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Cookie Policy
How sakilis.com uses cookies and similar technologies, and the browser controls that let you change or withdraw that choice at any time.
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The cookie policy sits beside the privacy policy
This page explains how cookies work on sakilis.com: what gets stored on your device, why it is there, and how you can remove it. It covers the site itself, not the third-party services you may reach through a link. Personal data handling is described in the privacy policy, and the two documents are meant to be read together.
If you are here because you want to switch a preference off, the section on managing cookies near the bottom of this page explains where those controls live.
What cookies are
Small files your browser keeps on your behalf
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to remember information about your visit, such as a preference you have set or whether you have already seen a particular notice, so the same question is not asked again on every page.
Similar technologies, such as local storage, serve comparable functions. They can keep a value in your browser without sending it back with every request. This policy covers cookies and those comparable technologies together, because the choice you make about them is the same choice.
Session
Lasts while you move between pages in one visit, then disappears when the browser closes.
Persistent
Stays on your device for a set period so a preference such as your cookie choice is remembered.
Local storage
A browser store with the same job: remembering a value without identifying who you are.
Basic site functionality
Cookies that keep the guide working
We use cookies for basic site functionality, so the website behaves as you expect when you move between pages, open a guide and come back, or return to a page you were reading earlier. Without that memory, each navigation would start from nothing.
We may also use cookies to understand how the site is used in aggregate, such as which guide pages are read most often and where visitors leave. That helps us decide which parts of the UAE road map and navigation guidance need clearer wording or an extra example.
We do not use cookies to build advertising profiles of individual visitors on this site, and we do not sell or hand over browsing records to advertisers.
What cookies do here
- Remember your cookie preference so the notice does not reappear on every page.
- Keep the site stable while you navigate between guide pages and back again.
- Count page visits in aggregate so we know which guides need work.
Types of cookies
Essential first, analytics second, nothing else
The table below sets out the two categories you will encounter on this site, what each one is for, and what happens if you switch it off. Nothing outside these two categories is set by sakilis.com itself.
Essential cookies
Set by: sakilis.com
Consent: Not required
Parts of the site may stop working correctly, and your cookie choice will not be remembered between visits.
Analytics cookies
Set by: sakilis.com
Consent: Asked first
We simply see less about which guide pages are read and where the wording could be clearer.
Analytics data is reviewed in aggregate and does not identify you personally. No cookie on this site is used to follow you across other websites.
Following a link away from sakilis.com moves you under that site's own cookie and privacy terms.
Third-party cookies
Content we embed or link to sets its own cookies
Some pages may link to or embed third-party content, such as a mapping view, a video, or an external guide. Those third parties may set their own cookies when their content loads or when you interact with it. We do not control those cookies and cannot read or delete them from our side.
If you follow a link to an external site, that site's cookie and privacy policies apply from the moment you arrive. Their rules on retention, consent and opt-outs are their own, so it is worth checking the notice on the page you land on.
Where a third-party embed is present, we aim to load it in a way that does not set its cookies until you choose to interact with it. If a particular embed behaves differently, your browser settings remain the reliable way to block or clear it.
Managing cookies
Your browser is where the controls live
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you block cookies entirely, delete the ones already stored, or be notified each time a cookie is about to be set.
Blocking essential cookies may affect how the site works. Your browser's own help pages describe the exact steps for your version.
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Open your browser settings
Look for the privacy or site-data area, usually under the main menu or a settings gear.
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Review what is stored
Most browsers list cookies per site, so you can see what sakilis.com has kept and remove it.
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Choose a blocking level
You can block all cookies, block only third-party cookies, or keep them and delete them manually later.
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Clear stored data when you want
Deleting cookies removes the remembered preferences as well, so your cookie choice will be asked again.
Consent, and how to withdraw it
Where required, we ask for your consent before setting non-essential cookies. You can change that choice at any time through your browser settings or any cookie preference control provided on the site.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before you withdrew it. Essential cookies, which are needed for the site to work, are not affected by this choice.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy if our use of cookies changes. The current version is always available on this page, so the wording you are reading is the one in force.
Questions about this cookie policy
For questions about this policy, use the contact page on sakilis.com. You can also reach us during working hours using the details below, and we will answer as clearly as we can about what is stored and why.
- Address
- Office 1403, Al Shatha Tower, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Phone
- +971 4 518 1085
- [email protected]
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Related documents
This page covers cookies only. If your question is about personal data, the privacy policy explains what is collected and why. The terms of service describe the rules for using the site.
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