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What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or other device by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website.

Information we collect through this website

Reserve Bank of India ('we' or the 'Bank') collects personal data about visitors to its websites www.rbi.org.in. When someone visits our websites, we will use a third party service, to collect standard internet log information (such as IP address and type of browser user’s use), user behavior patterns, measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs, remember preferences you’ve chosen such as language. We do this to allow us to keep track of the number of visitors to the various parts of the sites and understand how our website is used. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities or nature of those visiting our websites. Cookies will not be used to identify you personally, or to track your behavior on other sites.

By using this website, you consent to having its cookies placed on your device – unless you have disabled them. For help managing cookies, consult the settings for your web browser.

In any instance where we collect personal data through our websites, we will make this clear and will set out how we will use this. We will only use your personal data in a way that is compatible with the uses outlined to you, except where it’s obliged for us to do otherwise.

Information we collect through Matomo

We use Matomo Analytics software to collect data such as website traffic, page views, and user interactions information about how you use the website. Matomo can be configured to anonymize IP addresses, and it generally doesn’t collect personally identifiable information unless explicitly provided by the website owner, like in custom variables.

We do this to make sure the site is meeting the needs of its user’s requirement.

Basic parameters in website analytics data include:

• Frequency of visitor on website.
• Unique visitors visited on website.
• Referral sources
• Bounce rates
• User engagement metrics

The two cases user is provided with:

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Cookie we use: Application Cookie Content

Cookie we use: Application Cookie

Sr No.	Cookie	Purpose	Necessary/ Recommended
1	COMPANY_ID	Unique identifier for the visitor's company. It's the ID of the current instance.	Necessary
2	COOKIE_SUPPORT	It is a boolean value, tells the portal if cookies are enabled or not	Necessary
3	GUEST_LANGUAGE_ID	Used to specify the language. It is the guest's language ID	Necessary
4	ID	It is an encrypted userId.	Necessary
5	JSESSIONID	JSESSIONID is an ID generated by Servlet containers like Tomcat and used for session management in the J2EE web application for HTTP protocol. The ID is sent to the client either within a cookie (default) or as part of the URL (called URL rewriting, used only if cookies are disabled on the browser).	Necessary
6	LFR_SESSION_STATE_159507	Same as above but for different user	Necessary
7	LFR_SESSION_STATE_20103	Used for user session identification, user authentication, remembering user language preference, and managing user sessions	Necessary
8	LOGIN	It is an encrypted user login parameter	Necessary
9	PASSWORD	It is an encrypted user password.	Necessary
10	REMEMBER_ME	TRUE	Necessary
11	FIREBASE_ID	Firebase ID that is generated after the user accepts for PUSH Notification subscription.	Recommended

Cookie we use: Analytics Cookie Content

Cookie we use: Analytics Cookie

Sr No.	Cookie	Purpose	Necessary/ Recommended
1	_pk_id	Used to store a few details about the user such as the unique visitor ID	Recommended
2	_pk_ref	Used to store the attribution information, the referrer initially used to visit the website	Recommended
3	_pk_ses	Short lived cookies used to temporarily store data for the visit.This stores unique session id.Session cookies are responsible for keeping the session active for 30 minutes after last tracked action, when they expire the visit is considered as ended.	Recommended
4	_pk_cvar	Short lived cookies used to temporarily store data for the visit. Holds custom variables that were set during the previous page view. It’s not enabled by default.	Recommended
5	_pk_hsr	Short lived cookies used to temporarily store data for the visit. This cookie is needed to ensure that all page views within a users’ session will be recorded. The cookie will be only set as soon as a user has reached a configured entry page. Setting up of this cookie can be disabled ftom Administrator module of Matomo.	Recommended
6	_pk_testcookie	Is created and should be then directly deleted. It is used to check whether the visitor’s browser supports cookies.	Necessary
7	mtm_consent / mtm_consent_removed	created with an expiry date of 30 years to remember that tracking consent was given (or removed) by the user.	Necessary
8	mtm_cookie_consent	This is created with an expiry date of 30 years to remember that cookie consent was given (or removed) by the user.	Necessary
9	matomo_ignore	Used to remember if the user shall be ignored for tracking. This is set if the user chooses to opt out of tracking. The matomo server drops all the requests that contain the ignore cookie and does not store any data. When the user opts back in, the ignore cookie is removed, hence indicating the server that data can be stored.	Recommended
10	matomo_sessid	It doesn’t contain any data used to identify visitors and is considered an “Essential” cookie	Necessary

Managing or removing cookies

You can remove cookies by deleting them from your browser history (cache) when you leave the site. You can find more information about cookies, including how to control the use of these through your browser settings, at https://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or http://www.aboutcookies.org/

IP Address

Web servers automatically collect information about visits to a website, including the visitor’s Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP addresses are unique numbers assigned to all devices used to access the Internet. The IP address, on its own, does not identify an individual. However, in certain circumstances, such as with the co-operation of an ISP for example, it could be used to identify an individual using the site.

Personal information communicated via the website or by email

We collect further personal data only with your consent, such as an email address if you wish to sign up to a mailing list. The relevant pages provide more information about the personal data we collect.