# Cookie Policy
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This Cookie Policy explains how EDCampus ("we," "our," or "us") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to recognize you when you visit our website (www.edcampus.in) and utilize our digital campus and the PACT assessment framework. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
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## 1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by online service providers to facilitate and help make their websites or services work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, EDCampus) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., interactive content, payment processing, and analytics).
## 2. Why do we use cookies?
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several strategic reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our platform to operate—especially to maintain your logged-in state and track your progress through the PACT assessments. We refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our digital campus.
## 3. Types of Cookies We Use
### A. Essential / Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features.
* **Authentication & Security:** To log you into your PACT Dashboard, verify your identity, and protect your account from fraudulent use.
* **Session Management:** To maintain your active session so you do not have to log in repeatedly as you navigate between course modules and assessment pages.
### B. Performance and Functionality Cookies
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our platform but are non-essential to its basic use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like remembering your dashboard layout preferences or recent course activity) may become unavailable.
* **Gamification Tracking:** To temporarily store data related to your progress, PACT points, and ranks before they are permanently written to our secure database.
### C. Analytics and Customization Cookies
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our platform is being used, how effective our digital courses are, or to help us customize our website for you.
* **Usage Metrics:** To track page visits, time spent on assessments, and navigation paths to help us optimize the platform's architecture.
## 4. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party plug-ins and tracking technologies to report usage statistics of the website and deliver specific functionalities. These may include:
* **Payment Gateways:** To securely process course enrollments or enterprise licenses.
* **Security Providers:** To prevent DDoS attacks and secure our platform architecture.
## 5. How can you control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by adjusting the controls on your web browser to reflect your choices.
* **Browser Settings:** You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website; however, **your access to secure areas, such as the PACT Dashboard and course modules, will be severely restricted or non-functional.**
* **Disabling Cookies:** As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
## 6. How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
## 7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact our Global Operations Desk at:
**EDCampus Central Administration**
Email: support@edcampus.in
Website: www.edcampus.in/contact
