1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Dubai World Trade Centre LLC (“We”) owns and operates GulFood Manufacturing, an exhibition within Dubai World Trade Centre that showcases advanced food and beverage manufacturing technologies, ingredients, and solutions. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. This Cookies Policy is designed to provide you with clear information about how and why we use Cookies on our website. When you make your first visit to our official website www.gulfoodmanufacturing.com, you will have the option to grant consent or decline consent for the collection and use of Cookies.
2. WHAT ARE COOKIES?
2.1. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the website owners.
3. WHY DO WE USE COOKIES?
3.1 Cookies help us in:
4. FIRST-PARTY COOKIES AND THIRD-PARTY COOKIES
4.1 First-Party Cookies are directly stored on your device when you visit our website. These Cookies enable us to gather analytics information, remember language preferences, and carry out other beneficial tasks that enhance your experience.
4.2 Third-Party Cookies are created by third parties like an advertiser. They are typically used for online advertising and are added by a script or tag to a website.
5. WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF COOKIES USED BY US?
5.1 Strictly Necessary/Essential Cookies:
These Cookies are essential to enable you to move around the website and use its features. Without these Cookies, some of the website features may not provide the optimal results.
5.2. Performance & Functionality Cookies:
Performance Cookies are generally third-party Cookies from vendors we work with or who work on our behalf that collect information about your visit and use of the DWTC website, for instance, which pages you visit the most often, and if you get error messages from web pages. These Cookies do not collect information that can be used to identify a visitor. All information collected by these Cookies is anonymous and is solely used to improve the functionality of the website. For example, we can use these Cookies to learn more about which features are the most popular with our users and which ones might need some revisions.
5.3 Analytics & Customization Cookies:
Analytics Cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. These Cookies track metrics such as the number of visitors, the pages they visit, the time spent on each page, and how they navigate through the website. The data collected enables us to analyze trends, improve website performance, and enhance the user experience. For example, by understanding which pages receive the most traffic or where users tend to drop off, we can optimize the website’s design and content to better meet user needs.
5.4 Targeting & Advertising Cookies
Targeting Cookies are little pieces of information that we store on your system/ device. These Cookies are used to remember things about you, such as your interests, the things you have looked at on our website, or even your login information. These Cookies can be used to show you personalised content; they also help us tailor our content to your preferences and interests, making your online experience more personalised. For example, if you have been browsing for conferences or webinars on our website, targeting Cookies helps us to remember your preferences, ensuring that when you return, we can provide personalised suggestions for upcoming events that align with your interests.
5.4 Unclassified Cookies
Unclassified Cookies are Cookies that are not used in the same category as other types of Cookies such as “First Party” or Third Party.” These are usually set by websites you have previously visited, but also incorporate advertisement services or social media platforms.
6. LIST OF COOKIES
6.1 ESSENTIAL COOKIES:
| Cookies Key | Domain | Cookies Type | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __privaci_cookie_consent_generated | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 1 year | SECURITI.ai cookies are required to support core functionality of the SECURITI.ai consent solution. The cookies help maintain and honor consent preferences submitted by the user. |
| __privaci_cookie_consent_uuid | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 1 year | SECURITI.ai cookies are required to support core functionality of the SECURITI.ai consent solution. The cookies help maintain and honor consent preferences submitted by the user. |
| __privaci_cookie_consents | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 1 year | SECURITI.ai cookies are required to support core functionality of the SECURITI.ai consent solution. The cookies help maintain and honor consent preferences submitted by the user. |
| __privaci_cookie_no_action | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 1 year | SECURITI.ai cookies are required to support core functionality of the SECURITI.ai consent solution. The cookies help maintain and honor consent preferences submitted by the user. |
| __privaci_latest_published_version | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 1 year | SECURITI.ai cookies are required to support core functionality of the SECURITI.ai consent solution. The cookies help maintain and honor consent preferences submitted by the user. |
| metrika_enabled | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 1 year | This cookie checks whether other site cookies are installed correctly. |
| CFTOKEN | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 1 year | This cookie is a random-number client security token. |
| bcookie | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year | Browser Identifier cookie to uniquely identify devices accessing site to detect abuse on the platform. |
| sync_cookie_csrf | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Less than a day | This cookie is used in connection with the synchronisation between the website and third-party Data Management Platform. The cookie serves to monitor this process for security reasons. |
| sync_cookie_csrf_secondary | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Less than a day | This cookie is used to protects against cross-site request forgery attacks. |
