Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. This page lists every category we use, what each one does, roughly how long it lasts and how to get rid of it. We use very few, because this site has no accounts and nothing to personalise.
1. Strictly necessary cookies
These make the site function securely. They cannot be switched off through a consent tool, and under most privacy law they do not require consent.
- Session cookie — issued by our application framework to maintain state between requests. Expires when you close your browser, or after a period of inactivity.
- CSRF token cookie — protects form submissions against cross-site request forgery. Session-lifetime.
Blocking these may prevent forms from submitting correctly, but has no effect on the rates you can read.
2. Preference storage
We store one item in your browser's local storage — not a cookie, and never transmitted to our servers:
- Last viewed city — the identifier of the most recent city page you opened, so the city grid can highlight it for you. Persists until you clear your browser data.
This is a convenience feature, not a tracking identifier. It contains no personal information and cannot be read by us or by any third party.
3. Analytics cookies
Where analytics is enabled, it sets cookies that allow us to count visits and understand which pages are used. We look at aggregates — how many people needed the Multan page today — not at individuals. Typical lifetime ranges from the current session to around two years, depending on the provider.
Blocking analytics cookies has no effect on site functionality.
4. Advertising cookies
Where advertising is shown, the ad network may set cookies to limit how often you see the same advert and to measure performance. These cookies are set and controlled by the network, not by us, and are governed by that network's own privacy policy. We do not pass them any information you have sent us directly.
5. Cookies we do not use
- No login or account cookies — there are no accounts on this site.
- No cross-site tracking pixels of our own.
- No cookies that store personal or financial information.
- No cookies that record what you enter into our calculators — those figures stay in the page and are discarded when you navigate away.
6. Managing cookies
You are always in control. Every major browser lets you view, block and delete cookies, and offers a private browsing mode that discards them when the window closes.
- Chrome — Settings › Privacy and security › Third-party cookies
- Safari — Settings › Privacy › Manage Website Data
- Firefox — Settings › Privacy & Security › Cookies and Site Data
- Edge — Settings › Cookies and site permissions
To remove the stored city preference specifically, clear site data for pkgoldrate.com in your browser settings.
7. Consent
Where applicable law requires consent before non-essential cookies are set, that consent is requested before those cookies are placed, and you can withdraw it at any time by clearing site data and declining on your next visit. Strictly necessary cookies are exempt from this requirement.
8. Changes and contact
We will update this page whenever our cookie use changes. For anything unclear, use our contact page. See also our privacy policy.