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Cookie Policy

Last Updated: October 22, 2025

1. 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 website owners.

Cookies allow websites to remember your actions and preferences (such as login details, language, font size, and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

2. How We Use Cookies

Hashoby Guru uses cookies for the following purposes:

  • Essential Website Functionality: To enable basic features like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website
  • Remembering Your Preferences: To store your cookie consent choices and other preferences
  • Understanding Site Usage: To help us understand how visitors use our website so we can improve the user experience
  • Performance Monitoring: To analyze website performance and identify technical issues

We do not use cookies for targeted advertising or tracking you across other websites.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. Without these cookies, services you have requested cannot be provided.

Examples:

  • Cookie consent preferences (remembering whether you accepted or rejected cookies)
  • Session management for form submissions
  • Security tokens to protect against fraudulent activity

Duration: These cookies are typically session-based (deleted when you close your browser) or persist for up to 1 year.

Can be disabled? No. These cookies cannot be disabled as they are necessary for the website to function.

3.2 Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and whether visitors receive error messages. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

Examples:

  • Page visit counters
  • Time spent on pages
  • Click patterns and navigation paths
  • Error logging for technical troubleshooting

Duration: Up to 2 years.

Can be disabled? Yes. You can disable these cookies through our cookie consent banner or your browser settings.

3.3 Functional Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference or region) and provide enhanced, more personalized features.

Examples:

  • Language preferences
  • Text size preferences
  • Customized layout settings

Duration: Up to 1 year.

Can be disabled? Yes. You can disable these cookies, but doing so may affect the functionality and personalization of the website.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Currently, we do not use third-party cookies on our website. In the future, we may integrate analytics services such as Google Analytics to better understand website traffic and user behavior.

If we introduce third-party services, we will:

  • Update this Cookie Policy to reflect the changes
  • Provide clear information about what data is collected and how it's used
  • Give you the option to consent to or reject third-party cookies
  • Ensure any third-party services comply with applicable data protection laws

Placeholder for Future Analytics: When implemented, analytics scripts will only load if you have provided consent for performance cookies through our cookie consent banner.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

We respect your right to control how cookies are used on our website. You have several options for managing cookies:

5.1 Using Our Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner with the following options:

  • Accept All: Accepts all cookie categories (strictly necessary, performance, and functional)
  • Reject Non-Essential: Accepts only strictly necessary cookies and rejects performance and functional cookies
  • Manage Preferences: Opens a modal where you can selectively enable or disable performance and functional cookies

Your choices are saved in your browser's local storage and will be remembered for future visits. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link in the website footer.

5.2 Deleting Cookies

If you want to remove cookies that have already been set, you can do so through your browser settings. Instructions for popular browsers are provided in the section below.

6. Browser Controls

All modern web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically find these options in the "Settings," "Options," or "Preferences" menu of your browser.

Common Browser Instructions:

  • Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
  • Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
  • Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
  • Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Cookies and site data
  • Opera: Settings > Privacy & security > Cookies

For detailed instructions, visit your browser's help documentation:

Note: If you disable or block all cookies, some parts of our website may not function properly, and you may need to manually adjust certain preferences each time you visit.