Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how KOSMC E VENTURES PRIVATE LIMITED ("Kosmc," "we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website at https://kosmc.ai or use any features of the Kosmc Platform ("Website").

This Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, which together govern your use of the Platform.

We are committed to transparency about our use of tracking technologies and to complying with applicable laws, including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (India) ("DPDP Act"), the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), the UK GDPR, the ePrivacy Directive, and the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA").

Your consent matters. Except for strictly necessary cookies, we only place cookies on your device after you have given your informed consent through our Cookie Consent Banner. You may withdraw or change your consent at any time.

2. What Are Cookies And Similar Technologies?

2.1 Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device on return visits and remember your preferences or actions.

• First-party cookies are set directly by Kosmc and are used to operate and personalise your experience on our Website.
• Third-party cookies are set by external services we use, such as Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, and Meta. These parties may recognise your device on other websites they operate or partner with.

2.2 Similar Technologies

In addition to cookies, we use the following tracking technologies:

• Web Beacons / Pixel Trackers: Tiny invisible image files (often 1x1 pixels) embedded in web pages or emails that signal when a page has been viewed or an email opened. We use these for analytics and ad campaign measurement.
• Local Storage and Session Storage: Browser-based storage mechanisms that allow us to save small amounts of data on your device. Unlike cookies, these are not automatically sent to our servers. We use them for functional purposes such as remembering your language preference and session state.
• SmartLink Click Tracking: When visitors click your Kosmc SmartLinks, we collect anonymised data about the click event, including device type, browser, approximate country, and referring URL. This data is used to power your analytics dashboard. We do not collect personally identifiable information about your audience from SmartLink interactions.

We do not use Flash Cookies (Local Shared Objects). Flash Player was discontinued in December 2020 and is not used on this Platform.

3. Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

• Strictly Necessary: Essential for the Website to function. Includes authentication, session management, and security. Consent Required: No (always active).
• Functional / Preference: Remembers your choices such as language preference and display settings. Consent Required: Yes.
• Analytics & Performance: Helps us understand how visitors use the Website so we can improve it, including session recording. Consent Required: Yes.
• Advertising & Measurement: Measures the effectiveness of Kosmc’s own advertising campaigns and does not build profiles of your audience. Consent Required: Yes.

4. How We Obtain And Manage Your Consent

4.1 Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit the Website, a Cookie Consent Banner will appear. Non-essential cookies (functional, analytics, and advertising categories) will not be loaded until you have actively provided your consent. You may:

• Accept all cookies to allow all categories.
• Reject non-essential cookies to allow only strictly necessary cookies.
• Customise your preferences by category using the Cookie Preference Centre.

4.2 Withdrawing or Changing Consent

You may withdraw or change your cookie consent at any time by:

• Accessing the Cookie Preference Centre via the link in the footer of our Website.
• Adjusting your browser settings to block or delete cookies (see Section 8).
• Using the specific opt-out links provided in the cookie tables in Section 5.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of cookie-based processing that occurred prior to withdrawal. Restricting certain cookies may limit some features of the Platform.

4.3 Legal Basis

For users in the EU, UK, and under India’s DPDP Act: we rely on your freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent (as required by GDPR Article 6(1)(a) and the ePrivacy Directive) for all non-essential cookies. Strictly necessary cookies are placed on the basis of our legitimate interest in operating a functional, secure website.

5. Cookies And Tracking Technologies We Use

5.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential to the operation of our Website and Platform. They cannot be disabled. Without them, core services such as login, session management, and security cannot function.

Our session and auth cookie names are listed here for transparency. Please contact connect@kosmc.live if you require a full technical list.

5.2 Functional / Preference Cookies

These cookies remember your preferences and settings to improve your experience. They require your consent.

5.3 Analytics and Performance Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use our Website, which pages are most visited, and how users navigate through the Platform. Data is used in aggregate to improve our services. They require your consent.

Google Analytics

Opt out of Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Microsoft Clarity

Microsoft Clarity is a behavioural analytics tool that records anonymised session replays and generates heatmaps to help us understand user experience on our Website. Clarity does not capture passwords or payment data. Session recordings are anonymised and used solely for UX improvement by the Kosmc team.

Opt out of Microsoft Clarity: https://clarity.microsoft.com/optout

Microsoft Clarity may record your interactions on our Website including mouse movements, clicks, and scrolling. Clarity is configured not to capture sensitive form fields, passwords, or payment data.

