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COOKIE POLICY

Effective Date: 16 July 2026
Last Updated: 16 July 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how NepaliScholarship.com uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or use https://www.nepalischolarship.com/.

This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.

In this Cookie Policy, “NepaliScholarship.com,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the owner and operator of NepaliScholarship.com. “User,” “you,” and “your” refer to any person who accesses or uses the website or related services.

By continuing to use the website after being informed about our use of cookies, you acknowledge the practices described in this Cookie Policy. Where required, we will request your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer, mobile phone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website.

Cookies allow websites to recognise a device, remember user preferences, maintain login sessions, understand how visitors use the website, improve performance, and provide relevant content.

Cookies do not normally directly identify you by name. However, information collected through cookies may be linked with other information that you provide, such as your account details, contact information, scholarship applications, college enquiries, or counselling requests.

1. Similar Technologies

In addition to cookies, we may use similar technologies, including:

Local storage;

Session storage;

Tracking pixels;

Web beacons;

Tags;

Software development kits;

Device identifiers;

Analytics scripts; and

Other technologies that store or access information on your device.

References to cookies in this Cookie Policy include these similar technologies where applicable.

1. Why We Use Cookies

We may use cookies to:

Operate and secure the website;

Allow users to create accounts and remain signed in;

Remember user preferences and settings;

Save selected scholarships, colleges, courses, or comparison choices;

Process scholarship applications and college enquiries;

Maintain counselling and application sessions;

Understand how users navigate and interact with the website;

Monitor website speed, availability, and performance;

Identify errors and technical problems;

Prevent fraud, spam, abuse, and unauthorised access;

Measure the effectiveness of advertisements and promotional campaigns;

Provide relevant scholarship, college, and educational content;

Improve our services, features, and user experience; and

Comply with legal, regulatory, security, and operational requirements.

1. Types of Cookies We Use

We may use the following categories of cookies:

4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are required for the website to operate properly.

These cookies may be used to:

Enable page navigation;

Maintain secure login sessions;

Authenticate users;

Protect accounts and forms;

Remember cookie consent choices;

Prevent fraudulent or malicious activity;

Maintain website security; and

Provide services specifically requested by the user.

The website may not function correctly without these cookies.

Because these cookies are necessary to provide the website and requested services, they may not always require separate consent where permitted by applicable law.

4.2 Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow the website to remember choices and provide enhanced functionality.

These cookies may remember:

Your preferred language;

Your location or region;

Your account preferences;

Scholarships or colleges you have saved;

Courses or institutions you have compared;

Search filters;

Recently viewed content;

Form information; and

Other personalisation settings.

Disabling functional cookies may cause some personalised features to become unavailable or work incorrectly.

4.3 Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics and performance cookies help us understand how visitors use the website.

These cookies may collect information such as:

Pages visited;

Time spent on the website;

Links clicked;

Scholarship and college searches;

Search terms;

Traffic sources;

Device and browser type;

Approximate geographic region;

Website errors;

Page loading times; and

General interaction patterns.

We use this information to analyse website traffic, improve navigation, fix technical issues, understand user interests, and improve our services.

Analytics information is generally used in an aggregated or pseudonymised form where reasonably possible.

4.4 Advertising and Marketing Cookies

Advertising and marketing cookies may be used to show relevant advertisements and measure the performance of promotional campaigns.

These cookies may help us:

Display advertisements relevant to user interests;

Limit how frequently an advertisement is shown;

Measure clicks, impressions, enquiries, and conversions;

Understand whether a user visited the website after viewing an advertisement;

Create audiences for advertising campaigns;

Measure the effectiveness of campaigns; and

Provide promoted scholarships, colleges, courses, or educational services.

Advertising partners may use cookies to build a profile of your interests based on your browsing activity across different websites or services.

We do not control how third-party advertisers use information collected through their own cookies. Their use of information is governed by their respective privacy and cookie policies.

4.5 Social Media Cookies

The website may include social media features, sharing buttons, embedded videos, or content from third-party platforms.

These features may place cookies on your device and collect information about your interaction with the embedded content.

Social media cookies may be used by platforms such as:

Facebook;

Instagram;

TikTok;

YouTube;

LinkedIn;

X or Twitter; and

Other social media services.

