Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.

• Remember your preferences and settings
• Understand how you use our website
• Improve your experience
• Provide relevant content and features

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled in our systems.

• Enable core functionality like page navigation and access to secure areas
• Maintain your session as you browse the website
• Remember your login status
• Ensure security and prevent fraud

• Session identifiers
• Authentication tokens
• Security cookies

Duration: Session cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or up to 30 days

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization.

• Remember your preferences (language, region, display settings)
• Provide personalized spiritual content recommendations
• Remember your progress in spiritual education materials
• Enable features like bookmarking favorite teachings

• Language preference cookies
• User interface customization
• Content preference tracking

Duration: Up to 1 year

Analytics and Performance Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

• Count visits and traffic sources
• Measure and improve website performance
• Understand which pages are most and least popular
• See how visitors navigate the website
• Identify technical issues

• Google Analytics cookies
• Page load time tracking
• Error reporting

Duration: Up to 2 years

Third-Party Cookies

We may allow trusted third-party services to place cookies on your device. These include:

• Google Analytics - Website traffic analysis
• Firebase Analytics - App performance monitoring

• Facebook - Social sharing and login
• Twitter - Content sharing
• Instagram - Social integration

• Cloudflare - Website performance and security
• CDN providers - Fast content delivery

These third parties have their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them.

Other Tracking Technologies

In addition to cookies, we may use similar technologies:

• Web Beacons (Pixel Tags): Small graphic images that help us understand user behavior and measure the effectiveness of our communications.
• Local Storage: Browser storage that allows us to store data locally on your device for faster access and improved performance.
• Mobile SDKs: In our mobile app, we use software development kits (SDKs) that may collect information about your device and app usage.

How to Manage Cookies

You have several options to manage or disable cookies:

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:

• View which cookies are stored
• Delete all or specific cookies
• Block cookies from specific websites
• Block all cookies
• Set preferences for third-party cookies

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
• Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
• Edge: Settings → Privacy, search, and services → Cookies and site data

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner where you can:

• Accept all cookies
• Reject non-essential cookies
• Customize your cookie preferences
• Change your preferences at any time through the cookie settings link

In the Saalik mobile app:

• Navigate to Settings → Privacy → Cookie & Tracking Preferences
• Toggle specific cookie categories on or off
• Manage app permissions through your device settings

Impact of Disabling Cookies

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect your experience:

• You may not be able to log in
• Some features may not function properly
• Security features may be compromised

• Your preferences won't be remembered
• You'll need to reconfigure settings each visit
• Personalized content recommendations may not work

• We won't be able to improve the website based on user behavior
• Performance issues may take longer to identify

Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by:

• Displaying a prominent notice on our website
• Updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy
• Sending an email notification for significant changes

Your continued use of our website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Cookie Policy.

Consent and Withdrawal

By using our website, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy. You can withdraw your consent at any time by:

• Adjusting your cookie preferences through our cookie banner
• Changing your browser settings
• Contacting us directly

Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" feature that signals to websites that you don't want your online activities tracked. Currently, there is no industry standard for how to respond to these signals. We do not currently respond to Do Not Track signals, but we provide you with the cookie management options described in this policy.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

Email: saalik.asrariya@gmail.com

Website: saalik.in

Support: Through the website contact form or app support feature

This Cookie Policy is designed to comply with applicable privacy laws including GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, CCPA, and other regional data protection regulations.