This policy explains what cookies are, how Path to Arabic uses them, and how you can change your cookie settings.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small files of letters and numbers. These files are stored on the hard drive of the device you are using, be it a PC, mobile phone, or tablet. These letters and numbers are used to allow a website to remember certain bits of information, so that the user experience can be improved next time you visit. By using our website you agree to our Cookies Policy that we may store and access cookies on your device.
2. How we use cookies
When you visit our website it is likely we will create cookies which are stored on your device. For the duration of your ‘session’ on our website these cookies help us to deliver the correct information and ensure you only have to enter required information once, thereby improving your browsing experience.
We also use web analytics to understand how many people have visited our website, what they have looked at and how they found us. This gives us a better understanding of how our website is working. All data accrued cannot be used to identify personal information and merely gives us a general idea of how our website performs.
This overview of the type of cookies we use is based on categories outlined by the International Chamber of Commerce in the ICC UK Cookie Guide. Some cookies may appear in multiple categories.
3. Category 1: Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function. By disabling these cookies, some aspects of a website will either not work, or not work properly, such as secure logins, location services, and e-commerce functionality.
4. Category 2: Performance cookies
These cookies gather information to help improve the day-to-day performance of a website. By analysing data collected we can enhance popular pages, fix bugs and error messages. All data is based on totals and averages and is strictly anonymous.
For example, we use Google Analytics, which creates several first-party cookies. The data that Google collects is kept strictly private and confidential and won’t be shared with anyone else. The information that is collected is used to understand website trends and performance.
5. Category 3: Functionality cookies
These are cookies which provide a ‘memory’ for the website. This enables the website to remember any personal choices you make (for example, your username, language or geographic location). These cookies are also used to remember changes you may make to text sizes, fonts and other customisable elements of the website. The information these cookies collect may be made anonymous and can’t track activity on other websites.
6. Category 4: Targeting or advertising cookies
We nurture the use of social media websites and believe sharing is a key part of how people access new information. To enable people to share information via popular social media, our website may have functionality allowing this type of activity.
The owners of social media websites may place cookies on users’ devices and they will have their own cookie policies. We have no control over these companies’ cookie policies.
7. How to turn off cookies
You can change your choice for this website at any time using Cookie settings below or in the footer. Browsers also allow you to change your cookie settings. Each browser’s help pages explain how: Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Microsoft Edge.
8. Useful links
To learn more about your rights to online privacy, visit the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk). Find out how to manage cookies at allaboutcookies.org. Full details of the cookies Google Analytics uses can be found in Google’s Analytics documentation and Google’s Privacy Policy.