Cookies Policy
“Transparency regarding how we use cookies across our digital portals and learning environments.”
Effective Date: September 2026 · Data Protection Office · GIFT University
Manage Your Cookie Preferences
You can review, accept, or modify your preferences for non-essential cookies at any time.
This statement explains how we use cookies on the University's main web pages (i.e. those in www.gift.edu.pk), Centre for Moral Nexus pages, and Alumni websites. For information about what types of personal information will be gathered when you visit the website, and how this information will be used, please see our Privacy Policy.
How we use cookies
All of our web pages use “cookies”. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we place on your computer or mobile device if you agree. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and enables us to improve our website.
Types of cookies we use
We use the following types of cookies across our digital platforms:
Strictly necessary cookies: These are essential to enable you to move around the websites and use their features. Without these cookies, the services you have asked for, such as registering for an account or submitting program applications, cannot be provided.
Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often. We use this information to improve our websites and to aid us in investigating problems raised by visitors. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor.
Functionality cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide more personal features. For instance, a functional cookie can be used to remember the volume level you prefer to use when watching videos on our websites. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Targeting cookies: These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They collect information about your browsing habits. Targeting cookies are linked to services provided by third parties, such as ‘like’ and ‘share’ buttons and advertisements. We use targeting cookies to send third parties information on your visit so that they can make their advertising more relevant to you when you visit their websites.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, please visit allaboutcookies.org.
Specific cookies we use
Cookies may be set either by the www.gift.edu.pk and GIFT Alumni websites (“first party cookies”) or by a third party website (“third party cookies”). The tables below identify the cookies we use and explain the purposes for which they are used.
First Party Cookies
| Provider | Cookie Name | Purpose | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.gift.edu.pk, alumni.gift.edu.pk | alertshowcookiesnotice | This cookie is used to remember whether you wish to view the cookie notice or not. | Site display preference |
| www.gift.edu.pk, alumni.gift.edu.pk | has_js | This cookie is used to determine whether you'll see the javascript menus or not. | Client-side capability detection |
| Google Analytics | _ga, _gat, _gid, _gat_UA-1979755-1 | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Overview of Google Analytics privacy |
Third Party Cookies
| Provider | Cookie Name | Purpose | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Maps | NID, PREF, khcookie | These cookies are used by Google to track how many people are using their maps. | Overview of Google privacy |
| YouTube | use_hitbox, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube may still set cookies on the user's computer once the visitor clicks on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. | Google Cookies Policy |
| Twitter / X | lang, pid, metrics_token | We have the Twitter Share widget in place on the site which makes use of cookies. May include targeted advertising cookies. | Twitter Privacy |
| Adobe Audience Manager | demdex, dpm | Targeted advertising tracking cookie used on our searchable map. | Adobe Privacy Services |
| Doubleclick | id | Targeted advertising cookies from Doubleclick (a business owned by Google) used for maps related to events. | Google Ad Technologies |
| PREF, NID | Cookies related to Google. May include targeted advertising cookies used on our social media hub. | Google Cookies Policy |
Changes to our Cookie Policy
Any changes we may make to our Cookie Statement in the future will be posted on this page and date-stamped accordingly.
Contact & Queries
Any queries or concerns about the use of cookies on this website should be sent by email to data.protection@gift.edu.pk or addressed to:
Data Protection Office
GIFT University, Near Sialkot Bypass, Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan