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Cookies notice
Cookies Notice for www.meraas.com
This “Cookies Notice” (the “Notice”) explains how and why Meraas LLC of PO Box 123311, Dubai, United Arab Emirates will use different types of cookies and similar technologies on any websites or apps (the “Site”) that Meraas own or control. This Notice also explains how you can manage cookies and similar technologies.
This Notice was last updated: [September 2022]
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Updates
Meraas keep this Notice under regular review and may update it at any time. Please take a look at the "Last Updated" section at the top of this Notice to see when it was last changed. Any changes in this Notice will become effective when Meraas make the revised Notice available on or through the Site. Meraas also encourage you to check this Notice on a regular basis. Meraas will notify you of any changes (including when they will take effect) if Meraas are required to do so by data protection or e-privacy laws.
What Are Cookies?
When you visit our Website, one or more “cookies” are generated and deployed with your consent, if required.
Cookies are files or pieces of information that are stored on your computer (or other internet-enabled devices, such as a smartphone or tablet) when you visit the Site. A cookie will usually contain the name of the website from which the cookie has come from, the "lifetime" of the cookie (i.e. how long it will remain on your device) and a value, which is usually a randomly generated unique number.
We use cookies to make the Site easier to use and to better tailor Meraas web presence and products to your interests and needs. Cookies are also used to help speed up your future activities and deliver a more personalised experience on the Site.
Some cookies may process your personal data (e.g. IP addresses and other online identifiers). Please see [insert entity name] Privacy Notice for further details about how your personal data is processed and your rights in relation to this.
Other cookies are used to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how people use Meraas web properties and to help us improve web structure and content. Meraas cannot identify you personally from this information although the same principles apply regarding these cookies.
Categories of Cookies Used on The Site:
Two types of cookies will be used on the Site, "session cookies" and "persistent cookies". Session cookies are temporary cookies that remain on your device until you leave the Site. A persistent cookie remains on your device for much longer or until you manually delete it (how long the cookie remains on your device will depend on the duration or "lifetime" of the specific cookie and your browser settings).
Meraas have grouped Meraas cookies into the following categories, to make it easier for you to understand why Meraas use them:
Essential/Necessary: Cookies that are essential to making the Site work correctly. They enable visitors to move around Meraas Site and use Meraas features. These cookies prevent crashes, display information, fix bugs and ensure the security of Meraas website. Without these cookies, some functions of the website cannot be provided. These cookies do not identify you as an individual.
Functional: Cookies that allow Meraas web properties to ‘remember’ the choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) to provide a more personalised online experience. If you do not accept these cookies, it may affect Site performance and functionality and may restrict access to web content.
Performance/Analytical: Cookies that help us understand how visitors interact with Meraas web properties by providing information about the areas visited, the time spent on the Site and any issues encountered, such as error messages. They help us improve the performance of Meraas Site, alert us to any concerns and more. They tell us how popular a certain feature is, or whether you open an email Meraas send. These cookies don’t identify you as an individual, unless stated otherwise.
Targeting/Marketing: These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission and can be used to remember that you have visited a website. The information gathered by these cookies is often shared with other organisations such as advertisers.
Managing Cookies on Your Device
You can manage which optional cookies are deployed on your device at any time. To do this you can set browser settings accordingly. Guidance on how to control cookies for common browsers are linked below.
You can also opt out of Google Analytics across all websites by clicking HERE. For information on additional browsers and device types please see http://www.aboutcookies.org/ or http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq/.
Please be aware that if you disable the cookies that Meraas use, this may impact your user experience while using the Site.
Cookies on this Site
The table below summarises the different types of cookie Meraas use on the Site, together with their respective purpose and whether their use involve the transfer of information to a third party:
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These are necessary for the Site to function and cannot be switched off.
