1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.
Cookies allow us to recognize your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions on our website, enabling us to provide you with a better user experience.
2. How We Use Cookies
City Plaza Real Estate uses cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Website Functionality: To enable core website features and ensure proper operation
- User Preferences: To remember your settings, language preferences, and choices
- Analytics and Performance: To understand how visitors use our website and improve user experience
- Marketing and Advertising: To deliver relevant advertisements and measure campaign effectiveness
- Security: To protect against fraudulent activity and enhance website security
3. Types of Cookies We Use
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas, and form submissions. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Examples:
- Session cookies for maintaining your browsing session
- Security cookies for authentication and fraud prevention
- Load balancing cookies for distributing traffic
3.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if error messages are received. This helps us improve website performance and user experience.
We use:
- Google Analytics: To track website usage and visitor behavior
- Heatmap Tools: To understand user interaction patterns
- Performance Monitoring: To identify and fix technical issues
3.3 Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference or region) and provide enhanced, personalized features.
Examples:
- Remembering your property search preferences
- Storing your currency and language preferences
- Saving your favorite properties or saved searches
3.4 Targeting and Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They also help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
We may use:
- Facebook Pixel: For retargeting and conversion tracking
- Google Ads: For displaying relevant advertisements
- LinkedIn Insight Tag: For professional audience targeting
- Third-Party Ad Networks: For broader advertising reach
4. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics, deliver advertisements, and provide enhanced functionality.
Third-party services we use include:
- Google Analytics: Web analytics service (Privacy Policy)
- Facebook: Social media integration and advertising (Privacy Policy)
- WhatsApp: Messaging integration (Privacy Policy)
- YouTube: Video content embedding (Privacy Policy)
These third parties have their own privacy policies, and we have no control over their cookies or how they use the information collected.
5. How to Control Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences through:
5.1 Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to:
- Block all cookies
- Accept only first-party cookies
- Delete cookies when you close your browser
- Notify you when a cookie is being set
Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:
- Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
- Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data
5.2 Opt-Out Tools
You can opt out of specific types of cookies using these tools:
- Google Analytics Opt-out: Browser Add-on
- Facebook Ad Preferences: Ad Settings
- Network Advertising Initiative: Opt-out Tool
⚠️ Important: Blocking or deleting cookies may impact your experience on our website. Some features may not function properly, and you may need to re-enter information or preferences.
6. Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want to be tracked. Currently, there is no industry standard for how to respond to DNT signals. At this time, our website does not respond to DNT browser signals, but we respect your privacy choices through the cookie controls described above.
7. Cookie Duration
Cookies can be either "session cookies" or "persistent cookies":
- Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser
- Persistent Cookies: Remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them manually
The duration of persistent cookies varies depending on their purpose, typically ranging from a few days to several years.
8. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, regulatory, or operational reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on this page with a new "Last updated" date.
9. More Information
For more information about how we handle your personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
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10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:
City Plaza Real Estate
3rd Floor, Gate 25, Aljazeera Stadium
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Email: Khadijat.omosumi@cityplazare.com
Phone: +971 52 900 9133
WhatsApp: +971 52 900 9133