may be used interchangeably in the policies of the Company torefer to all technologies that Company may use to store data in your browser ordevice or that collect information or help with user identification asdescribed above.
2.2 Cookies used by Company
The Company offers certain website features, services,applications, and tools that are available only through the use of thesetechnologies.
Generally, these technologies allow the Company’swebsites, services, applications, and tools to store relevant information inyour browser or device and later read that information in order to identify youto our servers or internal systems. Where applicable, we protect our cookiesand other similar technologies to help ensure that only we and/or ourauthorized service providers can interpret them by assigning them a uniqueidentifier that is designed for interpretation only by us. Company does not usecookies to collect personally identifiable information about you or for storinginformation to target advertising to you through our websites. The cookies thatwe use only collect anonymous information to optimise our services and do notcollect personal information. Any personal information that we may collect andstore through use of these technologies will beobtained through notice and consent.
2.3 Consent to the use of cookies
Cookies set across our website, either by us or third-party partners,can be in the form of session cookies (lasting only as long as your visit toour website) or persistent cookies, and may use different technologies, such asJavaScript or Flash.
You can choose to manage the cookies we use on ourwebsite through your internet browser settings at any time. For moreinformation about how to do this, and about cookies in general, you can visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.Certain cookies may beset as soon as you visit our website, but you can remove them using yourinternet browser settings.
You are always free to block, delete, or disable thesetechnologies if your browser, installed application, or device so permits.However, if you decline cookies or other similar technologies, you may not beable to take advantage of certain website features, services, applications, ortools. You may also be required to re-enter your password more frequently duringyour browsing session. Doing so will also affect our ability to update ourwebsite to cater for user preferences and improve its performance. Furthermore,Company cannot guarantee how the Company’s website will perform during yourvisit. For more information on how you can block, delete, or disable thesetechnologies, please review your browser or device settings.
2.4 Further questions
If you have any further questions or concerns aboutany of our cookies or policies, or wish to discuss how the Company embracesonline privacy, please email us at support@cryptix.io.
3 Further information
3.1 General
Additional general information about cookies is available at http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
For further information about Google Analytics pleasesee http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html
To prevent tracking by Google Analytics across allwebsites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
3.2 Types of Cookie
Some of the most commonly used types of cookies include:
- Session cookies: stored on your device when you log into your account. They allow someoneto recognise its users if these visit multiple pagesduring the same session. They expire at theend of your browser session and allow the person who uses themto link your actions during that particular browser session;
- Persistent cookies: saved on your device in between browser sessions, allowing the person who uses them to remember your preferences or actionsacross multiple sites;
- Analytical cookies: used to collectvisitor information, such as the number of visits, how a websitewas found, from where the visit came from, if via a marketing campaignetc. This information is extremely important to the businessand helps the Company to improve its website and further enhancevisitor experience;
- Functional cookies: designed specifically about visitor experienceon the website. For example,they “remember” the open/closed status of pop up messages,enabling access to information stored when registered with Company and so on. Without these functionalcookies, no settings informationcan be saved;
- First-party cookies: set by the websitethat you are visiting; and
- Third-party cookies: set by other websites who place cookies on the user’scomputer. The "3rd party" cookies are placed when you are logged intotheir service, and the Company does not control the dissemination of thesecookies. These cookies may be session, analytical and functional, and determineif the user is logged into a social network already, and control bookmarking orsharing Company content. Other third parties should be contacted directly toview their cookie privacy information.
Cookies can be disabled or removed by tools that areavailable in most commercial browsers. The preferences for each browser you usewill need to be set separately and different browsers offer differentfunctionality and options (Section 4).
