Cookie Policy
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are tiny ‘text files’ of letters and numbers that are downloaded in your computer/smartphone/tablet while you’re surfing a website. They are transferred between the website’s server and your Internet browser to allow the website to distinguish you from other users, remember actions you’ve made and provide you with content that is relevant to you.
2. How does Ralph use cookies?
Functional
These cookies are necessary for our website to operate. They enable you to move around the site and use its features. These cookies cannot be turned off by the user unless you disable all cookies in your browser.
| Cookie Name | Description | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| X-Mapping-# | Sent by the server as part of load balancing, to ensure that user sessions are persistent. | End of browser session |
| This site displays a cookie policy banner, and cookies are used to remember if you previously closed this banner so to not show it again. | 3 months |
Analytics & performance
These cookies enable us to improve the online services and experiences we offer you, by allowing us to monitor the number of visitors to our website and how they navigate it. We collect this information in a way that does not identify you and the data is not shared with anybody else.
| Cookie Name | Description | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| __utma | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 2 years from set/update |
| __utmt | Used to throttle request rate. | 10 minutes |
| __utmb | Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 30 mins from set/update |
| __utmc | Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. | End of browser session |
| __utmz | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 6 months from set/update |
| __utmv | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 2 years from set/update |
3. Third-party Cookies
Some of the cookies described above are stored on your machine by third parties. We have no control over these cookies or how the third parties use them. They are used to allow third parties to provide a service to us. For more information on these cookies and how to disable them, please see the individual third party’s privacy policy listed below.
Google Analytics
This cookie provides anonymized data to allow us to understand user behaviour and marketing performance https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
4. Where can I get more information about cookies?
More information about cookies and managing your browser settings can be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org
5. How to contact us?
If you would like to talk to us about how we use your data please contact ralph@ralphandco.com or we can be contacted at:
Ralph Creative Ltd.
Floor 2
27-33 Bethnal Green Road
London E1 6LA
Telephone no: +44 (0)20 3006 6730