Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Ratatype (“we,” “us,” “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on our website. If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at [email protected]. You can update your Cookie Settings anytime.

What are cookies and similar technologies?

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device to recognize your browser, remember your preferences, and help the site work properly. We also use similar technologies — like local storage and web beacons (small tracking images, sometimes called pixels) — that serve comparable purposes. For simplicity, this policy refers to all of these collectively as “cookies.”

How do we use cookies and similar technologies?

We use cookies for a few different reasons: to make the Website work, to remember your settings, to understand how visitors use the Website so we can improve it, and — together with our advertising partners — to show ads that are more relevant to you. Cookies set by us are called first-party cookies; cookies set by other companies through our Website — for example, advertising or analytics partners — are third-party cookies. We also allow our advertising partners to collect this information through our Website.

What types of cookies and similar technologies do we use?

We group our cookies into the following categories.

Essential cookies

These cookies are necessary for the Website to work — for example, to keep the site secure and load pages correctly. You can't opt out of these, since the Website won't function properly without them.

Performance and functionality cookies

These cookies aren't strictly necessary, but they improve how the Website performs and let us offer extra features. Without them, some functionality may not work as well.

Analytics and customization cookies

These cookies help us understand how people use the Website — which pages are popular, how visitors found us, and how well things are working — so we can improve it. Some are also used to tailor the Website to you. We use Google Analytics for this, among other analytics tools; you can opt out of Google Analytics specifically with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Advertising cookies

We work with third-party advertising and ad-technology partners to show ads that may be more relevant to you, avoid showing you the same ad over and over, and measure how ad campaigns perform. This is by far our largest category of cookies, because modern online advertising relies on many specialized companies working together behind the scenes — ad exchanges, “real-time bidding” networks, and measurement providers — most of which you'll never interact with directly. We don't operate these systems ourselves; they belong to our advertising partners.

Social networking cookies

These cookies let you share Website content on social networks, and may be set by those networks when you interact with their features on our site.

A full technical list of the individual cookies we use — including each one's name, the company that sets it, and how long it lasts — is available on request; just email us at [email protected].

You can choose which categories of cookies (other than essential ones) you allow, using the Cookie Preference Center — click Manage Cookie Preferences on this page, or use the link in our cookie banner. If you choose to reject non-essential cookies, you can still use the Website, though some features may not work as expected.

You can also limit tracking more broadly by:

Blocking cookies in your browser — most browsers let you block or delete cookies through their settings: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera
Blocking advertising ID use in your mobile settings — this limits use of your device's advertising ID for interest-based ads inside apps.
Google Analytics — opt out with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Advertising industry opt-out tools: Digital Advertising Alliance, Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance.
Do Not Track — some browsers can send a “Do Not Track” signal; we don't currently respond to these signals, as there isn't yet an accepted industry standard for how to interpret them.

Regardless of your cookie settings, you can submit a request about your personal data at any time.