Cookie Policy
Introduction
This Cookie Policy (“Policy”) explains that we believe in being open and clear about how we use your information. In the spirit of transparency, this Policy provides detailed information about how and when we use cookies and similar tracking technologies such as pixels, tags, web beacons (hereinafter collectively referred to as “cookies”) on our website and applications (mobile and hybrid, hereinafter referred to “applications”). This cookie policy applies to any Sammaan Capital Limited (SCL) product or service that links to this policy or incorporates it by reference.
a. Does SCL use cookies?
SCL uses cookies when you use any of the SCL websites/applications. They are used to ensure everyone has the best possible experience. By continuing to visit or use our services, you acknowledge the use of cookies for the purposes we describe in this policy. If you prefer not to receive cookies or pixels, then you should stop using our website/applications, or assess your browsing and third party cookie settings as described below.
b. What are cookies and pixels?
Cookies are small pieces of text used to store information on web browsers. Cookies are used to store and receive identifiers and other information on computers, phones, and other devices. A cookie file is stored in your browser and allows the website/application or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the website/application more useful to you. Cookies allow SCL to serve you better and more efficiently, and to personalize your experience on our site. A pixel is a small amount of code on a web page or in an email notification. As many services do, we use pixels to learn whether you’ve interacted with certain web or email content. This helps us measure and improve our services and personalize your experience.
c. What are cookies used for?
When you visit our website or download our applications, we may place a number of cookies in your browser. These are known as First Party Cookies and are required to enable to hold session information as you navigate from page to page within the website. For example, we use cookies on our Websites to understand visitor and user preferences, improve their experience, and track and analyse usage, navigational and other statistical information. Additionally, cookies allow us to bring you advertising both on and off the SCL site, and bring customized features to you. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you elect not to activate the cookie or to later disable cookies, you may still visit our Websites, but your ability to use some features or areas of the Websites may be limited.
We may use any of the following categories of cookies on the Websites/applications as detailed below. Each cookie falls within one of the four following categories:
In addition, SCL uses web beacons, or tracking pixels to count visitor numbers and performance cookies to track how many individual users access this website/applications and how often. This information is used for statistical purposes only and it is not SCL’s intention to use such information to personally identify any user. However, if you have registered and signed into this website/applications, SCL may combine this information with information from its web analytic services and cookies to analyse how you use this website/applications in more detail.
d. How cookies are used?
We use cookies on our websites/applications. Any browser visiting these sites will receive cookies from us which helps us identify you more quickly when you return. Cookies help us to determine which pages or information you find most useful or interesting at our own Websites/applications.
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Online analytics purposes : We may use web analytics services on SCL, such as those of Google Analytics. These services help us analyse how users use the services, including by noting the third-party website/applications from which you arrive. The information collected by the technology will be disclosed to or collected directly by such service providers, who use the information to evaluate your use of the services. We also use Google Analytics for certain purposes related to online marketing, as described in the following sections.
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Advertising and other targeting purposes : Cookies help us serve relevant ads to you more effectively. They also help us provide aggregated auditing, research, and reporting for advertisers, understand and improve our service, and know when content has been shown to you. We work with website/applications analytics and advertising partners, including but not limited to Google, Facebook, Linked-in, Twitter, Google Double Click, InMobi, AdSense, SenseDigital, Lead Bolt, Paisa Bazaar, Magic Bricks, Prop Tiger etc., to deliver SCL advertisements on third party publisher websites/applications - these partners may set cookies on your devices’ web browser. Cookies allow our partners to recognize your computer so that the ad server can show you SCL advertisements elsewhere on the Internet, and so that our analytics software can measure your engagement and interactions while using SCL services. In this way, ad servers may compile anonymous, de-identified information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw our advertisements, whether or not you interacted with our advertisements, and actions performed on subsequent visits to SCL websites/applications and applications. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you, and it allows SCL to optimize the performance of our advertising campaigns and the usability of our website/applications. In other words, we use analytics data in concern with data about our online ads that have been shown using the solutions such as Google, Facebook, Linked-in, Twitter, Google Double Click, InMobi, AdSense, SenseDigital, Lead Bolt, Paisa Bazaar, Magic Bricks, Prop Tiger etc., for Advertisers, or other online advertising networks. By doing so, we can understand how anonymous users interacted with our /applications after seeing our ads.
e. What third-party cookies does SCL use?
Please note that the third parties (advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies on our Services. Also, note that the names of cookies, pixels and similar technologies may change over time. We use trusted partners to help us service advertising, who may place cookies on your device. We also pull through content from social networks into our own pages, such as embedded Facebook feeds. The social networks, such as Facebook, Google, etc. may themselves also put cookies on your machine. If a user logs into Facebook, Twitter or Google+ via our website/applications, they will leave a cookie on the users' device. This is the same process as if the user logs into these social networks directly. We also use Google Analytics and similar solutions on our Services to help us analyse how our Services are used. It uses performance cookies to track customer’s interactions. For example, by using cookies, Google can tell us which pages our users view, which are most popular, what time of day our websites/applications are visited, whether visitors have been to our websites before, what website referred the visitor to our websites/applications, and other similar information. All of this information is anonymized. We suggest that you should check the respective privacy policies for these external services to help you understand what data these organisations hold about you and how they process it.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
AdSense: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Google Analytics: http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html
Google Tag Manager: https://www.google.com/analytics/tag-manager/faq/
Google+: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/en/privacy.
Google Double click: https://support.google.com/dfp_premium/answer/2839090?hl=en
Your Choices
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you choose to turn off these cookies you will still see advertising on the internet but it may not be tailored to your interests. It does not mean that you won't be served any advertisements whilst you are online. Whilst we have mentioned most of the third parties involved in using targeting or advertising cookies in the preceding section (refer section d), the list is not exhaustive and is subject to change. Therefore, even if you choose to turn off all the third party cookies listed in section (refer section d), you may still receive some tailored advertisements and recommendations. There are a number of ways you can manage what cookies are set on your devices. Essential cookies, however, cannot be disabled. If you do not allow certain cookies to be installed, the website/application may not be accessible to you and/or the performance, features, or services may be compromised. You can also manage this type of cookie in the privacy settings on the web browser you are using. Please note that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies you may not be able to access parts of our or others' websites. Please see below for more information.
Changing your Cookie Settings: The browser settings for changing your cookies settings are usually found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your internet browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise you should use the 'Help' option in your internet browser for more details.
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
More information: To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. You can learn more about opting out of receiving interest-based ads from other companies at optout.aboutads.info and www.networkadvertising.org/choices. In addition, certain third party advertising networks, like Facebook (pixels) and Google, permit users to opt out of or customize preferences associated with your internet browsing. To learn more about this feature from Google, click here. For further information about the Facebook Pixel, click here.
