1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better browsing experience, and give website owners useful information about how their site is being used.

• Cookies are stored locally on your device and can be read by the website that created them on your subsequent visits.
• They help websites remember your preferences, login status, and other settings so you do not have to re-enter them each time you visit.
• Cookies do not contain personal information such as your name or payment details, and they cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your device.

2. How We Use Cookies

Vastra Foundation uses cookies to improve your experience on our website and to help us understand how our site is being used. Specifically, cookies help us to:

• Ensure that our website functions correctly and loads efficiently on your device and browser.
• Remember your preferences and settings when you return to our website, such as language or display options.
• Analyze visitor traffic and usage patterns so we can improve our content, layout, and overall user experience.
• Understand which pages and sections of our website are most visited, helping us focus our efforts on the content that matters most to our supporters.
• Provide a secure browsing experience during donation transactions and form submissions.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Our website uses different categories of cookies, each serving a specific purpose. Below is a detailed explanation of each type:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function properly. Without them, core features such as page navigation, form submissions, and secure areas of the website would not work.

• Enable basic functions like page navigation, access to secure sections, and form processing.
• Maintain your session while you browse the website so that your actions are remembered from page to page.
• These cookies cannot be disabled as they are essential for the website to operate.

Performance & Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and whether users encounter error messages. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymous.

• Help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting usage information in aggregate form.
• Track the number of visitors, the pages they view, the time spent on each page, and the source of their visit.
• Allow us to identify and fix issues, improve page load times, and optimize the overall website performance.

Functional Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you have made and provide enhanced, more personalized features. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

• Remember your preferences such as language, region, or display settings for a more personalized experience.
• Store information about choices you have made so you do not need to re-enter them on future visits.
• If you disable these cookies, some or all of these personalized features may not function properly.

Marketing Cookies

Vastra Foundation is a nonprofit organization and does not use cookies for commercial advertising or targeted marketing. However, we may use limited tracking to measure the effectiveness of our awareness campaigns and outreach efforts.

• We do not use cookies to serve commercial advertisements or to build advertising profiles of our visitors.
• If we share content on social media platforms, those platforms may set their own cookies when you interact with embedded content.
• Any campaign tracking cookies are used solely to understand how visitors discover our charitable initiatives.

4. Managing Cookie Preferences

You have the right to control and manage cookies on your device. Most web browsers allow you to view, manage, delete, and block cookies through their settings. Here is how you can manage your cookie preferences:

• Browser Settings: You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is being set. Each browser has its own cookie management settings — check your browser's help section for instructions.
• Delete Existing Cookies: You can delete cookies that have already been stored on your device through your browser settings. This will remove all saved preferences and session data from our website.
• Private Browsing: Using your browser's private or incognito mode will prevent cookies from being stored after your session ends.
• Impact of Disabling Cookies: Please note that blocking or deleting certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website. Essential cookies are required for the site to work, and disabling them may prevent you from using certain features such as donation forms.

5. Third-Party Cookies

In some cases, cookies may be set by third-party services that appear on our pages. Vastra Foundation does not control the cookies set by these third parties, and their use is governed by the respective third party's own cookie and privacy policies.

• Payment Gateways: When you make a donation, the payment processor may set cookies to facilitate secure transaction processing and fraud prevention.
• Analytics Services: We may use services like Google Analytics to understand website traffic. These services may set their own cookies to collect anonymous usage data.
• Social Media Platforms: If our website includes social media sharing buttons or embedded content from platforms like Facebook or Instagram, those platforms may set cookies on your device.
• We encourage you to review the cookie policies of any third-party service you interact with through our website.

6. Updates to Cookie Policy

Vastra Foundation may update this Cookie Settings page from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our website operations. When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.

• We recommend reviewing this page periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.
• Continued use of our website after any updates to this policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised cookie practices.
• If we make significant changes to how we use cookies, we will make reasonable efforts to notify visitors through a prominent notice on our website.

7. Contact Information

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or would like more information about how we handle data on our website, please contact us:

• Flat no.2001, B wing, Meridian co-op society, Chandanwadi, Opp TMC office, Thane (West) - 400601, Maharashtra, India
• +91-80077 56400
• +91-84510 32327
• vastrafoundation@gmail.com

You can also visit our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions pages for more information about how we protect your data and the rules governing the use of our website.