# Cookie Policy — Al Shukran

> The cookies and local storage this site uses: what our hosting and security provider may set, the sound preference kept on your device, and how to manage both.

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# Cookie Policy

The site sets no cookies of its own. This page explains the small amount that our providers may add, and the one preference stored on your device.

Last updated — 13 November 2026

## 1. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files that a website asks your browser to store. They are often used to keep you signed in, to remember settings, or to measure traffic. Related technologies, such as local storage, let a site store a small value on your device without sending it back with every request.

## 2. Cookies on this site

We do not set cookies for sign-in, preferences, analytics or advertising, and the site loads no third-party scripts.

Our hosting and security provider sits in front of the site and may set a cookie when it checks that a request is genuine, for example during a security challenge or under heavy load. That cookie exists to keep the site online and to block abuse. It is not used for advertising, and it does not follow you to other websites. We do not publish its name or lifetime, because our provider controls both and can change them.

## 3. Local storage

The site stores one value in your browser's local storage, under the key `alshukran:sound`. It remembers whether you switched the ambient sound on or off, so the site does not start playing unexpectedly on your next visit.

- It stays on your device and is never sent to us.
- It is used only for that preference, not for tracking.
- Clearing site data in your browser removes it.

If your browser blocks storage, the site still works; it simply will not remember the setting.

## 4. Links to other sites

The site links to GitHub and to HLVaults. Once you follow a link, you are on another company's site, which may set its own cookies. Those cookies are covered by that site's cookie and privacy policies, not by this one.

## 5. Managing cookies and storage

You can review, block or delete cookies and site data in your browser's settings. Blocking the security cookie may mean a check runs more often, but the content stays readable. Blocking local storage only means the sound setting is forgotten.

We use no cookies for analytics or advertising, so there is no consent banner on this site and nothing for you to accept or refuse.

## 6. Changes and contact

If we start using cookies of our own, or change how the site uses them, we will update this page and ask for your consent where the law requires it. Questions can go through the [contact form](https://alshukran.com/#contact), or see our [Privacy Policy](https://alshukran.com/privacy) and [Terms of Service](https://alshukran.com/terms).

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Source: https://alshukran.com/cookies/