Cookie Notice & Analytics Disclosure
Effective Date: March 2026 • Status: Draft Version Pending Formal Legal Counsel Review • Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), 2023 Compliant
This disclosure documents the technical cookies, cookieless metrics, and optional analytical cookies deployed on Aapka Astro (www.aapkaastro.com). This document is marked as Pending Lawyer Review while undergoing final regulatory sign-off in accordance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), 2023, and applicable Indian IT laws.
Manage Your Cookie & Analytics Preferences
You can withdraw or update your analytics consent at any time. When you reject analytics, all optional cookies and external tracking requests are completely blocked.
1. What Information Is Collected?
Aapka Astro maintains a strict privacy-first architecture. We categorize digital identifiers into three strict tiers:
Authentication session tokens (via Clerk) enabling you to log in to your account, security tokens preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), and your stored cookie consent choice (aapka_cookie_consent).
Aggregated page-load performance and web vitals (Largest Contentful Paint, First Input Delay). No cookies, no IP storage, and no personal identifiers are ever used.
Loaded ONLY after you explicitly click "Accept" on our consent banner. Measures aggregate traffic (e.g. number of visitors this week, high-level country/city, which pages were read).
2. Why Do We Collect This Data?
Data is collected solely for the following legitimate purposes:
- Site Stability & Performance: Measuring server response times and frontend loading speeds to ensure uninterrupted consultation bookings.
- Audience Understanding: Learning which educational articles, Vedic astrology guides, and free calculators are most helpful to visitors.
- Fraud & Abuse Prevention: Throttling malicious scraping and automated form spam on consultation intake forms.
- Zero Advertising: We do NOT build behavioral advertising profiles, sell data to brokers, or run third-party advertising retargeting campaigns.
3. How Long Is Data Retained?
| Category | Cookie / Identifier | Default Retention Period |
|---|---|---|
| Clerk Auth Session | __session, __client_uat | Session to 7 days (or until manual sign-out) |
| Consent Memory | aapka_cookie_consent | 12 months (or until cleared by user) |
| Vercel Analytics | None (cookieless) | 24 hours rolling checksum |
| Google Analytics 4 (Optional) | _ga, _ga_* | GA4 standard event retention: 2 months (user-level) to 14 months (maximum) |
4. Who Processes This Information?
Your data is processed only by verified, enterprise-grade cloud service providers bound by strict Data Processing Addendums (DPAs):
Google Analytics 4 (only upon consent). Processes anonymized traffic metrics with IP anonymization enabled.
Cookieless web vitals and edge performance analytics. Fully privacy-friendly with zero client storage.
Strictly essential session tokens for passwordless and SSO authentication for registered seekers.
5. How to Withdraw Consent or Exercise Your Rights
You maintain total sovereignty over your digital trail:
- One-Click Consent Reset: Click the "Reset Cookie Preferences" button at the top of this page or in the footer to revoke Google Analytics consent. Optional cookies and requests will immediately cease.
- Browser Cookie Clearing: You can clear cookies at any time via your browser settings (Chrome: Settings > Privacy > Clear Browsing Data).
- DPDPA Data Rights: To request complete erasure of your consultation history or registered profile, write to us at aapkaastro1606@gmail.com.