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1. Our cookie policy
1.1 This is the cookie policy of QATAR TOURISM ("we", or "us") with its registered offices at P.O. Box 24624, Al Jasra Tower, Lusail, Doha, State of Qatar, organized and existing under the applicable laws of the State of Qatar. By using our websites, www.visitqatar.com, or www.qatartourism.com, (our “websites”) and mobile applications (including our iPhone and Android apps) (our “Mobile Apps”), you have accepted our use of first and third party cookies, IP addresses, web beacons, tracking tools and our use of other methods to collect website usage data as detailed in this Policy ("Cookie Policy"). Please read this Cookie Policy together with the terms and conditions posted elsewhere on our websites, including our Privacy Notice and our website terms and conditions.
1.2 Subject to applicable laws, the English version of this Cookie Policy will prevail over any version of this Cookie Policy in another language. In the event of any inconsistency in interpretation between the English version and any translation of the Cookie Policy, this Cookie Policy statement in English will prevail.
2. What are cookies and what do they do?
Cookies are small files that are stored on your browser or device by websites that "remember" that your computer or device has accessed a website. We use cookies to deliver to you a more user-friendly service by making it easier and faster for you to use our Websites or Mobile Apps. Cookies help us understand whether you came to our website via a search engine, or by some other method, and what were the most popular elements of our Websites or Mobile Apps. Cookies do not give us access to any other personal information on your computer or device other than the personal information you choose to share with us. Irrespective of saved cookies, for security reasons you must still log in each time you access areas of our site that require registration.
3. What kind of cookies are used on the website?
We use four types of cookies which are a mixture of first party cookies, which we set ourselves, and third-party cookies, which are set by our third party service providers. We use i) strictly necessary cookies ii) performance cookies iii) functionality cookies and iv) marketing cookies as detailed below:
- Strictly necessary cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies are used to allow your request to access our Website and Mobile Apps, to move between pages and to receive services which you have requested. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be turned off via our website or Mobile App preferences. If you choose to disable them from your browser, this may prevent you from using certain parts of our Website and Mobile Apps. Without these cookies, you will be unable to access basic functions of our Website and Mobile Apps
- Performance cookies:
Performance cookies collect anonymous information about how you use our Website and Mobile Apps and help us improve the way our Website and Mobile Apps work such as which pages you visit most often and whether or not you experience any technical errors. Performance cookies cannot be turned off via our Website or Mobile App. These cookies do not contain any information that could identify you.
- Functionality cookies:
Functionality cookies allow the website to recognise choices you make when you return to our Website and Mobile Apps such as your country or language or whether or not we have asked you to complete a survey and provide enhanced, more personal features.
- Marketing cookies:
Marketing cookies deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by our advertising networks with our permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as other third-party marketing partners and vendors. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organizations. The communication you may receive based on this can be informational, or commercial with messages being served in, but not limited to, search ads, display ads, banners, e-newsletters, emails, social media ads, and other electronic messaging, including on our website itself.
If you do not wish to be served with targeted advertising, you may opt out of our marketing cookie use by following the instructions below in Clause 4.
4. What kind of cookies are used on the website?
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but you can configure your Internet browser to accept or reject cookies, or to notify you when a cookie is set (check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie settings).
Disabling cookies should not prevent you from using our Website or Mobile Apps, but certain features or functions of our Website and Mobile Apps may not be available to you if you disable or restrict the use of cookies.
Our Strictly Necessary and Performance cookies cannot be turned off. However, Functionality or Marketing cookies can be turned on or off by changing your cookie settings on our Website or Mobile Apps. If you require more information or help to change your cookie preferences in your browser, please refer to the documentation of your device or browser that you are using to access the internet.
How can I change my cookie settings on the website?
You can turn Functional and Marketing cookies on or off right via the cookie settings page. Strictly Necessary and Performance cookies cannot be turned off as the website requires these to function correctly. Please find the cookie settings page via the link: Cookie Settings
5. Where can I learn more about cookies?
For further information about cookies, please see www.allaboutcookies.org
Session / temporary - These cookies are deleted from your device after you leave the Website.
