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Cookie Policy
How Hinka AI uses cookies and similar technologies to improve your experience on our platform.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide information to website owners. Hinka AI uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience on our platform.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our platform. They enable core functionality such as user authentication, session management, and security features. Without these cookies, the platform cannot function properly. These cookies do not require consent.
Preference Cookies: These cookies remember your choices and preferences, such as your selected language (Arabic, English, or Kurdish), display settings, and region preference (Federal Iraq or Kurdistan Region). They help us provide a personalized experience.
Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors use our platform by collecting anonymous, aggregated data. We use this information to improve our platform’s performance, user experience, and content relevance.
Functionality Cookies: These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your recent legal queries and search history to provide faster and more relevant results.
3. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to maintain your login session so you do not need to re-authenticate on each visit. We also use them to remember your language preference across sessions, ensuring you always see the platform in your preferred language.
Analytics cookies help us understand which legal topics are most frequently searched, which features are most used, and how we can improve the overall platform experience for users across Iraq.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Hinka AI may use limited third-party cookies from trusted service providers for analytics and platform performance monitoring. These third-party providers are bound by contractual obligations to protect your data. We do not allow third-party advertising cookies on our platform, and we do not share cookie data with advertisers.
5. Cookie Duration
Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser. They are used for essential functions like maintaining your login session.
Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a set period (typically 30 days to 12 months) or until you manually delete them. They are used for preferences and analytics purposes.
6. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies, or set preferences for specific websites. Please note that blocking essential cookies may prevent the platform from functioning correctly.
To manage cookies, access your browser’s settings or preferences menu and look for the privacy or cookies section. Each browser has different procedures for managing cookie settings.
7. Cookie-Free Alternatives
If you prefer not to use cookies, you can still access basic legal information on our platform. However, some features such as personalized search history, language preferences, and saved queries may not be available without cookies enabled.
8. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable regulations. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
9. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at privacy@hinka.ai or visit our Contact page.