Cookie Policy
1. Introduction & Purpose
This Cookie Policy explains how Poorvam, together with its flagship publishing imprint Dhvani Publication and the Poorvam International Journal of Creative Arts and Cultural Expressions (PIJCACE), utilizes cookies, local storage identifiers, and related browser storage mechanisms. When you access our digital repository, research portals, or manuscript submission systems, cookies are used to provide authenticated security, maintain reading preferences, and measure scholarly telemetry in compliance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the ePrivacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC), and India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023.
2. What Are Cookies and Local Storage?
Cookies are small cryptographic text files placed on your computer, tablet, or mobile device by websites you visit. They are widely used by academic publishers to ensure platform security, maintain continuous sessions across multi-page research articles, authenticate peer-review actions, and remember user interface preferences. In addition to HTTP cookies, Poorvam may use browser localStorage to store non-sensitive visual preferences (such as your chosen light or dark reading mode).
3. Detailed Cookie Inventory
Poorvam groups cookies into four defined categories. You have complete control over non-essential categories:
Category A: Strictly Necessary Cookies
Always ActiveThese cookies are strictly required to operate the platform, safeguard against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks, manage author and reviewer authentication sessions, and facilitate secure e-commerce and course checkout. Under GDPR Article 6(1)(f), these cookies do not require prior opt-in consent as they represent legitimate operational and security requirements.
| Cookie Identifier | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Poorvam Platform | Cryptographic session token for user identity, editorial review queue state, and shopping bag. | Session (expires on browser exit) |
| csrf_token | Poorvam Platform | Prevents Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks during form submissions, peer review evaluations, and password changes. | Session (2 hours) |
| poorvam_cookie_consent | Poorvam Consent Mgr | Stores your cookie preference choices (essential, analytics, functional, marketing) so you are not re-prompted on every page. | 365 days |
| poorvam_session | Poorvam Platform | Encrypted token remembering "Remember Me" authentication for registered scholars and editors. | 30 days |
Category B: Analytics & Readership Telemetry
Requires ConsentWe use aggregated, anonymized analytics to evaluate which research monographs, scholarly essays, and cultural analyses attract international readership. IP addresses are automatically masked and truncated.
| Cookie Identifier | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics 4 | Calculates visitor, session, and journal campaign metrics for academic audit reporting. | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics 4 | Differentiates visitors across requests within a 24-hour cycle. | 24 hours |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics 4 | Maintains persistent session state during research document downloads. | 2 years |
Category C: Functional & Scholar Preferences
Requires ConsentThese cookies remember visual settings selected by the reader, such as preferred dark or light reading theme, reader typography sizing, and dismissed notifications.
| Cookie Identifier | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| poorvam-theme | Poorvam (localStorage) | Remembers whether you prefer Dark Mode or Scholarly Light mode. | 1 year |
| poorvam_popup_dismiss_until | Poorvam (localStorage) | Records when you dismiss the Call for Papers pop-up so you are not interrupted repeatedly. | 1–30 days |
| poorvam_font_size | Poorvam (localStorage) | Stores custom font magnification sizing for readers with low vision. | 1 year |
Category D: Academic Announcements & Sponsorships
Requires ConsentPoorvam does not deploy intrusive third-party ad networks (no programmatic retargeting). We only use non-personalized, internal sponsorship attribution tokens to display announcements regarding university press publications, academic symposium bursaries, and partner monographs.
| Cookie Identifier | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| poorvam_ad_slot | Poorvam Platform | Rotates academic announcement ribbons without collecting personal browsing history. | 90 days |
4. How to Manage and Revoke Your Consent
You can modify or withdraw your cookie consent preferences at any time. When you change your preferences, optional cookies will be blocked immediately:
Click below to launch the live preferences panel:
5. Managing Cookies in Your Browser
In addition to our on-site controls, every major browser allows you to review, block, or delete cookies:
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Third-party cookies.
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Enhanced Tracking Protection and Cookies.
- Apple Safari (macOS & iOS): Preferences > Privacy > Prevent cross-site tracking / Block all cookies.
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies and site data.
6. Contact Data Protection Officer
If you have any questions regarding this Cookie Policy or our data protection practices, please contact our editorial privacy desk at privacy@poorvam.com or write to:
Poorvam · Dhvani Publication Data Protection Desk
Email: privacy@poorvam.com
Official Website: https://poorvam.com
Publication ISSN: 3107-6866