Cookie Policy
Last updated: February 2026
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better browsing experience, and give information to the owners of the site. Cookies help us remember your preferences, understand how you use our website, and deliver relevant content and advertisements.
2. How We Use Cookies
Students Hub uses cookies and similar technologies for several purposes. We categorize our cookies into three types based on their function: necessary cookies, analytics cookies, and advertising cookies. Each type serves a specific purpose in improving your experience on our platform.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic features like page navigation, secure login, language preferences, and theme settings. Without these cookies, the website cannot operate correctly. These cookies do not collect personal data and cannot be disabled.
Examples:
- NEXT_LOCALE: Stores your language preference (Arabic or English)
- Authentication tokens: Keeps you signed in securely
- Theme preference: Remembers your light/dark mode choice
- cookie_consent: Stores your cookie consent preferences
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. The data collected helps us improve our platform and user experience.
Services using analytics cookies:
- Google Analytics (GA4): Collects data about page views, session duration, user flow, and feature usage. Data is sent to Google for processing. Retention period: up to 14 months.
- Microsoft Clarity: Records session replays, heatmaps, and click patterns to help us understand user behavior. Data is sent to Microsoft for processing. Retention period: up to 13 months.
Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to display advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They also help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and limit the number of times you see an ad.
Services using advertising cookies:
- Google AdSense: Serves personalized or non-personalized ads based on your browsing history and interests. Data is shared with Google for ad targeting and measurement. Retention period: varies by cookie.
4. Google Consent Mode v2
We implement Google Consent Mode v2, which allows Google services (Analytics, AdSense, and Tag Manager) to respect your cookie consent choices. When you deny consent for analytics or advertising cookies, these services will operate in a limited mode that does not store cookies or collect personal identifiers. This ensures your preferences are respected across all Google services on our platform.
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can manage your cookie preferences in several ways:
Cookie Consent Banner: When you first visit our website, a banner will appear allowing you to accept all cookies, reject all optional cookies, or customize your preferences. Your choice is saved and remembered for future visits.
Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to block or delete cookies. However, blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
Google Ad Settings: You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings (adssettings.google.com).
Microsoft Clarity Opt-Out: You can opt out of Microsoft Clarity tracking by visiting Microsoft's privacy dashboard.
To update your cookie preferences on our site, clear the "cookie_consent" cookie from your browser and refresh the page. The consent banner will reappear.
6. Third-Party Cookies
The following third-party services may set cookies on your device:
- Google (Analytics, AdSense, Tag Manager): Google may set various cookies for analytics tracking and ad personalization. Learn more at policies.google.com/privacy.
- Microsoft (Clarity): Microsoft may set cookies for session recording and behavioral analytics. Learn more at privacy.microsoft.com.
We do not control third-party cookies. Please refer to the respective third-party privacy policies for more information about their cookie practices.
7. Cookie Retention
Cookie retention periods vary by type:
- Necessary cookies: Session-based or up to 1 year
- Cookie consent preferences: 1 year
- Google Analytics cookies: Up to 14 months
- Microsoft Clarity cookies: Up to 13 months
- Advertising cookies: Varies by provider and cookie type
8. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our data practices. The "Last updated" date at the top indicates when the policy was last revised.
9. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at: [email protected]