Introduction
This Cookie Policy (“Policy”)
explains that we believe in being open and clear about how we use your
information. In the spirit of transparency, this Policy provides detailed
information about how and when we use cookies on our Websites. This cookie policy
applies to any Devanga Parinayam product or service that links to this policy
or incorporates it by reference.
a. Does Devanga
Parinayamuses cookies?
Devanga Parinayam uses cookies, tags
and other technologies when you use any of the Devanga Parinayam websites,
mobile sites or mobile apps (collectively “the services”). Cookies are used to
ensure everyone has their best possible experience. Cookies also help us keep
your account safe. By continuing to visit or use our services, you are agreeing
to the use of cookies and similar technologies for the purposes we describe in
this policy. If you prefer not to receive cookies or web beacons, then you
should stop using our site, or consult your browsing and third party cookie
settings as described below.
b. What is a
cookie?
Cookies are small pieces of text
stored by a website you visit in your browser and subsequently sent by your web
browser in every request to the website. A cookie file is stored in your web
browser and allows the Site or a third-party to recognize you and make your
next visit easier and the Site more useful to you. Essentially, cookies are a
user’s identification card for the Devanga Parinayam servers. Cookies allow Devanga
Parinayam to serve you better and more efficiently, and to personalize your
experience on our site. Web beacons, tags and scripts may be used in the
Websites or in emails to help us to deliver cookies, count visits, understand
usage and campaign effectiveness and determine whether an email has been opened
and acted upon. We may analyse or perform analysis based on the use of these
technologies and generate reports on an individual and aggregated basis.
Cookies can be "persistent"
or "session" cookies. A persistent cookie helps us recognize you as
an existing user, so it’s easier to return to Devanga Parinayam or interact
with our services without signing in again. After you sign in, a persistent
cookie stays in your browser and will be read by Devanga Parinayam when you
return to one of our sites or a partner site that uses our services. Session
cookies only last for as long as the session (usually the current visit to a
website or a browser session).
c. What are
cookies used for?
When you visit our Websites, we may
place a number of cookies in your browser. These are known as First Party
Cookies and are required to enable to hold session information as you navigate
from page to page within the website. For example, we use cookies on our
Websites to understand visitor and user preferences, improve their experience,
and track and analyse usage, navigational and other statistical information.
Additionally, cookies allow us to bring you advertising both on and off the Devanga
Parinayam site, and bring customized features to you. You can control the use
of cookies at the individual browser level. If you elect not to activate the
cookie or to later disable cookies, you may still visit our Websites, but your
ability to use some features or areas of the Websites may be limited.
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Description |
Essential cookies (First Party Cookies) are
sometimes called “strictly necessary” as without them we cannot provide many
services that you need on the Website. For example, essential cookies help
remember your preferences as you move around the Website.Essential cookies
also keep you logged in into a website.Without them the login functionality
would not work. |
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2. Analytics Cookies |
These cookies track information about visits to
the Devanga Parinayam and partner websites so that we can make improvements
and report our performance. For example: analyse visitor and user behaviour
so as to provide more relevant content or suggest certain activities. They
collect information about how visitors use the Websites,which site the user
came from, the number of each user’s visits and how long a user stays on the
Websites. We might also use analytics cookies to test new ads, pages, or
features to see how users react to them. |
3. Functionality or Preference Cookies |
During your visit to the Websites, cookies are used
to remember information you have entered or choices you make (such as your
username, language or your region) on the Websites. They also store your
preferences when personalizing the Websites to optimize your use of Devanga
Parinayam. These preferences are remembered, through the use of the
persistent cookies, and the next time you visit the Websites you will not
have to set them again. |
4. Targeting or Advertising Cookies |
These Cookies are placed by third party
advertising platforms or networks or Devanga Parinayam in order to, deliver
ads and track ad performance, enable advertising networks to deliver ads that
may be relevant to you based upon your activities (this is sometimes called
“behavioural” “tracking” or “targeted” advertising) on the Websites. They may
subsequently use information about your visit to target you with advertising
that you may be interested in, on the Devanga Parinayam Websites and other
websites. For example, these cookies remember which browsers have visited the
Websites |
We may use any of the following
categories of cookies on the Websites as detailed below.
Each cookie falls within one of the four following category
d. When does Devanga
Parinayamplace cookies?
