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What are cookies?
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, 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 your cookie settings.
Cookies are small text files used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when a website loads in your browser. These cookies help ensure that the website functions properly, enhance security, provide a better user experience, and analyse performance to identify what works and where improvements are needed.
How do we use cookies?
Like most online services, our website uses both first-party and third-party cookies for various purposes. First-party cookies are primarily necessary for the website to function properly and do not collect any personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website primarily help us understand how the website performs, track how you interact with it, keep our services secure, deliver relevant advertisements, and enhance your overall user experience while improving the speed of your future interactions with our website.
Types of cookies we use
Necessary
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of our website, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| visid_incap_* | 1 year | Incapsula sets this cookie to provide cloud-based website security services. |
| incap_ses_* | session | This is an Incapsula DDoS Protection and Web Application Firewall cookie that is used to relate HTTP requests to a certain session. |
| m | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Stripe sets this cookie for fraud prevention purposes. It identifies the device used to access the website, allowing the website to be formatted accordingly. |
| __stripe_mid | 1 year | Stripe sets this cookie to set a unique session identifier to recognize users across sessions. |
| __stripe_sid | 1 hour | Stripe sets this cookie to set a unique session identifier for a single session. |
| wp_consent_preferences | 1 month | WP Consent API sets this cookie to save users’ consent choices for different types of cookies on the website. This ensures a tailored browsing experience by applying users preferences consistently across the visits. |
| wp_consent_statistics | 1 month | WP Consent API sets this cookie to collect anonymous data on website usage and help to analyze and enhance the sites’ performance. |
| wp_consent_statistics-anonymous | 1 month | WP Consent API sets this cookie to understand how the website is used, which enables enhanced user content and services and respects privacy. |
| wp_consent_functional | 1 month | WP Consent API sets this cookie to remember user preferences for essential website functionalities, ensuring a seamless and personalized experience. |
| wp_consent_marketing | 1 month | WP Consent API sets this cookie to record user consent choices for marketing cookies. This ensures that users only receive advertisements tailored to their interests. |
| __cf_bm | 1 hour | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | session | 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. |
| cookieyes-consent | 1 year | 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. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain. |
| _cfuvid | session | Cloudflare sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services |
Functional
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of our website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| __Secure-BUCKET | 6 months | Description is currently not available. |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to manage feature rollout and experimentation. It helps Google control which new features or interface changes are shown to users as part of testing and staged rollouts, ensuring consistent experience for a given user during an experiment. |
| __Secure-YEC | past | Description is currently not available. |
| __Secure-YNID | 6 months | YouTube cookie used to protect user security and prevent fraud, especially during the login process. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with our 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 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. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| YSC | session | YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | Never Expires | The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future. |
Manage cookie preferences
Consent Preferences
You can modify your cookie settings anytime by clicking the ‘Consent Preferences’ button above. This will allow you to revisit the cookie consent banner and update your preferences or withdraw your consent immediately.
Additionally, different browsers offer various methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Below are links to support documents on how to manage and delete cookies in major web browsers.
Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc
If you are using a different web browser, please refer to its official support documentation.
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