5.4 Advertising and Measurement Cookies

We use advertising cookies solely to measure the effectiveness of Kosmc’s own marketing campaigns. These cookies help us understand whether users who clicked on our ads went on to create a Kosmc account. We do not use these cookies to build advertising profiles of our users’ audiences or to retarget your followers.

Meta Pixel (Facebook)

Opt out of Meta advertising cookies: https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/ad_settings

5.5 YouTube Cookies (Conditional)

If Kosmc embeds YouTube videos on our Website (for example, tutorial or promotional content), the following cookies may be placed by YouTube/Google when you interact with embedded video content. These cookies are only set if you engage with embedded video players.

To limit YouTube cookie tracking, you can use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode or manage your Google account ad settings at https://myaccount.google.com/data-and-privacy.

If we do not currently embed YouTube videos on the Website, these cookies will not be set. This section is included for full transparency as we may add video content in the future.

6. Cookie Summary By Provider

• Kosmc (First Party): Technologies Used: Cookies, Local Storage | Category: Strictly Necessary, Functional | Data Transferred To: India | Opt-Out Available: Partial (Functional only)
• Google Analytics: Technologies Used: HTTP Cookies | Category: Analytics | Data Transferred To: USA | Opt-Out Available: Yes
• Microsoft Clarity: Technologies Used: HTTP Cookies, Pixel | Category: Analytics | Data Transferred To: USA | Opt-Out Available: Yes
• Meta (Facebook Pixel): Technologies Used: HTTP Cookie | Category: Advertising / Measurement | Data Transferred To: USA | Opt-Out Available: Yes
• YouTube / Google: Technologies Used: Cookies, Local Storage | Category: Performance (Conditional) | Data Transferred To: USA | Opt-Out Available: Yes

7. Your Rights Regarding Cookies

7.1 EU and UK Users (GDPR / ePrivacy Directive)

You have the right to:

• Refuse all non-essential cookies via the Cookie Consent Banner before they are loaded.
• Withdraw previously given consent at any time through the Cookie Preference Centre.
• Request information about cookies processed on the basis of legitimate interests.
• Lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority if you believe our cookie practices violate applicable law.

7.2 Indian Users (DPDP Act 2023)

Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you have the right to:

• Withdraw consent to cookie-based data processing at any time.
• Request information about what personal data is collected through cookies and how it is used.
• Raise a grievance with us (see Section 11) and, if unresolved, with the Data Protection Board of India once operational.

7.3 California Users (CCPA)

California residents have the right to:

• Know what personal information is collected through cookies.
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. Note: Kosmc does not sell personal information collected through cookies.
• Non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights.

8. Managing Cookies In Your Browser

You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our Website and Platform. Below are links to cookie management guides for major browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge
• Opera

For mobile devices, please refer to your device manufacturer’s support documentation for cookie management settings.

8.1 Advertising Opt-Out Networks

You can also opt out of interest-based advertising from participating companies through:

• Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA): https://optout.aboutads.info
• Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada: https://youradchoices.ca
• European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA): https://www.youronlinechoices.eu

Opting out through these networks does not stop all advertising. It stops personalised advertising from participating companies. You may still see generic ads.

9. Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal that communicates your preference not to be tracked across websites. As there is currently no agreed-upon industry standard for implementing DNT signals, our Website does not alter its data collection practices in response to DNT signals at this time.

We will review this position as standards and applicable regulations evolve. For the most effective way to control tracking on our Website, please use the Cookie Consent Banner and the opt-out mechanisms described in Section 8.

10. Updates To This Cookie Policy

We review and update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in our use of cookies, applicable law, or our product features. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this Policy indicates the most recent revision.

For material changes, such as the introduction of new cookie categories or new third-party providers, we will notify you via the Cookie Consent Banner and, where appropriate, by email. Your continued use of the Website after such changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Policy.

We recommend reviewing this Policy whenever we notify you of changes, or at least every 6 months, to stay informed of our tracking practices.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

We aim to respond to all cookie-related queries within 5 business days.

For EU/UK users who wish to raise a complaint about our cookie practices with a supervisory authority:

• UK residents may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at https://ico.org.uk
• EU residents may contact their local data protection authority.