We use cookies on our websites,
mobile sites and mobile applications. Any browser visiting these sites will
receive cookies from us which helps us identify you more quickly when you
return. Cookies help us to determine which pages or information you find most
useful or interesting at our own Web sites.
Devanga Parinayam may also have some
cookies for its own analytics i.e. analytics not part of Google Analytics. Such
cookies help generate statistics and reports about visitors and their
activities on the website or app.
e. How cookies are
used for online analytics purposes?
We may use web analytics services on Devanga
Parinayam, such as those of Google Analytics. These services help us analyse
how users use the services, including by noting the third-party website from
which you arrive. The information collected by the technology will be disclosed
to or collected directly by such service providers, who use the information to
evaluate your use of the services. We also use Google Analytics for certain
purposes related to online marketing, as described in the following sections.
f. How are cookies
used for advertising purposes?
Cookies and other ad technology such
as beacons, pixels, and tags help us serve relevant ads to you more
effectively. They also help us provide aggregated auditing, research, and
reporting for advertisers, understand and improve our service, and know when
content has been shown to you. We work with website analytics and advertising
partners, including Google Display Network, Facebook, etc. to deliver Devanga
Parinayam advertisements on third party publisher websites - these partners may
set cookies on your computer's web browser. These cookies allow our partners to
recognize your computer so that the ad server can show you Devanga Parinayam advertisements
elsewhere on the Internet, and so that our analytics software can measure your
engagement and interactions while using Devanga Parinayam services. In this
way, ad servers may compile anonymous, de-identified information about where
you, or others who are using your computer, saw our advertisements, whether or
not you interacted with our advertisements, and actions performed on subsequent
visits to Devanga Parinayam websites and applications. This information allows
an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of
most interest to you, and it allows Devanga Parinayam to optimize the
performance of our advertising campaigns and the usability of our website. In
other words, we use analytics data in concert with data about our online ads
that have been shown using the Google Display Network, Facebook for
Advertisers, or other online advertising networks. By doing so, we can
understand how anonymous users interacted with our website after seeing our
ads.
g. What third-party
cookies does Devanga Parinayam use?
Please note that the third parties
(advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic
analysis services) may also use cookies on our Services. Cookies on our sites.
Also, note that the names of cookies, pixels and other technologies may change
over time.
We use trusted partners to help us
service advertising, who may place cookies on your device. We also pull through
content from social networks into our own pages, such as embedded Facebook feeds.
The social networks, such as Facebook, Google, etc. may themselves also put
cookies on your machine. If a user logs into Facebook, Twitter or Google+ via
our website, they will leave a cookie on the users' computer. This is the same
process as if the user logs into these social networks directly.
We also use Google Analytics on our
Services to help us analyse how our Services are used. Google Analytics uses
performance cookies to track customer’s interactions. For example, by using
cookies, Google can tell us which pages our users view, which are most popular,
what time of day our websites are visited, whether visitors have been to our
websites before, what website referred the visitor to our websites, and other
similar information. All of this information is anonym zed.
h. What are Web Beacons?
Devanga Parinayam occasionally
advertises on third party web sites. As part of our effort to track the success
of our advertising campaigns, we may at times use a visitor identification
technology such as "web beacons," or "action tags," which
count visitors who have come to our site after being exposed to a Devanga
Parinayam banner ad on a third party site.
By navigating on our site, you agree
that we can place cookie and web beacons on your computer or device. If you
prefer not to receive web beacons, then you should stop using our site, or
consult your browsing settings.
i. How to control
cookies?
Most browsers allow you to control
cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you choose to turn off
these cookies you will still see advertising on the internet but it may not be
tailored to your interests. It does not mean that you won't be served any
advertisements whilst you are online. Whilst we have mentioned most of the
third parties involved in using targeting or advertising cookies in the
preceding section (section g ‘hyperlink’), the list is not exhaustive and is
subject to change. Therefore, even if you choose to turn off all the third
party cookies listed in section g of this policy, you may still receive some
tailored advertisements and recommendations.
There are a number
of ways you can manage what cookies are set on your devices. Essential cookies,
however, cannot be disabled. If you do not allow certain cookies to be
installed, the website may not be accessible to you and/or the performance,
features, or services of the website may be compromised.
You can also manage this type of
cookie in the privacy settings on the web browser you are using. Please note
that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies you may not be able
to access parts of our or others' websites. Please see below for more
information
Changing your
Cookie Settings:
The browser settings for changing your cookies settings are usually found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your internet browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful.