Cookie Policy
Effective update date: July 8, 2025
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the site owners.
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2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off.
- Performance Cookies: These allow us to count visits and traffic sources to improve site performance.
- Functional Cookies: These enable enhanced functionality and personalization.
- Targeting Cookies: These may be set by our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
---|---|---|
session_id | Maintains your session on our website | Session |
user_preferences | Stores your preferences (e.g., language, theme) | 30 days |
_ga | Google Analytics - distinguishes users | 2 years |
_gid | Google Analytics - distinguishes users | 24 hours |
_gat | Google Analytics - throttles request rate | 1 minute |
4. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Site, deliver advertisements on and through the Site, and so on.
Some specific third-party cookies we use include:
- Google Analytics: To understand how visitors engage with our Site
- Facebook Pixel: To measure the effectiveness of our advertising
- Hotjar: To better understand our users' needs
5. Your Cookie Choices
You have several options to control or limit how we and our partners use cookies:
- Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer.
- You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing Google's opt-out browser add-on.
- For third-party advertising cookies, you can visit the Digital Advertising Alliance or Your Online Choices to opt out.
Please note that if you disable cookies, some features of our Site may not function properly.
6. Other Tracking Technologies
In addition to cookies, we may use other similar tracking technologies:
- Web Beacons: Small graphic images that may be included on our Site and emails
- Local Storage: HTML5 local storage used to store content information and preferences
- Session Storage: Similar to cookies but deleted when the browser is closed
7. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
You are advised to review this Cookie Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Cookie Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
- By email: support@techquestworld.com
- Through our website: https://www.techquestworld.com/contact
- By mail: New Town, Kolkata, India