Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them on the Smt. Dhanpata Maurya Smarak Mahavidyalaya website, accessible at https://www.sdmsm.in ("Website").

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size, and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, ensure the proper functioning of our Website, and understand how visitors interact with our content. The primary purposes for which we use cookies are:

• To Improve Website Functionality: To ensure our Website runs correctly and efficiently.
• To Analyze Website Performance: To collect anonymous statistical information about how visitors use our Website, which helps us improve its structure and content.
• To Enhance User Experience: To provide a more personalized and convenient browsing experience.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Our Website uses the following types of cookies:

a) Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for you to browse the Website and use its features. They are typically set only in response to actions made by you, such as filling out forms. Without these cookies, services like accessing secure areas or submitting applications cannot be provided. You cannot opt out of these cookies.

b) Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect anonymous information about how visitors use our Website. For instance, they track which pages visitors go to most often and if they get error messages from web pages. This data helps us understand and analyze web traffic and improve the performance of our Website.

Example: We use Google Analytics, a third-party service, to gather and analyze this type of information. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect data that is aggregated and does not personally identify you.

c) Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as your user name or region) to provide enhanced, more personal features. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized, and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

d) Targeting or Advertising Cookies

Smt. Dhanpata Maurya Smarak Mahavidyalaya does not use targeting or advertising cookies. We do not use cookies to track your browsing habits to serve you targeted advertising.

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties cookies. For example, our Website may feature embedded content from other websites (e.g., YouTube videos, Google Maps) or use services like Google Analytics. These third parties may set their own cookies on your device, which are governed by their respective privacy policies. We do not have control over the placement of these cookies.

5. How to Control and Manage Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. However, you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Website.

You can find more information about how to manage cookies in the most common browsers via the following links:

• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
• Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-bb8174ba-9d73-dcf2-9b4a-c582b4e640dd
• Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac

6. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect any changes in technology or legislation. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Cookie Policy periodically for any changes.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us: