Cookie Policy
How we use cookies on nzf.org.uk
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience. Without some of these cookies, the website simply would not work. Other cookies perform functions like recognising you each time you visit the site or helping our team to understand which parts of the site you find most interesting and useful. Among other things, cookies allow you to log on to read articles and download PDFs from our archive.
This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them and what benefits they bring. The cookies we use are completely safe and secure. They cannot look into your computer, smartphone or web-enabled device and obtain information about you or your family or read any material kept on your hard drive.
Legislation requires websites to gain visitors’ consent to use certain cookies. Below, we have explained what cookies are, how we use them and what benefits they bring. You are not currently required to do anything, other than read our Cookie Policy to understand these changes
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Cookies Policy
Introduction
The National Zakat Foundation (NZF) is committed to protecting your personal information when you are using our website. We strive to make our website safe and enjoyable for you to use. We have created this separate cookies policy in order to provide comprehensive information about NZF’s use of cookies across its website.
This policy provides the following information for users:
- Information about cookies
- Types of Cookies
- How do we use cookies?
- Advertising on our websites
- Auditing Cookies on our websites
- Updating your Settings
- Contacting Us
- Information about cookies
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes a unique identifier that is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to here as a ‘device’) browser from a website’s server and is stored on your device’s hard drive. Each website or third party service provider used by the website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website or third party service provider to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites or other third party service providers. A cookie will contain some anonymous information such as a unique identifier and the site name and some digits and numbers. It allows a website to remember things like your preferences or what’s in your shopping basket.
What is a browser?
A browser is an application that allows you to surf the internet. The most common browsers are Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. Most browsers are secure and offer quick and easy ways to delete information like cookies. Please see the section below Change your Browser Settings’
What do cookies do?
Cookies record information about your online preferences and allow us to tailor the websites to your interests. Information supplied by cookies can help us to analyse your use of our sites and help us to provide you with a better user experience. For example, when you log in, certain details may be stored so that the next time you arrive on the NZF homepage it remembers you. This is a prime example of how cookies are used to improve your experience of a website
Change Your Browser Settings
You can choose how cookies are handled by your device via your browser settings. The most popular browsers allow users to a) accept all cookies, b) to notify you when a cookie is issued, or c) to not receive cookies at any time. If you choose not to receive cookies at any time, the website may not function properly and certain services will not be provided, spoiling your experience of the website. Each browser is different, so check the ‘Help’ menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
Types of Cookie
First Party Cookies
First party cookies are set by the website you are visiting and they can only be read by that site.
Third Party Cookies
Third party cookies are set by other organisations that we use for different services. For example, NZF uses external analytics services and these suppliers may set cookies on NZF’s behalf in order to report what’s popular and what’s not. The website you are visiting may also contain content embedded from, for example, YouTube or Flickr and these sites may set their own cookies.
Session Cookies
Session Cookies are stored only for the duration of your visit to a website and these are deleted from your device when your browsing session ends.
Persistent Cookies
This type of cookie is saved on your device for a fixed period. Persistent cookies are used where we need to know who you are for more than one usage session. For example, if you have asked us to remember preferences like your email or password.
Web beacons, clear GIFs, page tags and web bugs
These are all terms used to describe a particular form of technology implemented bymany websites in order to help them to analyse how their site is being used and, in turn, to improve your experience of their site. They may also be used to target any advertising being served on the web page you are viewing.
A web beacon (or similar) usually takes the form of a small, transparent image, which is embedded in a web page or an email. They are used in conjunction with cookies and send information such as your IP address, when you viewed the page or email, from what device and your (broad) location
How do we use cookies?
Cookies enable us to identify your device, or you when you have logged in. We use cookies that are strictly necessary to enable you to move around the site or to provide certain basic features. We use cookies to enhance the functionality of the website by storing your preferences, for example. We also use cookies to help us to improve the performance of our website to provide you with a better user experience.
Typically, we use cookies to deliver the following services throughout the pages of our websites:
- To enable us to recognise your device so you don’t have to give the same information repeatedly;
- To recognise that you may have requested that we remember your username and password so you don’t need to enter your details each time you visit the site;
- To ensure that if you are purchasing a product or service via our websites, your experience is smooth and secure;
- To record what people like and don’t like on the website and the popularity of various elements of the website so that we can ensure that it works properly at points of high usage.
- Our websites contain advertising and all advertising that is served on our websites will be clearly marked with the word ‘Advertisement’.
Analytics on our Websites
Google Analytics provide anonymised statistical information for us. They process IP addresses and information from cookies used on our sites so we know how many page views we have, how many users we have, what browsers they are using (so we can target our resources in the right way to maximise compatibility for the majority of our users) and, in some cases, in which country, city or region they are located. Importantly, this statistical information also allows us to determine how much we should charge for advertising, and if we are hitting our target audience. If we didn’t have these measurement tools to enable us to get our sums right on the advertising we would have less money to spend on improving our sites’ content.
If you would like to opt out of Analytics cookies, please do so by clicking on the links below: Google Analytics: www.tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Advertising Cookies on our Websites
On our website, we have integrated Google AdWords. Google AdWords is a service for Internet advertising that allows NZF to place ads in Google search engine results and the Google advertising network. The cookies accompanying the adverts allow Google and their partner advertisers to monitor the effectiveness of the ads (e.g. by using statistical analysis cookies).
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google in relation to the data that is collected and how it is used and with who it is shared please see Google’s Privacy & Terms site https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and their privacy policy at www.google.com/policies/privacy/ads/
Further Information
Please contact us if you would like more information on the cookies that we use and their purposes.
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