Cookies Policy

Last updated: June 2026

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to website owners about how visitors use their sites.

How We Use Cookies

We use a minimal set of cookies on www.susheelchandradhas.com. We do not use cookies for advertising, retargeting, or to build personal profiles. The cookies on this site fall into two categories:

Types of Cookies We Use

1. Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the Website to function correctly. They do not collect any personally identifiable information and cannot be switched off.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
PHPSESSID Standard PHP session identifier that maintains your session while you browse. Contains no personal data. Session (deleted when browser closes)

2. Analytics Cookies (Third-Party)

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors interact with our Website. This helps us improve content and user experience. All data collected by Google Analytics on our site is anonymised; your IP address is truncated before storage.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
_ga Distinguishes unique visitors. Used by Google Analytics to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data. 2 years
_ga_K9KRQVK7K7 Maintains session state for Google Analytics 4. 2 years
_gid Distinguishes unique visitors for a 24-hour session. 24 hours
_gat Used to throttle request rate to Google Analytics servers. 1 minute

For more about how Google uses this data, see Google's Privacy Policy and Google Analytics' data privacy and security page.

3. Cookieless Analytics (Ahrefs)

We also use Ahrefs Web Analytics to measure website traffic. Ahrefs is a cookieless analytics tool that does not set any cookies on your device and does not store any personal identifiers. It collects only aggregated, anonymised data (page views, referral sources, country, device type). No action is required on your part to opt out, as no personal data or cookies are involved.

Third-Party Embeds

Our contact page includes an embedded Google Maps widget. If you interact with it, Google may set cookies on your device according to their own cookie policy. You are not required to interact with the map to use our contact page.

How to Control Cookies

Browser Settings

You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

  • View cookies that are set on your device
  • Delete all cookies or cookies from specific websites
  • Block third-party cookies
  • Block cookies from specific sites
  • Block all cookies (note: this may break some website functionality)

Instructions for common browsers:

Opt Out of Google Analytics

To prevent Google Analytics from tracking you across all websites, you can install the official Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Do Not Track

Some browsers send a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal to websites. As there is currently no legally recognised standard for responding to DNT signals in India, our Website does not change its data collection practices in response to DNT signals. However, you may use the opt-out methods described above to limit analytics tracking.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of the Website after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact:

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