Cookie Policy

DishRank currently uses the following categories of cookies.

2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for DishRank to operate correctly.

They do not exist to track your browsing activity for advertising or marketing purposes.

Laravel Session Cookie

Purpose:

Maintains your current website session and allows DishRank to associate requests made during the same browsing session.

Example name:

laravel_session

Type:

First-party

Duration:

Session / as configured by DishRank

Category:

Strictly necessary

This cookie is required for certain parts of the website and cannot be disabled through our cookie preference system without affecting functionality.

XSRF / CSRF Cookie

Purpose:

Helps protect DishRank against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and helps ensure that requests submitted through the website are legitimate.

Example name:

XSRF-TOKEN

Type:

First-party

Duration:

As configured by DishRank

Category:

Strictly necessary

This cookie is a security cookie and is not used for advertising or behavioural tracking.

Remember-Me / Authentication Cookie

Purpose:

Allows users who choose to use the "remember me" functionality to remain authenticated between visits.

Example name:

As configured by DishRank.

Type:

First-party

Duration:

As configured by DishRank

Category:

Strictly necessary

This cookie is only relevant to users who use authentication functionality.

2.2 Cookie Consent Preference

DishRank may use a cookie to remember your cookie preferences.

Purpose:

Remembers whether you have made a choice regarding optional cookies and similar technologies.

Example name:

As configured by DishRank.

Type:

First-party

Duration:

As configured by DishRank

Category:

Strictly necessary

Without this cookie, DishRank may need to ask you for your cookie preferences again on subsequent visits.

Not currently.

DishRank does not currently use third-party analytics cookies such as Google Analytics cookies.

DishRank may collect certain information about the use of its services through its own application systems, such as votes, QR-code interactions, Featured Listing activity or other service events.

This type of server-side application data is separate from placing an analytics cookie on your device.

Where DishRank introduces analytics technologies that require consent, this Cookie Policy and our cookie-consent controls will be updated accordingly.

Not currently.

DishRank does not currently use advertising or retargeting cookies to:

• build advertising profiles;
• follow you across other websites;
• serve personalised advertising;
• sell browsing information to advertisers.

If this changes in the future, we will update this policy and implement appropriate consent mechanisms where required.

DishRank does not currently intentionally place third-party advertising or analytics cookies on your device.

Some third-party services used to provide functionality may potentially use their own technologies when you interact with their services.

For example, payment processing may involve third-party infrastructure when you use Stripe to make a payment.

Where third-party technologies are introduced that require consent under applicable law, DishRank will provide appropriate information and consent controls.

Because the cookies currently used by DishRank are primarily necessary for the operation and security of the Service, disabling them may prevent parts of DishRank from working correctly.

You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings.

However, deleting necessary cookies may result in:

• being signed out;
• losing session information;
• having to repeat certain preferences;
• parts of DishRank not functioning correctly.

We may update this Cookie Policy when:

• we introduce new functionality;
• we introduce new cookies;
• we introduce analytics;
• we introduce advertising or marketing technologies;
• our third-party services change;
• applicable laws or regulatory guidance change.

The "Last updated" date at the top of this policy indicates when it was most recently updated.