Geospatial Media and Communications Private Limited (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Geospatial Media”, “we”, “us” or “our”), uses cookies and similar technologies in the course of business including through our websites www.geospatialmedia.net or www.geospatialworld.net or all other websites mentioned in List of Our Sites (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Sites”) or in any way or using our Geospatial media events mobile application, attending webinars, visiting our social media pages or using our market research reports, providing information through our survey campaigns or by accessing or using any other website or applications that link to this Agreement (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Services”). This cookie policy is and will be treated as part of our Terms of Service is automatically incorporated therein.

The terms “you”, “user”, “your” refer to all individuals and other persons including but not limited to any company, organization, legal entity or otherwise their respective employees, agents or representatives who access or use our Services. By continuing to visit or use our Services, you are agreeing to the use of cookies and similar technologies for the purposes we describe in this policy.

WHAT ARE COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES?

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 (for example) make their websites or services work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. Cookies store data that has to be sent back to the server with subsequent requests. Its expiration varies based on the type and the expiration duration can be set from either server-side or client-side (normally from server-side).

Similar technologies include but are not limited to local storage, session storage, flash cookies, HTML5 cookies etcetera. Local Storage stores data with no expiration date and gets cleared when the browser cache/ local storage is cleared. The session storage stores data only for a session, meaning that the data is stored until the browser (or tab) is closed. Data is not transferred to the server.

Cookies set by the Site owner or service provider (in this case, Geospatial Media) are called “first party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the Site owner are called “third party cookies”.

Third party cookies enable third party features or functionalities to be provided on or through the site or services you are using (such as advertising, interactive content). Third parties include but are not limited to business partners, suppliers, sub-contractors, advertisers & advertising networks, analytics & search engine providers, payment providers and logistics. (hereinafter collectively referred to as “third parties”).

The third parties that set these cookies can recognize your device including but not limited to mobile devices, computers, laptops (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Device”) both when it visits our Sites and when it visits certain other websites. Should you require more details on third party cookies on our Services please refer to section 1.2 below, further if you might have any questions around it, you may write to us at .

We use first party and third-party cookies for several reasons, some are required for technical enablement and functioning of our Services, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies enable us and the third parties we work with to gauge the interests of visitors to our Sites, and we refer to these as “performance” or “functionality” cookies. For example, we use cookies to tailor content and information that we may send or display to you and otherwise personalize your experience while interacting with our Sites and to otherwise improve the functionality of the Services we provide. Finally, third parties serve cookies through our Services for advertising, analytics, and other purposes including but not limited to provision of their services to us. This is described in more detail further in this policy.

Cookies can be used to recognize you when you visit or use our Services, remember your preferences, and give you a personalized experience that's in line with your settings. Cookies also make your interactions with our Services faster and more secure.

We may use the terms "cookies" or "similar technologies" interchangeably in our policies to refer to all technologies that we may use to store data in your browser or device or that collect information or help us identify you in the manner described above

For more information about how we process your personal information, please consult our Privacy Policy.

HOW WE USE COOKIES?

Cookies can be used to recognize you when you visit our Sites, remember your preferences, and give you a personalized experience. Cookies also make your interactions with our Sites faster and more secure. Additionally, cookies allow us to bring you advertising on our Sites and bring customized features to you through certain third plugins.

Categories of Use Description
Authentication Used to show you the right information and personalize your experience.
Security Used to enable and support our security features, and to help us detect malicious activity and violations of our Terms of Service.
Preferences, features and services Used to tell us which language you prefer and what your communications preferences are. They can help you fill out forms on our Sites more easily. They also provide you with features, insights, and customized content in conjunction with our plugins.
Advertising Used to show relevant ads on our Sites. Similarly, the third parties we work with may use a cookie to determine whether we’ve shown an ad and how it performed or provide us with information about how you interact with ads.
Performance, Analytics and Research Used to measure site performance, to understand, improve, and research features, and services.

What cookies we use?

Our cookie table lists some of the first party and third-party cookies on our sites. Please note that the names of cookies, pixels and other technologies may change over time. Please also note that third-parties we in engage with may use cookies, pixels or other technologies. For the third parties setting cookies on our Sites, please refer the respective third parties’ website for more information about their usage of cookies and opt-out mechanisms.

Cookies and Interest based Advertising

Cookies and other technologies enable and help us serve relevant ads. They help us provide aggregated research and reporting for advertisers, understand and improve our Services and know when content has been shown to you. Please note: As your web browser might request ads from third parties, these third parties may view, edit or set cookies, like as if you had requested a web page from their website. Ads served by us may also set third party cookies.

We do not knowingly engage in provision of any personal information that we collect through advertisers unless you have given us permission to do so. You can choose not to be subject to interest based ads from us as well from advertisers and third-party sites on our Sites, for more information regarding this please refer to section 1.4.1 of this Policy. Please note that by utilizing the above option you will not be removing ads from the pages you visit; it will mean that the ads you see may not be matched to your interests.

How can you control cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Most browsers allow control of cookies through the browser settings feature. However, by disallowing of cookies you may restrict your user experience since it may no longer be customized to you.

Steps to pursue if you do not want cookies to be set or want them removed?

If you do not want to receive cookies you can change your browser settings on your device that you use to access our Services, some of the resources which shall prove helpful depending upon the browser you may use are mentioned in section 1.5 below. If you use our Services without changing the settings on your device, we will assume that you are accepting to use the cookies that reference to this policy. Most browsers provide the functionality to review and delete cookies, however please note that our Sites will not work properly without cookies. To find out more about cookies visit www.aboutcookies.org.

Resource you may want to reference:

Below links are helpful if you want to learn about advertiser’s use of cookies:

Below is a reference to some popular browser manufacturers and their help pages relating to cookie management in their respective products.

How often will we update this cookie policy?

We may update this Cookie policy from time to time 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 bottom of this cookie policy indicates when it was last updated.

Where can I get further information?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at info@geospatialmedia.net.