COOKIE POLICY
The cookie policy of Indiachatters outlines the different
types of cookies that may be used in relation to the Website https://indiachatters.com and the IndiaChatters App Mobile Apps, available for
iPhone and Android, owned and administered by us, through which you have access
to this Cookie Policy (the "Website
and Mobile Apps"), as well as information on how you can control them.
What are
actually cookies?
Cookies are small files, which are used for access to the Internet, that are
stored on the computer, the mobile device, the tablet or other equipment of a
given User.
Cookies are installed
through a request by the server of a given web page to your web browser (i.e. Internet
Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Mozilla) and are completely "passive" (they
do not contain any software, viruses or spyware and do not have access to the
information of the User hardware).
What are cookies
used for?
Cookies are used in a
way, allowing the Website and Mobile Apps to function better and more efficiently. Cookies are
needed in order for you to browse the Website and Mobile Apps and to use their
services and functionalities. Without those essential cookies, our Website and
Mobile Apps will not function as fluently as we would like them to and we might
not be able to provide you with certain services or features.
Cookies are also used in
order to prepare anonymous statistics, which aid us at understanding, how a
given user prefers to use our Website, allowing us to improve its structure and
contents, without identifying the user. The Indiachatters Website may also use certain Wordpress features,
software such as Google Analytics, Google Adsense or Google Adwords, Facebook,
Twitter, Google+ or other social media “like” buttons or plugins, which contain
cookies.
What types of
cookies do we use?
We use two types of
cookies – for the user session and fixed ones. The former ones are temporary
files, which remain on the device of the User until the end of his/her user
session or until closing the Mobile App (or web browser). The fixed files
remain on the device of the User for the period, specified in the cookies
themselves or until deleted by the User.
What are the
purposes, for which we use cookies?
Processes |
Intended to make the Website and Mobile Apps work in the way you
expect. For example, we use a cookie that tells us whether you have already
signed up for a User Account. |
Authentication, Security and Compliance |
Intended to prevent fraud, protect your data from unauthorized
parties, and comply with legal requirements. For example, we use cookies to
determine if you are logged in your User Account. |
Preferences |
Intended to remember information about how you prefer the services to
behave and look. For example, we use a cookie that tells us whether you have
declined to allow us to use your phone’s geolocation data. |
Notifications |
Intended to allow or prevent notices of information or options that we
think could improve your use of the Service. For example, we use a Cookie
that stops us from showing you the signup notification if you have already
seen it. |
Analytics |
Intended to help us understand how visitors use the services. For
example, we use a Cookie that tells us how our search suggestions correlate with your interactions
with the search page. |
Do cookies
contain personal data?
On their own, cookies do
not require personal information in order to be used and most often, they do
not identify internet Users. The personal data, collected during the usage of
cookies can only be gathered in order to ease the use of the services by the
User. This data is encrypted in such a way that it does not allow unauthorized
persons to gain access it.
Deleting the
cookies
In general, applications
for access to web pages (web- or mobile browsers) allow the storage of cookies
by default. These settings may be changed in such a way that the automatic
administration of cookies is blocked by the web browser or that the User would
be informed each time when cookies are sent to his/her device. Detailed
information about the options and management of cookies may be found in the
settings of the Mobile Apps (or the Web Browser). Limiting the usage of cookies
may affect some of the features of the Website and Mobile Apps.
Security and
confidentiality
Cookies are NOT viruses.
They take the form of simple text. They are not made out of code and cannot
therefore be executed or execute themselves alone. Consequently, they may not
be duplicated or copied into other networks in order to get started and copied
once more. Since cookies cannot perform those functions, they cannot be
regarded as viruses.
Most often, browsers
have built-in privacy settings, which provide different levels for the
acceptance of cookies, the period of their validity and their automatic
deletion after a User has visited a given website.
Advice on secure and responsible surfing, using cookies
Thanks to their
flexibility and the fact that many of the most visited and biggest websites use
cookies, their use is almost inevitable. Deactivating cookies will not allow
the access of a given user to many of the most commonly used websites,
including YouTube, Yahoo, Gmail and others.
Here is some advice,
which can ensure safe surfing, but with the help of cookies:
It is possible that you
set your browser in a way that does not allow for cookies to be accepted
anymore or you can set your browser to accept cookies only from certain
websites. All modern browsers offer the option to change cookie settings. This includes computer browsers, as well as mobile
device browsers. These settings can be found in the "options" menu or
the "preferences" menu of your browser. In order to find those settings, you can also use the
links below or use the "help" menu of your browser for more
information.
Cookie settings in
Internet Explorer
Cookie
settings in Firefox
Cookie settings
in Chrome
Cookie settings in Safari
For setting third party
cookies, you may use the following website:
http://www.youronlinechoices.com
Useful links
If you want to find more
about cookies and what are they used for, we recommend you the following links: