Cookie Policy
Last Updated: September, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Prakash Dontaraju ("we," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at prakashdontaraju.com ("Website") or open our newsletters. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information. To learn how we handle personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Prakash Dontaraju) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, such as keeping you signed in to your member account, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies and similar technologies help our Website remember your choices, or help us understand how visitors use our Website so we can improve it. Google sets analytics cookies through our Website. We do not use cookies for advertising. This is described in more detail below.
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. When you first visit our Website, a cookie banner lets you choose which categories of non-essential cookies you accept or reject, and you can change your choices at any time through the cookie settings on our Website. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Website though your access to some functionality and areas of our Website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies and similar technologies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the tables below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the pages you visit and whether you are signed in):
Strictly necessary cookies:
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website, such as signing in to your member account and remembering your cookie choices.
| Name | Purpose | Provider | Type | Expires in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ghost-members-ssr | Keeps you signed in to your member account | www.prakashdontaraju.com | http_cookie | Persistent; removed when you sign out |
| ghost-members-ssr.sig | Verifies that your sign-in cookie has not been tampered with | www.prakashdontaraju.com | http_cookie | Persistent; removed when you sign out |
| CookieConsent | Stores your cookie consent choices | www.prakashdontaraju.com | http_cookie | 1 year |
Functionality storage:
These items are stored in your browser for the current session only and help our Website remember your choices and work as expected.
| Name | Purpose | Provider | Type | Expires in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| isAnnouncementBarVisible | Remembers whether you closed the announcement bar | www.prakashdontaraju.com | html_session_storage | Session |
| announcementBarContent | Stores the announcement bar message for your visit | www.prakashdontaraju.com | html_session_storage | Session |
| ghost-history | Records the pages you visit during your session so we can see which post led you to subscribe | www.prakashdontaraju.com | html_session_storage | Session |
Analytics and customization cookies:
These cookies collect information that is used in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used, so we can improve it. We set them only if you accept analytics cookies.
| Name | Purpose | Provider | Service | Type | Expires in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user | .prakashdontaraju.com | Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy | http_cookie | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| ga# | Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions | .prakashdontaraju.com | Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy | http_cookie | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
How can I control cookies on my browser?
As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:
To opt out of Google Analytics on all websites, you can also install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We use other, similar technologies, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our Website or opened an email including them.
Our newsletter emails contain a web beacon that tells us whether an email was opened, and links in our emails may be tracked so we can count clicks. We use this information to understand which content readers find useful and to maintain email deliverability. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies or images loading to function properly, and so declining cookies or blocking images in your email client will impair their functioning.
Do you serve targeted advertising?
No. We do not serve advertising on our Website or in our newsletters, and we do not allow third parties to use cookies or similar technologies on our Website for targeted advertising. If this changes, we will update this Cookie Policy before we do so.
How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us at privacy.
This Cookie Policy was created using Termly's Cookie Consent Manager.