Cookies Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your experience on our B2B exchange platform:

• Authentication: Keeping you signed in as you navigate between pages.
• Preferences: Remembering your local currency, language settings, and layout customizations.
• Security: Verifying session data to prevent cross-site request forgery and protect against account hijacking.
• Analytics: Aggregating anonymous traffic data to optimize search speeds, page load times, and usability.

3. The Types of Cookies We Set

The cookies we place generally fall into three categories:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for accessing the dashboard, security authentication, and executing bids. These cannot be disabled.
• Performance & Analytics Cookies: Monitor page usage, click counts, and speed performance. We use tools like Google Analytics to improve platform performance.
• Functionality Cookies: Enable advanced widgets and interactive components like the inquiry form drawer or real-time bidding alerts.

4. Controlling Your Cookie Choices

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can change your browser settings to refuse or alert you when cookies are being sent. Note that if you turn off strictly necessary cookies, some features of the Bharati Group platform (such as account sessions and live bidding) may not function correctly.

5. Third-Party Cookies

In some cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. For example, our analytics partners may set cookies to track user interactions. These third-party cookies are subject to their respective privacy and cookies policies.