Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Stage Time Events Managing Co. L.L.C (“Stage Time”, “the Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on its website, and the choices available to visitors regarding their use. This Cookie Policy should be read together with the Company’s Privacy Policy, which sets out how personal data collected through the website is processed.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on a visitor’s device by a website. They are widely used to make websites function, to function more efficiently, and to provide information to the website operator. Similar technologies, including pixels, tags, local storage and tracking scripts, are addressed collectively in this Policy under the term “cookies”.
2. Cookie Consent Management
The Company uses Cookiebot, a third-party consent management platform, to scan the website for cookies and similar technologies, to categorize such cookies, and to present visitors with a consent banner on first visiting the website. Through the Cookiebot consent banner, a visitor may accept, reject, or selectively enable categories of cookies, other than cookies classified as strictly necessary.
A visitor’s cookie preferences are recorded and may be reviewed or changed at any time via the cookie settings link available in the website footer, or through the Cookiebot consent banner icon, which reopens the consent management panel.
The Company relies on Cookiebot to generate and maintain an accurate, current inventory of the cookies deployed on the website, including their name, provider, purpose, category and expiry period. This inventory is made available to visitors through the Cookiebot consent banner and the associated cookie declaration page linked from the website.
3. Categories Of Cookies Used
Cookies deployed on the website are classified by Cookiebot into the following categories:
| Category | Purpose | Examples | Consent Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Required for the website to function and cannot be switched off in the consent platform. | Session management, load balancing, cookie consent preferences, security tokens. | No |
| Preferences | Enable the website to remember choices made by a visitor, such as language or region. | Language settings, display preferences. | Yes |
| Statistics | Collect anonymized or pseudonymized information on how visitors use the website, to help improve its. | Page views, session duration, traffic source, analytics identifiers. | Yes |
| Marketing | Track visitors across websites to display relevant advertising and measure campaign. | Advertising identifiers, retargeting pixels, social media cookies. | Yes |
Necessary cookies do not require consent, as they are essential for the website’s core functionality and cannot be disabled through the consent platform. All other categories are deployed only where the visitor has provided consent through the Cookiebot banner, in accordance with applicable UAE data protection legislation, including Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Certain cookies on the website are placed by third-party service providers, including analytics providers, social media platforms, advertising networks and embedded content providers (such as video or map services). These third parties may set cookies when a visitor interacts with content they provide, and may use such cookies for their own purposes, in accordance with their respective privacy and cookie policies.
The Company does not control the cookies placed by such third parties and encourages visitors to review the relevant third-party policies for further information.
5. Managing Cookie Preferences
In addition to the preferences managed through the Cookiebot consent banner, most web browsers allow a visitor to control cookies through their browser settings, including by blocking or deleting cookies. Visitors should note that disabling certain cookies, including necessary cookies, may affect the functionality of the website.
Further guidance on managing cookies through common browsers is generally available on the relevant browser provider’s support pages.
6. Retention Of Cookie Data
Cookies are retained for varying periods depending on their category and purpose, ranging from the duration of a single browsing session to a period of up to twenty-four (24) months, as set out in the cookie declaration maintained through Cookiebot. Consent preferences recorded by Cookiebot are retained for up to twelve (12) months, following which a visitor will be prompted to renew their preferences.
7. Amendments To This Cookie Policy
The Company may amend this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies and technologies used on the website, changes to applicable law, or changes to the Company’s practices. The then-current version shall be published on this page and identified by the date appearing at the head of this Policy. Where the categories or purposes of cookies deployed materially change, the Cookiebot consent banner will prompt visitors to review and, where applicable, renew their consent.
8. Contact
Enquiries concerning this Cookie Policy, or the cookies used on the website, should be directed to:
Stage Time Events Managing Co. L.L.C
OFF117-153, Arjumand Offices and Retail
DIP1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Commercial License No. 1102392
TRN 104012170700003
Email: info@stagetime.ae
Telephone: +971 52 666 4949