Privacy policy
When viewing materials on the RBC-Ukraine website, certain information may be stored in cookies. These files are set by our news agency or third parties on your device (smartphone, tablet, or personal computer).
This document informs the reader about the use of cookies on the RBC-Ukraine website and provides all the necessary information about these files.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data blocks that are transmitted to your browser from the website you are visiting. This data helps the website remember information about your visits, making each visit more convenient and useful for you.
In these files, information about your activities on the visited website is stored. For example, login and password details for account access, language preferences, font size, or previously viewed products.
For instance, when you register on a website and save your login and password, you won't need to re-enter your details during your next visit. You will be able to automatically log into your account.
Your personal settings on the website, such as content language, font size, time, and location, are also saved.
Some cookies enable the website to store the contents of your shopping cart in an online store or remember previously viewed products.
Most users accept cookies automatically. They can also be disabled in browser settings or configured to receive notifications each time the related cookies are sent.
There are several types of cookies, but the most commonly used are persistent and session cookies. Session cookies are used only until the user closes their browser, while persistent cookies are stored on the computer until they are deleted by the user or their expiration date is reached.
Types of cookies used by RBC-Ukraine
During the visit to the RBC-Ukraine website, four types of cookies are used.
Advertising cookies are used to tailor advertisements on the website to the interests of specific users and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
Advertising cookies help select ads that may be interesting and relevant to individual readers. They also ensure that the system is configured to avoid constantly displaying the same ads.
For more information about cookies used by different advertising platforms, please refer to the official instructions:
Admixer:
https://admixer.com/cookies/
Adsense:
https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/7549925?hl=en
Admanager:
https://support.google.com/admanager/answer/2839090?hl=en
Technical cookies are used for user security during their visit to the website, facilitating access to various site services and navigation.
Technical cookies include language settings, information about the user's previous sessions, and the preservation of settings and security parameters.
Some technical cookies improve the functioning of services and navigation.
They also ensure user security during their visit to the website, authentication, protection during service usage, and help prevent fraud.
Cookies for analytics help the website, and the specific services it uses, measure its audience. These data are valuable for assessing the content, its usefulness to readers, and improving the information provided.
These cookies can be disabled by installing extensions in your browser.
For more detailed information about Google Analytics cookies, please refer to their official instructions: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en
Social media cookies allow users to share website content on social networks.
When a user clicks on the "Share" button on Twitter, Facebook, Telegram, or Viber, the respective social network identifies them using cookies.
For more information about the use of cookies by social networks and their privacy policies, please refer to the links below.
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/en/privacy
These cookies can also be disabled in your browser.
Opting out of cookie usage
Users can opt out of using cookies by disabling them in their browser settings.
Users can also choose to disable cookies partially or configure them according to their preferences.
Detailed instructions on how to do this can be found in the following links.
Instructions for Google Chrome
Instructions for Firefox
Instructions for Opera
Instructions for Safari
Instructions for Internet Explorer
Privacy policy update
We may update this Privacy Policy at any time. You can check the current version of the Privacy Policy on this page.