| sync_cookie_csrf | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Less than a day | This cookie is used in connection with the synchronisation between the website and third-party Data Management Platform. The cookie serves to monitor this process for security reasons. |
| sync_cookie_csrf_secondary | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Less than a day | This cookie is used to protects against cross-site request forgery attacks. |
| bscookie | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year | This cookie remembers that a logged-in user is verified by two-factor authentication. |
| __cf_bm | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Less than a day | This cookie is used as on-end user devices that access customer sites that are protected by bot management or bot fight mode. |
6.2 PERFORMANCE COOKIES:
| Cookies Key | Domain | Cookies Type | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _clck | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First party | 1 year | This cookie persists the site user ID and preferences, 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. |
| _clsk | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First party | 1 day | This cookie connects multiple page views by a user into a single site session recording. |
| _ym_d | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First party | 1 year | This cookie saves the date of the user’s first site session. |
| _ym_isad | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First party | 1 year | This cookie determines whether a user has ad blockers. |
| _ym_uid | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First party | 1 year | This cookie is used for identifying site users. |
| CFID | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First party | Session | This cookie is a sequential client identifier. |
| CLID | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 1 year | This cookie identifies the first time the site saw the user on any site. |
| X-AB | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie is used by the website’s operator in context with multi-variate testing. This is a tool used to combine or change content on the website. This allows the website to find the best variation/edition of the site. |
| _ym*_lastHit | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie is used for specifying the time in order to get an accurate bounce rate. |
| _ym*_lsid | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie is used for identifying site users. |
| _ym*_reqNum | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie is used for determining the ordinal number of the request for the tag in the browser. |
| _ym_retryReqs | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie contains requests that the tag couldn’t send to the server. |
| _ym_synced | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie tracks the user’s interaction with the website’s search-bar function. This data can be used to present the user with relevant products or services. |
| _ym_uid | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie is used for identifying site users. |
| showoff_wishlist_items_* | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie is used to track items added to the user’s wishlist. |
| li_sugr | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Session | This cookie is used to make a probabilistic match of a user’s identity outside the designated countries. |
| lidc | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 day | This cookie is used to facilitate data center selection. |
| X-AB | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 day | This cookie is used by the website’s operator in context with multi-variate testing. This is a tool used to combine or change content on the website. This allows the website to find the best variation/edition of the site. |
| sc_at | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Session | This cookie allows us to track visits to the site and serve relevant content on the website. |
| CLID | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year | This cookie identifies the first time the site saw the user on any site. |
| yandexuid | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year 30 days | This cookie is used for identifying site users. |
| yashr | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year | This cookie stores information for Yandex website usage metrics. |
| ymex | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year | This cookie stores auxiliary information for site performance, ID creation time, and their alternative values. |
| yuidss | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year 30 days | This cookie is used for identifying site users. |
| yandexuid | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year 30 days | This cookie is used for identifying site users. |
| yashr | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year | This cookie stores information for Yandex website usage metrics. |
| receive-cookie-deprecation | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Session | This cookie is related to receiving notifications regarding cookie deprecation. |
| sync_cookie_ok_secondary | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 day | This cookie synchronizes state between browser tabs. |
| ymex | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year | This cookie stores auxiliary information for site performance, ID creation time, and their alternative values. |
| yuidss | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year | This cookie is used for identifying site users. |
6.3. ANALYTICS COOKIES:
| Cookies Key | Domain | Cookies Type | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 1 year 30 days | Used to distinguish users. |
| _gat_UA-* | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Less than a day | This cookie is used to throttle request rate. |
| _gid | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 1 day | Used to distinguish users. |
| _pk_id* | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 120 days | This cookie is used to recognize visitors and hold their various properties. |
| _pk_ses* | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Less than a day | This cookie shows the visitor’s active session. |
| _cltk | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie registers statistical data on user’s behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. |