Permanent / persistent - These cookies are not deleted from your device after you leave the Website. They remain on your device for a longer period of time.
First-party cookies – These cookies are set by the web server of the visited page and share the same domain.
Third-party cookies – These cookies are stored by a different domain to the visited page's domain. This can happen when the webpage references a file located outside its domain. The table below summarizes the different types of first party cookies we use on the Websites, together with their respective purpose and duration (i.e. how long each cookie will remain on your device). There are two different types of lifespans in cookies.
- Permanent cookies: these are cookies which stay (persist) on your device until they are erased or expire even when your browsing session has terminated.
- Session cookies: These are the type of cookies that don't save data neither on your device neither send data from your device. the cookies and data are deleted when your browsing session is over or expires.
Cookie Name
Purpose
Category
Expiration (Duration)
Cookie provider & type
Cookie Name
OptanonAlertBoxClosed
Purpose
This cookie is used to determine whether a visitor should be shown the consent banner. It is persistent and has a default lifespan of 1 year
Category
Strictly necessary
Expiration (Duration)
1 year
Cookie provider & type
OneTrust
First party data
Cookie Name
_ga_*
Purpose
This cookie is used to store and count pageviews
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
2 years
Cookie provider & type
Google
First party data
Cookie Name
_vis_opt_test_cookie
Purpose
This cookie used by Visual Web Optimizer to read if cookies can be placed
Category
Performance
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Visual Web Optimizer
First party data
Cookie Name
_vwo_referrer
Purpose
This cookie stores referral info allowing VWO to identify the original Traffic source in case of the Split URL campaign
Category
Performance
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Visual Web Optimizer
First party data
Cookie Name
_ga_sandbox_UA_account_gid
Purpose
This cookie is used to store and count pageviews
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
2 years
Cookie provider & type
Google
First party data
Cookie Name
demdex
Purpose
This cookie is placed by Adobe to provide functions across pages
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
6 months
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
gpv_pn
Purpose
This cookie is placed by Adobe that captures the values of the pages visited.
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
x-ms-cpim-csrf
Purpose
This cookie is set by Microsoft for security purposes
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Microsoft Azure
First party data
Cookie Name
jcoPageCount
Purpose
This cookie is used for page counts
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Analytics
First party data
Cookie Name
tableau_public_negotiated_locale
Purpose
This cookie is used for the language setting on the website.
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Tableau
Third party data
Cookie Name
lux_uid
Purpose
This cookie is used measure website performance
Category
Performance
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Speedcurve
First party data
Cookie Name
_vwo_uuid
Purpose
This cookie generates a unique id for every visitor
Category
Performance
Expiration (Duration)
Permanent
Cookie provider & type
Visual Web Optimizer
First party data
Cookie Name
tableau_locale
Purpose
This cookie is set helps the system identify the language the user wishes to view the page in
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Tableau
Third party data
Cookie Name
affinity
Purpose
Cookie for load balancing of our website that ensures, during any browsing session, the visitor's page requests are forwarded to the same server
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Microsoft Azure
First party data
Cookie Name
personalization_id
Purpose
This cookie is set by Twitter for advertising and to identify and track the website visitor.
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Twitter
Third party data
Cookie Name
_vwo_sn
Purpose
This cookie stores session-level information
Category
Performance
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Visual Web Optimizer
First party data
Cookie Name
x-ms-cpim-trans
Purpose
login.microsoftonline.com Azure Active Directory B2C authentication-related cookie
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Microsoft Azure
First party data
Cookie Name
mbox
Purpose
Used to enable testing optimisation and personalisation to improve our user experience.