Cookie | Expiry | Domain | Company | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CookieVISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Expiry | Domainyoutube.com | Company | PurposeUnder review |
This cookie is currently under review and its purpose is being assigned. Once complete, this description will be updated accordingly. | ||||
Cookie__cf_bm | Expiry30 minutes | Domainonesignal.com | CompanyCloudflare, Inc. | PurposeAuthorisation |
This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. It distinguishes between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | ||||
CookiewscrCookieConsent | Expiry1 year | Domainwww.meraas.com | CompanyDigital Control Room Ltd | PurposeYour visit |
Stores your cookie consent session for our site. It contains no information other than whether you have opted in or out for each cookie level. | ||||
CookieDH | ExpirySession | Domainwww.meraas.com | CompanyDubai Holding | PurposeAuthorisation |
These cookies are persistent cookies. And with all persistence modes, these cookies ensure that requests from the same client are directed to the same pool member after the F5 system initially load-balances. | ||||
CookieTS* (x 2) | ExpirySession | Domainwww.meraas.com | CompanyDubai Holding | PurposeAuthorisation |
These cookies are persistent cookies. And with all persistence modes, these cookies ensure that requests from the same client are directed to the same pool member after the F5 system initially load-balances. | ||||
Cookie<letters>+#lang | ExpirySession | Domainwww.meraas.com | CompanySitecore A/S | PurposeYour visit |
Stores user language and country preferences for this website. | ||||
Cookiesxa_site | ExpirySession | Domainwww.meraas.com | CompanySitecore Holding II A/S | PurposeYour visit |
Required to generate web pages | ||||
CookieASP.NET_SessionId | ExpirySession | Domainwww.meraas.com | CompanyASP.NET, Microsoft Corporation | PurposeAuthorisation |
Stores session data during a website visit, issued by Microsoft's ASP.NET Application, a framework for building websites. | ||||
CookieCONSENT | Expiry2 years | Domainyoutube.com | CompanyYouTube, Google LLC | PurposeYour visit |
YouTube has an alternative domain, youtube-nocookie.com, that can be used to load an embedded video without automatically setting any cookies. However, when the user plays the video, YouTube places cookies, even when the video is loaded with this domain. | ||||
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Cookie | Expiry | Domain | Company | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CookieARRAffinity | ExpirySession | Domainwww.meraas.com | CompanyMicrosoft Corporation | PurposeNavigation |
This cookie is used by Azure platform, it keeps track of connecting users by giving them a so-called 'affinity' cookie. This ensures the link between clients and the server they connect to for the entirety of their session. | ||||
CookieARRAffinitySameSite | ExpirySession | Domainwww.meraas.com | CompanyMicrosoft Corporation | PurposeNavigation |
These cookies are set by websites that run on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform (which hosts our website). It is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. | ||||
These cookies are used to provide statistical information about how you use the Site. They are used to help understand details such as which pages are visited most frequently, dwell time, bounce rates and page load speeds. They also track the efficiency of traffic acquisition channels and measure performance more generally.
Cookie | Expiry | Domain | Company | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CookieSC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE | Expiry1 year | Domainwww.meraas.com | CompanySitecore A/S | PurposeAnalytics |
Gather anonymous analytics information for visitors to the site. | ||||
Cookie_ga | Expiry2 years | Domainmeraas.com | CompanyGoogle Analytics, Google LLC | PurposeAnalytics |
The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | ||||
Cookie_gat_UA-73140247-3 | Expiry2 years | Domainmeraas.com | CompanyGoogle Analytics, Google LLC | PurposeAnalytics |
The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | ||||
Cookie_ga_5PE9DFPXB7 | Expiry2 years | Domainmeraas.com | CompanyGoogle Analytics, Google LLC | PurposeAnalytics |
The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | ||||
Cookie_gid | Expiry1 day | Domainmeraas.com | CompanyGoogle Analytics, Google LLC | PurposeAnalytics |
Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | ||||
CookieYSC | ExpirySession | Domainyoutube.com | CompanyYouTube, Google LLC | PurposeAnalytics |
A unique identifier given to site visitor when viewing a video. | ||||
These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They may be set by our advertising partners. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Cookie | Expiry | Domain | Company | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cookie_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Expiry30 minutes | Domainmeraas.com | CompanyHotjar Ltd. | PurposeSurvey |
This cookie is used to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. | ||||