| _ga_CHXMRCP72E | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 1 year 30 days | |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Session | Used to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie. |
| yp | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year 30 days | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. |
6.4. TARGETING COOKIES:
| Cookies Key | Domain | Cookies Type | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _fbp | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 90 days | This cookie identifies browsers for the purposes of providing advertising and site analytics services. |
| _gcl_au | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 90 days | This cookie is used by advertisers to measure user activity and the performance of their ad campaigns. |
| _schn1 | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Less than a day | This cookie is used to track the conversion rate between the user and the advertisement banners on the website. This serves to optimise the relevance of the advertisements on the website. |
| _scid | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 30 days | Cookie associated with Snapchat. Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. |
| _scid_r | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 30 days | This cookie sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertising. |
| _screload | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie may be set through by the site by its advertising partners. It may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. |
| _sctr | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 30 days | Collects data on visitor interaction with the website’s video-content – This data is used to make the website’s video-content more relevant towards the visitor. |
| _tt_enable_cookie | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 30 days | This cookie is used to measure and improve the performance of the advertising campaigns and to personalize the user’s experience (including ads). |
| _ttp | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 30 days | This cookie is used to measure and improve the performance of your advertising campaigns and to personalize the user’s experience on site. |
| DEFAULTLOCALE | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This is an advertising tracker from Affiliate Summit. Affiliate Summit is the premier online marketing conference, drawing over 5,000 people per event. |
| _fbp | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 90 days | This cookie identifies browsers for the purposes of providing advertising and site analytics services. |
| _tt_enable_cookie | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 30 days | This cookie is used to measure and improve the performance of the advertising campaigns and to personalize the user’s experience (including ads). |
| lastExternalReferrer | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie is used to find out where the visitor comes from. |
| lastExternalReferrerTime | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This item is used for visitor evaluation of where the visitor comes from. |
| li_adsId | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie helps identify and track users for advertising purposes, enabling the site and advertising partners to offer more personalized and relevant advertising. |
| tt_appInfo | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie is used by the social networking service for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| tt_pixel_session_index | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie is used by the social networking service, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| tt_sessionId | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie is used by the social networking service, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| u_sclid | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant. |
| u_sclid_r | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie is used for marketing purpose. |
| u_scsid | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant. |
| u_scsid_r | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie is used for marketing purpose. |
| yabs-sid | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | This cookie is used for the marketing purpose of the website. |
| cfid | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 30 days | This cookie is used for marketing purpose. |
| cftoken | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | 30 days | This is an advertising tracker from Scientific American. Scientific American publishes science and technology magazines in the United States. |
| MUID | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 30 days | This cookie registers a unique ID to recognise returning visitors. The ID is used for targeted advertising. |
| MR* | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Less than a day | Indicates whether to refresh MUID. |
| SRM_B | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 30 days | This cookie may be set through our site by our advertising partners. It may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. |
| ANONCHK | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Less than a day | Indicates whether MUID cookie is transferred to ANID cookie, a cookie used for advertising. |
| MR | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 30 days | Indicates whether to refresh MUID. |
| SM | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Session | Used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. |
| MUID | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 30 days | This cookie registers a unique ID to recognise returning visitors. The ID is used for targeted advertising. |
| IDE | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 30 days | This is used for serving targeted advertisements that are relevant to you across the web. |
| test_cookie | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Less than a day | This is used for serving targeted advertisements that are relevant to you across the web. |
| ELOQUA | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 30 days | This cookie is used to track customers through all phases of the buying products. |
