A cookie is a small text file sent by a web server and placed on your computer by your web browser. The said file has information about your browsing activities. It helps in providing you more convenient website visits and also helps us remember your preferences.
Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. A persistent cookie helps us recognize you as an existing user, so it’s easier for you browse our website next time and would help us remember your preferences. A persistent cookie stays in your browser and may be read by us when you return to one of our sites/ applications. Session cookies only last for as long as the session (usually the current visit to a website/ application or a browser session).
The cookies on our website would be classified into following categories:
Essential Cookies: Essential cookies are always turned on. Without these cookies our website won’t work properly. They help us do things like remembering your choices. Examples of Necessary Cookies are (1) Whether you want to use cookies (2) Your character where this is necessary to use something (3) Your progress last so you don’t have to go back to the beginning every time you play
Functionality Cookies: “Functionality” cookies are an example of extra cookies that help us (1) Remember the way you like things to look and work to help you explore more easily (optional preferences such as colour schemes, character icons etc.) (2) Remember whether something has already been provided to you (so you don’t need to see it again) (3) View some types of video content (4) Remember what city you are in for the purpose of setting the correct language
Performance or Analytics Cookies: These are another example of extra cookies that help us (1) Understand how users use our website and what bits they like best, to help us make them better (2) Understand what adverts are most popular (across all our users – not you personally) (3) Make sure we don’t show you the same advert lots of times.
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. The browser settings for changing your cookies settings are usually found in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your internet browser. Alternatively, you may use the ‘Help’ option in your internet browser for more details. It may be noted that in case you disable the cookies, you may not be able to access certain sections of our website and its browsing will become less efficient.
Our website has links to third party websites, like Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. which have their own Cookies Policy. We have no control over these ‘third party’ cookies. Accordingly, we suggest that you should read the respective privacy policies to understand what information or data these organizations could hold about you, what they do with it and how you can opt-out of the same. AnantLaw does not take responsibility for any data or information of the users shared or held on these third party websites.