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This page describes our cookies and privacy policies for the The Online Rip-off Tip-off website.
About cookies
We put small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site.
Cookies are used to:
- remember your progress
- measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
Cookies aren’t used to identify you personally.
You’ll see a message on the site before we store a cookie on your computer.
You can manage Cookies at the bottom of this page.
How we use cookies
Essential cookies
You may see a cookies message when you first visit this site. We’ll store a cookie to save your settings.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| cookies-marketing-option | Saves a message to let us know that you’ve seen our message | 1 month |
| cookies-analytics-option | Saves a message to let us know that you’ve seen our message | 1 month |
Measuring website usage (Google Analytics 4)
We use Google Analytics 4 software to collect information about how you use the website. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.
Google Analytics 4 stores information about:
- the pages you visit
- how long you spend on each page
- how you got to the site
- what you click on while you’re visiting the site
We don’t collect or store personal information so this information can’t be used to identify who you are.
We don’t allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
Google Analytics 4 sets the following cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | This helps us count how many people visit the site by tracking if you’ve visited before | 2 years |
| _gid | This helps us count how many people visit the site by tracking if you’ve visited before | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made | 10 minutes |