Do you have a cookies policy?

A cookie is a message that a web server will pass to a web browser when you visit websites. Your browser will store each of these messages in a file. 

A cookie is used to track a user's website activity. When you visit some websites the server will pass you a cookie that is used as an ID card. When you revisit the website your browser will pass this cookie back to the server, this will allow the webserver to gather information on what pages you visit the most and ones you are likely to revisit. 

UK Customers

Rocketspark in the United Kingdom does have a cookie policy as part of our terms and conditions, this can be found under the heading Cookies.

If your site is on the UK server, you automatically have a cookies policy on your site, at www.yourdomainname/cookie-policy/.

NZ and AU Customers

Currently, we don't automatically have a Cookie policy pop up on our New Zealand and Australian sites/servers however you can still view your cookie Policies at www.yourdomainname/cookie-policy/.

If you want to link to your Cookie policy on your website for your customers to easily view, a good way to do this is to add your Cookie Policy link (as above) to your Copyright Footer area. See how to edit your copyright footer area here. 

If you would like an automatic Cookie policy pop up for your customers to accept and you are an NZ or AU customer please contact our support team to get this added in for you or you can give it a go yourself. 

1. To add your cookie policy pop up on your website add a block (it doesn't matter where this is on your page)

2. Select the HTML/Code block 

3. Paste in the following code and replace DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER with your actual domain name

<h2 class="heading">DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER cookies</h2>
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Here you will find information on what cookies may be set when you visit DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER and how to reject or delete those cookies.<br />
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<strong>Topics</strong>
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<li>How to control and delete cookies</li>
<li>How to turn cookies off</li>
<li>List of the main DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER cookies</li>
<li>Third Party Cookies set for users</li>
<li>Cookies set by Third Party sites</li>
<li>Social Sharing Cookies</li>
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<strong>1. How to control and delete cookies</strong><br />
DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER does not use cookies to store personally identifiable information about you. However if you are wanting to block the cookies that DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER has set this can be done through your browser settings. You may consult the help feature of your web browser to do this.<br /><br />
You can also visit <a href="http://www.aboutcookies.org" target="_blank">www.aboutcookies.org</a> which has a How to control cookies section. This details how to control and delete cookies in all mainstream web browsers. Along with details on cookie law and other useful information.<br />
Please note that disabling cookies will affect the usability of this website as cookies are required for a number of features to work.<br /><br />
DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER also uses a number of third party plugins which set cookies on this website to deliver features like web traffic reporting and social media services. To find out more information about the cookies used by these plugins and details on how to disable each one specifically please see section 4 below.<br />
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<strong>2. How do I turn cookies off?</strong><br />
Modern web browsers allow you to change your cookie settings and specify which cookies or sites to block and the ability to clear existing cookies. A good place to start is in your web browser's help section this is often found under the Help menu. For more information please use the below links.
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<li>Cookie settings in Internet Explorer <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196955" target="_blank">support.microsoft.com</a></li>
<li>Cookie settings in Firefox <a href="http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Cookies" target="_blank">support.mozilla.org</a></li>
<li>Cookie settings in Chrome <a href="http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=95647" target="_blank">support.google.com/</a></li>
<li>Cookie settings in Safari <a href="https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US" target="_blank">support.apple.com</a></li>
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Please note it's not recommended to disable cookies as this will affect the usability of this website.<br />
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<strong>3. List of the main DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER cookies</strong><br />
This is a list of the cookies set on DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER, and what each is used for.<br />
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<td class="cookieTable left">Cookie Name</td>
<td class="cookieTable">Purpose</td>
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<td class="cookieTable">PHPSESSID</td>
<td class="cookieTable">PHP session tracking cookie, used to know a user repeatedly visits the account area
of our website.</td>
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<td class="cookieTable">mobileRedirectDisabled</td>
<td class="cookieTable">A cookie used to help detect if the website is visited by a mobile device and should redirect to a mobile specific website.</td>
</tr>
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<td class="cookieTable">RS_EU_CLIENT_COOKIE_CHECK</td>
<td class="cookieTable">A cookie used to remember if the visitor has seen the EU Cookie policy banner.</td>
</tr>
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<strong>4. Third Party Cookies set for users</strong><br />
DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER also uses a number of third party plugins which set cookies on this website to deliver features like web traffic reporting and social media services. To find out more information about the cookies used by these plugins and details on how to disable each one specifically please review the information below.<br />
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<td class="cookieTable big left">Third Party</td><td class="cookieTable big">Description</td>
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<td class="cookieTable big">Twitter</td><td class="cookieTable big">Twitter provides DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER with functionality to spread our content via social media. Twitter uses this cookie to determine if a twitter user is available to share content or not.<br /><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/privacy" target="_blank">Click here for information on how to reject or delete this cookie</a></td>
</tr>
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<td class="cookieTable big">Google Analytics</td><td class="cookieTable big">These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html" target="_blank">Click here for information on how to reject or delete this cookie</a></td>
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<td class="cookieTable big">Share This</td><td class="cookieTable big">Share This provides DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER with functionality to spread our websites content via social media or email. The cookies are required to operate this functionality.<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.sharethis.com/legal/privacy/#sthash.2XFO5MXv.dpbs" target="_blank">Click here for information on how to reject or delete this cookie</a></td>
</tr>
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<td class="cookieTable big">Facebook</td><td class="cookieTable big">Facebook provides DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER with functionality to spread our content via social media. Facebook uses this cookie to determine if a Facebook user is available to share content or not.<br /><br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies/?ref=sitefooter" target="_blank">Click here for information on how to reject or delete this cookie</a></td>
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<td class="cookieTable big">LinkedIn</td><td class="cookieTable big">LinkedIn provides DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER with functionality to spread our content via social media. LinkedIn uses this cookie to determine if a LinkedIn user is available to share content or not.<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy?trk=hb_ft_cookie" target="_blank">Click here for information on how to reject or delete this cookie</a></td>
</tr>
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<strong>5. Cookies set by Third Party sites</strong><br />
To improve the user experience there may be embedded media content from websites like YouTube and Vimeo. These embedded widgets can use cookies as part of their standard functionality. DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER does not control the creation or removal of these cookies. More information about these cookies can be found on the relevant third party website.<br /><br />
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<strong>6. DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER Social Sharing Tools</strong><br />
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DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER also allows the ability to embed social sharing tools. These tools allow users to easily share site content or links back to pages of interest over the popular social networks. These networks can set cookies when logged in to help streamline the sharing of this content. DOMAIN_NAME_PLACEHOLDER does not control the creation or removal of these cookies. More information about these cookies can be found on the relevant third party website.<br />

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5. Save

Your cookie policy pop up should now appear for all new website users for their first visit to your website and have the ability to select your policy. - You may need to visit. your website in an Incognito mode to view your policy pop up. 

If you would like to read more about Rocketspark's Privacy Policy, you can find different terms and conditions for New Zealand and Australia.