Effective Date: 01-11-2024

Last Updated: 15-10-2025

Introduction

Welcome to FanMinati's Cookie Policy. This policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on our content creation platform and associated services (collectively referred to as the "Platform"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and providing transparency about our data protection practices in compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA) and other applicable laws in India.

FanMinati operates as a comprehensive digital content monetization platform, enabling creators, influencers, educators, and entrepreneurs to build sustainable online businesses through advanced technology infrastructure and secure payment processing systems.

By continuing to use our Platform, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Cookie Policy and agree to the use of cookies as described herein. This Cookie Policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service to gain a complete understanding of how we collect, use, and protect your information.

Definitions

For the purposes of this policy, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned below: Personal Data has the meaning assigned to it under the DPDPA, 2023, and refers to any data about an individual who is identifiable by or in relation to such data.

Processing means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data or sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

Data Protection Officer refers to the individual designated by our organization in compliance with Section 17 of the DPDPA, 2023, who is responsible for overseeing data protection strategy and implementation to ensure compliance with applicable data protection laws and regulations. Platform refers to FanMinati's website and mobile applications accessible at digitalcreator.space, inbioapp.in, and inboxme.club, along with all associated features, subdomains, content, functionality, services, and digital properties owned or operated by FanMinati.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, mobile phone, tablet, or other electronic device) when you visit our Platform. They allow us to recognize your device and store certain information about your preferences or past actions on our Platform. Cookies help us improve your user experience by remembering your settings and preferences across sessions.

We also use similar technologies such as web beacons, pixel tags, local storage, and session storage, which function similarly to cookies and serve related purposes in enhancing platform functionality and user experience. These technologies work together to provide you with a seamless and personalized experience when using our Platform.

Cookies can vary in duration and scope. Some cookies expire when you close your browser (session cookies), while others remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them (persistent cookies). Understanding how these cookies work helps you make informed decisions about your privacy preferences.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the Platform to function properly and securely. They enable core features such as user authentication, security measures, network management, account access, and payment processing. You cannot opt out of these essential cookies as they are critical for the Platform's basic operation and security. Without these cookies, certain services and features you have requested cannot be provided.

Functional Cookies: These cookies enhance your experience by remembering your preferences and settings across sessions. They may store your language preference, username, display name, customized content settings, interface preferences, and other personalization options. These cookies help us provide you with a more personalized and convenient user experience tailored to your individual preferences.

Analytics Cookies: We use these cookies to collect information about how you interact with our Platform, including pages visited, features used, time spent on different sections, navigation patterns, and user behavior. This helps us improve our services, understand user behavior, identify areas for enhancement, and develop new features based on user needs. These cookies collect aggregated, anonymous data and do not identify you personally.

Performance Cookies: These cookies help us monitor and improve the performance of our Platform by collecting information about page load times, server response times, technical errors, and other performance metrics. This data helps us identify and resolve technical issues, optimize platform speed and reliability, and ensure the best possible user experience.

Third-Party Cookies: Some cookies may be placed by third-party services that appear on our pages, such as analytics providers, payment processors, social media platforms, and advertising networks. We do not control these cookies and they are subject to the third party's privacy policy. We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of these third-party services to understand their cookie practices.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes to enhance your experience and improve our Platform:

To provide a personalized experience for our users by remembering your preferences, settings, and customization choices across sessions;

To understand and save user preferences for future visits, including language settings, interface preferences, and content display options;

To improve our Platform based on user behavior, feedback, usage patterns, and interaction data, enabling us to develop better features and services;

To authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts through secure session management and identity verification;

To analyze our web traffic using analytics services to understand user demographics, behavior patterns, and platform usage statistics;

To enable essential platform functionality including account management, content delivery, payment processing, and security features;

To remember your login status and keep you signed in across sessions for convenience and security;

To provide customer support and technical assistance by understanding your platform usage and preferences;

To conduct research and development for new features and services based on user needs and behavior patterns;

To ensure platform security and protect against unauthorized access, fraud, and other security threats through monitoring and detection systems.

Your Consent

By using our Platform, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy. Upon your first visit to our Platform, you will be presented with a cookie banner informing you about our use of cookies and requesting your consent in accordance with the DPDPA, 2023, and other applicable data protection regulations.

You have the right to accept or decline non-essential cookies through the cookie banner or your account settings. Your consent is freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous. We provide clear information about the types of cookies we use and their purposes to help you make informed decisions about your privacy preferences.

You can modify or withdraw your cookie consent at any time through your browser settings or platform controls. However, please note that declining certain cookies may impact your ability to access and use some features of our Platform.

Managing Cookies

You have several options to control and manage cookies on our Platform:

Browser Settings: You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most web browsers allow you to refuse all or some browser cookies, delete existing cookies, or alert you when websites set or access cookies. The specific steps vary depending on your browser. You can usually find these settings in the preferences or settings menu of your browser.

Platform Controls: We provide you with options to manage your cookie preferences directly on our Platform. You can access these controls in your account settings under privacy preferences. These controls allow you to enable or disable different categories of cookies based on your preferences.

Opting Out: For non-essential cookies, you have the right to opt-out at any time without affecting your ability to use essential platform features. However, please note that opting out of functional, analytics, or performance cookies may impact your experience on our Platform and limit certain features or personalization options.

Mobile Device Settings: If you access our Platform through a mobile device, you can manage cookies and similar technologies through your device settings. Mobile operating systems provide controls for app permissions and data collection that you can configure according to your preferences.

