What are Cookies?
Cookie is a small text file containingsmall amounts of information which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Upon your consent, we store cookies in the memory or disk of your computer or portable device and use them as the tags to recognize your computer or portable device.
Both websites and HTML emails may also contain other tracking technologies such as “web beacons” or “pixels.” These are typically small transparent images that provide us with statistics, for similar purposes as cookies. They are often used in conjunction with cookies, though they are not stored on your computer in the same way. As a result, if you disable cookies, web beacons may still load, but their functionality will be restricted.
Classification of Cookies
Cookies are usually classified into ‘Session cookie’ or ‘Persistent cookie’ or ‘First Party cookie’ or ‘Third Party cookie’.
‘Session cookies’ can help you effectively browse our Website, track your page browsing progress, so you are not asked to provide repeated information during your visit. Session cookies are stored in the temporary memory and deleted when the Web browser is closed.
‘Persistent cookies’ can keep user preferences so that your preferences are still valid when you restart the browser. For example, we use persistent Cookies to record the language, country/region, font size, or other settings that you selected. When you visit our Website the next time, you do not need to set again.
‘First-Party cookies’ are set by the website visited by the user. The data collected using first-party cookies is used for purposes like calculating pageviews, sessions, and number of users.
‘Third-Party cookies’ are set by domains that are not directly visited by the user. This happens when publishers add third-party elements (like chatbot, social plugins, or ads) on their website.
How we use Cookies?
You can manage cookies through the browser or delete cookies stored on your device. Most browsers can block cookies.
The Company will not use cookies for any purposes other than those specified in this Cookie Policy. You can manage or delete cookies as you like. You can clear all cookies stored on your computer, and most web browsers provide the cookie blocking function. If you do it, however, you need to change settings every time you visit our Website. To learn more about how to change browser settings, please contact the developer of the browser you use or find relevant information on the Internet.
Apart from cookies, we also use similar technologies such as Web beacons and pixel tags on our Website. For example, we send your account activation link to your mailbox. The above-mentioned technologies can help us learn about your preferences on our products and service and improve our customer service. The Web beacon is a transparent image embedded in a website or email. The pixel tag in an email can let us know whether the email is opened. If you do not want your activities to be tracked in this way, you can set your mailbox to not receiving our email service or log in to our relevant service site to unsubscribe from the email service.
If you enable the Do Not Track function of your browser, our service Website will respect your choice.
Withdrawal of consent?
On receipt of your consent to use cookies, we will place a cookie to remember that you have already provided your consent, the next time you visit this Website. This cookie will expire periodically. You can withdraw your consent at any time by deleting yourcookies using the internet browser settings.
When does Company place Cookies?
We use cookies on our Website,. Any browser visiting these sites will receive cookies from us which helps us identify you more quickly when you return. We will not use "cookies" or other technologies to follow your click stream on the Internet generally, but will use them, and other devices, to determine which pages or information you find most useful or interesting at our own Website.
We use the following Cookies:
a. Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of the Website and the enhancement of its usability.
b. Analysis/Performance Cookies: These cookies collect anonymous information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages.
c. Targeting Cookies: These cookies record the information about your visit to our Website, pages you browsed, and links you clicked. We use such information to make our Website and ads on it better meet your interests. For this purpose, we may share the information with third parties.
d. Functional Cookies: These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our Website. This can help us provide personalized contents for your, welcome you by showing your name, and remember your preferences (such as the language or region you selected).
You can find more information about Cookies we use and the use purposes in the following table:
Cookie | Purpose |
Cookie preference |
This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on "https://polarin.lightstorm.net". Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie. |
Search preference |
These cookies are used to store searching preference of users. |
Session information |
This cookie is used to differentiate sessions. |
Temporary identifying information |
This cookie is used to store a Temporary identifying code. |
Universal Analytics |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our Website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the Website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the Website, where visitors have come to the Website from and the pages they visited. |
Load balancing |
This cookie is used to store the selected language, for the duration of session. |
Amendment to the Notice/policy
We may occasionally amend this Cookie Policy to reflect company and customer feedback, and we reserve the right to make changes to this Cookie Policyat any time. The provisions contained in this Cookie Policysupersede all previous notices or policies regarding our use of cookies and similar technology on our Website. Please check the “Last Updated” legend at the top of this page to see when this Cookie Policy was last revised. We encourage you to check frequently to see the current Cookie Policyto be informed of how Companyis committed to protecting your information and providing you with improved content on our Website in order to enhance your experience.