Cookie Policy
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 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.
Necessary
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| wt_consent | 1 year | The WebToffee GDPR Cookie Consent plugin sets this cookie to store the user’s consent preferences, allowing the website to recognise those choices on future visits. The cookie does not collect or store any personal or identifiable information about the visitor. |
| ct_timezone | never | CleanTalk–Used to prevent spam on our comments and forms and acts as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for this site. |
| apbct_visible_fields | never | CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on the site's comments/forms, and to act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site. |
| ct_pointer_data | never | CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on the site's comments/forms, and to act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site. |
| apbct_headless | never | Cleantalk set this cookie to detect spam and improve the website's security. |
| __cf_bm | 1 hour | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| _cfuvid | session | Cloudflare sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services |
| m | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Stripe sets this cookie for fraud prevention purposes. It identifies the device used to access the website, allowing the website to be formatted accordingly. |
| OptanonConsent | 1 year | OneTrust sets this cookie to store details about the site's cookie category and check whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent from the use of each category. |
Functional
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ct_checkjs | never | Clean Talk sets this cookie to prevent spam on the site's comments or forms. |
| ct_ps_timestamp | never | Clean Talk sets this cookie to prevent spam on the site's comments or forms. |
| ct_fkp_timestamp | never | Clean Talk sets this cookie to prevent spam on the site's comments or forms. |
| ct_checked_emails | never | Clean Talk sets this cookie to prevent spam on the site's comments or forms. |
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
| 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. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _clck | 1 year | Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to retain the browser's Clarity User ID and settings exclusive to that website. This guarantees that actions taken during subsequent visits to the same website will be linked to the same user ID. |
| _clsk | 1 day | Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to store and consolidate a user's pageviews into a single session recording. |
| SM | session | Microsoft Clarity cookie set this cookie for synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. |
| MR | 7 days | This cookie, set by Bing, is used to collect user information for analytics purposes. |
| utm_source | past | This cookie is used to record from where the visitor came to the website orginally. This information is used by the website operator to know the efficiency of their marketing. |
| utm_term | past | This cookie is used to record from where the visitor came to the website orginally. This information is used by the website operator to know the efficiency of their marketing. |
| utm_content | past | This cookie is used for storing the session content value if present. |
| utm_campaign | past | Google Ad Services sets this cookie to store session campaign value if present. |
| ct_screen_info | never | CleanTalk sets this cookie to complete an anti-spam solution and firewall for the website, preventing spam from appearing in comments and forms. |
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SRM_B | 1 year 24 days | Used by Microsoft Advertising as a unique ID for visitors. |
| _calendly_session | 21 days | Calendly, a Meeting Schedulers, sets this cookie to allow the meeting scheduler to function within the website and to add events into the visitor’s calendar. |
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| handl_landing_page | 1 month | HandL UTM Grabber plugin sets this cookie is used to record the very first page you visited on our site in your browser. |
| handl_ip | 1 month | HandL UTM Grabber plugin sets this cookie to record the web browser's IP address. |
| handl_url | 1 month | HandL UTM Grabber plugin sets this cookie to form the URL on which we placed the code that generates. |
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Google Tag Manager sets this cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. |
| handl_ref | 1 month | HandL UTM Grabber plugin sets this cookie to record the URL from which you came to our site. |
| handl_original_ref | 1 month | HandL UTM Grabber plugin sets this cookie to record the URL from which you came to our site. |
| MUID | 1 year 24 days | Bing sets this cookie to recognise unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations. |
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
| ANONCHK | 10 minutes | The ANONCHK cookie, set by Bing, is used to store a user's session ID and verify ads' clicks on the Bing search engine. The cookie helps in reporting and personalization as well. |
| utm_medium | past | This cookie is used to record from where the visitor came to the website orginally. This information is used by the website operator to know the efficiency of their marketing. |
Others
Other cookies are those that are being identified and have not been classified into any category as yet.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gclid | past | Description is currently not available. |
| past | No description available. | |
| username | past | No description available. |
Manage cookie preferences
You can change your cookie preferences any time by clicking the Consent Preferences button. 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
Microsoft Edge: Delete cookies in Microsoft Edge – Microsoft Support
If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.