Consent Policy

1. What is Consent?

Consent is your voluntary, informed, and unambiguous agreement to the processing of your personal data. Under applicable laws (including GDPR, CCPA, and India's DPDP Act), we must obtain your consent before:

• Storing or accessing cookies on your device (except strictly necessary ones).
• Processing your personal data for advertising or analytics purposes.
• Sharing your data with third-party partners (including affiliates).
• Using tracking technologies like Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, or advertising pixels.

Key principle: Consent must be freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous. You have the right to withdraw consent at any time.

2. How We Obtain Consent

We obtain your consent through the following mechanisms:

• Cookie banner: When you first visit our site, a clear cookie banner appears asking for your consent to set non-essential cookies.
• Preference center: You can manage your consent preferences at any time through our cookie settings panel.
• Account registration: When you create an account, we ask for consent to process your data for account management and communications.
• Opt-in checkboxes: For specific data uses (e.g., marketing emails), we use unchecked opt-in checkboxes that require your active consent.

3. Consent Categories

We categorize consent into the following types:

You can toggle these preferences anytime using our cookie settings.

4. Cookie Consent

We use cookies for the following purposes, each requiring your consent (except strictly necessary ones):

• Google Analytics: Collects anonymized data about page views, session duration, and user behavior to improve our platform.
• Microsoft Clarity: Provides session replays, heatmaps, and usability insights to enhance user experience.
• Google Adsense: Sets advertising cookies to display relevant ads and measure ad performance.
• Affiliate networks: Sets cookies to track referrals and ensure proper commission attribution.
• Preference cookies: Remember your settings, language, and consent preferences.

How to manage: You can manage your cookie preferences through:

• Our cookie consent banner (click "Customize").
• Your browser settings (block or delete cookies).
• Google's Ad Settings (opt-out of personalized ads).

5. Withdrawing Your Consent

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Here's how:

• Cookie settings: Click the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer or floating button to change your preferences.
• Account settings: If you have an account, go to Settings > Privacy to manage your consent preferences.
• Email opt-out: Click the "Unsubscribe" link in any marketing email.
• Browser settings: Delete cookies or set your browser to block third-party cookies.
• Contact us: Email us at support@tickscreener.com to request consent withdrawal.

Important: Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

6. Children's Consent

Our platform is not intended for individuals under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect or process personal data from children. If you are under 18, please do not use our platform or provide any personal information.

If we discover that we have collected data from a child without verified parental consent, we will delete it immediately. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us at support@tickscreener.com.

7. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your data based on the following legal grounds:

• Consent: For analytics, advertising, and affiliate tracking (you can withdraw anytime).
• Legitimate interests: For security, fraud prevention, and improving our services.
• Contractual necessity: For account management and providing the services you request.
• Legal obligation: To comply with applicable laws and regulations.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Consent Policy or how we handle your data, please reach out:

support@tickscreener.com

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

We respond within 24-48 hours.