Cookie Policy | Mayur Nimbekar | Biology by Mayur Bhaiya

In short: We use only necessary cookies to run the site plus optional analytics cookies to improve content. You can block non essential cookies anytime.

1. What are cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help remember preferences, keep sessions secure and understand how learners interact with pages. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage and pixels used for measurement.

We use both session cookies which expire when you close the browser and persistent cookies which remain until expiry or deletion.

2. How and why we use cookies

To keep you logged in to batch portals and preserve theme choice between visits.
To remember filters, newsletter dismissal and cookie consent so you are not asked repeatedly.
To measure aggregated visits, popular chapters, batch page conversions and YouTube click through effectiveness.
To detect and prevent fraud, abuse and technical errors.
To deliver relevant batch recommendations without tracking you across unrelated third party sites for advertising.

3. Types of cookies we use

Category	Examples	Purpose	Duration
Strictly necessary	theme, session, csrf, consent	Enable core functions, security and consent storage. Cannot be switched off in our systems.	Session to 12 months
Functional	language, player prefs, filters	Remember choices to improve experience.	Up to 12 months
Analytics	_ga, _gid, analytics storage	Anonymous measurement of usage to improve content and site speed.	Up to 24 months
Marketing	YouTube prefs, referral tags	Understand which campaigns brought learners, limited to our site. No cross site ad tracking.	Up to 6 months

You can consent to or reject functional, analytics and marketing cookies via our banner. Necessary cookies remain active.

4. Third party cookies

Analytics: Google Analytics or similar with IP anonymisation to understand page performance.
Embedded YouTube: When you play embedded videos or click YouTube links, YouTube may set cookies per Google's Cookie Policy.
Payment gateways: Fraud prevention cookies during checkout.
None sold: We do not allow third parties to set cookies for cross site advertising via our domain.

Third party providers are responsible for their own cookie practices. We contractually require them to respect your consent choice.

5. How to manage cookies

a) Banner choice: On first visit you see a cookie banner. Click Accept all, Reject non essential or Customise. You can change later via Reset preferences button on this page or by clearing site data and reloading.

b) Browser controls:

Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions

Blocking strictly necessary cookies may break login, checkout or theme persistence.

c) Do Not Track: We honour Global Privacy Control signals where technically feasible for analytics and marketing cookies.

6. Retention

Necessary cookies expire by their stated duration or when you clear storage. Analytics cookies auto expire up to 24 months. You may delete cookies manually anytime via browser settings.

7. Updates to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when we add measurement tools or as law changes. Updates are posted here with a new Last updated date. Significant changes to analytics or marketing use will be notified via banner.

8. Contact

Biology by Mayur Bhaiya | Mayur Nimbekar
Email: hello@mayurnimbekar.com | See also Privacy Policy
For data or cookie requests use subject "Cookie Preferences"

Prefer fewer cookies?

Reject non essential and keep only necessary for core functions.