| ELQSTATUS | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 30 days | This cookie is used to track individual visitors and their use of the site. It is set when you first visit the site and updated on subsequent visits. |
| fr | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 90 days | This cookie is used to deliver, measure and improve the relevancy of ads. |
| UserMatchHistory | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Session | This cookie is used as ads ID syncing. |
| sync_cookie_ok | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 day | Used for data-synchronization with advertisement networks. |
| yabs-sid | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Session | This cookie is used for the marketing purpose of the website. |
| _schn1 | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Less than a day | This cookie is used to track the conversion rate between the user and the advertisement banners on the website. This serves to optimise the relevance of the advertisements on the website. |
| TapAd_3WAY_SYNCS | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Less than a day | This cookie is set through our site by our advertising partners. |
| TapAd_DID | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Less than a day | Cookie used for marketing purpose of the website. |
| TapAd_TS | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Less than a day | This cookie is set through our site by our advertising partners. |
| _ttp | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Session | This cookie is used to measure and improve the performance of your advertising campaigns and to personalize the user’s experience on site. |
| _schn2 | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Less than a day | Less than a day | This cookie is used to track the conversion rate between the user and the advertisement banners on the website. This serves to optimise the relevance of the advertisements on the website. |
| _scid | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 30 days | Cookie associated with Snapchat. Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. |
| _scid_r | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 30 days | This cookie sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertising. |
| _yasc | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year | Collects data on the user across websites – This data is used to make advertisement more relevant. |
| bh | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 30 days | This cookie is used for the website of an advertiser to target your visit register to thus put your interest in an ad. The cookie checks whether you have clicked. |
| i | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 30 days | Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographic. |
| receive-cookie-deprecation | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year | Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website. |
| _yasc | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year | Collects data on the user across websites – This data is used to make advertisement more relevant. |
| bh | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 30 days | This cookie is used for the website of an advertiser to target your visit register to thus put your interest in an ad. The cookie checks whether you have clicked. |
| i | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 30 days | Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimising ad display based on the user’s movement on websites that use the same ad network. |
| ar_debug | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 day | This cookie is used to track the visitor to website. The purpose is to present advertisements that are relevant and engaging to the individual user and therefore of greater value to third party publishers and advertisers. |
| yabs-sid | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | Session | This cookie is used for the marketing purpose of the website. |
| receive-cookie-deprecation | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | Third Party | 1 year | Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website. |
6.5. UNCLASSIFIED COOKIES
| Cookies Key | Domain | Cookies Type | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _gcl_ls | gulfoodmanufacturing.com | First Party | Session | These cookies have not been classified into a specific category. |
7. HOW CAN YOU CONTROL YOUR COOKIES PREFERENCES?
7.1 You can choose to refuse or selectively accept to store certain Cookies by adjusting the preferences on the Cookies preference window and on your browser. However, if your browser refuses to store Cookies, some features of this website may not be available to you and some pages on this website may not display properly.
7.2 You can find information on popular browsers and how to adjust your Cookies preferences at the following websites: –
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox/protect-your-privacy/Cookies
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&oco=1
7.3 Additionally, various web browsers offer features that allow you to make informed choices about the use of your personal information online. These features enable you to configure your browser to automatically accept or refuse to store Cookies based on your privacy preferences. We attempt to provide clear information and options regarding Cookies and privacy preferences for each Cookies that this website requests your browser to store.
7.4 If we detect that you have enabled the Do Not Track Setting or Global Privacy Control signal in your browser, we will automatically disable Targeting Cookies.
7.5 If you have disabled one or more Cookies, we may still use information collected from Cookies prior to your disabled preference being set; however, we will stop using the disabled Cookies to collect any further information.
8. UPDATE AND REVIEW
8.1 We may update this Cookies Policy to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please check this page periodically to stay informed about our use of Cookies.
9. CONTACT US
9.1 If you have questions, requests, or concerns regarding your privacy and rights, please contact us at Privacy@dwtc.com.