Cookie Policy

COOKIE POLICY

Effective Date: March 2026 | Last Updated: March 2026

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, to remember your preferences, and to provide website owners with analytical information about how visitors interact with their site.

Cookies do not contain personally identifiable information on their own, but they may be linked to personal data that you have previously provided. Our website (www.baderalsabbagh.com) uses cookies in accordance with this Cookie Policy and applicable data protection laws.

2. Why We Use Cookies

Dr. Bader AlSabbagh’s website uses cookies for the following purposes:

To ensure the website functions correctly and delivers content effectively.
To understand how visitors navigate and interact with our website.
To improve the performance, design, and overall user experience of the website.
To remember your browsing preferences during a session.
To analyse traffic patterns and engagement with professional content.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Cookie Type	Purpose	Duration
Strictly Necessary	Essential for the website to function properly. These cannot be disabled without affecting core functionality.	Session / Persistent
Performance & Analytics	Collect anonymised data on how visitors use the website (e.g., pages visited, time spent). Helps us improve website performance.	Up to 2 years
Functional	Remember your preferences and settings to provide a more personalised browsing experience.	Up to 1 year
Third Party	May be set by embedded content or external platforms (e.g., Google Analytics, social media plugins).	Varies

4. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential to enable you to navigate our website and use its features. Without these cookies, certain functions of the website would not be available. These cookies do not collect information that can be used for marketing purposes and do not remember where you have been on the internet.

Because these cookies are essential to the operation of the website, they cannot be switched off through our cookie management system.

5. Performance & Analytics Cookies

We use performance cookies to collect aggregated and anonymised information about how visitors use our website. This helps us understand which pages are most visited, how visitors navigate between pages, and whether they encounter any errors. This data is used solely to improve the functionality and content of our website.

We may use Google Analytics or similar analytics services for this purpose. These services may set their own cookies. Information generated by these cookies is transmitted to and stored by the service provider in accordance with their own privacy policies.

6. Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow our website to remember your choices and preferences (such as language or region) to provide enhanced and more personalised features. The information collected by these cookies is anonymised and cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

7. Third Party Cookies

Our website may include content embedded from third party platforms such as social media networks, video hosting services, or professional publication portals. These third parties may set their own cookies on your device. We do not control these cookies and are not responsible for how they are used. We encourage you to review the cookie and privacy policies of these third parties directly.

8. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have the right to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. Please be aware that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

8.1 Browser Settings

You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Below are links to guidance for common browsers:

Google Chrome: chrome://settings/cookies
Mozilla Firefox: about:preferences#privacy
Safari: Preferences > Privacy
Microsoft Edge: edge://settings/privacy

8.2 Opt Out Tools

For analytics cookies, you may opt out using the following tools:

Google Analytics Opt out: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Network Advertising Initiative: http://optout.networkadvertising.org

Please note that opting out of analytics cookies will not prevent you from using our website, but it will limit our ability to improve our service based on visitor behaviour.

9. Cookie Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, you will be presented with a cookie notice informing you of our use of cookies. By continuing to browse our website after being shown this notice, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy.

You may withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your browser settings or using the opt out tools listed above. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before your withdrawal.

10. Data Protection & Privacy

Any personal data collected through cookies is processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy, available on our website. We do not use cookie data to identify individual users personally, except where necessary and permitted by applicable law.

11. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our data practices. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. We recommend reviewing this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact:

Dr. Bader AlSabbagh
Email: lordcornel64@yahoo.com
Phone: +965 99506234