What are cookies?
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
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Cookie |
Duration |
Description |
| PHPSESSID |
session |
This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie stores and identifies a user's unique session ID to manage user sessions on the website. The cookie is a session cookie and will be deleted when all the browser windows are closed. |
| _GRECAPTCHA |
5 months 27 days |
Google Recaptcha service sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| __stripe_mid |
1 year |
Stripe sets this cookie to process payments. |
| __stripe_sid |
30 minutes |
Stripe sets this cookie to process payments. |
| Google_tag-manager |
1 year |
This is essential logs collected for improving the functionality of the service |
| __cfruid |
session |
Cloudflare sets this cookie to identify trusted web traffic. |
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
| Cookie |
Duration |
Description |
| ga* |
1 year 1 month 4 days |
Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _ga |
1 year 1 month 4 days |
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. |
| _gid |
1 day |
Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| gat_gtag_UA* |
1 minute |
Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. |
| CONSENT |
2 years |
YouTube sets this cookie via embedded YouTube videos and registers anonymous statistical data. |
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
| Cookie |
Duration |
Description |
| YSC |
session |
Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
5 months 27 days |
YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| personalization_id |
1 year 1 month 4 days |
Twitter sets this cookie to integrate and share features for social media and also store information about how the user uses the website, for tracking and targeting. |
| muc_ads |
1 year 1 month 4 days |
Twitter sets this cookie to collect user behaviour and interaction data to optimize the website. |
| yt-remote-device-id |
never |
YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt.innertube::nextId |
never |
YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices |
never |
YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt.innertube::requests |
never |
YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
Uncategorized
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
| Cookie |
Duration |
Description |
| m |
1 year 1 month 4 days |
No description available. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA |
5 months 27 days |
Description is currently not available. |
Manage cookie preferences
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
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer
If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.
