For a better experience on RCIPS, UPDATE YOUR BROWSER. For a better experience on RCIPS, UPDATE YOUR BROWSER. The Office of the Commissioner of Police, part of the Cayman Islands Government the OCP respects your privacy and takes care in protecting your personal data. We are a Data Controller and we comply with the Cayman Islands Data Protection Act (2021 Revision) (the “Cayman Islands DPA”, or the “Act”). This Cookie notice (“Cookie Notice”) demonstrates our commitment to ensuring your Personal Data are handled responsibly and applies to www.rcips.ky.
Our website uses Cookies, in combination with pixels, local storage objects, and similar devices (collectively, "Cookies" unless otherwise noted) to distinguish you from other users of the website.
When you visit our website, we may store small files known as Cookies on your computer, phone, tablet or any other device through your web browser. Information is stored in these text files.
Enabling Cookies may allow for a more tailored browsing experience and is required for certain website functionality.
In the majority of cases a Cookie does not provide us with any of your personal data.
Cookies allow us to:
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For Cookies that are not strictly necessary for our website to operate, such as social media Cookies, we request your consent before placing them on your device. You can give your consent by clicking on the appropriate button on the banner displayed to you.
If you do not wish to give consent, or if you wish to withdraw your consent that was previously given, for any Cookies that are not strictly necessary for our website to operate, you can do so by deleting, blocking or disabling Cookies via your internet browser settings. Please note that disabling Cookies may affect the functionality of our website and may prevent you from being able to access certain features on the website.
You can block Cookies by activating the setting on your internet browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some Cookies for all websites or specific websites. However, if you use your browser settings to block all Cookies (including strictly necessary Cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
Please note that internet browsers allow you to change your Cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your internet browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise you should use the 'Help' option in your internet browser for more details.
a. Strictly necessary Cookies:
These Cookies are required for users to browse our website and use its features and cannot be switched off in our systems. Your consent is not required to place strictly necessary Cookies on your device. These Cookies are usually only set in response to actions made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. They let you move around the website and use essential features like secure areas. Without these Cookies, we cannot provide requested services. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these Cookies. However, if you do block them you may not be able to access or use some features and services on our website.
The OCP uses the following Strictly Necessary Cookies:
| Name | Expiration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| rps_csrf_cookie_rps | Expires when the browser is closed | This session cookie allows the browser to re-identify itself to the single, unique server to which the client had previously authenticated. |
| rps_session | Expires when the browser is closed | This session cookie allows the browser to re-identify itself to the single, unique server to which the client had previously authenticated. |
b. Performance/ Statistical Cookie:
These Cookies allow us to count visits, traffic sources (which pages you visited and which links you click on, session length, IP addresses, browser and device information, and demographic data such as estimated age and gender) so we can measure and improve the performance of our website. They help us understand how visitors move around the website and which pages are the most and least popular to visitors. All information collected by these Cookies is aggregated and therefore, anonymous. If you do not allow these Cookies we will not know when you have visited our website and will not be able to monitor its performance.
The OCP uses the following Performance Cookies:
| Name | Expiration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | 1 Year | Any site that implements Google Analytics, including Google services, uses the '_ga' cookie. Each '_ga' cookie is unique to the specific property, so it cannot be used to track a given user or browser across unrelated websites. |
| _gid | 1 day | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. This cookie expires after 1 day. collect: is used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. It tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| _gat_UA-15774439-98 | 1 Year | Used by Google for user behaviour tracking |
c. Targeting Cookie:
These Cookies may be set through our website by our advertising partners. They may be used by those partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other websites. They do not store Personal Data directly but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these Cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
The OCP uses the following Targeting Cookies:
| Name | Expiration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| visited | Expires when the browser is closed | This help that website remember information about your visit, which can both make it easier to visit the site again and make the site more useful to you. |
For more information please refer to our Privacy Notice.
Links to other websites
www.rcips.ky contains links to other websites. This Cookie Notice only applies to our website. Websites that we link to, as well as websites that link to our website, are covered by the notices of the Data Controllers that are responsible for those websites.
REVIEWING THIS NOTICE
The OCP reserves the right to update this Cookies Notice at any time and will publish a new Cookies Notice when we make any substantial updates.
From time to time, the OCP may also notify you about the processing of your personal data in other
ways, including by email or through our publications.
This Cookie Notice was last updated on 6 March 2023.
