Cookies
Browser cookies are tiny data files that are stored on your computer by websites to aid in remembering your past activities on the website. Cookies were the subject of negative press after some websites opted to use the technology to keep track of customers longer than they ought to have. The majority, however, make use of cookies to aid in improving your experience on the internet by storing your preferences.
For RixLoans, for instance, it is possible to use browser cookies as an effective method of securely keeping information about your loan applications even before they’re completed. This implies that if you’re working on a form and are interrupted (perhaps due to a power outage), it’s not necessary to fill in all of the information at the beginning each time you log back in. A browser cookie saves the data you’ve filled in so far and will automatically fill out the form each time you return to the site. This could make a massive difference in their time for many of our customers.
Traffic Tracking
Cookies can also aid in tracking visitors to our site and determining how many visitors we receive, the country they are from, as well as the specifications of their technology. Without going into boring details, cookies help us to discover the operating systems and browsers our users use so that we can tailor our website for the types of users we receive. Different browsers display information differently. If a significant percentage of our visitors change to a particular kind of browser, we have to ensure that our website is displayed correctly in that particular browser. This is one of the daily jobs that web developers have to be aware of.
Time on Page
They also assist us in figuring out the length of time people spend on each page so that we can enhance the pages our users find less helpful. If a website that our users are spending a shorter time on than the average, we will review it to ensure that it has relevant information and that the links that connect to it are reliable with regards to their description. The information we save doesn’t become much more private than in any other way, but when we do set a cookie, we make sure that it’s to improve the experience you have while browsing and only for that purpose.
Cookies are small text-based files you’ll be able to see in the Temporary Internet Files folder on Microsoft Windows. They occupy very little storage space in your drive and will be deleted automatically once they’re no longer needed. Other files saved through our website’s servers on computers contain the graphic images that compose the site as well as various other files similar. This is to allow the site to load faster every time you visit. The most important point to keep in mind is our rule of thumb to establish cookies for you when there is a clearly identifiable advantage for you.
