Cookie Policy

Effective Date: August 1, 2025

Provider: RippleBids ("RippleBids", "we", "us", "our")

Contact: Support@RippleBids.com

Cookie Policy Overview

This Cookie Policy explains how RippleBids uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience on our Platform. Cookies help us remember your preferences, analyze site usage, and deliver personalized content while maintaining the security and functionality of our cryptocurrency marketplace.

Important: We do not use cookies to access your cryptocurrency wallet private keys or other sensitive wallet information.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device (e.g., computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit RippleBids.com (the "Platform"). Cookies and similar technologies (e.g., web beacons, pixel tags, or device identifiers) help us enhance your experience, remember your preferences, analyze site usage, and deliver personalized content.

This Cookie Policy explains how we use these technologies and how you can manage your preferences.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following categories of cookies and similar technologies on the Platform:

2.1 Essential Cookies

  • Purpose: These cookies are necessary for the Platform to function properly, such as enabling account logins, transaction processing, and secure navigation.
  • Examples: Session cookies for authentication, cookies to maintain your shopping cart, or cookies to ensure secure escrow transactions.
  • Opt-Out: These cookies cannot be disabled, as they are critical to the Platform's operation.

2.2 Analytics Cookies

  • Purpose: These cookies help us understand how users interact with the Platform by collecting aggregated data on page views, click patterns, and user behavior. This allows us to improve functionality and user experience.
  • Examples: Cookies from analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics) to track site performance or usage trends.
  • Data Collected: Anonymized data such as IP addresses, device types, browser types, and time spent on pages.

2.3 Preferences Cookies

  • Purpose: These cookies remember your settings and preferences to provide a personalized experience, such as your preferred language, currency display, or layout choices.
  • Examples: Cookies storing your language selection or display preferences for the Platform's interface.

2.4 Marketing Cookies

  • Purpose: These cookies enable third-party advertising or tracking to deliver personalized ads or measure ad performance. They are only used if you explicitly consent via our cookie consent tool.
  • Examples: Cookies from third-party advertising networks to serve targeted ads on or off the Platform.
  • Note: RippleBids currently does not use marketing cookies unless explicitly enabled by you.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to:

  • Operate the Platform: Ensure secure logins, transaction processing, and navigation.
  • Improve User Experience: Personalize content and settings based on your preferences.
  • Analyze Performance: Understand usage patterns to enhance Platform functionality.
  • Provide Advertising: Deliver relevant ads (only with your consent for marketing cookies).

⚠️ Important: Cookies do not access your cryptocurrency wallet private keys or other sensitive information not explicitly provided by you.

4. Third Parties and Cookies

We may allow trusted third-party service providers to place cookies or similar technologies on the Platform to support its functionality:

Analytics Providers

To collect usage data (e.g., Google Analytics).

Cloud Hosting Providers

To support Platform infrastructure and performance.

Advertising Partners

To serve targeted ads (only if marketing cookies are enabled).

ShipEngine

To facilitate shipping label generation and tracking, which may involve cookies for session management.

These third parties are bound by contractual obligations to protect your data in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable laws.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

5.1 Cookie Consent Tool

When you first visit the Platform, you will see a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or customize your cookie preferences. You can adjust these settings at any time via the Platform's cookie management tool, accessible in the footer or settings menu.

5.2 Browser Settings

You can manage cookies through your browser settings by blocking or deleting cookies. Instructions vary by browser (e.g., Chrome, Firefox, Safari).

Note: Disabling essential cookies may impair Platform functionality, such as account access or transaction processing.

5.3 Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers support "Do Not Track" (DNT) signals. Due to the lack of a universal DNT standard, our Platform does not currently respond to DNT signals but respects your choices made via our cookie consent tool.

6. Data Retention and Cookies

Cookies are stored on your device for varying durations:

Session Cookies

Temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser.

Persistent Cookies

Cookies that remain on your device until they expire (e.g., 30 days, 1 year) or until you delete them.

For specific retention periods of data collected via cookies, see Section 5 of our Privacy Policy. Analytics data may be anonymized and retained indefinitely, while other data is deleted when no longer needed for the purposes outlined above.

7. Your Rights

As outlined in our Privacy Policy, you have rights regarding your personal data, including data collected via cookies:

Access

Request details about the data collected through cookies.

Deletion

Request deletion of non-essential cookie data, subject to legal retention obligations.

Objection

Opt out of non-essential cookies (e.g., analytics, marketing) via the cookie consent tool.

To exercise these rights: Contact us at Support@RippleBids.com with "Privacy Request" in the subject line.

For California (CCPA) or EEA/UK (GDPR) residents, additional rights may apply (see Section 6 of our Privacy Policy).

8. Security

We implement reasonable measures to protect data collected via cookies, such as encryption and secure storage. However, no system is 100% secure.

Your Responsibility: You are responsible for securing your device and browser settings to prevent unauthorized access to cookies.

9. International Data Transfers

Data collected via cookies may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your residence, including the United States, where our servers or third-party providers are located.

Where required (e.g., under GDPR), we use safeguards like Standard Contractual Clauses to protect transferred data. See Section 8 of our Privacy Policy for details.

10. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Material changes will be communicated via the Platform, email, or other reasonable means, with at least thirty (30) days' notice before taking effect.

Acceptance: Your continued use of the Platform after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Cookie Policy.

11. Contact Information

For questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy, contact us at:

General Contact

Email: Support@RippleBids.com

Address: [COMPANY_LEGAL_ADDRESS], Ohio

Privacy Requests

Email: Support@RippleBids.com

Include "Privacy Request" in the subject line