Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device when you visit it. They let a site recognise your browser, remember choices you have made and, in some cases, measure how the site is used. Similar technologies such as local storage work in much the same way, and this policy treats them together under the word cookies. A cookie cannot run programs on your device or carry a virus; it only stores a small piece of text.
lightningstorm-india.com is an information page without accounts or purchases, so it needs very few cookies. The categories below describe what the site may use, and the ones you actually receive can vary with the page you open and with the settings of your browser.
Essential cookies keep the site working. They support basic functions such as loading pages correctly, balancing traffic across servers and protecting the site against abuse. The site cannot work as intended without them, and they do not record what you do on other websites.
Preference cookies remember simple choices, for example the language or the layout you were shown, so that you do not have to repeat them on every visit. They contain no personal details beyond the setting itself.
Performance cookies, where they are used, count visits and show which pages are read and on which kinds of devices. The results are looked at in aggregate and help us decide which content to improve. You can refuse them without losing access to any content. Nothing in this category is needed to read the pages.
Some cookies are set by companies other than the site operator. They can come from services that help deliver or measure the site, and from websites you reach by following a link or a button on this page, such as the site of a gaming operator. Those companies decide for themselves what they store, and their own cookie and privacy policies apply once you have left this site.
Links that lead to an operator may carry an identifying code so that the visit can be attributed to this site. Opening such a link can therefore set a cookie on the operator's website, and it may allow the operator to recognise you if you return later. If you would rather avoid this, do not follow the link, or clear cookies after you come back.
Session cookies disappear when you close your browser. Persistent cookies stay on your device for a fixed period, which can range from a few days to a year or more depending on their purpose, or until you delete them yourself.
You are in control of what is stored. Every major browser lets you see which cookies are present, block all or only third-party cookies, delete existing ones and clear them each time you close the browser. Blocking essential cookies may stop parts of the site from loading, and blocking preference cookies means your choices are forgotten from one visit to the next. Instructions are available in the help section of your browser.
If you accept optional cookies and later change your mind, you can withdraw consent by deleting them in your browser settings. We may update this policy when the cookies in use change, and the version published on this page is the one that applies.
