Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website. Cookies serve many functions: they help websites work correctly, remember your preferences, understand how you interact with a website, and in some cases, deliver targeted content or advertising.
Cookies typically contain a name, a value, a domain (the website that placed the cookie), a path, an expiry date, and various security attributes. When you visit a website, your browser checks whether it has any cookies set by that website and sends them back to the website's servers along with your request.
Not all cookies are the same. They differ in terms of who places them (first-party versus third-party), how long they persist (session versus persistent), and what purpose they serve (necessary, functional, analytical, or marketing).
These cookies are essential for the operation of our Website. Without them, the Website cannot function properly. Strictly necessary cookies do not require your consent under most data protection frameworks. They include cookies that:
Functional cookies remember your preferences and settings to provide an enhanced, personalized experience. For example, they may remember your language preferences or display settings. Functional cookies are not strictly necessary for the Website to operate, but their absence may affect your experience. We seek your consent before placing functional cookies.
Analytics cookies collect information about how you use our Website, including which pages you visit most frequently, how long you spend on each page, and whether you encounter any error messages. This information is used on an aggregated and anonymized basis to understand how our Website is being used and to improve its performance and content. We seek your consent before placing analytics cookies.
We do not use marketing or advertising cookies on our Website. We do not use cookies to track your browsing activity across other websites or to serve you targeted advertising. Our Website does not include third-party advertising networks.
The following table describes the specific cookies and local storage items used on sooiv.com:
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookie_consent | Local Storage | Records your cookie consent choice (accepted or declined) to prevent the consent banner from reappearing. | Persistent (until cleared) |
| _ga | Analytics (conditional) | Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users and calculate visit statistics. Set only if analytics cookies are accepted. | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics (conditional) | Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users within a 24-hour period. Set only if analytics cookies are accepted. | 24 hours |
| _gat | Analytics (conditional) | Used to throttle request rate for Google Analytics. Set only if analytics cookies are accepted. | 1 minute |
This table is updated when we add, modify, or remove cookies. The most current version of this table is available at this URL.
In addition to cookies, we may use other similar technologies to recognize you and track your interactions with our Website:
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
We do not use cookies for advertising, retargeting, or to build profiles of individual users for commercial purposes.
When you first visit our Website, you will see a cookie consent banner at the bottom of the page. This banner gives you the opportunity to accept or decline non-essential cookies (including analytics cookies). Strictly necessary cookies, including the cookie that records your consent preference, are placed regardless of your choice.
If you click "Accept," we will place analytics and functional cookies in accordance with this policy. If you click "Decline," we will not place non-essential cookies, and your declining preference will be recorded in local storage so that the banner does not appear again on subsequent visits.
You may change your consent preference at any time by clearing the "cookie_consent" item from your browser's local storage. Instructions for doing this are provided in Section 7 of this policy. Clearing this item will cause the consent banner to appear again on your next visit to the Website.
You have several options for managing cookies and similar technologies:
The most straightforward way to control non-essential cookies on our Website is through our cookie consent banner. If you previously accepted cookies and wish to withdraw consent, you can do so by opening your browser's developer tools, navigating to the Storage section, finding the "cookie_consent" key in local storage for sooiv.com, and deleting it. The next time you visit our Website, the consent banner will appear again and you can make a new selection.
All modern web browsers allow you to control cookies through browser settings. You can set your browser to:
Note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of our Website and many other websites you visit. We recommend blocking only third-party cookies if you wish to maintain Website functionality while limiting cross-site tracking.
To manage cookies in your specific browser, please follow the guidance provided by the relevant browser developer:
For mobile browsers, please consult the documentation provided by the manufacturer of your device or the developer of your browser application.
If you accept analytics cookies, our analytics provider may set cookies from their own domain in addition to cookies from sooiv.com. These are third-party cookies. Our current analytics provider is Google Analytics. Google's use of analytics cookies and the data they collect is governed by Google's Privacy Policy, which is available at policies.google.com/privacy. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We do not use social media plugins, advertising network pixels, or any other third-party tracking technologies on this Website, in accordance with our commitment to avoiding social media integration.
Unlike cookies, local storage items do not have an inherent expiry date — they persist until explicitly deleted by a user or by the website. We use local storage for a single purpose: to store the "cookie_consent" key that records your consent preference. This is strictly necessary for the operation of our consent management system.
To delete local storage items for our Website:
Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that sends a signal to websites requesting that they not track your browsing activities. There is currently no universally accepted standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. Our current implementation does not respond differently to DNT signals, but we do not use cross-site tracking technologies regardless of DNT status. If an industry standard for DNT compliance is established, we will review our approach accordingly.
The retention periods for the cookies we use are set out in the table in Section 3 of this policy. In general:
We periodically review the cookies and tracking technologies used on our Website and update this policy when changes are made. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent review.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, changes in applicable law or guidance from regulatory authorities, or other operational changes. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and may display a notice on our Website.
We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies. Your continued use of our Website following the posting of changes to this policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes.
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies and similar technologies, please contact us:
Sooiv Capital
DIFC Gate Building, Gate District 3, Level 4
Dubai International Financial Centre
Dubai, UAE 116842
Email: privacy@sooiv.com
Phone: +971 4 456 7890
Related documents: Privacy Policy | Terms of Service