COOKIE POLICY
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
Analytics
| COOKIE |
DURATION |
DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| _ga |
2 years |
The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session, campaign data, and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
| _gid |
1 day |
Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| _gat |
1 minute |
This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to restrain the request rate and thus limit the collection of data on high-traffic sites.
|
| _octo |
1 year |
This cookie is used by Octolytics, GitHub’s internal analytics service, to distinguish unique users and clients.
|
| logged_in |
1 year |
This cookie is used to signal to GitHub that the user is already logged in.
|
| _hjTLDTest |
session |
To determine the most generic cookie path that has to be used instead of the page hostname, Hotjar sets the _hjTLDTest cookie to store different URL substring alternatives until it fails.
|
| CONSENT |
2 years |
YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data.
|
| instap-spses.6a48 |
30 minutes |
This cookie is used by Instapages to track unique visitors.
|
| instap-spid.6a48 |
2 years |
This cookie is used by Instapages to track unique visitors.
|
| _ga_6NMS6DRVBM | 2 years |
This cookie is installed by Google Analytics.
|
| _gcl_au | 3 months |
Provided by Google Tag Manager to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services.
|
| _gat_gtag_UA_144842869_1 | 1 minute |
Set by Google to distinguish users.
|
Advertising
| COOKIE |
DURATION |
DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| _fbp | 3 months |
Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when the user is either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website.
|
| _gid | 1 day |
Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.
|
| __tld__ | session |
This cookie is used to track visitors on multiple websites in order to present relevant advertisement based on their preferences.
|
| fr | 3 months |
Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.
|
| YSC | session |
YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.
|
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 5 months 27 days |
A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.
|
| test_cookie | 15 minutes |
The test_cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies.
|
| yt-remote-device-id | never |
YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.
|
| yt-remote-connected-devices | never |
YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.
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MANAGE COOKIE PREFERENCES
Cookie Settings
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-USInternet
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 any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.