Cookie Policy

Last Updated on May 21st, 2024.

What are cookies?

When you use our website, you might first see a pop-up window (“cookie banner”) informing you of our use of cookies and similar technologies (“cookies”), however, this depends upon where you are located (in which country), as the rules for using such technologies varies across the world and even inside of the EEA. For example, if you are accessing our Services with a European IP address, you have been asked to consent to the use of these cookies. You are free to deny your consent.

We use cookies to help us understand how you use and interact with our website, for example, which pages you came from, which links and objects you clicked on, for how long you stayed on each page, which page you exited from, and similar. We analyze this data to adjust and continuously improve our website and the purpose is to improve where we can, so we ultimately can offer you a better user experience and Services in the future.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to manage the cookie settings.

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies?

As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

Types of Cookies we use

Necessary

_cf_bm : This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management.

cookieyes-consent: CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors.

_GRECAPTCHA: Google Recaptcha service sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.

rc::a: This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.

rc::f: This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.

wpEmojiSettingsSupports: WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly.

rc::c: This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.

rc::b: This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.

 

Analytics

_ga_*: Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.

_ga: Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors.

 

Advertisement

YSC: Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE: YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface.

VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA: YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain.

PREF: PREF cookie is set by Youtube to store user preferences like language, format of search results and other customizations for YouTube Videos embedded in different sites.

Manage cookie preferences

Cookie Settings

You can change your cookie preferences any time by clicking the above button. This will let you revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent right away.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers.

Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050

Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored&redirectlocale=en-US

Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc

If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.