Effective Date: November 22, 2025
1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used by website owners in order to make websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, HugeRugby.news) are called “first-party cookies.” Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies.” Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other we1bsites.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons.
| Type of Cookie | Purpose |
| Strictly Necessary Cookies | These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through our website and to enable you to use some of its features, such as remembering your preferences for cookie consent. They cannot be turned off in our systems. |
| Performance and Functionality Cookies | These cookies enhance the performance and functionality of our website but are non-essential to its use. Without these cookies, certain functionality (like video playback or site navigation improvements) may become unavailable. |
| Analytics and Customization Cookies | These cookies, often third-party (like Google Analytics), collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize the website for you. |
| Advertising Cookies | These third-party cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests. |
3. Specific Cookies Used on HugeRugby.news
As a news site, we primarily rely on the following types of cookies:
- Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to measure traffic and engagement on the Site. This generates third-party cookies that report anonymous information about your use of the site.
- Advertising Providers: If we display programmatic ads (e.g., Google AdSense), the advertising network will place third-party cookies to track your interests for targeted advertising.
- o2switch (Hosting): Your hosting provider, o2switch, may use necessary cookies for server operation, security, and technical functionality.
4. Your Choices and Managing Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by clicking on the appropriate opt-out links provided below or by managing your browser settings.
Browser Controls:
You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website, but your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information.2
Third-Party Opt-Outs:
To opt-out of interest-based advertising, you can visit the following sites:
5. Changes to Our Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
6. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at:
- Email: [email protected]
- Website (Contact Page): https://www.hugerugby.news/contact/