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Cookie Policy
Last Updated: 10 April 2025 | Effective: 10 April 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how Benih Wasiat ("we", "us", "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website at benihwas.biz. We have written this policy to be straightforward and clear, as we believe you deserve to understand how your visit to our website is recorded.
By continuing to use our website after being presented with a cookie notice, you consent to cookies being placed on your device in the manner described below. You may withdraw or adjust this consent at any time.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device — computer, tablet, or mobile phone — when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device on subsequent visits or during a single session, and to retain certain preferences or states. Cookies do not contain executable code and cannot access other data on your device.
Similar technologies such as web beacons, pixels, and local storage objects serve related purposes and are covered by this policy unless stated otherwise.
2. Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- To operate the website correctly — some cookies are necessary for the site to function and cannot be disabled without affecting your experience.
- To remember your preferences — for example, whether you have acknowledged the cookie notice on a previous visit.
- To understand how visitors use the website — analytics cookies help us see which pages are visited most, where visitors arrive from, and how long they stay. This information helps us improve the site.
- To support our marketing — we use third-party tracking pixels (such as those provided by Meta/Facebook, Google, and Microsoft) to measure the effectiveness of our communications and, where appropriate, to show relevant content to people who have visited our website.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
The table below describes the categories of cookies we place on this website and their purpose.
| Category | Purpose | Duration | Can You Refuse? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | Enable core site functions such as navigation and form submission. The site cannot function properly without these. | Session or up to 1 year | No — these are essential for the site to work. |
| Preference / Functional | Remember choices you have made, such as acknowledging our cookie notice. Improves your experience on return visits. | Up to 1 year | Yes — via your browser settings or our cookie banner. |
| Analytics / Performance | Collect anonymised data on how visitors use the site — pages visited, traffic sources, session duration. We use this data to improve content and structure. | Up to 2 years | Yes — decline via our cookie banner or browser settings. |
| Marketing / Tracking | Placed by third-party services (Google Ads, Meta Pixel, Microsoft Advertising) to track visits and measure the effectiveness of our advertising. May also be used to show relevant content on other platforms. | Up to 2 years | Yes — decline via our cookie banner or browser settings. |
4. Third-Party Cookies and Services
Some cookies on our website are placed by third parties whose services we use. We do not control how these services collect or use data. We recommend reviewing their respective privacy and cookie policies for full details.
Google Analytics and Google Ads
We use Google Analytics to understand website traffic and visitor behaviour. We also use Google Ads conversion tracking to measure enquiries from advertising campaigns. Google may use this information in accordance with their own privacy policy, available at policies.google.com/privacy.
Meta (Facebook) Pixel
The Meta Pixel allows us to measure the reach of our content and the effectiveness of communications on Meta platforms. Information collected by this pixel is subject to Meta's Data Policy, available at facebook.com/privacy/explanation.
Microsoft Advertising (Bing Pixel)
Microsoft Advertising tracking helps us understand how visitors from Bing search advertising interact with our website. Microsoft's privacy statement is available at privacy.microsoft.com.
Google Maps
Our homepage uses an embedded Google Maps frame to display our office location. Google may set cookies when this frame loads. Google's cookie policy applies to this content.
5. Specific Cookies We Place
The following first-party cookies may be set when you visit our website:
| Cookie Name | Category | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
bw_cookie_consent |
Preference | Records whether you have acknowledged our cookie notice, to avoid showing the notice on each visit. | 1 year |
_ga |
Analytics | Distinguishes users in Google Analytics. Contains a randomly generated identifier. | 2 years |
_ga_* |
Analytics | Maintains session state for Google Analytics 4. | 2 years |
_fbp |
Marketing | Used by Meta/Facebook to deliver advertising and track conversions. | 3 months |
_uetsid |
Marketing | Used by Microsoft Advertising to track visits for conversion measurement. | 1 day |
_uetvid |
Marketing | Used by Microsoft Advertising to identify returning visitors. | 13 months |
6. Managing and Withdrawing Consent
You have several options for managing cookies:
Using our cookie notice
When you first visit our website, a notice is displayed at the bottom of the page. You may acknowledge and accept cookies or close the notice. If you wish to change your cookie preferences, you may clear your browser's local storage data (see your browser's help documentation) and revisit the site.
Through your browser settings
Most browsers allow you to view, delete, and block cookies through their settings. Please note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of this and other websites. The links below provide guidance for common browsers:
Opting out of third-party tracking
You may also limit third-party tracking through the following opt-out tools:
- Google Analytics opt-out: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
- Meta advertising preferences: facebook.com/ads/preferences
- Microsoft opt-out: account.microsoft.com/privacy/ad-settings
7. Cookies and Personal Data
Some cookies, particularly analytics and marketing cookies, may be considered personal data under the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) of Malaysia, as they can be used to identify individual devices or, in combination with other data, individual persons. We handle such data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
We do not sell cookie data to third parties. Where data is shared with service providers such as Google or Meta, it is for the purposes described in this policy and subject to appropriate data processing agreements.
8. Cookies Placed by Embedded Content
Our website may include embedded content from third parties (for example, a Google Maps frame). This content may place additional cookies from those third parties. We have no control over the cookies set by embedded third-party content and recommend reviewing their respective cookie policies.
9. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, the services we engage, or applicable legal requirements. When we make changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, please contact us:
Benih Wasiat
Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, 88300 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +60 88-362 9471
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