What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your device when you visit a website. They help a website remember basic information about your visit, such as whether the site loaded correctly, which pages were viewed, and whether the visitor used a mobile or desktop device.
Cookies are not programs and they do not run by themselves. They cannot access personal files on your device. Their purpose is usually to improve website functionality, support analytics, or make browsing smoother for returning visitors.
How this website may use cookies
The effort of this website is to present information about Capt Lokendra Singh Talan (Retd.), his public-interest communication work, collaborations, audience reach and contact channels in a clear and accessible manner. Cookies may be used for the following limited purposes:
- Essential website operation: to help pages load properly, maintain basic security, and support mobile-friendly browsing.
- Performance understanding: to understand which pages are visited more often and where visitors may face difficulty.
- Content improvement: to learn whether visitors are engaging with About, Audience & Reach, Contact, and policy pages.
- Embedded content support: to support links or embeds connected with Sainik Welfare News on YouTube or other public platforms.
- Communication and collaboration: to help improve the clarity of brand partnership, media enquiry and sponsorship-related pages.
Types of cookies that may be used
Depending on the tools used on the website, the following categories of cookies or similar technologies may be present:
- Strictly necessary cookies: These are required for the website to function properly. Without them, some parts of the website may not load as expected.
- Analytics cookies: These help understand general visitor activity such as page visits, traffic sources and device type. This information is usually collected in an aggregated manner.
- Functionality cookies: These may remember simple preferences or help the website present content in a more consistent way.
- Media and embedded content cookies: When a visitor clicks or interacts with third-party media links, those platforms may set their own cookies.
This website should not use cookies to collect sensitive personal information without clear purpose and appropriate consent where required.
Third-party cookies and external platforms
Some pages may include links to external platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X or other social and media platforms. When you click these links, you leave this website and the external platform’s own cookie, privacy and data practices may apply.
For example, if you visit the Sainik Welfare News YouTube channel, YouTube or Google may use cookies according to their own policies. This website does not control how those external platforms collect or use information after you leave this website.
Cookies used for analytics and website improvement
Analytics information, if used, is meant to help improve the website experience. It may help understand which pages are useful, whether mobile users are facing layout issues, and whether visitors are able to find important links like Contact, Audience & Reach, or policy pages.
This information should be used in a broad and practical way, such as improving page structure, navigation, readability, mobile view, loading speed and content clarity.
Cookies and brand or sponsorship enquiries
Visitors may use this website to understand audience reach, collaboration possibilities, media requests, podcast enquiries or sponsorship conversations. Cookies do not replace direct communication. Any serious partnership or sponsorship enquiry should be shared directly through the contact email or official contact page.
How you can manage cookies
Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through browser settings. You can usually choose to block cookies, delete existing cookies, or receive a warning before cookies are stored. The exact steps depend on your browser and device.
- You can clear cookies from your browser history or privacy settings.
- You can block third-party cookies if your browser supports that option.
- You can use private or incognito browsing for temporary sessions.
- You can avoid clicking external links if you do not want to interact with third-party platforms.
Please note that blocking all cookies may affect the way some websites load or function. Essential website features may not work properly if all cookies are disabled.
Changes to this Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the website, technology, legal requirements, analytics tools, third-party links or communication workflows. Visitors are encouraged to review this page periodically for updated information.
Contact for cookie-related questions
If you have any question about this Cookie Policy, website usage, privacy, media requests or collaboration-related communication, you can contact the team through the official contact channel.
