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Cookie policy

This policy explains what Rydya stores in your browser, and it is unusually short because Rydya stores unusually little. There is no analytics, no advertising and no cross-site tracking anywhere in the product, which we verified in the code rather than merely claiming. It is a working draft pending legal review, and it is not legal advice.

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What is a cookie, and what Rydya actually uses

Definition

Cookies and browser storage

A cookie is a small piece of data a site stores in your browser and sends back on later requests. Rydya keeps almost nothing in cookies: it holds your sign-in session in your browser's local storage instead, and uses cookies only where the underlying infrastructure strictly needs them to serve the site securely.

Browser storage is a family, not a single thing. Cookies are one member; local storage, session storage and the caches an installable app uses are others. Being precise about which one Rydya uses, and for what, matters more than the word "cookie", so this policy covers all of them.

The short version: Rydya uses browser storage to keep you signed in and to let field work continue offline, and for nothing else. It does not use storage to build a profile of you, to follow you across other sites, or to measure your behaviour for marketing.

The categories, and which ones Rydya uses

Strictly necessary infrastructure only, plus functional local storage to keep you signed in and working offline. No analytics category, because there is no analytics.

Strictly necessary

The hosted platform and content delivery network the service runs on may set a small number of strictly necessary cookies to route your request to the right place and keep the connection secure. These are required for the site to function and are not used to track you. They cannot be switched off without breaking the service.

Authentication and session (local storage, not a cookie)

When you sign in, your session is stored in your browser's local storage under a Rydya key rather than in a cookie, so that reloading the page keeps you signed in. It is functional and necessary. Clearing it, or signing out, removes it and signs you out.

Preferences and offline work (local storage and on-device data)

For the installable app and field use, Rydya stores a stable device identifier and the data needed to keep working offline on your device, and caches application assets through a service worker so the app loads and functions without a connection. This is functional storage for the product to work, not tracking.

Analytics and advertising: none

There is no analytics package, no advertising pixel, no tag manager and no cross-site tracker anywhere in the product. There is therefore no analytics or advertising category to consent to, because the thing that category would describe does not exist.

Why Rydya stores so little

Because it has no reason to store more. It is a workplace tool sold to organisations, not an advertising business that monetises attention.

Most cookie policies are long because most sites carry a stack of third-party analytics and advertising tools, each with its own storage and its own purpose, and the policy has to enumerate them. Rydya carries none of that. It is bought by a healthcare organisation to run its equipment, and it has no advertising model that would create a reason to track anybody.

That absence is deliberate and it is worth checking rather than trusting. A network tab open on the product will not show calls to analytics or advertising domains, because there are none to make. We would rather you verify that than take a marketing sentence on faith, which is the same standard we hold the rest of the trust pages to.

How to control what is stored

Your browser controls all of it. You can clear or block site data, though blocking the essentials will stop you signing in.

Every browser lets you view, clear and block cookies and other site data, usually from its privacy or site-settings screen, either for all sites or for a specific one. Because Rydya keeps your session in local storage, clearing this site's storage will sign you out, and signing out from within the product does the same thing deliberately. On a shared or public device, signing out is the reliable way to remove your session.

You can block cookies and site data for Rydya, but the strictly necessary infrastructure cookies and the functional session storage are what make signing in and staying signed in work, so blocking them will break those. There is nothing optional to refuse for privacy reasons, because there is no tracking to refuse: the only storage Rydya uses is the storage it needs to function.

This is a working draft, kept honest against the code

This is a working draft pending legal review, and it is not legal advice. It is written against what the product genuinely does today, verified in the source rather than assumed, and it deliberately does not list third-party trackers to look comprehensive, because Rydya has none. If that changes, this page and its date will change with it, and any new category of storage will be described here before it is used.

Questions

Does Rydya use tracking or advertising cookies?

No. There is no analytics package, advertising pixel, tag manager or cross-site tracker anywhere in the product, which we verified in the code rather than merely asserting. The only browser storage Rydya uses is what it needs to function: your session, kept in local storage to keep you signed in, and the data an installable, offline-capable app needs on your device.

Why is my session in local storage rather than a cookie?

It is a design choice about how the sign-in session is held. Rydya stores your authenticated session in your browser's local storage under a Rydya key so a page reload keeps you signed in, rather than in a traditional cookie. Functionally it serves the same purpose of keeping you signed in; it is not used to track you, and clearing it or signing out removes it.

Do I need to accept a cookie banner to use Rydya?

There is nothing optional to consent to, because Rydya sets no analytics or advertising cookies. The only storage it uses is strictly necessary infrastructure and the functional session and offline data the product needs to work, none of which requires consent in the way tracking does. You control all of it through your browser's own site-data settings.

How do I remove Rydya data from my browser?

Sign out from within the product to remove your session, which is the reliable option on a shared device, or use your browser's privacy settings to clear this site's cookies and other site data. Clearing site data will sign you out because the session lives in local storage, and it will also clear any offline data stored for field use on that device.

Keep reading

The fuller picture: what data Rydya holds and the rights you have over it.

The agreement for using Rydya, in the same honest draft state.

Data processing addendum

The processor and subprocessor terms, drafted for review.

Responsible AI

The same discipline applied elsewhere: no model, no hidden profiling.

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