What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better user experience, and give website owners useful information about how their site is being used.
How We Use Cookies
Rhinely uses cookies and similar technologies for several purposes:
1. Essential Cookies (Required)
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as:
- Authentication: Keeping you logged in while you use the Service
- Security: Protecting your account from unauthorized access
- Session Management: Maintaining your session state across pages
- CSRF Protection: Preventing cross-site request forgery attacks
- Load Balancing: Distributing traffic across our servers
These cookies cannot be disabled as they are essential for the Service to work.
2. Functional Cookies
These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization:
- Preferences: Remembering your settings and preferences
- Language: Storing your language preference
- Theme: Remembering dark mode or light mode settings
- Designer Settings: Preserving your Designer app preferences
- Recently Viewed: Tracking recently viewed designs or products
3. Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website:
- Usage Patterns: Which pages are visited most often
- Performance: How fast pages load for users
- Navigation: How users move through the site
- Errors: When and where errors occur
- Demographics: General information about our user base
We use analytics services such as Google Analytics to collect this information. This data is aggregated and anonymized.
4. Marketing Cookies
These cookies may be used to:
- Track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
- Deliver relevant advertisements
- Measure ad performance
We currently do not use extensive third-party marketing cookies.
Cookies We Use
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhinely_session | Session management | Session | Essential |
| XSRF-TOKEN | Security (CSRF protection) | Session | Essential |
| remember_token | Remember me functionality | 30 days | Functional |
| cookie_consent | Stores your cookie preferences | 1 year | Essential |
| _ga, _gid | Google Analytics | 2 years / 24 hours | Analytics |
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our site are set by third-party services we use:
- Google Analytics: Website analytics and performance monitoring
- Stripe: Secure payment processing
- PayPal: Payment processing (if used)
- Cloudflare: Security and performance optimization
These third parties have their own privacy policies governing the use of cookies.
Managing Cookies
Browser Settings
You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- View what cookies are stored and delete them individually
- Block third-party cookies
- Block cookies from specific sites
- Block all cookies
- Delete all cookies when you close your browser
Browser-Specific Instructions
- Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data
Impact of Disabling Cookies
Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website:
- You may not be able to log in or stay logged in
- Your preferences may not be saved
- Some features of the Designer app may not work correctly
- You may need to re-enter information more frequently
Do Not Track
Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature. We currently do not respond to DNT signals as there is no industry standard for how to interpret them.
Updates to This 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.
Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at:
