Cookie Policy
Effective date: June 15, 2026 · Pathshala Inc. (USA) & Heer Eduverse Pvt Ltd. (India)
1. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file a website stores on your device when you visit it. Cookies allow the website to remember you, your preferences, or your activity between visits. Modern web browsers also support related technologies (localStorage, sessionStorage, IndexedDB); for the purpose of this Policy, we use the word “cookie” to cover all of them.
This Policy applies to pathshala.co, every institute subdomain (*.pathshala.co and *.pathshala.co), the institute custom-domain portals we host, and the marketing app at app.pathshala.co.
2. Cookie categories
We group cookies into four categories so you can make an informed choice:
- Essential — required for the Service to function (e.g., to keep you logged in). Cannot be turned off. We rely on the “strictly necessary” exemption under GDPR Art. 5(3) / ePrivacy and the equivalent provisions in the DPDP Act and CCPA/CPRA.
- Functional — remember preferences that improve your experience (theme, last-used institute, language). Off by default; you opt in.
- Analytics — help us understand aggregate usage so we can improve the Service. Google Analytics 4 may load when you accept this category.
- Marketing — set by advertising partners to measure ad performance and show Pathshala ads to people who previously visited our site. Meta Pixel loads when you accept this category.
3. Essential cookies (always on)
| Name | Host | Purpose | Expires | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ps_session / ps_access / ps_refresh | *.pathshala.co | Authenticated session, access token, refresh token. Set after login by Cognito. | Session / 1 hour / 30 days | HTTP cookie (HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite=Lax) |
ps_consent | pathshala.co | Records your cookie-consent choice so we don't re-show the banner. | 13 months | HTTP cookie |
ps_csrf | *.pathshala.co | Cross-site request forgery token for state-changing requests. | Session | HTTP cookie |
AWSALB / AWSALBCORS / __Host-cognito-* | AWS endpoints | Load-balancer affinity and Cognito session continuity. | Session / 7 days | HTTP cookie |
4. Functional cookies (opt-in)
| Name | Host | Purpose | Expires | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
os:theme | pathshala.co | Remembers whether you chose Dark or Light mode across visits. | Persistent (localStorage) | localStorage |
nav_history | pathshala.co | Remembers the last few institutes you visited so the switcher can suggest them. | Persistent (localStorage) | localStorage |
cal-com-embed | cal.com | Required by the Cal.com booking widget for the sales-inquiry calendar. Loaded only after you accept this category. | Session | Third-party |
5. Analytics cookies (opt-in)
When you accept the Analytics category, we may load Google Analytics 4 to understand aggregate site usage. We gate every analytics script behind this category in the consent banner.
| Name | Host | Purpose | Expires | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga / _ga_* / _gid | .pathshala.co | Google Analytics 4 session and user identifiers for aggregate traffic measurement. | Up to 2 years / 24 hours | Third-party (Google) |
6. Marketing cookies (opt-in)
When you accept the Marketing category, we load the Meta Pixel so Pathshala can measure ad performance and show ads on Facebook, Instagram, and other Meta platforms to people who visited our marketing site. We do not show third-party ads on the Service itself.
| Name | Host | Purpose | Expires | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_fbp | .pathshala.co | Meta browser identifier used to attribute site visits to ad campaigns and build remarketing audiences. | Up to 90 days | Third-party (Meta) |
_fbc | .pathshala.co | Stores the Facebook click identifier when you arrive from a Meta ad, so conversions can be attributed. | Up to 90 days | Third-party (Meta) |
See Meta's Privacy Policy and our Privacy Policy for how this data is used.
7. Third-party cookies on this site
Some pages embed third-party widgets that set their own cookies only after you accept the relevant category:
- Meta (Facebook / Instagram) — Meta Pixel for ad measurement and remarketing. Loaded only when you accept the Marketing category. See the Meta Privacy Policy.
- Google Analytics — aggregate site analytics. Loaded only when you accept the Analytics category. See the Google Privacy Policy.
- Cal.com — sales-inquiry scheduling embedded on the marketing site. Loaded only when the Functional category is accepted. See the Cal.com Privacy Policy.
- Stripe — checkout pages on
checkout.stripe.com. Stripe sets its own session and fraud-prevention cookies during a checkout session. See the Stripe Cookies Policy. - Razorpay — checkout pages on
api.razorpay.com. Razorpay sets its own session and fraud-prevention cookies during payment flows for India-based customers. See the Razorpay Privacy Policy. - Daily.co — the live-class video provider. Sets WebRTC/session cookies while you are in a live session. See the Daily.co Privacy Policy.
A full list of Pathshala's sub-processors is at /legal/subprocessors.
8. Managing your preferences
You can manage your cookie choices at any time:
- Click Cookie preferences in the footer to re-open the banner and change category choices.
- Clear the
ps_consentcookie in your browser to force the banner to re-appear on next visit. - Use your browser's built-in cookie controls. Most browsers let you block all third-party cookies, delete cookies on exit, or refuse cookies from specific sites.
- Enable Global Privacy Control (GPC) in your browser; Pathshala honours GPC as a request to reject the Functional, Analytics, and Marketing categories.
Blocking essential cookies will break login and other core Service features.
9. Questions
Email privacy@pathshala.co for questions about this Cookie Policy.
Contact
Pathshala Inc.
1240 Barksdale Dr NE, Leesburg, VA 20176, USA
Phone: +1.571.999.1234
Heer Eduverse Private Limited
Gandhi Chowk, Durg, Chhattisgarh 491001, India
Phone: +91.99777.55667
Legal & data requests: admin@pathshala.co
General support: hello@pathshala.co