1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit websites. They are widely used by web developers to make websites operate efficiently, enhance user navigation, provide customized features, and deliver aggregated performance diagnostics.

Cookies can be "Session Cookies" (which expire when you close your web browser) or "Persistent Cookies" (which remain stored on your device until deleted or reaching their expiration date).

2. Why Delhi Angel Network Uses Cookies

Delhi Angel Network utilizes cookies and similar tracking technologies to:

• Ensure the fundamental operational security and speed of our portal.
• Remember your preferences, such as cookie banner dismissals and form field auto-fill states.
• Understand aggregated traffic patterns and navigation behaviors via Google Analytics 4.
• Identify user friction and UX bottlenecks via Microsoft Clarity session telemetry.
• Enable third-party interactive widgets, such as the Calendly meeting scheduler for founder-investor calls.

3. Categories of Cookies We Use

A. Strictly Essential / Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for the technical functioning, security, and integrity of the website. Without these cookies, features like secure forms, session preservation, and core routing cannot function.

B. Performance & Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect anonymous, aggregated statistics regarding how visitors discover and navigate our site, which pages are most viewed, and whether error messages occur. We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and Microsoft Clarity with IP anonymization enabled.

C. Functional & Widget Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced platform functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences or facilitating embedded meeting booking via Calendly.

4. Active Cookies Inventory

The table below summarizes the key cookies utilized on Delhi Angel Network:

5. Manage Your On-Site Cookie Preferences

You can change or withdraw your consent for non-essential analytics cookies at any time. Clicking the button below will reopen our interactive Cookie Consent banner:

6. Browser-Level Cookie Management

Most modern web browsers allow you to control cookies through their configuration settings. You can set your browser to notify you before accepting cookies, refuse all cookies, or delete cookies that have already been set.

• Google Chrome Cookie Settings
• Apple Safari Cookie Settings
• Mozilla Firefox Cookie Settings
• Microsoft Edge Cookie Settings

7. Inquiries & Policy Updates

We may periodically update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our operational technologies or applicable regulatory requirements.