Cookie Policy
What this site stores on your device, why it does it, and how you change your mind — in plain language.
The short version
What cookies are
This cookie policy explains how Salmainka Road Maps and Navigation Guide UAE (salmainka.it.com) uses cookies and similar technologies, what they are used for, and how you can control them.
Read it alongside our Privacy Policy, which covers the personal information we handle and why.
A cookie is a small text file a website places on your device. It lets the site remember something between pages or between visits — that a page has already loaded, that you dismissed a notice, or that a browser session is still the same one. Nothing in a cookie is a program; it cannot run on your device or read other files.
Cookies come in two useful lengths. Session cookies disappear when you close the browser tab. Persistent cookies stay for a set period, which is why a preference you set today can still be there next week. Similar technologies — local storage in the browser, for example — work in comparable ways, and this policy covers them too.
Some cookies are set by us, and some are set by services we use. The next two sections separate what the site cannot run without from what we use to understand how the guide is read.
Types of cookies we use
Two families sit on this site, and they behave very differently. One keeps the pages running; the other tells us which pages are worth keeping up to date.
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the website to function. They support core features such as page delivery and security, and they hold the record of your cookie choices so we do not ask twice. Because they are essential, they do not require consent in most jurisdictions, and they cannot be switched off through the site itself.
If you block them in your browser, parts of the guide may stop working correctly — pages may not load as expected, and your preference choices may be forgotten on the next visit.
Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies collect aggregated information about how visitors use the site, including pages viewed and time on page. This data helps us understand which content is useful.
Where required, analytics cookies are set only with your consent. They do not identify you by name, and they are never used to follow you around other websites on our behalf.
Necessary cookies
Always active
Page delivery, security checks and the record of your cookie choices.
Analytics cookies
Consent based
Aggregated counts of pages viewed and time on page, used to decide what we update next.
Third-party cookies
Set by providers
Set by the external services we use, each under its own cookie and privacy policy.
Third-party cookies
Some cookies may be set by third-party services we use, such as analytics providers. These providers have their own privacy and cookie policies, which we recommend reviewing. We do not control cookies set by third parties, and we cannot change how long they stay on your device.
Managing cookies in your browser
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block cookies entirely, block third-party cookies only, or delete cookies already stored. The path differs slightly between browsers, but the controls sit in the same place.
Blocking strictly necessary cookies may affect how the site functions. Everything else is optional, and the guide reads normally without it.
- 1 Open your browser's settings menu and find the section covering privacy, site data or content settings. In most browsers it sits one level below the main menu.
- 2 Choose what to allow. You can accept all cookies, reject third-party cookies only, or block cookies from every site you have not listed.
- 3 Clear what is already stored. Deleting existing cookies removes saved preferences as well as tracking records, including the choice you made on this site.
- 4 Reload the page afterwards. If you removed the cookie that records your choice, the consent notice will appear again on your next visit so you can set a new preference.
Browser updates occasionally rename these menus. If a label has changed, the privacy or site data section is still where the cookie controls live.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy to reflect changes in the cookies we use or in legal requirements. The updated version will appear on this page.
When something meaningful changes — a new category of cookie, a new provider, or a different retention period — the revised text replaces what you read here, and the policy you agreed to is the version published at the time of your visit. Checking this page occasionally is the simplest way to stay current, since we do not send separate notices for routine wording edits.
How to contact us
Questions about this policy can be sent through the contact page on this website. If you are asking about a specific cookie you have seen in your browser, tell us the browser you use and the page you were on, and we can look at it with you.
Written enquiries
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Email
[email protected] -
Phone
+971 4 587 8720 -
Office
Office 2105, Al Sila Tower, Sheikh Zayed Road, Business Bay, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Related reading
The pages below explain what the guide covers and how the tools it describes are kept current.