Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.

Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies you. However, personal information that we store about you may be linked to information stored in and obtained from cookies.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential Cookies: To enable core website functionality (e.g., navigation, form submissions)
• Preference Cookies: To remember your preferences (e.g., currency selection INR/USD)
• Analytics Cookies: To understand how visitors use our website and improve user experience
• Performance Cookies: To monitor website performance and troubleshoot issues

3. Types of Cookies We Use

4. Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. They enable you to navigate our site, submit forms, and use essential features. Without these cookies, our website would not work correctly.

Examples of essential cookies we use:

• Session ID: To maintain your session while browsing
• Form tokens: To prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks
• Load balancer cookies: To distribute traffic across our servers

These cookies do not require your consent as they are strictly necessary for website operation.

5. Preference Cookies

These cookies remember your preferences and settings to enhance your browsing experience.

Examples of preference cookies we use:

• Currency Preference: Remembers whether you prefer to see prices in INR or USD
• Consent Preferences: Remembers your cookie consent choices

6. Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. This helps us improve our content, navigation, and user experience.

Google Analytics collects anonymous information such as:

• Number of visitors to our website
• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• Referring websites and search terms
• Device type and browser information
• Geographic location (country/city level only)

Google Analytics does NOT collect:

• Your name, email address, or phone number
• Your IP address (anonymized before processing)
• Any personally identifiable information

You can learn more about Google Analytics privacy practices at: https://policies.google.com/privacy

7. Third-Party Cookies

Our website uses the following third-party services that may place cookies on your device:

We do not control the cookies set by these third-party services. Please review their privacy policies for more information.

8. How to Control Cookies

You can control and manage cookies in several ways:

Browser Settings

Most browsers allow you to:

• View and delete cookies already stored on your device
• Block cookies from specific websites
• Block all third-party cookies
• Clear all cookies when you close your browser
• Set your browser to notify you before a cookie is set

Instructions for popular browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari
• Microsoft Edge

Opt-Out of Google Analytics

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on:

• Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on

9. Consequences of Disabling Cookies

If you disable or reject cookies, please be aware that:

• Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for website functionality
• If you disable non-essential cookies, some features may not work as intended
• Your preferences (such as currency selection) will not be remembered
• You may need to set preferences each time you visit
• Our analytics will not be able to track your visit, which helps us improve the website

10. Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not wish to be tracked. Our website respects DNT signals. If you enable DNT in your browser, we will not load analytics cookies or other tracking technologies.

11. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Changes become effective immediately upon posting to this page. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when changes were made.

12. Contact Us About Cookies

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

• Email: info@adpublications.org
• Phone: +91-7665235235