Third-Party Opt-Out: For third-party cookies, you may need to opt out directly with the third-party service provider. We provide information about third-party cookies in our Privacy Policy and through our cookie consent management tools.

Data Protection and Privacy

Personal Data: Some cookies may collect personal data such as your IP address, device identifiers, browsing patterns, and interaction history. We process this data in accordance with our Privacy Policy and the DPDPA, 2023, ensuring that all processing activities have a lawful basis and are conducted with appropriate security measures.

Data Storage: Cookie data is stored securely using industry-standard encryption and security protocols in compliance with Indian data protection laws. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect cookie data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Data Retention: We retain cookie data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Different types of cookies have different retention periods based on their purpose and functionality. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain until they expire or you delete them.

Data Minimization: We follow the principle of data minimization and collect only the cookie data that is necessary for the specified purposes. We regularly review our cookie usage to ensure that we are not collecting excessive or unnecessary data.

User Rights: You have the right to access, correct, delete, and restrict the processing of your personal data collected through cookies. You can exercise these rights by contacting our Data Protection Officer using the contact information provided in this policy.

Cross-Border Data Transfers

If cookie data is transferred outside India for processing or storage purposes, we ensure that such transfers comply with the requirements outlined in Chapter VII of the DPDPA, 2023, and any other applicable laws or regulations. We implement appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses, binding corporate rules, or other legally recognized transfer mechanisms to protect your data during international transfers.

We work with third-party service providers who may be located in different countries. Before transferring any personal data outside India, we assess the adequacy of data protection in the recipient country and implement additional safeguards where necessary to ensure your data receives an equivalent level of protection.

Children's Privacy

Our Platform is not intended for use by children under the age of 18 years. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children through cookies or other means without appropriate parental consent and supervision. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal data through cookies, please contact us immediately at support@fanminati.com so we can take appropriate action to remove such data.

We implement age verification mechanisms and parental consent procedures where required by law. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child without proper consent, we will take immediate steps to delete that information from our systems.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technological developments, legal requirements, or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes through our Platform, via email, or through other appropriate communication channels.

When we make significant changes to this Cookie Policy, we will provide advance notice of at least seven (7) days before the changes take effect, giving you time to review the updated policy and adjust your cookie preferences if desired. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last revised.

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and protect your privacy. Your continued use of the Platform after changes to this Cookie Policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer at:

Name: Ms. Saanvi (Data Protection Officer)

Email: support@fanminati.com

For general inquiries and support, you can also reach us at support@fanminati.com. We are committed to addressing your privacy concerns and will respond to your inquiries in a timely manner.

Legal Compliance and Dispute Resolution

This Cookie Policy is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India, including but not limited to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA), the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011.

Any disputes arising under or in connection with this Cookie Policy shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India. We encourage users to contact us directly to resolve any concerns or disputes before pursuing legal action.

The disputes shall be resolved through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms such as mediation or arbitration before proceeding to judicial courts. We are committed to resolving disputes in an amicable and efficient manner while protecting your rights and interests.

This Cookie Policy complies with all applicable Indian laws and regulations governing data protection, privacy, and electronic communications. We regularly review our compliance practices to ensure adherence to current legal requirements and industry best practices.

Your Rights

Under the DPDPA, 2023, you have certain rights regarding your personal data collected through cookies, including:

The right to access your personal data and obtain information about how we process it;

The right to correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data;

The right to erase your personal data under certain circumstances;

The right to restrict or object to certain types of data processing;

The right to data portability, allowing you to receive your data in a structured, commonly used format;

The right to withdraw consent for cookie usage at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before withdrawal;

The right to nominate a representative who can exercise your rights on your behalf in case of death or incapacity.

For more detailed information on how to exercise these rights, please refer to our Privacy Policy or contact our Data Protection Officer. We will respond to your requests within the timeframes specified by applicable law and may require verification of your identity before processing certain requests.

Security Measures

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, in compliance with Section 10 of the DPDPA, 2023, and the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011.

Our security measures include:

Encryption of cookie data in transit and at rest using industry-standard protocols;

Regular security audits and vulnerability assessments of our cookie infrastructure;

Access controls and authentication mechanisms to prevent unauthorized access to cookie data;

Secure storage systems with redundancy and backup capabilities;

Employee training on data protection and security best practices;

Incident response procedures for security breaches or data compromises;

Regular monitoring and logging of cookie-related activities for security purposes;

Compliance with PCI DSS standards for payment-related cookies;

Implementation of privacy by design and default principles in our cookie practices.

We continuously review and update our security measures to address emerging threats and maintain the highest standards of data protection. However, no security system is completely infallible, and we cannot guarantee absolute security of cookie data transmitted over the internet.

Additional Information

Cookie Lifespan: Different cookies have different lifespans. Session cookies expire when you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain on your device for a specified period ranging from a few hours to several years, depending on their purpose and functionality.

Cookie Domains: Cookies may be set by FanMinati (first-party cookies) or by third-party service providers (third-party cookies). First-party cookies are used primarily for essential platform functions and personalization, while third-party cookies are used for analytics, advertising, and other services provided by external partners.

Cookie Updates: We regularly review and update our cookie usage to ensure compliance with applicable laws and to improve user experience. This may result in changes to the types of cookies we use, their purposes, or their retention periods.

International Users: If you access our Platform from outside India, please note that cookie data may be transferred to and processed in India. By using our Platform, you consent to such transfers and processing in accordance with this Cookie Policy and applicable laws.

This Cookie Policy represents our commitment to transparency and user privacy. We encourage you to read this policy carefully and contact us if you have any questions or concerns about our cookie practices.