Cookies Policy
- CtlrS website (https://www.CtrlS.in/) (the “website“) uses cookies and similar technologies such as pixels and Local Storage Objects (LSOs) like HTML5 (together “cookies“) to distinguish among users of the website. This helps to provide a good experience when the user browses the Website and also allows CtrlS to monitor and analyse how users interact with the Website, further helping us in improving website. It also helps advertising partners in determining the products and services that may be of interest to the users in order to serve targeted advertisements.
- Cookies are pieces of code that allow for personalisation of the website experience by saving your information such as user ID and other preferences. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer’s hard disk for record-keeping purposes.
- Do Not Track: Some web browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that users visit. There is no consensus among industry participants as to what “Do Not Track” means in this context. Although CtrlS will try its best to honour the privacy preferences of our visitors, like many websites and online services, our website does not alter its practices when a “Do Not Track” signal is received from a visitor’s browser.
- We use the following types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management and accessibility. Users may disable these by changing the browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions. The legal basis for the use of these cookies are our legitimate interests, namely being able to provide and maintain the website.
- Analytical/performance cookies. These allow to us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the website. This helps to improve the way our website works. For example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. The legal basis for the use of analytical/performance cookies is user consent.
- Functionality cookies. These enable the website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like preferred language or the region of users. The legal basis for our use of functionality cookies is user consent.
- Targeting cookies. These cookies record visits to the website, the pages users have visited and the links they have followed. These cookies are used to track visitors across the website. CtrlS uses this information to make the website, the advertisements displayed on it, and the marketing messages. CtrlS may share this information with third parties who provide a service to us for these purposes. The legal basis for our use of targeting cookies is the user’s consent. Please see the section ‘Interest Based Advertising’ below for more information.
- Third-party cookies. Please be aware that advertisers and other third parties may use their own cookies tags when you click on an advertisement or a link on our website. These third parties are responsible for setting out their own cookie and privacy policies.
- Please see Annex 1 for more information about the cookies CtrlS uses on the website.
- The cookies CtrlS uses are designed to help users get the most from the website, but if users do not wish to receive cookies, most browsers allow users to change their cookie settings. Depending on the operating system, users may not be able to delete or block all cookies. Please note that if users choose to refuse all cookies, they may not be able to use the full functionality of the website. These settings will typically be found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of the browser.
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- Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
ASPSESSIONID# | www.CtrlS.in | Preserves the user’s state across page requests. | Session | HTTP |
Cookie Consent | Cookiebot | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year | HTTP |
CONSENT [x2] | Google YouTube | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. |
- Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like the user’s preferred language or the region they are located at.
- We do not use cookies of this type.
- Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
_ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years | HTTP | |
_ga_# | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates of the first and most recent visit. | 2 years | HTTP | |
_gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle the request rate | 1 day | HTTP | |
_gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 day | HTTP | |
yt-player-headers-readable | YouTube | Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor’s device and network settings. | Persistent | HTML |
- Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across the website.
Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
ads/ga-audiences | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behaviour across websites. | Session | Pixel | |
NID | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 6 months | HTTP | |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | 179 days | HTTP |
YSC | YouTube | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of the videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session | HTTP |
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | HTML |
yt-remote-cast-available | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML |
yt-remote-cast-installed | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML |
yt-remote-connected-devices | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | HTML |
yt-remote-device-id | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | HTML |
yt-remote-fast-check-period | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML |
yt-remote-session-app | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML |
yt-remote-session-name | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML |
- Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.
frmIntl | www.CtrlS.in | Pending | Session | HTTP |
frmLocation | www.CtrlS.in | Pending | Session | HTTP |
Frmpincode | www.CtrlS.in | Pending | Session | HTTP |
Pophide | www.CtrlS.in | Pending | 1 year | HTTP |