1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide database and preference tracking information to site administrators.

2. How We Use Cookies

BAST Islamabad uses cookies on our public site (www.bast.com.pk) and our dashboard portal (my.bast.com.pk) for the following reasons:

• Session Management: Maintaining your active login session when accessing secure ATP administrator dashboards.
• Security Checks: Protecting our online student verification form against CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) attacks.
• User Preferences: Storing temporary parameters like search choices or recently selected trades.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We categorize our cookies into the following groups:

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for you to browse the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the portal. Without these cookies, basic session management cannot be provided.
2. Security and Integrity Cookies: Used to confirm that forms are submitted by genuine users and prevent automated spam submissions.
3. Functionality Cookies: Let our website remember choices you make (such as the default gender selection or search keywords) to provide a smoother user experience.

4. Managing and Disabling Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can configure your browser to reject all cookies, alert you when a cookie is placed, or delete cookies after each session.

Please note: If you choose to completely block or disable cookies, certain functionalities of the BAST Admin Portal (my.bast.com.pk) and login persistence may not function correctly.