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Cookie Policy

Last Updated: 20 March 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how Qilin Counsel uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website at qilin-counsel.blog. It describes what cookies are, which ones we use, why we use them, and how you can manage your preferences.

This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains more broadly how we handle personal information.

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website when you visit it. They allow the website to remember certain information about your visit — such as your language preference or whether you have dismissed a notice — and to understand, in aggregate, how visitors use the site.

Cookies may be session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) or persistent cookies (which remain on your device for a set period, or until you delete them). They may be set by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies) or by third-party services embedded in the page.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a small number of purposes, described below. We do not use cookies to build advertising profiles, track you across other websites, or sell data to third parties.

2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for the website to function. They cannot be disabled. They include cookies that record your cookie consent decision and maintain session continuity where relevant.

2.2 Functional Cookies

These cookies remember preferences you have set — such as dismissing a notice — so that you are not asked again on subsequent visits. They improve the experience without collecting personally identifiable information for tracking purposes.

2.3 Analytics Cookies

With your consent, we use analytics tools to understand how visitors move through our site — which pages are visited most often, how long people spend reading certain sections, and where visitors tend to arrive from. This information is collected in aggregate and is used only to help us improve the content and structure of the site. It is never used to identify individual visitors.

Where we use third-party analytics tools, we configure them to anonymise IP addresses before any data is stored.

3. Cookies We Use

The table below lists the specific cookies that may be set on your device when you visit our website.

Cookie Name Type Duration Purpose
qc_cookie_consent Necessary 12 months Records whether you have accepted or declined optional cookies, so the consent notice is not shown on every visit.
qc_session Necessary Session Maintains basic session continuity. Expires when you close your browser.
qc_notice_dismissed Functional 6 months Records that you have dismissed an informational notice so it does not reappear.
_ga Analytics 2 years Google Analytics. Distinguishes unique visitors. Set only if you consent to analytics cookies.
_ga_* Analytics 2 years Google Analytics 4. Used to persist session state. Set only with your consent.
_gid Analytics 24 hours Google Analytics. Distinguishes users. Set only with your consent.

We periodically review and update this list. The table reflects our current cookie use as of the date noted at the top of this page.

4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several ways to control how cookies are used on your device.

4.1 Our Consent Panel

When you first visit our website, a notice gives you the option to accept or decline optional cookies (functional and analytics). You may change your preference at any time by clearing the qc_cookie_consent cookie from your browser, which will cause the notice to reappear on your next visit.

Cookie Preference Categories

Strictly Necessary Always On Required for the website to function correctly. Cannot be disabled.
Functional Optional Remembers your preferences to improve your experience on return visits.
Analytics Optional Helps us understand how visitors use the site, in aggregate and anonymised form.

4.2 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies through their settings. The method varies by browser; guidance is available from each browser's help documentation:

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functioning of the website. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be blocked through our own system, though your browser may still be configured to block them.

4.3 Third-Party Opt-Out Tools

If you wish to opt out of Google Analytics specifically, Google offers a browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This prevents the Google Analytics script from sending data about your visits.

5. Cookies and Personal Data

Some cookies used for analytics involve the collection of data that may, in combination with other information, identify you as an individual — such as an IP address. We treat such data in accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) of Hong Kong. Where analytics services process data outside Hong Kong, we ensure adequate contractual protections are in place.

For full information on how we handle personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time — for instance, if we add or remove a third-party service, or if legal requirements change. When we make changes, we update the date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review it periodically.

Continued use of our website after any changes constitutes your acknowledgement of the updated policy.

7. Contact Us

If you have questions about how we use cookies, or about this policy, please write to us at [email protected]. We will endeavour to respond within ten working days.

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