Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website when you visit it. They are widely used to make websites function efficiently and to provide information to the website owner. Cookies do not contain executable code and cannot carry viruses or install software on your device.

Cookies may be set either by the website you are visiting ("first-party cookies") or by third-party services embedded in that website ("third-party cookies"). They may persist for the duration of your browser session only ("session cookies") or for a defined period after you close the browser ("persistent cookies").

Rokan Gazette uses cookies to support the functioning of the Website, to understand how readers engage with content, and to remember your cookie consent preferences. The Publication does not use cookies for advertising targeting, behavioural profiling, or cross-site tracking.

3.1 Essential Cookies (Strictly Necessary)

These cookies are required for the Website to function. They cannot be disabled without affecting the Website's basic operations. No consent is required for these cookies under UK GDPR.

3.2 Analytics Cookies (Performance)

These cookies collect anonymised information about how visitors use the Website — which pages are visited most frequently, how long visitors stay, and where they navigate from. The data is aggregated and does not identify individual visitors. Your consent is required before these cookies are set.

3.3 Third-Party Functional Cookies

Certain third-party services embedded in the Website may set their own cookies. These are described below. The Publication has no direct control over the cookies set by third-party providers.

4.1 Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit the Website, a cookie consent banner is displayed. You may accept all cookies, accept only selected categories, or accept essential cookies only. Your choice is recorded in a cookie (rk_cookie_consent) and applied for twelve months, after which the banner will reappear.

To revisit your cookie preferences at any time, click the Cookie Settings link in the footer of any page.

4.2 Browser-Level Controls

All modern browsers allow you to view, manage, and delete cookies through the browser's settings. Deleting cookies may affect the functioning of some Website features, including the storage of your consent preferences.

• Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
• Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data

4.3 Opt-Out of Google Analytics

You may opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. This applies regardless of the cookie choices made on this Website.

Essential cookies are deployed on the basis of the Publication's legitimate interest in providing a functioning website. No consent is required for these cookies.

Analytics and functional third-party cookies are deployed only upon your explicit consent via the cookie banner. This consent may be withdrawn at any time as described in Section 4.1 above.

The Publication complies with the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and UK GDPR in relation to the use of cookies.

The Publication may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, law, or how the Website functions. Changes are published on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Where changes are significant, the cookie consent banner will be re-displayed to allow you to review and re-confirm your preferences.

For questions about this Cookie Policy or the Publication's use of cookies, write to:

Rokan Gazette
53 Tompion Street, London EC1V 0BE, United Kingdomdom
London EC1M 6EJ
United Kingdom
[email protected]