These third parties may connect your visit to NepaliScholarship.com with your account on their platform, particularly when you are logged in to that service.

Their data practices are controlled by their own privacy and cookie policies.

4.6 Preference Cookies

Preference cookies allow us to remember information that changes how the website behaves or appears.

These cookies may remember:

Language preferences;

Display settings;

Location preferences;

Notification preferences;

Search preferences;

Scholarship interests;

Study-level preferences;

Course interests; and

College selection preferences.

1. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

Cookies used on NepaliScholarship.com may be classified as first-party or third-party cookies.

First-party cookies are placed directly by NepaliScholarship.com and are generally used to operate the website, maintain accounts, remember preferences, and understand user activity.

Third-party cookies are placed by external service providers whose tools or services are used on the website.

Third-party services may include:

Website analytics providers;

Advertising platforms;

Social media platforms;

Video hosting services;

Maps and location services;

Payment gateways;

Authentication providers;

Customer-support tools;

Email and communication platforms;

Security and fraud-prevention services; and

Website hosting and performance providers.

Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.

1. Session and Persistent Cookies

We may use session cookies and persistent cookies.

Session cookies are temporary and are normally deleted when you close your browser. They may be used to maintain your session, support navigation, and process forms.

Persistent cookies remain on your device for a defined period or until you delete them. They may be used to remember login details, preferences, saved content, analytics information, and advertising choices.

The length of time a cookie remains on your device depends on its purpose and the settings established by us or the relevant third-party provider.

1. Information Collected Through Cookies

Cookies and similar technologies may collect:

Internet Protocol address;

Browser type and version;

Device type;

Operating system;

Language settings;

Approximate location;

Screen resolution;

Referral source;

Pages visited;

Date and time of visits;

Time spent on pages;

Links and buttons clicked;

Search queries;

Scholarship, college, and course interests;

Saved or compared items;

Login and session information;

Advertising identifiers;

Error and performance data; and

Other technical or interaction information.

This information may be combined with information you provide directly to us, such as your name, email address, phone number, educational preferences, account information, application details, or counselling requests.

1. Cookies Used for User Accounts

When you create or access an account, we may use cookies to:

Keep you signed in;

Authenticate your identity;

Protect your account;

Remember account preferences;

Save scholarships, colleges, or courses;

Manage application progress;

Maintain form sessions;

Prevent unauthorised access; and

Provide personalised recommendations.

Disabling account-related cookies may prevent you from signing in or using certain account features.

1. Cookies Used for Forms and Applications

We may use cookies when you complete:

Scholarship applications;

College enquiry forms;

Counselling forms;

Eligibility assessments;

Contact forms;

Account registration forms;

College comparison tools; or

Other website forms.

These cookies may help maintain your progress, reduce repeated data entry, prevent duplicate submissions, protect forms against spam, and ensure that information is submitted correctly.

You should avoid entering sensitive information on a shared or public device where cookies or form information may remain accessible to another user.

1. Analytics Services

We may use third-party analytics tools to understand website usage and performance.

Analytics providers may collect information about your device, browser, website activity, approximate location, referral source, and interactions with website content.

This information helps us:

Understand the number of visitors;

Identify popular scholarships, colleges, and courses;

Analyse how users move through the website;

Identify technical errors;

Improve website design;

Measure engagement; and

Evaluate the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.

Analytics providers may store or process data outside Nepal, depending on their infrastructure and service arrangements.

1. Advertising Services

We may use advertising services to promote NepaliScholarship.com, scholarships, colleges, universities, counselling services, or related educational opportunities.

Advertising platforms may use cookies or similar technologies to:

Measure advertisement performance;

Track conversions;

Create advertising audiences;

Provide interest-based advertising;

Avoid repeatedly showing the same advertisement; and

Understand interactions with advertisements.

You may see advertisements based on factors such as pages visited, searches performed, scholarship interests, course interests, college preferences, approximate location, device information, and previous interactions with our website.

1. Cookie Consent

Where required, we may display a cookie notice or consent banner when you first visit the website.

