I'm Sumaiya Haque, and I keep this page as simple as the install guides. A cookie is a small text note that a site asks your browser to keep between visits. westeastmag.com uses very few. Some just let the pages load. Others measure traffic and are placed by an outside analytics firm, so I can see which guides readers finish. None of them sign you up for anything. You can clear or block each one from your own browser at any time.
Where these cookies come from
The analytics cookies are not mine. They belong to Yandex.Metrika, a third-party analytics service. It logs anonymous session data: which pages you open, how far you scroll, where you click (its clickmap tool) and a combined Webvisor replay of page activity. Your name and account never reach me. I only see the totals that show whether a guide works or needs a rewrite. A few strictly necessary cookies also come from this domain so the layout, language and basic navigation work.
Cookies we use
| Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Placed by this domain so pages display and navigation works | Session — cleared when you close the tab |
| Analytics (Yandex.Metrika) | Anonymous third-party session, clickmap and Webvisor measurement | Up to 2 years |
| Anti-fraud (Yandex.Metrika) | Tells real visitors from bot traffic in the stats | Up to 1 year |
How to turn cookies off
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