What are cookies?

Cookies are files or pieces of information that may be stored on your computer (or other internet-connected devices, such as a smartphone or tablet) when you visit a website. A cookie is a file containing a unique identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser.

A cookie will usually contain the name of the website from which the cookie has come from, the “lifetime” of the cookie (i.e. how long it will remain on your device), and a randomly generated unique number. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

What do we use cookies for?

We use cookies to make our sites easier to use, and to better tailor them and our products to your interests and needs. Cookies may also be used to help speed up your future activities and experience on our sites. Cookies help us provide you with a better website experience, by enabling us to monitor which pages you visit. We also use cookies to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how people use our sites and to help us improve their structure and content. We understand and respect your right to privacy and assure that we cannot identify you personally from this information.

                We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Advertising: use cookies to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you.
• Analysis: We use cookies to help us to analyze the use and performance of our website and services.
• Authentication: We use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website.
• Cookie consent: We use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally.
• Personalization: We use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalize the website for you.
• Security: use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally.
• Status: We use cookies to help us to determine if you are logged into our website.

In addition to the cookies mentioned above, additional cookies may be used by third-party service providers. Such third-party service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

• Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
• Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
• Opera: http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/
• Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411
• Edge: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy

What types of cookies do we use?

Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies you, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

There are two main kinds of cookies: “persistent” cookies and “session” cookies.

Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, that is, when the web browser is closed. Session cookies only last for the duration a user uses our website and are deleted from your computer when you close your browser.

Persistent cookies outlast user sessions and remain stored on your computer until they are manually deleted, or until they reach their expiry date. How long the cookie remains on your device will depend on the duration or “lifetime” of the specific cookie and on your browser settings.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose to modify your browser settings to decline cookies. This may prevent you from using some features of our websites.

Cookies on this Website

We use persistent cookies on this website to provide links to social network sharing services, and to update you on our most popular content.

Third Party Cookies

We do not use third-party cookies.

Google Analytics

We also use cookies to help us improve the website’s usability and for marketing purposes. We may also use cookies to identify the pages you visit. This helps us analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for the purpose of statistical analysis, after which, the data is removed from the system.

For this purpose we use Google Analytics. Google Analytics generates statistical and other insights about the use of our websites by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store and use this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at:

www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

This Cookie Policy applies to any website, branded pages on third party platforms (such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube), and applications accessed or used through such websites, which are operated by or on behalf of Ducis Management Consulting Private Limited.

By using ducisgroup.com websites, you are consenting to our use of cookies in accordance with this Cookie Policy. If you do not agree to our use of cookies, you should set your browser settings accordingly or terminate the use of this site. Disabling cookies may impact your user experience while on the ducisgroup.com website.

For additional information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.