Effective Date: 27th July 2024
1. Introduction
This Cookies Policy explains how PrismCortex (“we,” “our,” or “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies on our website prismcortex.xyz (“the Website”). By using the Website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy.
2. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the owners of the site.
3. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the Website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the Website.
- Analytical/Performance Cookies: These allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our Website. This helps us improve the way our Website works.
- Functionality Cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalize our content for you and remember your preferences.
- Targeting Cookies: These record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
4. Types of Cookies We Use
4.1. First-party Cookies: These are cookies that are set by our Website.
4.2. Third-party Cookies: These are cookies set by our partners and service providers. For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors engage with our Website.
5. Managing Cookies
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, limiting the ability of websites to set cookies may affect your overall user experience. 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.
6. Specific Cookies We Use
- __Secure-: This prefix is used for cookies that are only sent over secure (HTTPS) connections. These cookies must also be set with the Secure attribute and are often used to ensure secure data transmission.
- __Host-: Similar to __Secure-, this prefix is used for cookies that are domain-locked and can only be sent from the host that set them. These cookies must also be set with the Secure attribute and cannot include a Domain attribute.
- _ga: This cookie is used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. It typically tracks user interactions with the website and helps in generating statistical data about website usage.
- _gid: Another Google Analytics cookie, _gid is used to store and update a unique value for each page visited.
- _gat: This cookie is used by Google Analytics to throttle request rates, limiting the collection of data on high-traffic sites.
- __utm: These cookies are used by Google Analytics to track various aspects of user behavior, including the source of traffic, user sessions, and campaign data.
- PHPSESSID: This cookie is used to establish a user session and to pass state data via a temporary cookie, commonly used in PHP-based applications.
- JSESSIONID: Used by Java-based web applications to maintain a user session, this cookie helps in tracking user interactions within a session.
- csrftoken: This cookie is used to prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks by ensuring that the request is coming from a trusted source.
- SID, HSID: These cookies are used by Google to store digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google account ID and most recent sign-in time, providing protection against unauthorized access.
- SSID, APISID, SAPISID: These cookies are used by Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube on maps integrated with Google Maps.
- NID: This cookie is used by Google to store user preferences and information when viewing pages with Google maps on them.
7. Changes to This Cookies Policy
We may update our Cookies Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookies Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this policy.
8. Contact Us
By continuing to use our Website, you agree to the placement of cookies on your device as explained in this Cookies Policy.