Cookies Policy
Last updated: October 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 the categories below.
Types of Cookies We Use
1. Essential Cookies
This Website sets no essential cookies of its own. It is a static site and needs no cookie to work.
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.
4. Spam Protection on the Contact Form (hCaptcha)
Our enquiry form uses hCaptcha, provided through our form service Web3Forms, to tell genuine enquiries from automated spam. hCaptcha loads only once you start filling in the form, and may set cookies and collect technical information about your browser and device for this purpose alone, under the hCaptcha Privacy Policy. If you would rather not use it, you can contact us by email, phone or WhatsApp instead.
Third-Party Embeds
Our contact page offers a Google Maps view of our studio, which loads only if you choose to show it. If you do, Google may set cookies on your device according to their own cookie policy. You are not required to use the map to use our contact page.
The videos on our Video Production page load nothing from YouTube until you press play. They then play through YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com), under Google's Privacy Policy.
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:
- Email: susheel@coloursalive.com
- Phone: +91-99624-28747