Cookie Policy for Rhode to Digital

Last Updated: 29 May 2025

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how [Rhode to Digital] (“we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies on our website (www.rhodedigital.com), and your choices regarding cookies. This policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy, which provides more detail on how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.

1. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the website owners. Cookies enable the website to remember your actions and preferences over a period, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies:

Persistent cookies remain on your device even after you close your browser, and are activated each time you visit the website that created that particular cookie.
Session cookies are temporary and are deleted once you close your browser.

2. How Rhode to Digital Uses Cookies

We use cookies for various purposes, including:

Website Functionality: To make our website work correctly and securely.
Website Performance: To help us understand how visitors interact with our website, identifying areas for improvement and optimizing performance.
Personalization: To remember your preferences and settings, enhancing your user experience.
Analytics: To gather data on website traffic and usage patterns, helping us analyze trends and improve our services.
Marketing & Advertising: To deliver relevant advertising and measure the effectiveness of our campaigns.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Our website may use the following categories of cookies:

A. Strictly Necessary Cookies:
- Purpose: These cookies are essential for the website to function correctly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
- Examples: Session cookies for user authentication, security cookies, cookies that remember your cookie consent preferences.
- Legal Basis (GDPR): Legitimate Interest (necessary for the service requested).
B. Performance/Analytical Cookies:
- Purpose: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
- Examples: Cookies set by Google Analytics (_ga, _gid, _gat), SiteGround Optimizer.
- Legal Basis (GDPR): Consent.
C. Functionality Cookies:
- Purpose: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
- Examples: Cookies to remember your language preference, form autofill data, or settings within embedded content (e.g., video player preferences).
- Legal Basis (GDPR): Consent.
D. Targeting/Marketing Cookies:
- Purpose: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
- Examples: Cookies from advertising networks (e.g., Google Ads, Meta/Facebook Pixel), social media platforms, cookies used by our booking system (Calendly) or quiz builder (ScoreApp) to track conversions or user journeys for internal analytics.
- Legal Basis (GDPR): Consent.

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties cookies to report usage statistics of the service, deliver advertisements on and through the service, and so on. These third parties may include:

Google Analytics: For website analytics.
Elementor: For website building and design functionalities.
SiteGround: Our hosting provider, which may set its own necessary and performance cookies.
Calendly: For appointment scheduling.
ScoreApp: For our interactive quizzes.
[Any other third-party services you embed or use that might set cookies, e.g., YouTube/Vimeo for videos, social media embeds, etc.]

5. Your Choices Regarding Cookies (Cookie Consent)

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies.

Cookie Consent Banner: Upon your first visit to our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. This banner allows you to explicitly give or withdraw your consent for different categories of cookies (e.g., analytical, functional, marketing). You can change your preferences at any time through the banner or a persistent “Cookie Settings” link on our website.
Browser Settings: Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. However, declining cookies may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website’s features and services. For more information on how to control cookies through your browser, please refer to your browser’s help documentation or visit websites like ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) or AboutCookies.org.

6. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our cookie practices, please contact us at: info@rhodedigital.com.