What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the owners of the site.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Shahzad Farooq) are called "first-party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies". Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics).
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our website. Third parties serve cookies through our website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Website Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
Examples:
- Session cookies to remember you as you navigate between pages
- Authentication cookies to identify you when you log in
- Security cookies for security purposes
Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies are used to collect information about traffic to our website and how users use our website. The information gathered may include the number of visitors to our website, the websites that referred them to our website, the pages they visited on our website, what time of day they visited our website, whether they have visited our website before, and other similar information.
We use this information to:
- Help operate our website more efficiently
- Gather broad demographic information
- Monitor the level of activity on our website
- Improve the website's performance and user experience
Examples:
- Google Analytics cookies
- Page view tracking
- User behavior analytics
Functionality Cookies
These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
Examples:
- Language preferences
- Region selection
- User interface customization
Targeting and Advertising Cookies
These cookies track your browsing habits to enable us to show advertising which is more likely to be of interest to you. These cookies use information about your browsing history to group you with other users who have similar interests. Based on that information, and with our permission, third-party advertisers can place cookies to enable them to show advertisements which we think will be relevant to your interests while you are on third-party websites.
Examples:
- Google Ads cookies
- Retargeting cookies
- Social media advertising cookies
Social Media Cookies
These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button or "like" button on our website or you link your account or engage with our content on or through a social networking website such as Facebook, Twitter, or Google+. The social network will record that you have done this.
Cookies We Use
Below is a detailed list of the cookies we use on our website:
First-Party Cookies
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
XSRF-TOKEN |
Security - CSRF protection | Session |
laravel_session |
Session management | Session |
remember_web |
Remember login state | 5 years |
Third-Party Cookies
| Service | Purpose | More Info |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | Website analytics and performance tracking | Privacy Policy |
| Google Ads | Advertising and remarketing | Ads Policy |
How to Control Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in your browser settings or by using our cookie consent tool if available.
Browser Controls
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it will no longer be personalized to you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings like login information.
Browser-specific cookie management:
Opting Out of Targeted Advertising
You can opt out of targeted advertising by visiting the following pages:
Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" feature that lets you tell websites that you do not want to have your online activities tracked. We currently do not respond to browser "Do Not Track" signals.
Web Beacons
In addition to cookies, we may use other technologies such as web beacons (also known as "tracking pixels" or "clear GIFs") on our website and in our emails. Web beacons are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our website or opened an email we have sent them.
Mobile Device Identifiers
When you use a mobile device like a tablet or phone to access our website, we may access, collect, monitor, store on your device, and/or remotely store one or more "device identifiers." Device identifiers are small data files or similar data structures stored on or associated with your mobile device, which uniquely identify your mobile device.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
More Information
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us:
- By visiting: https://shehzadfarooq.com/contact
- By email: privacy@shahzadfarooq.com
For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.