KhaleejExpat (https://khaleejexpat.com) is an independent informational website for expatriates living in the Gulf. This Privacy Policy explains what information is collected when you visit this site, how it is used, and the choices you have. It applies only to this website.
Information we collect
When you leave a comment, we collect the information shown in the comment form, such as your name, email address, and website if you provide them, along with your IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you contact us by email, we receive the information you include in your message, such as your email address and the subject of your enquiry, so that we can reply to you. Please do not send sensitive personal information, such as identity document numbers, by email or in a public comment.
The site may also collect standard, non-identifying analytics information about how visitors use the site, for example pages visited, approximate location derived from IP address, device and browser type, and referring pages. Analytics on this site may be provided through Site Kit by Google and Google Analytics, if enabled. This information is used in aggregate to understand which guides are useful and to improve the site.
Cookies
Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website. This site uses cookies to operate WordPress, to remember comment details if you choose to save them, and to understand site usage through analytics. If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies last for one year.
You can control cookies through your browser settings, including by blocking or deleting cookies. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the site work.
Advertising and Google AdSense
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to this site and other sites on the Internet. Google uses cookies, including the DoubleClick cookie, to serve ads based on visits to this site and other sites, and users can opt out of personalised advertising via Google Ads Settings.
Advertising partners may also use cookies and similar technologies to measure advertising performance and to show ads that may be relevant to you. This site does not control the cookies set by third-party advertisers, and their use is governed by their own privacy policies.
Embedded content and third-party services
Articles on this site may include embedded content, such as prayer-time widgets, videos, images, or articles from other websites. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited the other website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
How we use information
Information collected on this site is used to display and moderate comments, to reply to messages, to keep the site secure, to detect spam, to understand how the site is used, and to improve its guides. Information is not used for any purpose unrelated to operating and improving this informational website.
We do not sell personal data
KhaleejExpat does not sell personal data. Personal information provided through comments or email is not sold, rented, or traded to third parties for their own marketing purposes.
How long we retain information
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognised and approved automatically instead of being held for moderation. Email messages are retained for as long as reasonably needed to respond to the enquiry and to maintain a record of the correspondence.
Your rights and choices
If you have left comments on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, except for data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. You can manage cookies through your browser settings, and you can opt out of personalised advertising via Google Ads Settings.
Contact us about privacy
For questions about this Privacy Policy, or to make a request about your personal data, please contact the KhaleejExpat team at infokhaleejblog@gmail.com. Please include enough detail for the team to identify the relevant comment or message, without sending sensitive personal information.
Changes to this policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time, for example if the site’s analytics, advertising, or contact arrangements change. The current version will always be published on this page, and continued use of the site after a change means you accept the updated policy.