Privacy & Cookie Policy

Account data: name, email, mobile number, occupation, date of birth, country, city and (optionally) address. Passwords are stored encrypted and cannot be read by anyone.

Profile and biography data: the information, photos and materials a user uploads to create a page for themselves or a relative.

Verification documents: proof of identity or kinship, permanently deleted as soon as verification is complete.

Contact forms and requests: what you send through contact, Get Digitised or nomination forms.

Technical data: IP address and browser type, used to protect the site and prevent abuse.

To provide the Platform’s services, manage accounts and keep you signed in.

To review profiles and biographies and verify ownership before they are published.

To answer your enquiries and requests.

To protect the site against attacks and unlawful use.

To understand how the site is used and improve it, only after you accept analytics cookies.

We never sell your personal data.

Essential cookies (always on, the site cannot work without them):

digitised_token, user_id, user_role, user_type_model_id, slug, digitised_username: keep you signed in (up to 7 days).

salon_digitised_token: Salon DIGITISED sign-in (7 days).

digitize_yourself_token: saves your progress in the Digitise Yourself form (30 days).

digitised_consent: remembers your cookie choice (12 months).

archive_access: archive preview access for invited reviewers only (30 days).

Google reCAPTCHA: protects forms against automated spam.

Analytics cookies (only after you accept):

_ga and _ga_*: Google Analytics, to count visits and see which pages are used most (up to 24 months).

You can change your choice at any time from the “Cookie Settings” link at the bottom of every page. If you reject, Google Analytics is never loaded; if you withdraw consent, we delete the _ga cookies from your browser.

We share data only with service providers needed to run the Platform, such as hosting, email delivery and Google services (reCAPTCHA always, Analytics after your consent), and only as far as needed to provide the service.

We may disclose data when required by a competent judicial or official authority under Egyptian law.

Account data is kept while the account is active, or until you ask us to delete it.

Verification documents are deleted as soon as verification is complete.

We keep a record of your consents (to the Terms and to cookies) as proof of consent; the IP address in that record is stored as a one-way hash.

Under Personal Data Protection Law No. 151 of 2020, you have the right to:

Access your personal data and receive a copy of it.

Correct or update your data.

Object to processing or withdraw your consent at any time.

Request permanent deletion of your data.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at the email below.

We protect your data with encrypted connections (HTTPS), encrypted passwords and limited staff access.

We may update this policy from time to time and will show the date of the last update at the top of this page. If we add new cookies, we will ask for your consent again.

For questions or to exercise your data rights:

📧 [email protected]