Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Club Athiva ("we", "us", "our"), operated on the Loyaltician platform, uses cookies and similar technologies on www.clubathiva.com (the "Website"), and the choices available to you. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions, both linked in the footer of this Website.

1. What Are Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that a website can place on your device when you visit it. Cookies let a website remember things about your visit, such as your preferences or whether you have already made a choice on a page like this one. Similar technologies include local storage and hashed, one-way identifiers generated from information already sent by your browser (such as your IP address), which we describe below where we use them.

2. How We Use Cookies And Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies only for the purposes described in this Policy: to run the Website reliably, to remember your cookie preference, to process payments you initiate, and — only if you allow it — to understand in general terms how many people visit which pages, so we can improve the Website. We do not use cookies for third-party advertising, and we do not sell or share cookie data with advertisers.

3. Cookies And Similar Technologies We Use

Strictly Necessary — always active, cannot be switched off. These are required for the Website to function and are not tracking technologies in the ordinary sense: lt_cookie_consent — a cookie we set ourselves, purely to remember the choice you make in the cookie banner (Accept All / Reject All / your saved preferences) so you are not asked again on every page. Expires after 12 months or when you change your preference. Payment gateway session — when you choose to enrol and pay online, our payment partner Cashfree Payments loads its own secure checkout and may set its own cookies for that transaction only, to prevent fraud and complete your payment. These are set by Cashfree, not by us, and only appear while you are actively checking out. Analytics — off by default until you choose "Accept All" or turn this on in "Manage Preferences": Website pageview counter — a first-party, cookie-free counter we built ourselves. It does not set a cookie on your device at all; instead, each time you view a page, our server computes a one-way cryptographic hash of your IP address, browser type, and the current date, and stores only that hash (never your actual IP address) to count how many distinct visitors viewed each page that day. We use this to show ourselves, hotel-by-hotel, how many people are visiting our sites. If you choose "Reject All" or switch this off, this counter is not triggered for your visit. Vercel Web Analytics — our hosting provider's built-in, privacy-first analytics, used site-wide (not only on this Website) to see overall traffic trends. Vercel's Web Analytics is cookie-free and does not track you across different websites, so it does not legally require your consent — we mention it here for full transparency. You can read more at vercel.com/docs/analytics/privacy-policy.

4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit this Website, a banner lets you Accept All, Reject All, or Manage Preferences to choose individually. You can change your mind at any time by scrolling to the footer of any page on this Website and selecting "Cookie Policy", then "Manage Cookie Preferences" on that page. You can also control cookies through your browser settings, including deleting cookies already stored and blocking cookies from being set in future — consult your browser's help documentation for how to do this, as the steps differ by browser and device.

5. Third-Party Cookies

Other than the Cashfree payment-gateway cookies described in Section 3, which are only ever set while you are actively completing a payment you initiated, we do not knowingly allow other third parties to set cookies through this Website.

6. Changes To This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for example if we introduce a new feature that uses cookies. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will always reflect the most recent revision. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we handle your data, please write to us at member.care@clubathiva.com.