Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Arts and Science ("JNIAS", "the Institute", "we", "us" or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on its website at [www.jnias.com], its sub-pages, forms, and the My Privacy account area (together, the "Platform").

It should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Where cookies collect personal data, the Privacy Policy explains how that data is handled and what rights you have.

By choosing "Accept" on our cookie banner, or by saving your choices on the Consent Preferences page, you agree to the use of the cookies you have selected. Strictly necessary cookies are used without consent because the Platform cannot work without them.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device (computer, phone, or tablet) when you visit it. They help the site remember your actions and preferences, keep you signed in, and understand how the site is used.

Cookies may be:

• Session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser; or
• Persistent cookies, which stay on your device for a set period or until you delete them;
• First-party cookies, set by the Platform itself; or
• Third-party cookies, set by other organisations whose services we use, such as video or analytics providers.

"Similar technologies" include local storage, session storage, pixels, tags, and device identifiers. In this Policy, "cookies" includes these technologies.

3. Legal Basis

We use cookies in accordance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the rules made under it, the Information Technology Act, 2000 and its rules, and other applicable Indian law.

Where a cookie processes personal data and is not strictly necessary, we use it only with your free, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent, given by a clear action. You can withdraw that consent at any time (see Section 7).

4. Types of Cookies We Use

The Platform uses the following categories of cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These are essential for the Platform to function and stay secure. They support page navigation, form submission, secure sign-in to My Privacy, one-time-code verification, fraud prevention, and remembering your cookie choices. They cannot be switched off in our systems. If you block them in your browser, parts of the Platform may not work.
• Functional and preference cookies. These remember choices you make, such as language or display settings, and help us provide enhanced features. They are used only with your consent.
• Analytics and performance cookies. These help us understand how visitors use the Platform, which pages are visited, and where errors occur, so that we can improve content, speed, and accessibility. The information is collected in aggregated or pseudonymised form. They are used only with your consent.
• Embedded content and third-party cookies. Some pages show content from other services, such as YouTube videos or maps. These services may set their own cookies when you play or interact with that content. They are loaded only with your consent where the law requires it.
• Advertising and marketing cookies. [We do not currently use advertising or marketing cookies.] If this changes, we will update this Policy and ask for your consent first. We do not use cookies to track or monitor the behaviour of children or to target advertising at them.

Cookies We Set

The table below lists the cookies currently used on the Platform.

The names and durations above will be kept accurate by our web team. Third-party providers set their own durations, which we do not control.

5. What Information Cookies Collect

Depending on the cookie, the information collected may include your IP address, browser and device type, operating system, language, pages viewed, time spent, referring page, and the date and time of your visit, along with a unique cookie identifier.

We do not use cookies to collect sensitive details such as your name, identity numbers, or documents. Information you enter in forms is handled as explained in the Privacy Policy.

6. Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies to:

• Make the Platform load properly and keep it secure;
• Let you sign in to My Privacy and keep your session safe;
• Remember your consent and display preferences;
• Measure and improve the performance, content, and accessibility of the Platform;
• Show embedded videos and maps; and
• Detect and prevent fraud, misuse, and technical faults.

7. Managing Your Cookie Choices

• Cookie banner. When you first visit the Platform, the banner lets you accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or choose by category. Refusing non-essential cookies will not stop you from using the Platform.
• Consent Preferences page. You can review, change, or withdraw your choices at any time through the Consent Preferences page, which is available from the footer of every page. Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it.
• Effect of withdrawal. Withdrawal applies from the time you make it. It does not affect processing already done on the basis of your earlier consent. After you withdraw, we will stop setting the related cookies and, where possible, delete the data collected through them.
• Browser settings. Most browsers let you view, block, or delete cookies through their settings. Doing so may affect how the Platform works. Instructions are available in your browser's help section. You can also use private or incognito browsing, though cookies may still be set during that session.
• Third-party opt-outs. You can control analytics and similar third-party cookies through the providers' own opt-out tools, such as browser add-ons or privacy controls offered by those providers.
• Do Not Track. Some browsers send a "Do Not Track" signal. As there is no common standard for responding to it, the Platform may not act on such signals, but you can control cookies as described above.

8. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party service providers, such as hosting, analytics, and video platforms. These providers may set cookies on your device and process data under their own privacy policies. We do not control their cookies, and we encourage you to read their policies. We work only with providers that agree to protect personal data as required by applicable law.

Data collected through cookies may be stored on servers outside India. Where that happens, we follow the cross-border transfer rules set out in the Privacy Policy.

9. Children

The Platform is visited by many people under eighteen. We do not knowingly set non-essential cookies on a child's device without verifiable parental or guardian consent, and we do not use cookies to monitor the behaviour of children or to target advertising at them.

A parent or guardian who believes a child's data has been collected through cookies without proper consent can contact our Grievance Officer (Section 12), and we will take appropriate action, including deletion.

10. Retention

Cookies stay on your device for the period shown in the table in Section 4, or until you delete them or withdraw consent, whichever comes first. We keep data collected through cookies only as long as needed for the purpose, as set out in our Privacy Policy, and in any event not longer than required by law.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for example when we add or remove cookies, or when the law changes. The "Last Updated" date shows when it was last revised.

For material changes, we will give prominent notice on the Platform and, where required, ask for your consent again. Earlier versions are available on request.

12. Your Rights and Grievance Redressal

Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you have rights to information, access, correction, erasure, withdrawal of consent, grievance redressal, and nomination. These are explained in our Privacy Policy, and you can exercise them through your My Privacy account.

For questions or complaints about our use of cookies, please contact our Data Protection Officer / Grievance Officer, whose details are published on the Data Protection Officer / Grievance Officer page of the Platform.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may complain to the Data Protection Board of India, as provided under the Act.

13. Contact Us

For general queries about this Cookie Policy: