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 ## Cookie Policy
+Last updated : 31st Jul 2018 ( Version 1.1 )
+Al Jazeera Media Network ("Al Jazeera", "we", "us" and "our") issues this policy.
+This policy is issued by Al Jazeera Media Network ("**Al Jazeera**", "**we**", "**us**" and "**our**").
+### Websites to which this policy applies
+#### Websites to which this policy applies
+This policy applies to websites in the following domains that are operated or controlled by Al Jazeera:
+This policy applies to websites at the following domains that are operated or controlled by Al Jazeera:
+- aljazeera.net
+- aljazeera.com
+- ajplus.net
+- ajiunit.com
+- ajbdoc.ba
+- ajcontrast.com
+- ajdproposal.com
+- aljazeeracafe.com
+- aljazeeracafe.net
+- barlamansha3b.com
+- freemahmoudhussein.com
+- sadeem.com
+- sarajevopodopsadom.com
+- srebrenica360.cpom
+- ajproductionsonline.net
+- [aljazeera.ne](https://aljazeera.net/)t
+- [aljazeera.co](https://aljazeera.com/)m
+- [ajplus.net](https://ajplus.net/)
+- [contrastvr.com](https://contrastvr.com/)
+- [jetty.fm](https://www.jetty.fm/)
+- [closerthantheyappear.fm](https://closerthantheyappear.fm/)
+- [gameofourlives.fm](https://gameofourlives.fm/)
+- [ajproductionsonline.net](https://ajproductionsonline.net/)
+- [aljazeeracafe.com](https://www.aljazeeracafe.com/)
+- [syhacked.com](https://syhacked.com/)
+### **What are cookies?
+**Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your computer or other devices when you visit a website. Their primary purpose is to enhance website functionality, track user movements, and retain login details for a seamless browsing experience. There are various types of cookies based on their origin, function, and lifespan. The categories of cookies we use are listed below.
+#### **What are cookies?**
+### **What are first-party and third-party cookies?
+**When you use a website, cookies can be generated by the website itself or by external domains. The cookies generated by the website you directly interact with are called first-party cookies. On the other hand, the cookies generated by external domains are referred to as third-party cookies.
+Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your computer or other device when you visit a website. They are generally used to make websites work, to keep track of your movements within the website, and to remember your login details.
+### **What is the difference between Session and Persistent cookies?
+**Session cookies are temporary and are used to save user information during a single browsing session. On the contrary, persistent cookies are stored on the user's device, allowing them to retain information across multiple browsing sessions. Therefore, while session cookies are deleted as soon as the browsing session is closed, persistent cookies have a longer lifespan.
+There are different types of cookies, and they can be distinguished on the basis of their origin, function, and lifespan. The following list details the categories of cookies that we use:
+### **Why do we use cookies?
+**We may use cookies for the following reasons:
+**Essential _(Mandatory)_**
+- Distinguish between visitors.
+- Improve the use and functionality of the Sites.
+- Tailor the Sites and products to your needs and preferences.
+- Process your purchase orders.
+- Analyze how the Sites are used and compile anonymous and aggregate statistics.
+These cookies are necessary to provide you with basic services and features available through our websites, such as remembering where you are in the website.
+Our website does not utilise the collected information to generate visitor profiles. We respect the privacy of our users and do not engage in profiling activities.
+**Performance and Functionality _(Mandatory)_**
+### **How We Use Cookie?
+**We deploy traffic log cookies to identify the pages you visit. This enables us to analyse data about web page traffic, aiding us in the continuous improvement of our website to better meet customer needs. It's important to note that this information is used solely for statistical analysis purposes, and the data is promptly removed from our system.
+Cookies play a role in enhancing your interaction with Social Media sites, facilitating a seamless and personalised experience.
+These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our websites. They provide statistics on how our website is used and helps us improve by measuring errors. Certain functionality on our website may become unavailable without these cookies.
+Our Commitment to Your Privacy:
+**Analytics _(Mandatory)_**
+Overall, cookies contribute to providing you with an improved website experience. They help us monitor the pages you find valuable and those that may need improvement. It's essential to clarify that cookies do not grant us access to your device or any personal information, except for the data you willingly choose to share with us.
+These cookies collect information that is used in aggregate form to help us understand how our websites are used, and also helps us to continuously improve the experience we provide to you.
+More information on all aspects of cookies can be found at www.allaboutcookies.org.\*
+**Advertising**
+The purposes of the cookies we use:
+These cookies are used to enhance your experience and make advertising messages more relevant to you.
+. **Strictly Necessary Cookies:** These cookies are necessary for our website to function, and we can not switch them off in our systems. They provide you with essential services and features available through the websites that you have requested. Some parts of our website will not work if you set your browser to block these cookies. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
+. **Performance Cookies - First party:** These first-party cookies are necessary, allowing us to understand how you interact with our websites. It helps us to make internal business decisions, like how we can best improve our site design, performance, or stability. We receive this information aggregated and anonymized
+. **Performance Cookies - Third party:** These cookies allow us to understand how you interact with our websites. It helps us to make internal business decisions, like how we can best improve our site design, performance, or stability. We receive this information aggregated and anonymized.
+    Please note that we do not control third parties data collection or further use.
+. **Functional Cookies:** These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. We or our providers whose services we have added to our pages set these cookies. If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these services may not function properly.
+. **Targeting Cookies:** These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. Advertisers use this information to build a profile and make advertising messages more relevant to you. They do not store personal information directly but use unique identifiers of your browser or device.
+. **Social Media Cookies:** These cookies enable you to share or follow the content you find interesting. Our social media partners set these cookies through our websites. This allows us to provide seamless integration between our websites, social media networks, and tools you like.
+**Social Media**
+Please note that processing your personal data in connection with cookies and for other purposes is governed by our Privacy Policy.
+These cookies are used to enable sharing or following of content that you find interesting on our websites. These settings apply to third party social networking and other websites.
+In addition, we may also use web beacons (or clear GIFs) and other similar technologies in addition to, or in combination with, cookies. A web beacon is typically a transparent graphic image (usually 1 pixel x 1 pixel) placed on a website or in an email. It helps us understand visitors' behavior on the Sites. More information on web beacons can be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/faqs/beacons.html.\*
+Important characteristics of cookies include the following:
+### **How do I change my cookie settings?
+**To tailor your browsing experience, you can easily adjust your cookie preferences by navigating to the 'Cookie Preferences' section at the bottom of each site. In this section, you have the flexibility to enable or disable non-mandatory cookie categories based on your preferences.
+**First Party Cookies**
+We recommend considering enabling all cookie categories to ensure you enjoy the optimal experience on our sites. This customisation allows you to have a seamless and personalised interaction with our content while maintaining control over your privacy settings.
+First party cookies are cookies that are placed by the website you are visiting, while third party cookies are placed by a website other than the one you are visiting. Please note that we do not control the collection or further use of data by third parties.
+### **How to manage cookies and web beacons on your device?
+**Controlling cookies and web beacons is important for your online privacy. Most internet browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can change your browser settings to warn you before accepting cookies or to refuse them altogether. To learn more about how to do this, refer to the 'help' button (or similar) on your browser. However, disabling cookies may affect your experience on the Sites. If you use multiple devices to access the Sites, make sure that each device's browser is set to your preferred cookie settings.
+**Session Cookies**
+- Please note that processing your personal data in connection with cookies and for other purposes is governed by our Privacy Policy.
+- In addition, we may also use web beacons (or clear GIFs) and other similar technologies in addition to, or in combination with, cookies. A web beacon is typically a transparent graphic image (usually 1 pixel x 1 pixel) placed on a website or in an email. It helps us understand visitors' behavior on the Sites. More information on web beacons can be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/faqs/beacons.html.\*
+- More information on how to manage cookies is available from http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.\*
+- In addition, you may opt out of cookies by visiting the following sites and selecting which company cookies you would like to opt out from: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/#completed and http://www.youronlinechoices.com/.\*
+Session cookies are temporary cookies that are erased once you close your browser while persistent or permanent cookies stay on your device until you manually delete them or until your browser deletes them based on the duration period specified in the persistent cookie file.
+\* **Note**: Al Jazeera has no affiliation with, and is not responsible for, these third-party websites.
+More information on all aspects of cookies can be found on [www.allaboutcookies.org](https://www.allaboutcookies.org/).\*
+#### **How do I change my cookie settings?**
+Some categories of cookies are required as not having them will significantly affect your experience when browsing our websites. We have made these cookies mandatory for both EU and non-EU users for Essential, Performance and Functionality, and Analytics categories.
+You can change your cookie settings at any time, by going to the 'Cookie Preferences' at the bottom of each website and enabling or disabling the non-mandatory cookie categories. We recommend that you enable all cookie categories for the best experience on our websites.
+#### **Why do we use cookies?**
+**We may use cookies to:**
+- Distinguish between visitors.
+- Improve the use and the functionality of our website.
+- Tailor our website and products to your needs and preferences.
+- Process your purchase orders.
+- Analyse how our website is used and compile anonymous and aggregate statistics.
+We do not use the collected information to create visitor profiles.
+#### What types of cookies do we use?
+An overview of the cookies used on Al Jazeera websites can be accessed from 'Cookie Preferences' at the bottom of each website.
+Please note that the processing of your personal data in connection with cookies, and for other purposes, is governed by our [Privacy Policy](https://network.aljazeera.net/privacy/en).
+In addition, we may also use web beacons (or clear GIFs) and other similar technologies in addition to, or in combination with, cookies. A web beacon is typically a transparent graphic image (usually 1 pixel x 1 pixel) that is placed on a website or in an email and it helps us to understand the behaviour of visitors of our website. More information on web beacons can be found at [//www.allaboutcookies.org/faqs/beacons.html](https://www.allaboutcookies.org/faqs/beacons.html).\*
+#### How can you control cookies and web beacons?
+Most internet browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. Depending on your browser, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, or you can set it to refuse them. Please refer to the 'help' button (or similar) on your browser to learn more about how you can do this.
+Disabling cookies may impact your experience on our websites.
+If you use different devices to access our websites, you will need to ensure that each browser of each device is set to your cookie preference.
+More information on how to manage cookies is available from: [//www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/](https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/).\*
+In addition, you may opt-out from cookies by visiting the following sites and selecting which company cookies you would like to opt-out from: [//www.aboutads.info/choices/#completed](https://www.aboutads.info/choices/) and [//www.youronlinechoices.com/](https://www.youronlinechoices.com/).\*
+_\* Note: Al Jazeera has no affiliation with, and is not responsible for, these third-party websites._
+Version: v2.0