Cookie Policy

Effective Date: September 07, 2025

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. For example, cookies can remember your preferences, track your browsing behaviour, or help a website load faster.

Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies.

  • Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device even after you go offline, for a specified period.
  • Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

2. How SFRD Uses Cookies

SFRD uses cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons, pixels, and local storage) for several purposes, including:

  • To operate and maintain our Portal effectively.
  • To understand how you use our Portal and improve your user experience.
  • To remember your preferences and settings (e.g., login status, language).
  • To analyze our Portal's performance and identify areas for improvement.
  • To deliver content and advertisements relevant to your interests (where applicable and with your consent).
  • To gather aggregate data about Portal traffic and interaction so that we can offer better Portal experiences and tools in the future.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We use different categories of cookies for different purposes:

Essential (Strictly Necessary) Cookies:

These cookies are fundamental for the operation of our Portal. Without them, certain services like logging into secure areas or submitting forms would not be possible. They do not collect any personal information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you've been on the internet.

Consent is generally not required for these cookies as they are necessary for the website to function.

Analytical/Performance Cookies:

These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Portal when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Portal works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. We use tools like Google Analytics for this purpose.

We require your consent to use these cookies.

Functionality Cookies:

These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our Portal. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

We require your consent to use these cookies.

Targeting/Advertising Cookies:

These cookies record your visit to our Portal, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Portal and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

We require your explicit consent to use these cookies.

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party’s cookies to report usage statistics of the Portal, deliver advertisements, and so on. These third parties may include (but are not limited to):

  • Google Analytics: For understanding website traffic and user behaviour.
  • Social Media Platforms (e.g., Facebook, X/Twitter): If we embed social media feeds or sharing buttons, these platforms may set cookies.
  • Embedded Content Providers (e.g., YouTube): If we embed videos, these providers may set cookies.

We do not control these third-party cookies. You should refer to the relevant third party's website for information on how they use cookies.

5. Your Choices Regarding Cookies - Managing Your Preferences

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by:

  • Cookie Consent Banner: When you first visit our Portal, a cookie consent banner will appear, allowing you to accept or decline cookies (other than strictly necessary ones) and manage your preferences. You can update your preferences at any time by [Insert Link to Cookie Settings or instructions on how to recall the banner].
  • Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Portal may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
  • Opt-out of Third-Party Advertising Networks: You can also opt out of some third-party advertising cookies through industry-specific opt-out pages, such as the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) at [Link to NAI opt-out] or the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) at [Link to DAA opt-out].

6. Changes to Our Cookie Policy

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically for any changes.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, you can contact us: admin@sfrd.in