Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains what information RiyalRate.com (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects when you visit our website, how we use it and what choices you have. By using the site, you agree to the practices described here.
1. Information we collect
Information you choose to give us
- Rate reports. When you use “Update new rate”, we record the remittance center name, the destination country, the rate you entered and the time of submission. We don't ask for your name or contact details for this.
- Contact form messages. If you write to us, we receive the name, email address and message you give us, so we can read and reply to it.
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, our hosting provider and the services we use may automatically receive technical information, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring page and the pages you visit. We use this to deliver the site, keep it secure and understand how people use it. If Google Analytics is enabled on the site, it also collects aggregated usage data: pages viewed, approximate location (country or city level), device and browser type, and how visitors arrived at the site.
2. How we use information
- To display and keep remittance rates up to date, and to review user-submitted rates.
- To respond to your questions, suggestions and corrections.
- To maintain, secure and improve the website and prevent spam or abuse.
- To show advertising, where enabled (see section 4).
We don't sell your personal information.
3. Services we use
To run the site, we rely on third-party services that may process limited information on our behalf:
- Web hosting (Hostinger) to serve the website.
- Google Sheets and Google Apps Script to store and display remittance rates and to record rate reports.
- Google Apps Script and Gmail to receive messages sent through our contact form in our email inbox.
- Google reCAPTCHA to protect the contact form and the rate-report form from spam and abuse. reCAPTCHA looks at signals such as how your browser interacts with the page; Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
- Google Fonts to load the typefaces used on the site; your browser requests the font files directly from Google.
- Google Analytics (GA4) to understand traffic in aggregate, such as which pages are most visited. It uses cookies or similar identifiers. You can opt out with Google’s Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
- Live visitor count. The small green badge near the language button shows how many people were active on the site in the last few minutes. It is an overall number taken from Google Analytics and updated about once a minute. It does not identify anyone, and it is hidden when the number is not available.
4. Advertising and cookies
We may display advertisements on RiyalRate.com, including ads served by Google AdSense. Where advertising is enabled, the following applies:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google’s use of the DoubleClick advertising cookie (and similar identifiers) enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to RiyalRate.com and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info.
- You can learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
- All visitors are asked for consent before advertising or analytics cookies are used. Until you accept, Google signals for ad storage, ad personalisation and analytics are set to “denied”, and any ads shown are limited and not personalised.
RiyalRate.com doesn't set its own tracking cookies. Google Analytics, reCAPTCHA and, where enabled, Google advertising services may set cookies or use similar identifiers. Most browsers let you block or delete cookies in their settings, though that may affect how some third-party features work. When you first visit, a banner asks you to accept or reject analytics and advertising cookies, and nothing beyond the strictly necessary cookies is used until you choose. You can change your choice at any time with the link, here or in the footer of any page. Your choice is stored in a first-party cookie called rr_consent for 180 days.
Advertising is shown only on pages where it is supported, and ads are always separate from the rate tables. Advertisers and ad networks never influence the order of rates or which rate is shown as best. See also our Disclaimer and About page.
5. Data retention and security
We keep rate reports for as long as they help us maintain accurate rates, and we keep contact messages only as long as we need them to reply and follow up. We take reasonable steps to protect the information we hold. But no method of transmission or storage over the internet is completely secure, so we can't guarantee absolute security.
6. Your choices and rights
You can ask us what personal information we hold about you, or ask us to correct or delete it, by contacting us through the Contact page. We aim to handle personal data in line with the laws that apply to us, including Saudi Arabia’s Personal Data Protection Law where relevant.
7. Children’s privacy
RiyalRate.com isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we'll remove it.
8. Links to other websites
The site may link to third-party websites. We aren't responsible for their content or privacy practices, so we encourage you to read their policies.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top shows the latest revision. If you keep using the site after a change, you accept the updated policy.
10. Contact us
Questions about this policy? Reach us through our Contact page.