Category
Functional
Expiration (Duration)
Permanent
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
s_ips
Purpose
Tracks percent of page viewed (cookie from Adobe)
Category
Functional
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Analytics
First party data
Cookie Name
country
Purpose
Cookie to determine the country of a visitor
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
Permanent
Cookie provider & type
Analytics
First party data
Cookie Name
JSESSIONID
Purpose
Cookie to determine when the session was created
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Analytics
First party data
Cookie Name
_vis_opt_s
Purpose
This cookie tracks session created for a visitor
Category
Performance
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Visual Web Optimizer
First party data
Cookie Name
YSC
Purpose
This cookie is set to store and track interactions
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
YouTube
Third party data
Cookie Name
_vwo_ds
Purpose
This cookie stores persistent visitor-level data for VWO Insights
Category
Performance
Expiration (Duration)
Permanent
Cookie provider & type
Visual Web Optimizer
First party data
Cookie Name
muc_ads
Purpose
Collects data on user behavior and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant.
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
Permanent
Cookie provider & type
Twitter
Third party data
Cookie Name
_gcl*
Purpose
This is the Google conversion tracking cookie. It allows us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our site.
Category
Performance
Expiration (Duration)
Permanent
Cookie provider & type
Google
Third party data
Cookie Name
CONSENT
Purpose
Consent status of a visitor
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
Permanent
Cookie provider & type
YouTube
Third party data
Cookie Name
_gat_gtag*
Purpose
To store a unique user ID
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
Permanent
Cookie provider & type
Google
Third party data
Cookie Name
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Purpose
To provide bandwidth estimations.
Category
Functional
Expiration (Duration)
Permanent
Cookie provider & type
YouTube
Third party data
Cookie Name
s_sq
Purpose
This cookie is set and read by the JavaScript code when the SelectMap functionality or the Activity Map functionality are enabled; it contains information about the previous link that was selected on by the user
Category
Performance
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
s_ips
Purpose
Tracks percent of page viewed (Adobe cookie)
Category
Performance
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
saml_request_path
Purpose
Saves the login status to allow single sign on to applications
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
language
Purpose
To provide the right language on the website
Category
Functional
Expiration (Duration)
Permanent
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
_GRECAPTCHA
Purpose
To provide spam protection
Category
Functional
Expiration (Duration)
Permanent
Cookie provider & type
Google
First party data
Cookie Name
s_tp
Purpose
The getPercentPageViewed plug-in measures a visitor’s scroll activity to see how much of a page they view before moving on to another page.
Category
Performance
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
x-ms-cpim-cache|*
Purpose
Used for maintaining the request state
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Microsoft Azure
First party data
Cookie Name
s_cc
Purpose
This cookie is set and read by the JavaScript code to determine if cookies are enabled (set to “True”). Only one cookie for all accounts.
Category
Performance
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
_vwo_uuid_v2
Purpose
To understand visitor’s behavior and track visitor journeys on the website to deliver the best experience
Category
Performance
Expiration (Duration)
1 Day
Cookie provider & type
Visual Web Optimizer
First party data
Cookie Name
s_ppv
Purpose
The getPercentPageViewed plug-in measures a visitor’s scroll activity to see how much of a page they view before moving on to another page.
Category
Performance
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
AMCVS_
Purpose
The ID service uses your organization ID, the Experience Cloud AMCV cookie, and a demdex cookie to create and store unique, persistent identifiers for your site visitors. These cookies let the ID service track visitors across your different domains and enable data sharing among different Experience Cloud solutions.
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
AMCV_
Purpose
The ID service uses your organization ID, the Experience Cloud AMCV cookie, and a demdex cookie to create and store unique, persistent identifiers for your site visitors. These cookies let the ID service track visitors across your different domains and enable data sharing among different Experience Cloud solutions.
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
2 Years
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
OptanonConsent
Purpose
Consent status of a visitor
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
Permanent
Cookie provider & type
OneTrust
First party data
Cookie Name
s_getNewRepeat
Purpose
Determine whether a visitor to the site is a new visitor or a repeat visitor within a desired number of days
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
1 Month
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
_gid
Purpose
To store and count pageviews
Category
Performance
Expiration (Duration)
Permanent
Cookie provider & type
Google
First party data
Cookie Name
_fbp
Purpose
To store and track visits across websites
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Facebook
First party data
Cookie Name
gpv_pn
Purpose
Cookie that captures the values of the pages visited
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
mbox
Purpose
Gives the ability to test which online content and offers are more relevant to visitors
Category
Functional
Expiration (Duration)
Two Years
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
lux_uid
Purpose
Stores a unique session ID to match performance requests
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
1 Day
Cookie provider & type
Speedcurve
First party data
Cookie Name
TEST_AMCV_COOKIE_WRITE
Purpose
Track visitors across your different domains
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
at_check
Purpose
Used to determine if a visitor supports cookies. Set each time a visitor requests a page.
