Cookie Policy

Effective Date: 27-Jul-2023
Last Updated: 27-Jul-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 better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyse 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

Cookie: PHPSESSID
Duration: session
Description: 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.

Cookie: cookieyes-consent
Duration: 1 year
Description: 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.

Cookie: _GRECAPTCHA
Duration: 5 months 27 days
Description: Google Recaptcha service sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.

Functional

Cookie: _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress
Duration: 30 minutes
Description: Hotjar sets this cookie to detect a user's first pageview session, which is a True/False flag set by the cookie.

Cookie: lidc
Duration: 1 day
Description: LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection

Cookie: UserMatchHistory
Duration: 1 month
Description: LinkedIn sets this cookie for LinkedIn Ads ID syncing.

Cookie: li_gc
Duration: 5 months 27 days
Description: Linkedin set this cookie for storing visitor's consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes.

Cookie: __cf_bm
Duration: 30 minutes
Description: Cloudflare set the cookie to support Cloudflare Bot Management.

Analytics

Cookie: _hjIncludedInSessionSample_1368063
Duration: 2 minutes
Description: Description is currently not available.

Cookie: _ga
Duration: 1 year 1 month 4 days
Description: 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.

Cookie: _gid
Duration: 1 day
Description: 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.

Cookie: _hjSessionUser_*
Duration: 1 year
Description: Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site.

Cookie: _hjFirstSeen
Duration: 30 minutes
Description: Hotjar sets this cookie to identify a new user’s first session. It stores the true/false value, indicating whether it was the first time Hotjar saw this user.

Cookie: _hjSession_*
Duration: 30 minutes
Description: Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site.

Cookie: _ga_*
Duration: 1 year 1 month 4 days
Description: Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.

Cookie: ln_or
Duration: 1 day
Description: Linkedin sets this cookie to registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website for internal analytics.

Cookie: AnalyticsSyncHistory
Duration: 1 month
Description: Linkedin set this cookie to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie.

Cookie: _hjRecordingLastActivity
Duration: never
Description: Hotjar sets this cookie when a user recording starts and when data is sent through the WebSocket.

Cookie: _hjRecordingEnabled
Duration: never
Description: Hotjar sets this cookie when a Recording starts and is read when the recording module is initialized, to see if the user is already in a recording in a particular session.

Cookie: CONSENT
Duration: 2 years
Description: YouTube sets this cookie via embedded YouTube videos and registers anonymous statistical data.

Cookie: vuid
Duration: 1 year 1 month 4 days
Description: Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos on the website.

Performance

Cookie: _gat
Duration: 1 minute
Description: Google Universal Analytics sets this cookie to restrain request rate and thus limit data collection on high-traffic sites.

Cookie: li_sugr
Duration: 3 months
Description: LinkedIn sets this cookie to collect user behaviour data to optimise the website and make advertisements on the website more relevant.

Cookie: bcookie
Duration: 1 year
Description: LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs.

Cookie: bscookie
Duration: 1 year
Description: LinkedIn sets this cookie to store performed actions on the website.

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

Cookie: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Duration: 5 months 27 days
Description: YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface.

Cookie: yt-remote-device-id
Duration: never
Description: YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.

Cookie: yt.innertube::requests
Duration: never
Description: YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

Cookie: yt.innertube::nextId
Duration: never
Description: YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

Cookie: yt-remote-connected-devices
Duration: never
Description:YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.

Manage cookie preferences

Cookie Settings

You can change your cookie preferences any time by clicking the above link. 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

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.