Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.

Cookies allow websites to remember your preferences, such as language settings, login information, and other customizations. They also help website owners understand how their sites are being used and how to improve the user experience.

2. How We Use Cookies

Ministry Of Search uses cookies to:

• Understand how visitors use our website
• Analyze website traffic and user behavior
• Improve our website's functionality and performance
• Remember your preferences for future visits
• Ensure our website works properly across different browsers and devices

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our website. These cookies help us understand:

• Which pages are most popular
• How long visitors spend on our site
• Where our visitors come from
• How visitors navigate through our site
• What devices and browsers are used to access our site

This information is collected anonymously and helps us improve our website and services.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google.

Google Analytics cookies include:

• _ga: Used to distinguish users (expires after 2 years)
• _ga_[ID]: Used to persist session state (expires after 2 years)
• _gid: Used to distinguish users (expires after 24 hours)
• _gat: Used to throttle request rate (expires after 1 minute)

You can find more information about Google Analytics cookies in Google's documentation.

5. Cookie Duration

Cookies can be either "session" cookies or "persistent" cookies:

• Session cookies: These are temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser
• Persistent cookies: These remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them

Most of our cookies are persistent cookies that help us understand how you use our website over time.

6. Managing Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:

• Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
• Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data
• Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Cookies and site data

Google Analytics Opt-out

You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

7. Impact of Disabling Cookies

If you choose to disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly. Specifically:

• We won't be able to remember your preferences
• Some pages may load more slowly
• Certain interactive features may not work correctly
• We won't be able to analyze how you use our site to improve it

8. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top.

9. Contact Us

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