COOKIE POLICY

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help us remember your preferences, improve site performance, and deliver relevant content.

2. Why We Use Cookies


  • Essential Cookies – Enable core functionality such as secure login, form submission, and page navigation. (Cannot be disabled.)

  • Analytics Cookies – Collect anonymous data on how visitors use our site, helping us improve user experience. We use Google Analytics with IP‐anonymisation enabled.

  • Preference Cookies – Remember language selection and cookie-consent choices.

  • Marketing Cookies (optional) – If you watch embedded YouTube or social media videos, third-party platforms may set their own cookies.


3. Legal Basis

Use of cookies complies with Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) and, for EU/EEA visitors, the ePrivacy Directive (EU Cookie Law) & GDPR. We require explicit consent for analytics and marketing cookies.

4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our site, a cookie banner will ask for your consent. You can:

  1. Accept All – allow analytics & marketing cookies.

  2. Reject Non-Essential – only essential cookies remain.

  3. Customise – choose categories you wish to allow.

You can change or withdraw consent anytime via the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer.


5. Cookie Retention

  • Essential cookies: up to 12 months

  • Analytics cookies: 26 months (Google Analytics default)

  • Preference cookies: 6 months

  • Marketing cookies: subject to third-party policy (e.g., YouTube, Facebook)

6. Third-Party Cookies

Embedded content (videos, social feeds) may set additional cookies beyond our control. Please refer to each platform’s policy:

  • Google / YouTube Privacy Policy

  • Meta (Facebook & Instagram) Cookies Policy

  • LinkedIn Cookies Policy

7. Contact

Questions about this Cookie Policy? Email: globalhalalsummit@islam.gov.my or call +60 8892 5178