Cookie Policy for Digital Shoutouts

Effective Date: June 22, 2026

Last Updated: June 22, 2026

1. Introduction & Transparency Commitment

This Cookie Policy explains how Digital Shoutouts (“the Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies (including web beacons, pixels, and local storage) on our website https://digitalshoutouts.com/ (the “Site”).

In alignment with international privacy frameworks—including the European Union’s ePrivacy Directive, the GDPR, California’s CCPA/CPRA, and India’s DPDP Act—we are dedicated to giving you granular control over your digital footprint. This policy details what these technologies are, why we deploy them, and your explicit rights to manage their behavior.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters that are placed on your computer, tablet, or mobile device when you visit a website.

• Session Cookies: These are temporary files that automatically expire and clear out once you close your web browser.

• Persistent Cookies: These remain stored on your device for a pre-determined duration or until you manually clear them. They allow the website to recognize your device across multiple browsing sessions.

• First-Party Cookies: Set directly by the domain you are visiting (Digital Shoutouts) to ensure core functionality.

• Third-Party Cookies: Deployed by external service providers (such as analytics networks or ad infrastructure) to track cross-contextual interactions.

3. Mandatory Integration: Google Consent Mode v2

To maintain absolute compliance with Google’s updated EU User Consent Policy and advertising frameworks, our Site fully operates under Google Consent Mode v2.

When you make a selection on our Cookie Consent Banner, your choices are actively converted into privacy signals and passed directly to our integrated Google tags (such as Google Analytics 4 and Google Ads tracking).

How Dynamic Consent Signals Operate:

• analytics_storage: If granted, anonymous telemetry and user journey flows are processed to monitor site performance and Core Web Vitals health. If denied, performance metrics are strictly aggregated without deployment of tracking cookies.

• ad_storage & ad_user_data: If granted, tracking mechanisms can log conversion events and map user attribution for our performance marketing campaigns. If denied, personal data cannot be captured or used for ad targeting.

• ad_personalization: Dictates whether your site behavior can be fed into remarketing pools across third-party display networks. If withheld, customized behavioral retargeting is disabled.

4. Granular Categories of Cookies We Use

We classify the cookies running on our infrastructure into distinct categories. With the exception of strictly necessary cookies, all categories require your explicit, affirmative consent before execution.

5. How to Manage and Revoke Cookie Consent

You retain complete ownership over how your browser handles tracking files. You can alter your settings through multiple channels:

A. Our Site Consent Settings

You can review, alter, or completely revoke your tracking consent choices at any point by clicking the permanent “Cookie Settings” widget located in our website’s footer. This will instantly refresh our Google Consent Mode state.

B. Global Browser Controls

Every major web browser allows you to block, restrict, or wipe out existing cookies entirely. To modify these options, navigate directly to your browser’s native settings panel:

• Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Third-party cookies

• Apple Safari: Settings > Safari > Privacy & Security

• Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data

Operational Impact Note: Please be advised that disabling strictly necessary cookies may impair the operational layout of our Site, prevent secure form submissions, and degrade the responsiveness of interactive service dashboards.

6. Updates to This Cookie Policy

As search ecosystem algorithms evolve, privacy regulations shift, or our internal tracking configurations update, we will adjust this Cookie Policy accordingly. Any structural modifications will trigger a revised “Last Updated” stamp at the head of this document. Any material changes that expand data processing boundaries will re-trigger our Cookie Consent Banner on your next visit to ensure your ongoing, informed consent.

7. Compliance Contact Node

If you have technical questions regarding our cookie management framework, Google Consent Mode v2 implementation, or wish to submit an official data privacy inquiry, please reach out directly to our designated compliance wing:

• Dedicated Compliance Email: legal@digitalshoutouts.com

• General Administrative Routing: sales@digitalshoutouts.com

• Central Agency Line: 0124 437 3594

Physical Infrastructure Registry

Corporate Head Office

Digital Shoutouts

Unit No. 258, 2nd Floor, Tower B-1 & B-2,

Spaze I-Tech Park, Sector 49, Badshahpur Sohna Road,

Gurugram, Haryana – 122018, India

Maharashtra Branch

Ground Floor, Raheja Platinum,

Off Andheri-Kurla Road, Sag Baug,

Andheri East, Mumbai, Maharashtra – 400059

Karnataka Branch

HSR 6th Sector, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar,

HSR Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka – 560102