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Cookie Policy
This page explains how this website uses cookies and similar storage technologies, what each category does, and how you can adjust your preferences at any time.
Last updated: 10 May 2025
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to remember certain information about your visit — such as whether you have previously acknowledged a notice — so it does not need to ask again. Cookies do not typically contain information that identifies you personally, though in some cases they may work alongside other data that does.
Similar technologies include local storage (data kept in your browser rather than sent to a server) and session storage (data that persists only until you close the browser tab). This policy covers all of these where relevant to this site.
2. How This Site Uses Cookies
This site is a small, static website for a joinery design practice in Kuala Lumpur. It does not run an e-commerce platform, a membership area, or a complex web application. Cookie use is correspondingly modest. The table below describes what is in use.
| Name / Key | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookieConsent | Essential | Records your cookie preference (accept or reject) so the consent banner does not reappear on subsequent visits. | Until cleared by browser or user |
| _ga, _ga_* | Analytics | Google Analytics identifiers used to distinguish users and sessions, enabling aggregate visitor statistics. Only placed if analytics cookies are accepted. | Up to 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | Google Analytics session cookie, used to distinguish users across a single day. | 24 hours |
| _gat | Analytics | Used to throttle request rate to Google Analytics servers. | 1 minute |
| NID, CONSENT | Functionality | Set by Google when a Maps embed is displayed on the homepage. Used for map rendering and preference recall. | 6 months |
3. Cookie Categories
Essential Cookies
These are necessary for the website to operate as intended. The consent preference record is the primary example: without it, the cookie notice would reappear on every page load. Essential cookies cannot be switched off through this interface because doing so would break basic site behaviour.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help the studio understand which pages are visited, how long people spend on them, and roughly where visitors come from (by country or region). This information is used in aggregate and is not connected to any individual's identity. If you decline analytics cookies, no tracking identifiers are placed by this site.
This site uses Google Analytics. Data collected under analytics cookies is processed by Google in accordance with their own privacy documentation. Google Analytics is operated under data processing terms that include standard contractual clauses applicable in Malaysia and other jurisdictions.
Functionality Cookies
The Google Maps embed on the homepage may place functional cookies when loaded. These support the rendering of the map widget and remember certain display preferences. If you prefer not to receive these, most browsers allow you to block third-party cookies entirely, which would prevent the map embed from setting them while still allowing the rest of the page to function.
Marketing and Profiling Cookies
This site does not use marketing, advertising, or profiling cookies. No retargeting pixels, social media tracking scripts, or behavioural advertising tools are intentionally installed on these pages.
4. Your Preferences
When you first visit this site, a notice appears at the bottom of the page with the option to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can also adjust your preferences below at any time. Changes take effect immediately and are saved to your browser's local storage.
5. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
All major browsers allow you to view, block, or delete cookies independently of this site's preference panel. The steps differ by browser; the support pages for common browsers are listed below.
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies
- Samsung Internet: Settings → Privacy → Smart Anti-Tracking
Blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of many websites, including this one. Blocking only third-party cookies is generally less disruptive and prevents cross-site tracking while leaving most site features intact.
6. Third-Party Services
Two third-party services on this site may set cookies or access local storage:
- Google Analytics — used for aggregate visitor statistics. See Google's Privacy Policy and opt-out tool.
- Google Maps — the embed on the homepage is served by Google. See their Privacy Policy for details on what is collected when the map is loaded.
Sondira does not control the data practices of these third parties and is not responsible for the content of their policies.
7. Do Not Track
Some browsers can be set to send a "Do Not Track" signal to websites. There is currently no universally agreed standard for how websites should respond to this signal. This site does not alter its behaviour based on DNT headers, though the preference panel above provides a direct way to limit non-essential cookie use.
8. Changes to This Policy
This policy may be updated to reflect changes in the technologies used on this site or in applicable regulation. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised. Material changes will be noted in the cookie notice on the homepage.
9. Contact
Questions about this policy or about how data is handled on this site can be sent to [email protected] or by post to Sondira, Jalan Doraisamy, Chow Kit, 50300 Kuala Lumpur. For matters covered by the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (Malaysia), requests will be acknowledged and responded to within a reasonable timeframe.