Our Updated Ventnor Rugby Club Privacy Policy
We wanted to let you know that we’ve made some updates to Ventnor Rugby Club’s Privacy Policy. These updates take effect on Friday 8th November 2024.
What has changed?
The following has changed and been updated:
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a piece of information in the form of a very small text file that is placed on an internet user’s hard drive. It is generated by a web page server, which is basically the computer that operates a web site. The information the cookie contains is set by the server and it can be used by that server whenever the user visits the site. A cookie can be thought of as an internet user’s identification card, which tell a web site when the user has returned. – http://www.aboutcookies.org/
- Essential – Our site uses first-party cookies to keep track of what items you have in your basket and to remember that for when you return to our site. Without these cookies the site would forget which items you have placed in your basket and you would not be able to purchase any products from our online store. We also use cookies for performance and load balancing to ensure continued operation of the site.
- Functional – When you register your account with us, we create first-party cookies to remember if you are signed in or not. Our website uses these cookies to work out which accounts you are signed in with and to serve data or content to you from and in relation to that account. (e.g. your delivery address).
- Analytics – We use analytics services (like Google Analytics) to gather analytical information for us. These services create cookies to collect information on how people use our site, this allows us to produce reports to help us improve the site. These third party cookies collect information like the number of visits to the site, where visitors have come from, and what pages they have visited.
Third party
- Datadog Inc. – This cookie is essential for ensuring continued operation of the site to provide the service requested by the user, eg. ensuring the content of the requested page loads quickly and effectively. This cookie lasts 15 minutes. For more information about the Datadog privacy policy, please click here.
- Stripe, Inc. – Stripe is the card payment processor used in our checkout, and they use cookies as part of their credit card fraud prevention mechanisms. These cookies last between 30 minutes and 1 year. For more information about the Stripe privacy policy, please click here.
- Stripe Link – Link is a specific function built by the Stripe payment system above, for faster payments at checkout. For more information about the Stripe Link privacy policy, please click here.
- Google Inc. – Google uses cookies to help us analyse search traffic and user behaviour, to improve their site experience and to personalise content across the Google network. These cookies last between 1 day and 1.5 years. For more information about the Google Privacy Policy, please click here.
- Meta Inc. – Meta uses cookies to help us analyse traffic and user behaviour from social platforms like Facebook and Instagram, to improve their site experience and to personalise content across those platforms. This cookie lasts 90 days. For more information on the Meta Privacy Policy, please click here.
- Bing (Microsoft Corporation) – Bing uses cookies to help us analyse search traffic and user behaviour, to improve their site experience and to personalise content across the Bing network. These cookies last up to 1.5 years. For more information about the Microsoft Privacy Policy, please click here.
Cookies may be used on our associate linked website for club merchandise – namely VX3 and Teemill stores. They have their own cookie and privacy policies.
This update to our privacy policy applies to all the club’s websites:
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