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 a 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.
| Cookie Name | Type | Expires | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| sbjs_first_add | First-party | Session | This cookie is used to store details about the user's first visit to the website, including timestamp, referring site, and source of the traffic, to assess the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and website sources. |
| sbjs_current | First-party | Session | This cookie is used to track users' activities and interactions across the website to facilitate better analysis and understanding of traffic sources and user behavior. |
| sbjs_udata | First-party | Session | This cookie is used to store user-specific data to help monitor and analyze the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns and optimize the user experience on the website. |
| _ga_F68V9CQSRZ | Third-party | 1 year | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. |
| _ga | Third-party | 1 year | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. |
| sbjs_migrations | First-party | Session | This cookie is used to track user interactions and migration between different pages or sections of the website to improve user experience and website performance analytics. |
| sbjs_current_add | First-party | Session | This cookie is used to store information about the current visit to distinguish between users and sessions. It typically includes details such as source of traffic, campaign data, and user behavior to help in tracking and analyzing the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. |
| sbjs_first | First-party | Session | This cookie is used to store information about the user's first session on the website. It tracks details such as the source from which the user came, the path they took, which search engine and keyword were used, and their location at the time of the first visit. This information is used to analyze and improve the website's performance by understanding user behavior. |
| sbjs_session | First-party | 30 minutes | This cookie is used to track user activity and sessions to improve the performance and usability of the website, helping to understand how visitors interact with the website. |
| sib_cuid | First-party | 6 months | This cookie is used to identify the visitor through an application. It enables the website to track visitor behavior and measure site performance. |
| _gid | Third-party | 1 day | This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews. |
| uuid | Third-party | 6 months | This cookie is used to optimize ad relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites – this exchange of visitor data is normally provided by a third-party data-center or ad-exchange. |
Manage cookies
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 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.