Explore our Cookie Policy
Effective Date: 27-Jan-2023
Last Updated: 24-Aug-2023
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 a 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
| Cookie File Name | Cookie File Description | Cookie File Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| _ga_99VM5C1C7Y | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
| _ga | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and 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. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
| _ym_uid | Yandex sets this cookie to identify site users. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
| _ym_d | Yandex sets this cookie to store the date of the user's first site session. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
| yabs-sid | Yandex sets this cookie to store the session ID. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
| yandexuid | Yandex sets this cookie to identify site users. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
| _ym_isad | Yandex sets this cookie to determine if a visitor has ad blockers. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
| yuidss | Yandex stores this cookie in the user's browser in order to recognize the visitor. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
| ymex | Yandex sets this cookie to collect information about the user behavior on the website. This information is used for website analysis and for website optimization. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
| _hjFirstSeen | Hotjar sets this cookie to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether it was the first time Hotjar saw this user. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Hotjar sets this cookie to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
| _hjSessionUser_3333697 | Hotjar sets this cookie when a user first lands on a page. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behaviour in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample_3333697 | Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by our site's daily session limit. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
| _hjSession_3333697 | Holds current session data. Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
| i | This cookie is set by OpenX to record anonymized user data, such as IP address, geographical location, websites visited, ads clicked by the user etc., for relevant advertising. | Help us to monitor user activity and make site’s improvements |
Cookie Settings
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.
If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.