About Us:
This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from users of the Website DoinDubai.com.
I use your personal information only for providing and improving the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Information Collection And Use
While using our Site, I may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personal identifiable information will only include your email address (to leave a comment or sign up for my newsletter) and your name.
Cookies
Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer’s hard drive.
Like many sites, I use “cookies” to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.
Log Data
Like many site operators, I collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site (“Log Data”)
This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of my Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics. In addition, I use Google Analytics that collect, monitor and analyse these stats, this helps us improve our site’s performance.
Communications
If you have signed up for my newsletter, I will use your email to contact you with newsletters. You will not be signed up for my newsletter without your explicit permission and you can opt out at any time by clicking ‘unsubscribe’ at the bottom of my emails.
Third Parties
The website uses third parties; such as:
Google Analytics –we use this to track the traffic of our site and our readers. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
MailChimp- we use MailChimp only for those who explicitly sign up to our email list; and store email addresses and names only.
YouTube – stores the user’ video preferences.
Twitter.com – this functions to allow the website to load faster by preloading certain procedures.
We occasionally partner with select brands to display advertisements or sponsored content that aligns with our mission of providing honest Dubai lifestyle recommendations. We also have some affiliate links.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Any breaches of data will be informed within 48 hours via either email or a notice on this website.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of 5th April 2019 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.
I reserve the right to update or change my Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgement of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.
If I make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, I will notify you by placing a notice on my website.
The registered data controller for DoinDubai is Monica Kapila.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us. Should you have any questions about my privacy policy or wish for your data to be removed; you can put this in writing completing this contact form.
Last updated: 27th July 2025
Essential
Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| wpconsent_preferences | This cookie is used to store the user's cookie consent preferences. | 30 days |
Comments
These cookies are needed for adding comments on this website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| comment_author | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | Session |
| comment_author_email | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | Session |
| comment_author_url | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | Session |
Google Tag Manager
Google Tag Manager simplifies the management of marketing tags on your website without code changes.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| cookiePreferences | Registers cookie preferences of a user | 2 years |
| td | Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | session |
Statistics
Statistics cookies collect information anonymously. This information helps us understand how visitors use our website.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a powerful tool that tracks and analyzes website traffic for informed marketing decisions.
Learn more| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _gac_ | Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together. | 90 days |
| __utma | ID used to identify users and sessions | 2 years after last activity |
| __utmt | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests | 10 minutes |
| __utmb | Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server. | 30 minutes after last activity |
| __utmc | Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session. | End of session (browser) |
| __utmz | Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server | 6 months after last activity |
| __utmv | Contains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server. | 2 years after last activity |
| __utmx | Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test. | 18 months |
| _ga | ID used to identify users | 2 years |
| _gali | Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked | 30 seconds |
| _ga_ | ID used to identify users | 2 years |
| _gid | ID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager | 1 minute |
