Privacy Policy

Farq ("we", "us", or "our") operates the website farqbh.com. This policy explains what information we collect when you use the site and how it is used.

What we collect

Farq is a price comparison site. We do not require accounts or ask for your name, address, or payment details. The limited data used when you visit the site is:

• Search queries — the words you type into our search box are matched against our catalog and, when needed, sent to Bahrain retailers' own search tools or to our web search provider (Brave Search) to find the product. Queries may be stored, without any link to you, to improve the catalog.
• Page views — basic traffic information (which pages were visited, referring site, browser type, country) collected with Google Analytics, with IP anonymisation enabled.
• Outbound clicks — when you click an offer, we may log which retailer was selected so we can improve our service.
• Abuse-prevention counters — a one-way hash derived from your IP address is used for short-lived search rate limits. Farq does not store the raw IP address in its application database.
• Price-drop alerts — if you set an alert, we store the email address you provide solely to send that one notification. The address is deleted as soon as the alert fires, and it is never used for newsletters or shared with anyone.

Cookies and ads

Farq displays advertisements served by Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on those visits. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info. Learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Third-party services

• Google AdSense — for serving ads. See Google's Privacy Policy.
• Google Analytics — for aggregate traffic statistics.
• Brave Search — used to find product pages on retailer websites. Your search queries are sent to Brave but not associated with any personal identifier from us.

Children

Farq is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect information from children.

Your choices

You can disable cookies in your browser settings. Doing so does not prevent the site from working but may make ads less relevant.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy occasionally. The "last updated" date at the top of this page shows when it was last changed.

Contact

For questions about this policy, see our contact page.