This Cookie Policy explains how Hesham Kholef ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website (https://www.heshamkholef.com). It details what cookies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, tablet, or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used by web developers to make websites work efficiently, provide a smoother personalized browsing experience, and provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Hesham Kholef) are called "first-party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies" (such as Google AdSense and Google Analytics). Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., interactive advertising and traffic analytics).
2. Why Do We Use Cookies?
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for the website to function properly, maintaining security against CSRF attacks, and enforcing spam defense on forms.
- Performance & Analytics Cookies: Helping us understand how visitors interact with the site, which pages are most popular, and identifying navigation errors.
- Advertising & Targeting Cookies (Google AdSense): Used by Google and authorized ad networks to deliver relevant advertisements to you and evaluate ad campaign performance.
- Functionality & Preferences: Remembering your audio volume for the Live Radio player, dark mode preferences, and cookie consent choices.
3. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising Cookies
Important Information Regarding Google Advertising:
- We partner with Google AdSense to display advertisements across our website.
- Google and third-party advertising partners use cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie, `__gads`, and `__gpi`) to serve personalized ads based on your visits to this website and other websites across the Internet.
- These cookies help prevent the same ad from reappearing, detect and stop click fraud, and show ads that are relevant to your interests.
- Opt-Out of Personalized Ads: You can turn off personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings page. You may also opt out of participating third-party advertising cookies through aboutads.info (US) or Your Online Choices (EU).
4. Detailed Overview of Cookies We Use
| Cookie / Token | Provider | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
hk_session |
Hesham Kholef | Strictly Necessary | Maintains secure user session and state verification. | Session |
csrf_token |
Hesham Kholef | Strictly Necessary | Protects against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) security attacks. | Session |
hk_cookie_consent |
Hesham Kholef | Functional | Stores your cookie consent preference so the banner does not re-appear. | 1 Year |
hk_radio_vol |
Hesham Kholef | Functional | Remembers your audio volume setting for the continuous radio player. | Local Storage |
_ga, _ga_* |
Google Analytics | Analytics | Calculates visitor, session, and campaign data for site analytics reports. | 2 Years |
__gads, __gpi |
Google AdSense | Advertising | Measures ad interactions, prevents ad fraud, and limits ad repetition. | 13 Months |
IDE |
Google DoubleClick | Advertising | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report user actions after viewing or clicking an ad. | 1 Year |
5. How Can You Control Cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences through:
A. Our On-Site Cookie Banner
When you first visit our website, you are presented with our Cookie Consent Banner allowing you to accept all cookies or restrict to essential cookies only. You can reset your choice at any time using the button below:
B. Browser Controls
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. Each browser is different; consult your browser's "Help" or "Settings" menu:
- Google Chrome Cookie Settings
- Mozilla Firefox Cookie Settings
- Apple Safari Cookie Settings
- Microsoft Edge Cookie Settings
6. Updates 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 operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
7. Contact Information
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us at:
Hesham Kholef
Website: https://www.heshamkholef.com
Email: info@heshamkholef.com
Privacy Policy: heshamkholef.com/privacy-policy