Cookie Policy
Last updated: August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how shariful.co.uk uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit the website.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device when you visit them. They can be used to help a website work correctly, remember preferences and provide information about how people use the site.
How I use cookies
I use cookies to support the basic running of the website and to better understand how visitors use my portfolio.
This includes analytics that help me understand things such as which pages are visited, how people navigate through the site and which content receives the most interest. This information helps me understand how the portfolio is being used and where the experience could be improved.
Essential cookies
Some cookies may be required for the website to function correctly. These are known as essential or strictly necessary cookies.
They may be used for things such as website security, remembering your cookie preferences and providing core website functionality.
Because these cookies are necessary for the website to operate, they cannot always be switched off.
Google Analytics
I use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with shariful.co.uk.
Google Analytics may collect information such as:
Pages visited
How visitors move between pages
Time spent on the website
General location information
Device and browser information
How visitors arrived at the website
This information gives me a better understanding of how people use the portfolio and helps me improve the content and overall website experience.
Google Analytics uses cookies including _ga and ga[ID] to distinguish visitors and maintain information about their sessions.
Analytics information is collected in aggregate and is not used by me to directly identify individual visitors.
Managing your cookie preferences
Where consent is required, optional analytics cookies will only be used after you have made your choice through the website's cookie controls.
You can choose whether to accept or reject optional cookies and can change your preferences later through the cookie settings available on the website.
You can also control and delete cookies through your web browser. Please be aware that disabling certain cookies may affect how some parts of the website work.
Third-party services
Some cookies and similar technologies may be provided by third-party services used by the website.
Google Analytics is provided by Google. Information collected through Google Analytics is processed in accordance with Google's own privacy and data protection practices.
If I add other services to the website in future that use cookies or similar tracking technologies, I will update this policy where appropriate.
Changes to this Cookie Policy
I may update this Cookie Policy if the website changes or if I introduce new tools or services that use cookies.
The latest version will always be available on this page.
Contact
If you have any questions about how cookies are used on this website, you can contact me at:
Shariful Sharif
shariful.co.uk
sharifulsharif@outlook.com