Cookie Management

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to remember your actions and preferences over time. We use both session cookies (deleted when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain until they expire or you delete them).

2. Categories of Cookies We Use

• Strictly Necessary Cookies — Essential for the website to function correctly. These cannot be switched off. They are set in response to actions such as logging in, filling in forms, or setting privacy preferences.
• Performance & Analytics Cookies — Collect anonymised data on how visitors use our site (pages visited, time spent, errors encountered). Help us understand and improve website performance. Example: Google Analytics.
• Functional Cookies — Enable enhanced features and personalisation, such as remembering your language preference, region, or login status across sessions.
• Targeting & Marketing Cookies — Set by our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and display relevant advertisements on other websites you visit.

3. Cookies We Currently Use

• Session authentication token — Keeps you logged in during your visit. Strictly necessary. Expires on browser close.
• CSRF token — Protects form submissions against cross-site request forgery. Strictly necessary. Expires on browser close.
• _ga, _gid (Google Analytics) — Anonymised usage statistics. Performance category. Expires after 2 years / 24 hours respectively.
• Preference cookies — Stores your cookie consent choice. Functional category. Expires after 12 months.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are set by third-party services embedded on our pages, including analytics providers (Google Analytics), customer support tools, and social media widgets (LinkedIn, Twitter/X). These third parties have their own privacy policies governing cookie use, and we recommend you review them.

5. How to Manage Your Preferences

• Cookie consent banner — On your first visit, a banner allows you to accept all, reject non-essential, or customise your preferences. You can revisit this choice at any time from our Cookie Settings link in the footer.
• Browser settings — Most browsers let you block or delete cookies via Settings → Privacy or equivalent. Note: disabling strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of our website from functioning.
• Opt out of Google Analytics — Visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout to install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
• Industry opt-out tools — You can opt out of interest-based advertising via youronlinechoices.eu (EU) or optout.aboutads.info (US).

6. Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a 'Do Not Track' (DNT) signal. Our website currently does not respond differently to DNT signals because there is no universal agreed standard for how websites should respond to them. We will update this policy if a standard is adopted.

7. Retention Periods

• Strictly necessary cookies — Session-based; deleted when you close the browser.
• Performance cookies — Up to 2 years (Google Analytics _ga). Anonymised and aggregated.
• Functional cookies — Up to 12 months.
• Targeting cookies — Up to 90 days; varies by advertising partner.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Management page from time to time to reflect changes in technology, law, or our practices. When we do, we will revise the effective date above. We encourage you to check this page periodically.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact our Data Protection Officer at privacy@spakto.com or write to: Spakto Technologies, Legal & Compliance Team, Bengaluru, India.