Category
Functional
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
Adobe
First party data
Cookie Name
optiMonkExperiments
Purpose
To optimize a campaign by A/B testing
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
OptiMonk
First party data
Cookie Name
_dc_gtm_UA-*
Purpose
To store number of service requests
Category
Strictly necessary
Expiration (Duration)
1 Minute
Cookie provider & type
Google
First party data
Cookie Name
_scid
Purpose
To identify a visitor
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
1 Year
Cookie provider & type
Snap Inc.
First party data
Cookie Name
_ttp
Purpose
To measure and improve the performance of advertising campaigns and to personalize the user's experience
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
13 Months
Cookie provider & type
TikTok
First party data
Cookie Name
optiMonkSession
Purpose
The Session ID here, which is the current session of the visitor
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
OptiMonk
First party data
Cookie Name
10_sec_on_any_planning_page
Purpose
To track the visit time on specific pages
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
VisitQatar
First party data
Cookie Name
_gcl_au
Purpose
To store and track conversions
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
90 Days
Cookie provider & type
Google
First party data
Cookie Name
_tt_enable_cookie
Purpose
To collect data about behaviour and purchases on our website and to measure the effect of our advertising
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
13 Months
Cookie provider & type
TikTok
First party data
Cookie Name
ln_or
Purpose
This cookie registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
1 Day
Cookie provider & type
LinkedIn
First party data
Cookie Name
optiMonkClient
Purpose
To store the data needed for the Campaigns: Campaign ID, date and time of the first visit, date and time of the last visit, pageview count, Variant ID, Campaign status, and Impression count for the visitor
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
1 Year
Cookie provider & type
OptiMonk
First party data
Cookie Name
optiMonkClientId
Purpose
To identify the visitor
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
1 Year
Cookie provider & type
OptiMonk
First party data
Cookie Name
optiMonkEmbedded*
Purpose
To create personalized browser experience
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
Session
Cookie provider & type
OptiMonk
First party data
Cookie Name
Utag*
Purpose
This allows us to use partner functionalities, such as Google Analytics visitor statistics and feedback functionalities in Tealium
Category
Strictly Necessary
Expiration (Duration)
1 year
Cookie provider & type
Tealium
First party data
Cookie Name
DSID
Purpose
To ensure security, functionality and advertising
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
2 weeks
Cookie provider & type
DoubleClick
Third party data
Cookie Name
test_cookie
Purpose
Cookie is used to check if the user's browser supports cookies
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
15 minutes
Cookie provider & type
DoubleClick
Third party data
Cookie Name
id
Purpose
DoubleClick uses cookies to improve advertising. Some common applications are to target advertising based on what’s relevant to a user, to improve reporting on campaign performance, and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen.
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
2 years
Cookie provider & type
DoubleClick
Third party data
Cookie Name
RUL
Purpose
DoubleClick uses cookies to improve advertising. Some common applications are to target advertising based on what’s relevant to a user, to improve reporting on campaign performance, and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen.
Category
Marketing
Expiration (Duration)
1 year
Cookie provider & type
DoubleClick
Third party data
6. Amendment of this cookie policy
We may amend this Cookie Policy with immediate effect from time to time to comply with law or to meet our changing business requirements without notice to you. Where local regulations require, we will obtain consent from you for any new uses of any cookie. You should read and review this page regularly to see if there have been any changes.
7. Questions and complaints
Should you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us per email :
privacy@visitqatar.qa
For additional information about cookies, please visit:
www.international-chamber.co.uk/our-expertise/digitaleconomy
Last updated: March 2023
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