This page is where we lay out everything you need to know about how we use cookies and similar technologies on our website. At Shuaib Holdings, we believe that transparency isn’t just a legal requirement; it’s the foundation of a trusting relationship. We want you to feel comfortable and informed when you interact with us online, knowing that we respect your privacy and your choices.

Let’s Start with the Basics: What Are Cookies?

To explain how we handle your data, we first need to talk about what cookies actually are. Don’t worry, they’re not the kind you eat! In the digital world, a "cookie" is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit it. It helps the site remember information about your visit, which can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.

Imagine you’re visiting a new city. A cookie is like a friendly local who remembers your name and your favorite coffee order, so you don’t have to introduce yourself every single time. It saves you time and makes the experience more personal. For Shuaib Holdings, cookies help us understand how our website is being used, what information is most valuable to our visitors, and how we can improve our digital home to serve you better.

The Different Types of Cookies We Use

Just like there are different types of tools for different jobs, there are different categories of cookies. We use a few kinds, each with a specific purpose. We’ve broken them down into groups to make it all clearer.

1. Essential Cookies (The Non-Negotiables) These are the absolute basics. These cookies are crucial for the website to function properly and to provide you with the services you explicitly ask for. For example, they allow you to navigate between pages without losing your actions, ensure the security of our website, and enable basic functions like loading images. Without these cookies, the website simply wouldn’t work the way it’s supposed to. Because they are strictly necessary, we don’t ask for your consent to use them. They are the foundation upon which your visit to the Shuaib Holdings website is built.

2. Performance and Analytics Cookies (The Helpful Advisors) These cookies are our teachers. They help us understand how visitors, like you, interact with our website. They collect information anonymously—meaning it doesn’t identify you personally—about which pages are visited most often, how long people stay on a page, if users get error messages, and what paths they take through the site. We use this aggregated data to improve how our website works, fix any bugs or issues, and ensure that the content we provide at Shuaib Holdings is relevant and easy to find. It’s our way of listening to the collective experience of our audience to make things better for everyone.

3. Functionality Cookies (The Personal Assistants) These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, they might remember your preferred language or the region you are in, so you don’t have to keep resetting them every time you visit. They can also remember any customizations you’ve made to the site layout, if that feature is available. The goal of these cookies is to provide you with a smoother, more tailored experience during your time with Shuaib Holdings. While they are not essential for the site to run, they significantly improve your browsing experience.

4. Targeting and Advertising Cookies (The Marketers) These are the most intrusive type of cookie, and we want to be completely upfront about them. These cookies are used to track your browsing habits across different websites. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website, and this information is shared with other organizations, such as advertisers. This is often used to deliver ads that are more relevant to you and your interests, or to limit the number of times you see an ad.

At Shuaib Holdings, our use of such cookies is minimal and thoughtful. As a holdings firm, our primary goal is to provide information about our philosophy and portfolio, not to sell products directly to consumers. Therefore, we may use these cookies in a very limited capacity to understand the effectiveness of our broader communications or to reach a relevant professional audience with information about our investment focus, but we will always seek your explicit consent before activating any cookies of this nature.

Beyond Cookies: Other Tracking Technologies

The digital world is always evolving, and so are the technologies we use. Besides cookies, we might use other similar tools to gather information. This includes things like:

· Web Beacons: These are tiny, transparent graphics embedded in emails or web pages. They are used to monitor user behavior, like whether an email has been opened or a specific link has been clicked. This helps us understand the effectiveness of our communications.

· Local Storage: Sometimes, we use local storage within your web browser to store information similar to cookies, which can allow for a larger capacity of data storage and more complex data structures.

· Scripts: These are small pieces of code that power the interactive elements of our site and can also be used to collect data about how you interact with the site.

For the sake of simplicity, when we talk about "cookies" in this policy, we’re referring to all these technologies.

Your Consent: You Are in the Driver's Seat

This is the most important part. We believe you should have control over your online privacy. The law requires us to get your consent to place any cookies on your device that are not strictly essential for the website’s operation.

