Privacy Policy

Welcome to Elwatan Plus. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our website. Please read this policy carefully, and if you do not agree, please discontinue using the site.

Last Updated: 2025-11-06

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://elwatanplus.com

Al-Tab'ah Al-Oula is a digital media platform that provides news and information to Arabic readers. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and users according to the highest international standards.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor's IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

We use third-party services to improve user experience and analyze traffic on our site:

  • Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to track and analyze how visitors use our site. Google Analytics may collect information such as IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time and duration of visit. You can view Google Analytics privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
  • Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our site. Google AdSense may use cookies to personalize ads based on your previous visits to our site or other sites. You can view Google AdSense privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
  • Other Services: We may use other services such as web hosting services, email services, and other analytics services.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, 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. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

You have the right to:

  • Access your personal data
  • Correct inaccurate data
  • Delete your personal data
  • Object to processing of your data
  • Restrict processing of your data
  • Data portability (obtain a copy of your data)
  • Withdraw consent at any time

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your data may be sent to:

  • Google (Google Analytics & AdSense): For analytics and ad display. You can view Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
  • Hosting Providers: To host our site and data
  • Email Services: To send messages and notifications
  • Security Services: To protect our site from threats

Google Analytics and Google AdSense

We use Google Analytics to track and analyze traffic on our site. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about how visitors use our site. This information helps us improve our site and provide better content.

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our site. Google AdSense uses cookies to personalize ads based on your interests and previous visits. Google may also use advertising cookies to show you more relevant ads.

You can disable cookies from Google Analytics and Google AdSense through your browser settings or by using tools such as the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

For more information about how Google uses data, please visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners

Data Protection

We use advanced security technologies to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our security measures include:

  • Encryption (SSL/TLS) for all transmitted data
  • Firewalls and intrusion detection systems
  • Restricted access to personal information (only authorized employees)
  • Regular data backups
  • Periodic security reviews and continuous updates

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date at the top. We advise you to review this page periodically.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or inquiries about this privacy policy, please contact us via:

Best regards, the team of Al-Tab'ah Al-Oula

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