Cookie Policy

What are Cookies and what is their purpose?

Cookies are pieces of data stored on your device by websites, allowing them to remember your preferences and enhance your browsing experience. They are used for tasks like maintaining login sessions, personalizing content, and tracking user behavior to improve site performance.

How we use Cookies:

M/s. Karavadi & Associates collects information about your website usage and accessed resources using cookies. Cookies are small text files that websites store on users' devices to remember information and improve browsing experiences. They identify which pages you visit, help record information about your personal preferences, and track user behavior for analytics. While they enhance functionality and personalize experiences, there are growing concerns about privacy and data security, leading to increased transparency. The data gathered from cookies is used by Google Analytics to collect information.

The Cookies Classifications:

Cookies are classified as 'first-party' or 'third-party' depending on the domain that creates them. First-party cookies are generated by the website being visited, while third-party cookies are produced by a domain distinct from the user's current website. If an external entity creates a cookie during a website visit, it falls under the category of third-party cookies.

FIRST PARTY COOKIES

Functionality Cookies:

Functionality cookies are designed to enhance the performance and usability of a website. They enable the website to remember user choices and preferences, such as language settings, font sizes, and customization options. These cookies contribute to a smoother and more personalized browsing experience for the user.

Persistent Cookies:

Persistent cookies are stored on a user's device for a defined duration specified within the cookie itself. They are triggered whenever the user revisits the website that initially created the cookie.

Forms Related Cookies

When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

Site Preferences Cookies

To provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. To remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.

Performance Cookies:

These cookies gather data on website usage like visitor numbers, pages visited, time spent, and errors met. This anonymized data helps analyse and improve site performance, identify optimization areas, and enhance the user experience.

THIRD PARTY COOKIES

Google Analytics:

In some cases, we use cookies from trusted third parties like Google Analytics. This widely recognized analytics solution helps us understand user behaviour, track metrics such as site visit duration and page views and create engaging content for our users.

Site Usage Analytics:

To continually improve our website's performance and deliver engaging content, we use third-party analytics tools that track and measure user activity. These analytics cookies provide valuable insights into user behaviour, such as time spent on the site and pages visited. By understanding how users interact with our site, we can identify areas for improvement and enhance the overall user experience.

Testing and Updates:

Our website undergoes regular testing and updates to ensure optimal functionality and user satisfaction. During these testing phases, cookies are used to maintain consistency in user experience across distinctive features and pages. These cookies help us assess the effectiveness of new features and optimizations, ensuring that our users receive a seamless and enjoyable browsing experience.

Our Services and Content Development:

We rely on visitor engagement statistics to inform our services and content development efforts as a service-oriented organization. The data tracked by cookies provides valuable insights into user engagement levels, allowing us to make informed predictions and decisions. By monitoring user behaviour and preferences, we can tailor our content to provide thought leadership and valuable insights to our visitors.

Social Media Integration:

In addition to enhancing website functionality, we integrate social media trackers and plugins to ease seamless interaction with various social platforms. These social media cookies enable users to connect with their social networks directly from our site. By setting cookies for social media platforms, we enhance user profiles and contribute to the data these platforms use for various purposes.

Cookie Settings:

Users can manage and remove cookies as needed but by removing or disabling them may not lead the users to have the access to some the areas/sections of our website.

Consent Solicitation:

Strictly necessary cookies do not need your consent. Consent is needed for performance, functionality, targeting, and social media cookies.

Liberty to withdraw your consent:

If you decide to retract/withdraw your consent, you can do so by clearing your cookies using the settings in your internet browser.