Cookie Policy
Effective Date: October 21, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how Lumsas ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website and use our Service. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them. This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
1. What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size, and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
Cookies can be "persistent" (remaining on your device until they expire or you delete them) or "session" (deleted as soon as you close your web browser).
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several important reasons, which we've broken down below. We use both first-party cookies (set by us) and third-party cookies (set by our partners and service providers).
2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the operation of our Service. They cannot be disabled in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
- Purpose: User authentication, session management, and security.
- Examples: Keeping you logged in as you navigate the site, protecting your account from unauthorized access.
You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as a result.
2.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Service. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.
- Purpose: To understand user behavior, improve our platform, and fix bugs.
- Examples: We use Google Analytics to collect anonymous, aggregated data about site usage. This helps us understand, for example, which features are most used, and where users might be encountering errors.
All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance as effectively.
2.3 Functionality Cookies
These cookies enable the Service to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
- Purpose: To remember your choices and preferences.
- Examples: Remembering your username (if you select "Remember Me"), your language preference, or your display settings.
If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.
2.4 Marketing and Targeting Cookies
We may partner with third-party advertising networks to manage our advertising on other sites. These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites (retargeting).
- Purpose: To show you advertisements for Lumsas on other websites.
- Examples: A cookie from Meta (Facebook) or Google Ads that notes your visit to our site, allowing us to show you a Lumsas ad later.
These cookies require your **explicit, opt-in consent**, which we will ask for via our cookie consent banner. If you do not consent to these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
3. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our Service are set by third-party companies. These third parties may use the information they collect to provide us with services (like analytics) or to track your browsing activity across different websites.
- **Google:** We use Google Analytics (as described above). We also use Google OAuth for sign-in, which sets its own cookies to manage your secure authentication.
- **Payment Processors:** Our payment gateways (like Razorpay or Stripe) will set cookies that are essential for processing your payments securely and preventing fraud.
We do not control the use of these third-party cookies. We recommend you review the privacy and cookie policies of these providers to understand how they use your data.
4. Your Consent and How to Manage Cookies
In compliance with India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, and the IT Rules, we provide you with clear choices regarding cookie usage.
4.1 Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit our Service, you will be shown a cookie consent banner. This banner allows you to:
- **Accept All:** Consent to all cookies, including necessary, analytics, and marketing.
- **Reject All:** Reject all non-essential cookies.
- **Manage Preferences:** Individually choose which categories of non-essential cookies (like Analytics or Marketing) you wish to allow.
Strictly Necessary cookies cannot be disabled, as they are essential for the site to function.
4.2 Browser Settings
You can also control and/or delete cookies as you wish by changing your browser settings. Most web browsers allow you to:
- See what cookies you have and delete them on an individual basis.
- Block third-party cookies.
- Block cookies from particular sites.
- Block all cookies from being set.
- Delete all cookies when you close your browser.
You can find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers here:
Please be aware that if you block all cookies (including essential ones), you may not be able to access all or parts of our Service, and your login session will not be maintained.
5. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal or regulatory reasons. If we make material changes, we will notify you by posting the revised policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. We may also notify you via our cookie banner or other means if the changes are significant.
6. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please contact us at: