This Cookie Policy outlines what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use, and the information collected through cookies. It also explains how that information is used and how you can manage your cookie settings.
Cookies are small text files that store small amounts of information on your device when you load a website in your browser. These cookies help us ensure the website works correctly, enhance security, improve user experience, and analyze the website’s performance, identifying what works well 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 essential for the proper functioning of the website and do not collect any personally identifiable information.
The third-party cookies on our website are primarily used to understand website performance, track how you interact with the site, ensure the security of our services, deliver relevant advertisements, and overall enhance your user experience. They also help improve the speed of your future interactions with our website.
What cookies do we use?
Necessary
Necessary cookies are essential for enabling basic features of this site, such as ensuring secure login and managing your consent preferences. These cookies do not collect any personally identifiable information.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| session | 2 hours | Used for basic site functionality including error and success messages. |
Functional
Functional cookies assist in performing specific tasks, such as sharing website content on social media platforms, gathering feedback, and enabling other third-party features.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| li_gc | 6 months | Linkedin set this cookie for storing visitor’s consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes. |
| lidc | 1 day | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. |
| cf_clearance | 1 year | Cloudflare clearance cookie stores the proof of challenge passed. It is used to no longer issue a challenge if present. It is required to reach an origin server. |
| loglevel | never | Maintains settings and outputs when using the Developer Tools Console on current session. |
| yt-remote-device-id | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-player-headers-readable | never | The yt-player-headers-readable cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences related to video playback and interface, enhancing the user’s viewing experience. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | never | 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. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-session-app | session | The yt-remote-session-app cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player. |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | session | The yt-remote-cast-installed cookie is used to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-session-name | session | The yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-cast-available | session | The yt-remote-cast-available cookie is used to store the user’s preferences regarding whether casting is available on their YouTube video player. |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | session | The yt-remote-fast-check-period cookie is used by YouTube to store the user’s video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos. |
| sp_t | 1 year | The sp_t cookie is set by Spotify to implement audio content from Spotify on the website and also registers information on user interaction related to the audio content. |
| sp_landing | 1 day | The sp_landing is set by Spotify to implement audio content from Spotify on the website and also registers information on user interaction related to the audio content. |
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to gain insights into user interactions with the website. They collect data on metrics like the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic sources, and more, allowing us to enhance overall performance.
| 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. |
| _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. |
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. |
| nmstat | 1 year 1 month 4 days | This cookie is set by SiteImprove. This cookie is used for web analytics, the cookie contain a ID string about the session. The cookie records the visitor use of the website. This information is used to improve the site experience.The cookie doesnot contain any personal information. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _fbp | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. |
Performance
Performance cookies are used to monitor and analyze key performance indicators of the website, helping us deliver a better user experience for visitors.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| _gat | 1 minute | Google Universal Analytics sets this cookie to restrain request rate and thus limit data collection on high-traffic sites. |
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to deliver personalized ads based on the pages you’ve visited and to assess the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| gclid | 1 year 1 month 4 days | A unique tracking parameter that is automatically added to a URL when a user clicks on a Google Ad |
| bcookie | 1 year | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs. |
| muc_ads | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Twitter sets this cookie to collect user behaviour and interaction data to optimize the website. |
| 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. |
| YSC | session | Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain. |
| IDE | 1 year 24 days | Google DoubleClick IDE cookies store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads according to the user profile. |
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| guest_id | 1 year 1 month | Twitter sets this cookie to identify and track the website visitor. It registers if a user is signed in to the Twitter platform and collects information about ad preferences. |
| PBSECURESUSID | session | Podbean sets this cookie as a session cookie to verify that the users are on secure sessions. It helps with implementing audio files on the website. |
| fr | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites with Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. |
Manage cookie preferences
You can adjust your cookie preferences at any time. This allows you to revisit the cookie consent banner, update your preferences, or withdraw your consent immediately.
Additionally, different browsers offer various ways to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can modify your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Below are links to support documents that guide you on how to manage and delete cookies in the most popular 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 any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.