COOKIE POLICY
How this site uses cookies
This Cookie Policy explains how El Mahdi Khiyat ("I", "me", "this site") uses cookies and similar technologies on elmahdikhiyat.com. It describes what these technologies are, why I use them, and the choices you have.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make sites work, to remember preferences, and to give the site owner information about how visitors use the site. Cookies set by the site you visit are "first-party" cookies; cookies set by other organisations are "third-party" cookies
Essential vs non-essential cookies
Essential cookies are necessary for the site to function and cannot be switched off. Non-essential cookies (analytics and behavioural measurement) are only placed with your consent. You can accept or refuse them at any time.
How I ask for your consent
When you first visit, a cookie banner lets you Accept or Refuse non-essential cookies. No non-essential cookie is placed before you make a choice. This site uses Google Consent Mode: if you refuse, analytics tools run in a limited, cookieless mode that cannot identify you. You can withdraw or change your consent at any time by clicking "Cookie settings" in the footer, which reopens the banner. (The separate "Cookie Policy" link in the footer opens this page.)
The cookies and tools this site uses
Google Tag Manager (Google). Used only to load and manage the tools below. Google Tag Manager does not set tracking cookies of its own. See Google's privacy policy.
Google Analytics 4 (Google), consent required. Measures how visitors use the site (pages viewed, downloads, form submissions) to help me improve it.
_ga: distinguishes visitors. Duration: 2 years._ga_5XN41NN9X5: persists session state for this site's GA4 property. Duration: 2 years.
Contentsquare (Contentsquare SA) behavioural analytics, consent required. Provides heatmaps and session replay to understand how visitors interact with the pages.
_cs_id: anonymous user identifier for behavioural statistics. Duration: 13 months._cs_s: session cookie (visit frequency and duration). Duration: session (expires ~30 minutes after the last activity)._cs_c: stores whether you consented to being tracked. Duration: 13 months.
See Contentsquare's privacy policy.
Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft) behavioural analytics, consent required. Provides heatmaps and session replay, similar to the above.
_clck: persists the Clarity user ID and preferences. Duration: 1 year._clsk: connects page views into a single session recording. Duration: 1 day.CLID: identifies the first time Clarity saw this user on any Clarity site. Duration: 1 year.ANONCHK: checks whether a Microsoft browser ID is passed to an advertising cookie (always set to 0 for Clarity). Duration: 10 minutes.MUID: Microsoft user identifier used for analytics. Duration: 1 year.
See Microsoft's privacy statement.
Framer (Framer) hosting. This site is hosted on Framer. Framer's built-in analytics is cookieless and does not identify visitors, so it requires no consent. Some strictly necessary cookies may be set for security and functionality.
Managing your cookies
Beyond the banner, you can control cookies through your browser settings (block or delete existing cookies). Blocking essential cookies may affect how the site works.
Changes to this policy
I may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in the tools I use or in the law. The "Last updated" date above shows the latest revision.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Reach me at elmahdikhiyat@gmail.com.