Cookie Policy

Updated 10 November 2026.

Your cookie choices

Richter Business Services and Trade operates this website under The Yellow Bird Seatel brand. We use necessary website functions and browser preferences. Google Analytics is optional and loads only after you accept analytics cookies. Rejecting analytics does not prevent you from using the website. Open Cookie preferences in the footer at any time to change or withdraw your choice. No advertising tag or social-media tracking feed is embedded by the new website.

Remembering your choice

tyb-consent is first-party local storage. It records your analytics choice, consent version and expiry for 180 days, then asks again. If browser storage is unavailable, the choice applies only to the current page. Rejecting or withdrawing analytics stops further collection and clears the Google Analytics cookies accessible to this website; withdrawal reloads the page. Browser settings or extensions may block cookies independently.

Google Analytics cookies

Only after acceptance, Google Analytics 4 uses _ga to distinguish browsers and _ga_M86S7FZQ8R to maintain session information. Our configuration sets a two-year cookie lifetime, which may be renewed with use; browser restrictions can shorten it. Usage data is sent to Google. Advertising consent remains denied. See Google’s cookie documentation and our Privacy policy. These analytics cookies are not required for bookings or enquiries.

Appearance and language

tyb-appearance remembers Light, Dark or System after you choose it. rvt-language remembers your selected language; the older tyb-language key can be read for compatibility. These first-party local-storage keys have no automatic expiry and remain until reset or cleared. They are preference settings, not tracking identifiers. Local storage stays in your browser and is not automatically attached to every request like a cookie.

Newsletter invitation

tyb-newsletter-dismissed remembers that you closed the invitation or submitted a signup, so it does not reopen automatically across visits or tabs on this browser. It contains a preference flag, never your name or email. It has no automatic expiry. Older session-storage flags are read for compatibility. The footer button always lets you reopen the invitation.

Offline cache and WordPress access

The service worker can create tyb-offline-0.1.0 in Cache Storage for a public offline notice only. It does not cache pages, media, bookings, payments, accounts or enquiries. The cache remains until replaced or site data is cleared. Ordinary browser caching is separate. Public browsing does not require WordPress login cookies. Signing in may use wordpress_test_cookie, wordpress_logged_in_*, wordpress_sec_* and wp-settings-*, with lifetimes determined by WordPress and the sign-in choice. These support access and administration. Older data such as pll_language or elementor may remain from previous site versions.

Maps and other websites

The interactive Google map is blocked until you choose Load interactive map. Loading it connects to Google; its cookies and storage depend on Google, your browser and sign-in state. Directions, social and booking links connect to their destinations when followed, under those services’ policies. The contact and newsletter forms do not set visitor-tracking cookies; they use short-lived server-side hashed network identifiers to limit abuse.

Managing browser data

Reset website preferences below clears saved appearance, language and newsletter-invitation choices in this browser and restores System appearance. It does not change analytics consent: use Cookie preferences for that. Resetting does not clear login cookies, caches or external-service data. Your browser’s site-data controls can remove cookies, local storage and service workers. Blocking storage may prevent preferences from being remembered. For questions, email info@theyellowbird.com.