This is why, on your first visit to the Shuaib Holdings website (and periodically after that), you will see a clear and straightforward cookie consent banner. This banner will give you a simple choice. It will explain that we use cookies and provide you with a link to this detailed policy. Most importantly, it will allow you to:

· Accept All: This means you consent to all the categories of cookies we use.

· Reject All: This means you only accept the essential cookies required for the site to function.

· Manage Preferences: This is the gold standard of control. Clicking this will allow you to open a settings panel where you can choose, category by category, which types of cookies you are comfortable with. You can, for example, allow performance cookies so we can improve our site but reject targeting cookies.

Your choices are stored in a cookie (an essential one!) so that you don’t have to make them every single time you visit. You can change your mind and adjust your preferences at any time. We’ll show you how to do that a little later in this document.

How Long Do Cookies Stay?

Just like food, cookies have an expiration date. Some cookies are "session cookies," which means they are temporary and are automatically deleted as soon as you close your web browser. Others are "persistent cookies," which remain on your device for a set period specified in the cookie. This period can range from a few minutes to several years, depending on their purpose. Our performance and functionality cookies typically have longer lifespans to remember your preferences over time, while analytics cookies might be set to expire more frequently.

Who Else Can See This Data? (Third-Party Cookies)

This is a crucial point. Some of the cookies on our site are placed by us directly—these are "first-party" cookies. However, we also allow trusted third-party services to set their own cookies. These are "third-party" cookies.

For example, we use analytics services like Google Analytics to help us understand our website traffic. These companies use their own cookies to collect data. Importantly, we have contracts in place with these providers that prohibit them from using your data for their own purposes beyond providing us with the service we’ve requested. We carefully vet all our third-party partners to ensure they meet high standards of data security and privacy. We will always identify the key third-party services we use within our consent tool so you know exactly who is involved.

Data Security: A Core Principle at Shuaib Holdings

Protecting your data is embedded in everything we do. While the data collected by cookies is often anonymous and non-personal, we treat all data with the utmost care. We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of any information collected through our website. This includes using secure networks and limiting internal access to data to only those employees or partners who need it to perform a specific job function. The culture at Shuaib Holdings is one of respect and responsibility, and that extends directly to our digital practices.

Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data

You have rights, and we are here to support them. Depending on your location, these rights may include:

· The Right to Access: You can ask us what personal data we hold about you.

· The Right to Rectification: You can ask us to correct any inaccurate data we have about you.

· The Right to Erasure (The "Right to be Forgotten"): You can ask us to delete your personal data.

· The Right to Restrict Processing: You can ask us to temporarily or permanently stop processing your personal data.

· The Right to Data Portability: You can ask for a copy of your data in a machine-readable format.

· The Right to Object: You can object to us processing your data, particularly for direct marketing purposes.

· Rights in Relation to Automated Decision-Making: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing.

To exercise any of these rights, or if you have any questions about them, please contact us using the details provided at the end of this policy. We will respond to all legitimate requests in a timely manner, in line with applicable laws.

How to Manage Cookies in Your Browser

Beyond the choices we give you on our site, you can take broader control by adjusting the settings in your web browser. Most browsers allow you to:

· See what cookies are stored and delete them individually or all at once.

· Block third-party cookies.

· Block cookies from specific websites.

· Block all cookies from being set.

· Set your browser to notify you each time a new cookie is about to be stored.

If you choose to block all cookies, please be aware that our website—and most other modern websites—may not function correctly. Many features will be disabled, and your user experience will be significantly impacted.

Changes to This Policy

The digital landscape and regulations are always changing. We may need to update this Cookies and Consent Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. If we make any material changes, we won’t just quietly update the page. We will notify you through a notice on our website, and we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we are helping to protect your information.

Let's Have a Conversation.

We truly hope this policy has been clear and helpful. At Shuaib Holdings, we see this not as a box-ticking exercise but as a commitment to doing business with integrity. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about this Cookies and Consent Policy, our cookie practices, or your data rights, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We’re here to help.

Thank you for taking the time to read through this and for placing your trust in Shuaib Holdings. We value your visit and your privacy.

Last Updated: 25 August 2025