Cookie_hjFirstSeen | Expiry30 minutes | Domainmeraas.com | CompanyHotjar Ltd. | PurposeSurvey |
This cookie is set once a visitor completes a survey. It is used to only load the survey content if the visitor hasn't completed the survey yet. | ||||
Cookie_hjIncludedInSessionSample_3447332 | Expiry30 minutes | Domainmeraas.com | CompanyHotjar Ltd. | PurposeSurvey |
This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling. | ||||
Cookie_hjSessionUser_<digits>+ | Expiry1 year | Domainmeraas.com | CompanyHotjar Ltd. | PurposeSurvey |
Hotjar cookie that is set when a user first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | ||||
Cookie_hjSession_<digits>+ | Expiry30 minutes | Domainmeraas.com | CompanyHotjar Ltd. | PurposeSurvey |
A cookie that holds the current session data. This ensues that subsequent requests within the session window will be attributed to the same Hotjar session. | ||||
Cookie_hjTLDTest | ExpirySession | Domainmeraas.com | CompanyHotjar Ltd. | PurposeSurvey |
This cookie is set by a HotJar Survey to assist sharing across subdomains. | ||||
CookieAnalyticsSyncHistory | Expiry30 days | Domainlinkedin.com | CompanyLinkedIn Corporation | PurposeSocial networking |
Used to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries | ||||
Cookiebcookie | Expiry2 years | Domainlinkedin.com | CompanyLinkedIn Corporation | PurposeSocial networking |
Browser Identifier cookie to uniquely identify devices accessing LinkedIn to detect abuse on the platform | ||||
Cookiebscookie | Expiry2 years | Domainwww.linkedin.com | CompanyLinkedIn Corporation | PurposeSocial networking |
Used for saving the state of 2FA of a logged in user | ||||
Cookielidc | Expiry1 day | Domainlinkedin.com | CompanyLinkedIn Corporation | PurposeSocial networking |
Set by social networking platform LinkedIn Corporation when you load web pages that include a panel inviting you to Follow us. | ||||
Cookieli_gc | Expiry2 years | Domainlinkedin.com | CompanyLinkedIn Corporation | PurposeSocial networking |
Used to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes | ||||
Cookieli_sugr | Expiry90 days | Domainlinkedin.com | CompanyLinkedIn Corporation | PurposeAdvertising |
This cookie stores and tracks a visitor's identity. | ||||
Cookieln_or | Expiry1 day | Domainwww.meraas.com | CompanyLinkedIn Corporation | PurposeSocial networking |
Used to determine if oribi analytics can be carried out on a specific domain. Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | ||||
CookieUserMatchHistory | Expiry1 month | Domainlinkedin.com | CompanyLinkedIn Corporation | PurposeSocial networking |
LinkedIn Ads ID syncing | ||||
Cookietfpai | Expiry30 days | Domainjumeirah.com | CompanyTeads TV | PurposeAdvertising |
TFPAI stands for Teads First Party Auction ID. It allows the correlation of the click on an ad by a user, with the visit on a website by this user. The CLICK ID (AuctID) is transferred to the site via URL decoration, and its value stored in a cookie. Lifespan is 30 days. | ||||
Cookiett_viewer | Expiry1 year | Domainteads.tv | CompanyTeads TV | PurposeAdvertising |
It is used in context with video-advertisement. The cookie limits the number of times a visitor is shown the same advertisement-content. The cookie is also used to ensure relevance of the video-advertisement to the specific visitor. | ||||
Cookie_gcl_au | Expiry3 months | Domainmeraas.com | CompanyAdSense, Google LLC | PurposeAdvertising |
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | ||||
CookieIDE | Expiry2 years | Domaindoubleclick.net | CompanyDoubleClick, Google LLC | PurposeAdvertising |
Contains a unique code to determine which advertisements have been shown on a device, on behalf of Google Inc. Advertising platform DoubleClick. Allows monitoring of the effectiveness of the ads and make the ads more relevant to the user. | ||||
Cookietest_cookie | Expiry15 minutes | Domaindoubleclick.net | CompanyDoubleClick, Google LLC | PurposeAdvertising |
The test_cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. | ||||
Cookie_fbp | Expiry90 days | Domainmeraas.com | CompanyFacebook, Meta Platforms, Inc. | PurposeAdvertising |
This cookie is set by Facebook to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website. | ||||
Cookieigodigitalstdomain | Expiry15 minutes | Domainigodigital.com | CompanyIGoDigital, Salesforce | PurposeAdvertising |
Contains a identifier for email marketing purposes | ||||
Cookieigodigitalst_<digits>+ | Expiry1 hour | Domainigodigital.com | CompanyIGoDigital, Salesforce | PurposeAdvertising |
Contains a identifier for email marketing purposes | ||||
Cookieigodigitaltc2 | Expiry10 years | Domainigodigital.com | CompanyIGoDigital, Salesforce | PurposeAdvertising |
Contains a identifier for email marketing purposes | ||||
CookieVISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Expiry240 days | Domainyoutube.com | CompanyYouTube, Google LLC | PurposeAdvertising |
Remembers if YouTube should show the new-style or old-style video interface to you. | ||||
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about Meraas Site and its use of cookies, please contact us by email at privacyoffice@dhre.ae.