Cookie Policy

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Please read this cookie policy (Cookie Policy) to help you understand how our group of companies ([Mubadala Capital and Real Estate LLC, MIC]) use cookies. This Cookie Policy should be read in conjunction with our Website Terms of Use.

1.2 When you visit our Website, we may store some information commonly known as a ‘cookie’ on your device (e.g. your computer, mobile phone, tablet etc.) in order to facilitate your browsing.

2. WHAT IS A COOKIE?

2.1 Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to those operating the site.

2.2 Cookies are useful to us because they allow our Website to recognise a user’s device. Cookies allow also you to navigate between pages efficiently, remember preferences and generally improve your experience of using the Website.

2.3 We make use of:

functional cookies on our Website to [remember the language or the cookies preferences you have chosen for the next time that you visit our Website];
analytic cookies to analyse how our visitors use the Website and to monitor the performance of the Website. This allows us to provide a high quality experience by customising our offering and quickly identifying and fixing any issues that arise; and
tracking and marketing cookies to enable us to deliver targeted advertising that may be relevant to a user’s interests.

2.4 You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.

3. WHAT TYPE OF COOKIES DO WE USE?

The table below explains the cookies we use when you visit our Website and why.

Cookie name	Description	Category	Expiration
AWSALB	AWS ELB application load balancer. Used to attribute commission to affiliates when you arrive at the website from an affiliate referral link. It is set when you click on one of our links and used to let the advertiser and us know the website from which you came.	Strictly necessary	6 days
AWSALBCORS	This cookie is managed by AWS and is used for load balancing. Used to attribute commission to affiliates when you arrive at the website from an affiliate referral link. It is set when you click on one of our links and used to let the advertiser and us know the website from which you came.	Strictly necessary	6 days
ASP.NET_SessionId	General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Microsoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server.	Strictly necessary	Session
__CookieConsentV300	Used to check whether the user has read the cookie disclaimer and has hit 'Accept All', 'Decline All' or 'Save Preferences.	Strictly necessary	Session
__cf_bm	The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. This is a CloudFoundry cookie.	Strictly Necessary	Session
_cfuvid	The _cfuvid cookie is used by Cloudflare to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address for the purpose of enforcing rate limiting rules.	Strictly Necessary	Session
__RequestVerificationToken	This is an anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery. It holds no information about the user and is destroyed on closing the browser.	Strictly necessary	Session
_ga	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. For more information about Google's processing of your personal data, please consult Google's Privacy & Terms site.	Performance	365 days
_ga_xxxxxxxxxx	Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device.Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device.	Performance	Session
#lang	Stores the user's selected language preference	Functional	Session
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.	Targeting	5 Months
__Secure-*	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.	Targeting	Session
YSC	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.	Targeting	Session
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos.	Targeting	5 Months

3.1 The data collected through Cookies placed on your device will not be kept for longer than is necessary to fulfil the purposes mentioned above. The Cookies that we place automatically on your device will automatically expire in accordance with the timeframes described above.

4. HOW DO I CHANGE MY COOKIE SETTINGS?

4.1 You can change your cookie preferences at any time by through your browser settings. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.
4.2 Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings.
4.3 Please check your internet browser software or with your software supplier if you wish to block cookies. Please note that disabling cookies may result in certain features of the Website not working. For optimal use of the website we recommend that you do not disable Cookies on your device.
4.4 To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

5. CHANGES TO THE COOKIE POLICY

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Where we make any material changes, we will inform visitors of our website.
This Cookie Policy may be updated from time to time.