3.3 Groups/categories of Cookie
There are four categories of cookies used by the Company:
a) Operational related– It includes technologies that allow you access to the Company’s websites, services,applications, and tools that are required to identify irregular site behaviour,prevent fraudulent activityand improve security;or that allowyou to make use of our functions.
b) Performancerelated – these cookies will help the Company to assessthe performance of its websites, applications, services, and tools. They help the Companyto understand how thevisitors use its websites and determine: (i) if the visitors have interacted with our messaging, and (ii) whether they have viewed an item or link. Theyare also used to improve the content ofthe Company’s website, applications, services, or tools.
c) Functionalityrelated (Analytics) – The Company may apply cookies as a mechanism for offeringits users enhanced functionality when accessing or using its websites,services, applications, or tools. This may include identifying you when yousign into the Company’s websites or keeping track of your specifiedpreferences, interests, or past items viewed so that we may enhance thepresentation of content on the Company’swebsites.
d) Advertising related– The Company may use first-party or third-party cookiesto deliver content, including advertisements relevantto your interests, on our websitesor on third party websites. This includes using technologies to understand the usefulness to you of theadvertisements and content that havebeen delivered to you (whilst browsing theCompany’s websites or other websites), such as whetheryou have clickedon an advertisement. Thepurpose of these cookies is to ensure that any product recommendations or advertising you see,is relevant to products viewed from your device on our website.
4 Checking if Cookies are enabled
To check the current status of cookies please click onyour browser from the list below for step- by-step instructions:
InternetExplorer
1- Click on 'Tools'at the top of your browser windowand select 'Internetoptions’, then click on the 'Privacy' tab
2- Click on ‘Advanced’ and make sure that cookiesare set to ‘Accept’ and the ‘Alwaysallow session cookies’ option is checked
GoogleChrome
1- Click on 'Tools' (or the spanner icon) at the topright corner of your browser window and select‘Settings’
2- Click the 'Show advanced settings'option at the bottom of the page, locate the 'Privacy' section,and select the 'Contentsettings' button
3- Now select 'Allow local data to be set' under the ‘Cookies’ section
Safari
1-Click on 'Safari' at the top of your browser windowand select the 'Preferences' option
2-Click on 'Security', then 'Acceptcookies' and select 'Always'
Firefox
1- Click on 'Tools'at the top of your browser window and select Options, then select the Privacy icon
2- In the first drop down menu labelled 'Firefox will:' select 'Remember History'
Other
There are a number of other browsers available thatwill all have their own unique way of setting cookies, for assistance withthese individual browsers please refer to their help section
5 Activating Cookies on Company's website but noton other sites
It's possible to only accept Cookies when you are onthe Company’s website by adding our web address to a “safe list”. Here'show to do this in different browsers:
Internet Explorer
1- Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window andselect 'Internet options' then click on the 'Privacy' tab
2- Click on ‘Advanced’ and make sure that cookiesare set to ‘Block’ and the ‘Alwaysallow session cookies’ option is unchecked
3- Go back at the ‘Privacy’tab and click the 'Sites'button and enter Company'sweb-address in the 'Address of website'bar, then select 'Allow'
Google Chrome
1- Click on 'Tools' (or the spanner icon) at the topright corner of your browser window and select 'Settings'
2- Click the 'Show advanced settings'option at the bottom of the page, locate the 'Privacy' section,and select the 'Contentsettings' button
3- Now select 'Block sites from setting any data' then select the 'Manageexceptions' button
4- In the 'Hostname Pattern and ensure that the'Behavior' is set to 'Allow'
Safari
1-Click on 'Safari' at the top of your browser windowand select the 'Preferences' option
2-Click on 'Security', then 'Acceptcookies' and select 'Only from site you navigate to'
Firefox
1- Click on 'Tools'at the top of your browser window and select Options, then select the Privacy icon
2- In the first drop down menu labelled 'Firefox will:' select 'Use customsettings for history'
3-Click the 'Exceptions'button; 4-In the 'Address of web site' field type Company's web-address andclick 'Allow'
Other
There are a number of other browsers available thatwill all have their own unique way of setting cookie exceptions, for assistancewith these individual browsers please refer to their help section.