Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, which cookies qamarnomani.com uses, why they are used, and how you can control them. It should be read alongside the Privacy Policy, which provides broader context on how personal data is handled on this Website.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work correctly, improve performance, and provide analytical information to website owners.

Cookies can be “session cookies,” which are deleted when you close your browser, or “persistent cookies,” which remain on your device for a set period or until you manually delete them. Similar technologies such as pixel tags, web beacons, and local storage may also be used for comparable purposes.

2. How This Website Uses Cookies

This Website uses cookies for the following purposes:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the Website to function. They enable core features such as page navigation, security, and access to certain areas of the site. Without these cookies, services you have requested cannot be provided. They do not collect information about you that could be used for marketing and do not remember your browsing history beyond the current session.

Legal basis: Legitimate interests — these cookies are required for the Website to operate and do not require your consent.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect aggregated, anonymised information about how visitors use the Website — such as which pages are visited most frequently, how long visitors spend on each page, and how they arrived at the site. This data helps me understand reader interests and improve content quality and site usability.

Analytics data does not identify you personally. Where technically possible, IP addresses are anonymised before being stored. Analytics cookies are only set with your consent where required by applicable law.

Legal basis: Consent (where required by law) or legitimate interests.

Preference Cookies

These cookies remember choices you make to improve your experience, such as your preferred colour theme (light or dark mode). They help the Website present content in a personalised way without requiring you to re-select preferences on each visit.

Legal basis: Legitimate interests / consent, depending on applicable jurisdiction.

3. Third-Party Cookies

Some features of this Website may embed or link to content from third-party services, which may set their own cookies. Third-party cookies are governed entirely by the privacy and cookie policies of the respective third parties, not by this policy.

Third-party services that may set cookies when you interact with content on this Website include:

• Analytics provider (e.g., Google Analytics or a privacy-focused alternative such as Plausible or Fathom) — for aggregated, anonymised traffic analysis. If Google Analytics is used, it is configured with IP anonymisation enabled and data-sharing features disabled.
• Podcast hosting platforms — embedded podcast players may set cookies related to playback preferences and session state.
• Cloudflare — the hosting and CDN provider may set security and performance cookies as part of site delivery.

I do not use advertising networks, retargeting pixels, or social media tracking cookies.

4. Cookie Summary Table

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have the right to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can manage your preferences in the following ways:

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can configure your browser to block all cookies, accept only certain cookies, or notify you when a cookie is being set. Please note that blocking cookies may affect the functionality of some features of this Website. Refer to your browser's help documentation:

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
• Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
• Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions

Opt-Out Tools

If analytics cookies are served by Google Analytics, you may opt out using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. If a privacy-first analytics tool is used (such as Plausible or Fathom), no personally identifiable data is collected and no opt-out tool is required.

Do Not Track

Some browsers transmit a “Do Not Track” (DNT) signal to websites. Currently, there is no universal standard governing how websites should respond to DNT signals. This Website respects your right to privacy and endeavours to minimise tracking regardless of your DNT setting.

6. Consent & Legal Basis

Where required by applicable law — including the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), the EU ePrivacy Directive, and GDPR — non-essential cookies are only placed on your device with your prior, informed, and freely given consent. You may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing that occurred prior to withdrawal.

To withdraw consent, clear your browser cookies and, where a consent management tool is present on the Website, update your preferences through that interface.

7. Changes to This Policy

This Cookie Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in the cookies used, applicable law, or the third-party services integrated with this Website. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will be revised to reflect any changes. Continued use of this Website after any revision constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

8. Contact

If you have questions or concerns about how this Website uses cookies, please contact: hello@qamarnomani.com.

Data Controller: Qamar Nomani

See also: Disclaimer, Terms of Use, Privacy Policy.