Cookie Policy

About this cookie policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.

Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.

Your consent applies to the following domains: yosora.com

What are cookies ?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies ?

As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

What types of cookies do we use ?

Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log-in to your account and add products to your basket and checkout securely.

Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.

Marketing: Our website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalize the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help us keep track of the efficiency of these ad campaigns.

The information stored in these cookies may also be used by the third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.

Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the website on social media platforms.

Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.

The below list details the cookies used in our website.

CookieTypeDurationDescription
_gapersistant2 yearsTo distinguish users.
_gatpersistent10 minutesTo throttle request rate.
_utmapersistent2 yearsThis cookie lets us know if you've visited before, so we can count how many of our visitors are new to yosora.com or to a certain page.
_utmbpersistent30 MinutesThis works with _utmc to calculate the average length of time you spend on yosora.com.
_utmcsessionTill browser closingThis works with _utmb to calculate when you close your browser.
_utmtpersistant10 minutesUsed to throttle request rate.
_utmvpersistant2 yearsUsed to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
_utmzpersistant6 monthsThis tells us how you reached yosora.com (e.g. from another website or a search engine).
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessarypersistant1 yearCookie that keeps track of wich cookies you approved.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessarypersistent1 yearCookie that keeps track of which cookies you approved.
GPSthird party30 MinutesGPS cookies are used by YouTube to record your geographic location when you watch a video on www.youtube.com. Pages on yosora.com that have embedded a video on YouTube will put this cookie.
IDEthird party2 yearsIDE is a google cookie used by YouTube to register if you click on an advertisement when you watch a video on www.youtube.com. Pages on yosora.com that have embedded a video from YouTube will set this cookie.
NIDpersistant6 monthsMost Google users will have a preferences cookie called ‘NID’ in their browsers. A browser sends this cookie with requests to Google’s sites. The NID cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20), and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on.
PREFpersistent10 yearsThis cookie stores your preferences and other information, in particular preferred language, how many search results you wish to be shown on your page, and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on.
toggleViewpersistant1 yearThis cookie is used to store your prefered way of viewing yosora.com
use_hitboxsessionTill end of sessionThe use_hitbox cookie increments the ‘views’ counter on the YouTube video.
viewed_cookie_policypersistent1 hourThis cookie controls wether you have read our Cookie Policy on yosora.com. Possible values are Yes and No.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVEthird party8 monthsThis cookie is used by YouTube to calculate the bandwidth you have with your Internet Service Provider in order to give you the best resolution of the video. All pages on yosora.com that have embedded a video on YouTube will put this cookie.
YSCthird partyTill end of sessionYSC cookies are used by YouTube to control unique visitors when you watch a video on www.youtube.com. Pages on yosora.com that have embedded a video on YouTube will put this cookie.

How can I control the cookie preferences ?

Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.

Please also read Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and Disclaimer