COOKIE POLICY

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on all websites related to Valiram. We do link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our website.  We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier and secure for you to navigate our website. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browsers “help” file. Reference for cookies can be found at  http://www.cookiecentral.com/. 


We use session cookies to store the secure session and browsing preferences of the user. We set a persistent cookie to store your username and interests, so you don’t have to enter it more than once. Persistent cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our websites.


If you reject cookies, you may still use our website, but your ability to use some areas of our website, will be limited. Cookies are used in the shopping bag to enable enhanced security and to ensure there is no URL based spamming. 


Unless you voluntarily identify yourself (through registration, for example), we will have no way of knowing who you are, even if we assign a cookie to your computer. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply (an example of this is when transact as a guest or add items to shopping bag). A cookie cannot read data off your hard drive. 


Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers) set cookies while delivering banners on our website. We have no access to or control over these cookies. 


This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by Valiram websites only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. 


We do use cookies on point of collection pages of email address, but we do not use them in emails. 


Our web servers automatically collect limited information about your computer’s connection to the Internet, including your IP address, when you visit our website. (Your IP address is a number that lets computers attached to the Internet know where to send you data — such as the web pages you view.) Your IP address does not identify you personally. We use this information to deliver our web pages to you upon request, to tailor our website to the interests of our customers, to measure traffic within our website and let advertisers know the geographic locations from where our visitors come.


When you visit any of Valiram websites, our company servers will automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. This data may include but not limited to:  


  • Your computer’s IP address (as explained in Cookie Section above) 

  • Browser type 

  • Webpage you were visiting before you came to our site 

  • The pages within our network you visit 

  • The time spent on those pages, items and information searched for on our site, access times and dates, and other statistics.