Cookie Policy

Last updated: December 30, 2025

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small files stored by your browser to help websites function effectively, remember your preferences, and improve service quality.
We only use cookies necessary for functionality, analytics, and advertising — in compliance with Google’s 2025 policies and Indonesia’s Personal Data Protection Law (PDP Law No. 27/2022).

2. Types of Cookies We Use

Essential

  • Remember light/dark theme preference
  • Maintain secure login sessions
  • Load content safely
  • riznet-theme, riznet_cookie_consent

Analytics

  • Vercel Analytics (non-personalized)
  • _vercel_uids, _vercel_log
  • Measure traffic & user engagement
  • Optimize blog content & services

🎯 Advertising

  • Google AdSense (IDE, id, _gads)
  • Show relevant ads
  • Measure campaign performance
  • Only activated after **explicit consent**

3. Google AdSense & Partner Cookies

We use Google AdSense to display relevant ads and support our free technical education services.
Google uses cookies in accordance with its official policies:

Google’s Official Policies (2025)

All links above are official and verified by Google.

4. Cookie Retention Periods

  • riznet-theme: persistent — theme preference
  • riznet_cookie_consent: 1 year — cookie consent choice
  • _vercel_uids: 365 days — Vercel anonymous ID
  • IDE/id: 13 months (EEA/UK), 24 months (global) — personalized ads
  • _gads: 13 months — Google Ads

If you decline advertising cookies, IDE, id, and _gads will never be loaded.

Your Full Control

You have the right to manage your preferences anytime — without losing access to educational content.

You may also delete all non-essential cookies anytime via your browser settings.

5. Contact Us

Questions? We’re transparent and ready to help:

Riz.Net uses cookies to:

  • Provide essential site functionality (strictly necessary)
  • Analyze site performance (Vercel Analytics)
  • Show relevant advertisements (Google AdSense)

Your data is never sold. Learn more in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.