Cookie Policy

🍪 1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other internet-enabled device when you visit a website. They are widely used across the internet to make websites work more efficiently, to remember your preferences, and to provide website owners with analytical information about how their sites are used.

Cookies are not programs — they cannot carry viruses, install malware, or access any files on your device. They simply store small pieces of text data that allow websites to recognise your device and remember certain information about your visit.

There are several important distinctions in how cookies work:

• Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that exist only for the duration of your browser session. They are automatically deleted from your device when you close your browser. They are used to maintain continuity during a single browsing session.
• Persistent Cookies: Cookies that remain stored on your device for a set period of time — or until you manually delete them. They allow a website to recognise you when you return in a future visit.
• First-Party Cookies: Cookies set directly by the website you are visiting — in this case, by 24paktimes.online. These are used to improve your experience on our own platform.
• Third-Party Cookies: Cookies set by external services and partners whose content or functionality is embedded on our website — such as Google AdSense, Google Analytics, or social media plugins. These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies.

🎯 2. Why We Use Cookies

24PakTimes uses cookies for a number of important and legitimate purposes. Without certain cookies, this website would not function correctly. Here is an honest overview of why we use them:

• Essential Website Operation: Some cookies are strictly necessary for our website to function. They enable core features like page navigation, security, and access to protected areas of the site. Without these, the website cannot work properly.
• Performance & Analytics: We use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with our website — which pages are most visited, how long readers stay, where they come from, and which articles generate the most engagement. This data helps us improve our content and user experience.
• Advertising via Google AdSense: We display advertisements through Google AdSense. Google uses cookies to serve ads that are relevant to your interests based on your browsing history. This is how we generate revenue to fund our independent journalism — at no cost to our readers.
• Functionality & Preferences: Functional cookies remember your preferences — such as your preferred language or region — so you do not have to set them every time you visit. They make your experience smoother and more personalised.
• Social Media Integration: Where social media sharing buttons or embedded content appears on our pages, those platforms may set their own cookies to track your interaction with their features.

📂 3. Types of Cookies We Use

We categorise all cookies used on 24PakTimes into four types. Here is a clear breakdown of each category, what it does, and whether your consent is required:

📋 4. Cookie Reference Table

The following table provides a detailed reference of the specific cookies used on 24PakTimes, their purpose, duration, and category:

📢 5. Google AdSense & Advertising Cookies

24PakTimes is a participant in the Google AdSense programme, which allows Google to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies and web beacons to serve relevant, personalised ads to our readers based on their browsing history and interests across the web.

Here is exactly what you need to know about how Google AdSense uses cookies on our platform:

• Personalised Advertising: Google uses the DoubleClick cookie and other advertising cookies to serve ads based on your past visits to our website and other sites across the internet. This is sometimes called “interest-based advertising” or “remarketing.”
• Ad Performance Tracking: Google AdSense cookies allow Google to track ad impressions, clicks, and conversion events — helping advertisers understand the performance of their campaigns.
• No Personally Identifiable Information: Google’s advertising cookies do not collect your name, email address, or other directly identifiable personal information. They identify your browser and device using anonymous identifiers.
• Google’s Privacy Policy: The collection and use of information by Google through AdSense cookies is governed entirely by Google’s Privacy Policy.
• Opt Out of Personalised Ads: You can opt out of Google’s use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings page, or by visiting aboutads.info.

🌐 6. Third-Party Cookies & Services

In addition to our own cookies, 24PakTimes uses a number of trusted third-party services that may also set cookies on your device when you visit our website. We list all active third-party services below, along with direct links to their respective privacy and cookie policies so you can review them independently:

⚙️ 7. How to Manage & Control Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies. 24PakTimes respects your right to privacy and provides you with several ways to manage your cookie preferences:

• 1

  Cookie Consent Banner

  When you first visit 24PakTimes, a cookie consent banner will be displayed. You can use this to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customise your preferences by category. You can revisit and update your choices at any time.

• 2

  Browser Settings

  You can control and manage cookies directly through your web browser settings. Most browsers allow you to view existing cookies, block all cookies, block third-party cookies only, or delete cookies when you close your browser. See Section 8 below for step-by-step browser instructions.

• 3

  Google Ads Settings

  To opt out of personalised Google advertising specifically, visit google.com/settings/ads. You can turn off personalised ads entirely or manage which ad categories are used to target you.

• 4

  Industry Opt-Out Tools

  You can opt out of interest-based advertising from multiple companies simultaneously by visiting aboutads.info/choices (US) or youronlinechoices.com (EU/UK). These tools allow you to opt out of participating ad networks with one click.

• 5

  Mobile Device Settings

  On mobile devices, you can limit ad tracking through your device settings. On iOS, go to Settings → Privacy → Tracking and disable “Allow Apps to Request to Track.” On Android, go to Settings → Google → Ads and enable “Opt out of Ads Personalisation.”

🌐 8. Browser-Specific Cookie Instructions

The process for managing cookies varies by browser. Here are direct links to the official cookie management instructions for the most widely used browsers. Click the link for your browser to learn exactly how to manage, block, or delete cookies:

• Google Chrome: support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 — Manage cookies, clear cookies, block cookies from specific sites.
• Mozilla Firefox: support.mozilla.org — Firefox Cookie Settings — View, delete, and block cookies in Firefox.
• Apple Safari (Mac & iOS): support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265 — Manage cookies and website data on Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
• Microsoft Edge: support.microsoft.com — Edge Cookie Settings — Delete, block, and manage cookies in Edge.
• Opera: help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences — Manage cookie settings in the Opera browser.
• Samsung Internet (Android): Navigate to Settings → Privacy → Smart Anti-Tracking, or Settings → Sites and Downloads → Delete Browsing Data to manage cookies on Samsung’s mobile browser.

🚫 9. Do Not Track (DNT) Signals

Some web browsers include a “Do Not Track” (DNT) feature that sends a signal to websites requesting that they do not track your online activity. At this time, there is no universal technical standard for how websites must respond to DNT signals, and not all advertising and analytics platforms honour them consistently.

24PakTimes currently does not alter its data collection or cookie practices in response to DNT browser signals. However, we are committed to respecting your privacy preferences through the cookie management tools described in Section 7 of this policy.

We will continue to monitor developments in DNT standards and update our practices accordingly if a universally recognised standard is established. In the meantime, we strongly encourage you to use the opt-out tools and browser settings described in Sections 7 and 8 to manage your privacy preferences effectively.

👦 10. Children & Cookies

24PakTimes is a news and information platform intended for a general adult audience. Our website is not directed at, designed for, or intended for use by children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13 through our cookies or any other means. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided personal information to us or that cookies have been placed on their device through our website, please contact us immediately at contact@24paktimes.online and we will take prompt action to address your concern.

Google AdSense, which serves advertisements on our website, also prohibits the targeting of personalised advertising to children under 13. For more information, see Google’s Privacy Policy.

🔄 11. Changes to This Cookie Policy

24PakTimes reserves the right to update, amend, or revise this Cookie Policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal obligations, or regulatory requirements. When we make material changes to this policy, the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page will be revised accordingly.

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and what your rights are. Your continued use of 24paktimes.online following the posting of any changes to this policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

For significant changes that materially affect how advertising cookies are used on our platform — particularly in relation to Google AdSense — we may provide a notice on our homepage or update our cookie consent banner to prompt you to review and re-confirm your preferences.

📧 12. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Cookie Policy — or about how 24PakTimes handles your data more broadly — please do not hesitate to contact our team. We aim to respond to all privacy-related enquiries within 2 business days.