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Cookie Policy
Effective Date: 31-Mar-2025
Last Updated: 31-Mar-2025
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.
Types of Cookies we use
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 |
|---|---|---|
| notification* | 90 Days | This cookie stores if a slide-in notification has been displayed. |
| popup_* | 90 Days | This cookie stores if a popup notification has been displayed. |
| apbct_page_hits | Never Expires | CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site. |
| cookieyes-consent | 1 year | CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on their subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information of the site visitors. |
| ct_ps_timestamp | Never Expires | 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_fkp_timestamp | Never Expires | 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_timezone | Never Expires | CleanTalk–Used to prevent spam on our comments and forms and acts as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for this site. |
| apbct_headless | Never Expires | Cleantalk set this cookie to detect spam and improve the website’s security. |
| ct_checkjs | Never Expires | CleanTalk–Used to prevent spam on our comments and forms and acts as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for this site. |
| ct_pointer_data | Never Expires | 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_has_scrolled | Never Expires | CleanTalk sets this cookie to store dynamic variables from the browser. |
| _cfuvid | session | Calendly sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services |
| apbct_visible_fields | Never Expires | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| __cf_bm | 1 hour | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| apbct_pixel_url | Never Expires | CleanTalk set this cookie to provide spam protection. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ct_screen_info | Never Expires | CleanTalk sets this cookie to complete an anti-spam solution and firewall for the website, preventing spam from appearing in comments and forms. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
| _gid | 1 day | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| _gat_gtag_UA_* | 1 minute | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. |
Manage cookie preferences
You can change your cookie preferences any time by clicking the above 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
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.