Cookie Policy
Last updated: June 2025
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device on future visits and remember certain information about your preferences or actions.
Similar technologies such as pixels, web beacons and local storage work in comparable ways and are also covered by this policy. We refer to all of these collectively as ‘cookies’ throughout this document.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function correctly. They do not require your consent. Without these cookies, the website cannot operate as intended. For example, our cookie consent cookie is strictly necessary — it stores your preferences so we do not ask for consent on every page.
Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and understand how visitors use our website. They help us understand which pages are most visited, how long visitors stay, and where they come from. This data is aggregated and anonymous. We use Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity for this purpose. These cookies require your consent.
Marketing and Conversion Cookies
These cookies track the effectiveness of our advertising. They help us understand whether visitors who clicked on our Google Ads went on to submit an enquiry. The data is used solely to measure campaign performance and improve our advertising spend. These cookies require your consent.
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable enhanced functionality on the website. We use a WhatsApp chat widget that may set functional cookies to maintain your chat session. If you choose not to accept these cookies, the chat widget may not function correctly. These cookies require your consent.
3. Cookies We Use
The following table lists all cookies currently in use on soharon.com:
Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration | Type |
_ga | Registers a unique ID to generate statistics about how visitors use the website | 2 years | Analytics | |
_ga_* | Used by Google Analytics to persist session state | 2 years | Analytics | |
_gid | Registers a unique ID to generate statistics. Used to throttle request rate | 24 hours | Analytics | |
_gat | Used to throttle the request rate to Google Analytics | 1 minute | Analytics | |
_gcl_au | Used by Google Ads to store and track conversions across the website | 90 days | Marketing | |
_gcl_aw | Stores information about Google Ads click data for conversion measurement | 90 days | Marketing | |
IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report user actions on the website for conversion tracking | 1 year | Marketing | |
_clck | Microsoft | Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site, on the browser for 1 year | 1 year | Analytics |
_clsk | Microsoft | Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording | 1 day | Analytics |
CLID | Microsoft | Identifies the first time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity | 1 year | Analytics |
ANONCHK | Microsoft | Used to check if cookies can be set. Does not store personal data | 10 minutes | Analytics |
wa_* | WhatsApp / Meta | Set by WhatsApp chat widget. Used to maintain session and widget state | Session | Functional |
cookieconsent_status | Soharon (1st party) | Stores your cookie consent preference so the banner does not show on every page visit | 1 year | Necessary |
4. How Google Analytics Works
Google Analytics collects information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit, how long you spend on each page, and what you clicked on. This data is anonymous and cannot be used to identify you personally. We use this data to improve our website and user experience.
Google Analytics data is processed by Google LLC and may be transferred to servers outside your country. For more information, see Google’s Privacy Policy at policies.google.com/privacy.
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
5. How Microsoft Clarity Works
Microsoft Clarity records how visitors interact with our website, including mouse movements, clicks and scrolling behaviour. This creates session recordings that help us understand usability issues and improve the website. The recordings are anonymised and do not capture passwords or payment information.
Clarity data is processed by Microsoft Corporation. For more information, see Microsoft’s Privacy Policy at privacy.microsoft.com.
6. How Google Ads Conversion Tracking Works
When you click on one of our Google Ads and subsequently submit a contact form on our website, a conversion cookie is set. This tells us that the click resulted in an enquiry. The data is used only to measure advertising performance. It does not identify you personally.
7. The WhatsApp Chat Widget
Our website includes a WhatsApp chat button that allows you to contact us directly on WhatsApp. Clicking this button may open a WhatsApp conversation and set functional cookies related to the widget session. Meta Platforms (WhatsApp) may process data in connection with this feature according to their own privacy policy at whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy.
8. Your Cookie Choices
Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit soharon.com, a cookie consent banner will appear. You can choose to accept all cookies, accept only necessary cookies, or customise your preferences. Your choice is stored in a cookie so we do not ask again on subsequent visits.
Changing Your Preferences
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the cookie settings link in the footer of our website. You can withdraw consent you have previously given or update your choices.
Browser Controls
You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- See what cookies are stored and delete them individually
- Block third-party cookies
- Block cookies from specific websites
- Block all cookies from being set
- Delete all cookies when you close your browser
Please be aware that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of our website and other websites you visit. For guidance on how to manage cookies in your specific browser, visit the help section of your browser or allaboutcookies.org.
Opt-Out Tools
You can opt out of interest-based advertising from Google at adssettings.google.com. You can opt out of Microsoft advertising cookies at account.microsoft.com/privacy.
9. Do We Use Cookies to Identify You
Analytics and marketing cookies collect data in an aggregated and anonymised form. They do not collect your name, email address or any other directly identifying information unless you have voluntarily provided it (for example, by submitting our contact form).
The contact form data you submit is handled separately from cookies. Please see our Privacy Policy at soharon.com/privacy-policy for full details of how we process contact form data.
10. Third Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website are set by third-party services we use, such as Google and Microsoft. We do not control the cookies set by these third parties. Their use of cookies is governed by their own privacy and cookie policies, which we link to throughout this document.
11. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time as we change the tools we use or as regulations change. When we update this policy, we will change the date at the top of this page. If we make significant changes to how we use cookies, we will display a notice on our website.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about how we use cookies, please contact us:
Email info@soharon.com
Website soharon.com/cookie-policy
Company Soharon Infotech FZ LLC
