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 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.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled in our systems. They are usually set in response to actions made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling out forms.
  • Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. They allow us to measure and improve the performance of our site, ensuring that we provide a high-quality user experience.
  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling out forms.
  • Third Party Cookies: In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the website and deliver advertisements on and through the site. These cookies are set by a domain other than the one you are visiting.
  • Marketing Cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.

Cookies We Use

Necessary

Cookie NameProviderDurationDescription
cf_consentCloudflare1 year (or until user updates preferences)Stores a visitor’s cookie consent preferences (e.g. which categories they accepted or rejected).
rc::aGoogleNever ExpiresThis cookie is set by the Google reCAPTCHA service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
rc::cGooglesessionThis cookie is set by the Google reCAPTCHA service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
_GRECAPTCHAGoogle6 monthsGoogle reCAPTCHA service sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
rc::fGoogleNever ExpiresThis cookie is set by the Google reCAPTCHA service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
rc::bGooglesessionThis cookie is set by the Google reCAPTCHA service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
__cf_bmCloudflare30 minutes (of inactivity)This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management.

Analytics

Cookie NameProviderDurationDescription
cfz_google-analytics_v4Google1 yearUsed by Google Analytics (via Zaraz) to collect anonymised statistics on how visitors use the site (pages visited, time spent, etc.). Helps improve site performance and content.
cfz_zaraz-analyticsCloudflare1 yearUsed by Cloudflare Zaraz to gather aggregated analytics about site usage. Data is processed in a privacy-friendly way without directly identifying visitors.
cfzs_google-analytics_v4GoogleSession (deleted when browser closes)A session-scoped version of the Google Analytics cookie set by Zaraz. Tracks a single browsing session for analytics purposes.
cfzs_hubspotHubspotSession (deleted when browser closes)A session-scoped cookie set by Zaraz for HubSpot analytics. Tracks user interactions during a single session.
cfz_hubspotHubspot1 yearUsed by HubSpot (via Zaraz) to collect anonymised statistics on how visitors use the site. Helps improve site performance and content.
_clckMicrosoft1 yearUsed by Clarity to collect anonymised statistics on how visitors use the site. Helps improve site performance and content.
_clskMicrosoft1 yearUsed by Clarity to collect anonymised statistics on how visitors use the site. Helps improve site performance and content.
CLIDMicrosoft1 yearUsed by Clarity to collect anonymised statistics on how visitors use the site. Helps improve site performance and content.
SMMicrosoft1 yearUsed by Clarity to collect anonymised statistics on how visitors use the site. Helps improve site performance and content.
_cfuvidCloudflaresessionCloudflare sets this cookie to track users across sessions to distinguish individual users for rate limiting purposes.

You can also manage your consent via the cookie preferences icon in the bottom left corner of the page. This will allow you to revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent at any time.

You can change your cookie preferences any time by clicking the cookie preferences button in the bottom left. 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.