You may be given options to:

Accept all cookies;

Reject non-essential cookies;

Select specific categories of cookies; or

Review your cookie preferences.

Strictly necessary cookies may remain active because they are required to operate and secure the website.

Your cookie choice may be stored in a cookie so that we can remember your preference.

If you delete your cookies, use a different browser, use another device, or access the website in private browsing mode, you may be asked to provide your cookie preferences again.

1. Managing Cookie Preferences

You may manage cookies through:

Our cookie consent or preference tool, where available;

Your browser settings;

Your device settings;

Third-party advertising preference tools; or

Privacy settings provided by relevant service providers.

Most browsers allow you to:

View stored cookies;

Delete individual or all cookies;

Block cookies;

Block third-party cookies;

Receive a warning before cookies are stored; or

Delete cookies automatically when the browser closes.

The method for managing cookies varies depending on the browser or device you use.

1. Disabling Cookies

You may block or delete cookies through your browser settings.

However, disabling cookies may affect your experience and prevent certain features from working properly.

For example, you may be unable to:

Sign in to your account;

Remain signed in;

Save scholarships or colleges;

Compare institutions or courses;

Complete forms or applications;

Maintain application progress;

Use personalised recommendations;

Remember your language or preferences; or

Access certain secure parts of the website.

Blocking all cookies does not necessarily prevent all forms of tracking or data collection because some technologies may operate differently from traditional cookies.

1. Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers allow users to send a “Do Not Track” signal to websites.

There is no universally accepted technical standard for responding to all Do Not Track signals. Therefore, the website may not automatically respond to every such signal.

You may still manage cookies through our cookie preference tool and your browser settings.

1. International Data Processing

Some third-party service providers may store or process information collected through cookies on servers located outside Nepal.

Where we use such providers, we will take reasonable steps to work with service providers that apply appropriate security and data-protection measures.

The privacy and data-protection laws of another country may differ from those of Nepal.

1. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information collected through cookies from unauthorised access, loss, misuse, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

However, no internet-based service or data storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You are responsible for securing your device, browser, account credentials, and internet connection.

1. Children’s Privacy

The website may be used by students who are under 18 years of age.

Where a minor uses the website, they should do so with the involvement and permission of a parent or legal guardian.

We do not intentionally use cookies to create advertising profiles based on sensitive personal information about children.

Parents or guardians may manage cookies on the minor’s device and may contact us regarding privacy concerns.

1. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect:

Changes to the website;

New cookies or technologies;

Changes to third-party services;

Changes in our business practices;

Legal or regulatory requirements; or

Security and operational needs.

The updated Cookie Policy will be published on the website with a revised “Last Updated” date.

Where changes are significant, we may provide additional notice through the website, a cookie banner, email, or another appropriate method.

1. Relationship With Other Policies

This Cookie Policy forms part of our broader privacy and legal framework.

You should also review:

Our Privacy Policy;

Our Terms and Conditions;

Any consent notices displayed on forms; and

Any additional terms that apply to specific services.

If there is a conflict between this Cookie Policy and a specific consent notice, the specific consent notice will apply to the relevant processing activity.

1. Your Rights

Depending on applicable law and the nature of the information collected, you may request to:

Access personal information associated with you;

Correct inaccurate personal information;

Request deletion of eligible personal information;

Withdraw consent for non-essential cookies;

Object to certain uses of your information;

Request information about how your data is processed; or

Submit a privacy-related complaint.

Some rights may be subject to legal, security, technical, and operational limitations.

Disabling cookies does not automatically delete personal information previously collected through those cookies. You may need to submit a separate deletion request.

1. Contact Us

For questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact:

NepaliScholarship.com

Operated by: Nepali Scholarship

Registered Address: Pulchowk, Lalitpur

Email: info@nepalischolarship.com

Website: https://www.nepalischolarship.com/

Please include sufficient information in your request so that we can understand and respond to your concern.

1. Legal Compliance

This Cookie Policy is intended to explain our use of cookies and similar technologies in a clear and transparent manner.

Our use of cookies and electronic information is subject to applicable laws of Nepal, including relevant privacy and electronic-transaction requirements.

Nothing in this Cookie Policy limits any rights available to users under applicable law.