Cookie Policy

1. About this policy

This Cookie Policy explains how baknet.io uses cookies and similar technologies (such as local storage and pixels), and the choices available to you. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy. It reflects the requirements of the EU ePrivacy Directive and GDPR, the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and UK GDPR, the India DPDP Act, the UAE PDPL, and the notice and opt-out requirements of applicable US state privacy laws.

2. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They may be “session” cookies, deleted when you close your browser, or “persistent” cookies, which remain for a set period. Cookies set by us are “first-party”; cookies set by other domains are “third-party”.

3. The cookies this site uses

We deliberately run this website with a minimal cookie footprint. We currently use only strictly necessary, first-party cookies:

• wordpress_test_cookie (session): set to check that your browser accepts cookies so core site functions work.
• wp-settings / wp-settings-time (persistent, up to 1 year): set only for logged-in site administrators to remember interface preferences. Ordinary visitors do not receive these.
• Security and load-management cookies that our hosting provider may set to protect the site against abuse (for example bot mitigation). These are strictly necessary for security.

We do not currently use analytics, advertising, social media or any other non-essential cookies, and we set no third-party tracking cookies. Our contact form does not set tracking cookies.

4. Consent and lawful basis

Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent under the ePrivacy Directive, PECR and equivalent laws, and they are used on the basis of our legitimate interest in operating a secure, functioning website. If we introduce any non-essential cookies in the future (for example privacy-respecting analytics), we will first present a consent banner that lets you accept or decline them freely, records your choice, and allows you to change or withdraw it at any time, as required by the GDPR, UK GDPR, DPDP Act and UAE PDPL. This policy and its effective date will be updated at the same time.

5. Your choices

• Browser controls. All major browsers let you block or delete cookies and to warn you before cookies are set. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of this site from functioning.
• Global Privacy Control. Where applicable US state law requires it, we treat a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal from your browser as a valid opt-out of any sale or sharing of personal information. As stated in our Privacy Policy, we do not sell or share personal information in any event.
• Do Not Track. Because we run no tracking, there is nothing on this site for a Do Not Track signal to disable.

6. Similar technologies

Our pages may use browser local storage for purely functional purposes, such as remembering a dismissed notice. No personal profile is built from this data and it never leaves your device.

7. Changes

If our use of cookies changes, this page will be updated before the change takes effect, with a revised effective date and version number, and consent will be sought where the law requires it.

8. Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to contact@baknet.io, marked “Data Protection Request”. For India DPDP Act matters, mark your message “Attention: Grievance Officer”.