Cookie Notice: Dubai Fitness Challenge
Department of Economy and Tourism (“DET”) is an entity established pursuant to Law No. 20 of 2021 having its address at P.O. Box 594, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. DET is the principal authority for the planning, supervision, development and marketing of tourism in Dubai. DET also markets and promotes Dubai’s commerce sector and are responsible for the licensing and classification of all tourism services, including hotels establishments, tour operators, travel agents and all other tourism services. You can find out more about us here.
DET and its affiliates, including, but not limited to, Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment and Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (collectively, “Dubai DET”, “We”, “we”, “our” or “us”) are committed to providing excellent service to all customers, including respecting their concerns about how we use cookies and similar technologies. This Cookie Notice applies to cookies (as described below) that are placed and read out on the Dubai Fitness Challenge websites.
We have provided this cookies notice to help you, the user, understand how cookies are used when you visit and use www.dubaifitnesschallenge.com, www.dubairun.com and www.dubairide.com, and how cookies are used on these. Please read the following carefully to understand what cookies are used, and what the purpose of these are.
Defintions
In this Cookie Notice:
“Dubai Fitness Challenge” means a 30-day fitness challenge taking place in Dubai for participants located in the United Arab Emirates including ‘Dubai Run’ and ‘Dubai Ride’; and
“Websites” means the websites operated for the Dubai Fitness Challenge, namely, www.dubaifitnesschallenge.com, www.dubairun.com and www.dubairide.com.
About cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed upon your computer in order to help us to identify you, some cookies known as ‘essential cookies’ are required to enable our Websites to operate, other cookies ‘optional cookies’ are those that we use to personalise your experience whilst on our Websites, e.g. to enable us to show you personalised advertisements.
For further information about cookies generally you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org (please note that this is a third-party website and we are not responsible for the content of the same).
Types of Cookies we use
When you visit our Website, we will use cookies in order to deliver the best user experience for you. By using this Website you agree and consent to the cookies described in this Policy. The information below provides an overview of each of the types of cookies used.
Analytical Cookies
Are cookies that we use to monitor how users are using our Website. They enable us to identify which areas or functions within the website that users spend most time and allow us to understand how users move around the website.
Marketing Cookies
Are cookies that we set in order to deliver content that is most relevant to you or tailored to you based upon your usage of our Website. These cookies may be placed by, or shared with, our marketing partners to show you adverts when you use other websites and platforms.
Functional Cookies
Are cookies that we deploy in order optimise the user experience, for example to increase the level of functionality or to remember your preferences should you return at a later date. These cookies also enable you to utilise features such as creating an account and subscribing for updates.
Essential Cookies
Are cookies that we need to utilise in order for our website to function, e.g. to display certain items on the website, or to ensure the security of the website. These cannot be disabled by us, however you may be able to restrict or prohibit these using the settings in your browser. If restricted then you may experience issues loading or using our website.
Cookie settings
Most web browsers permit users to set control over what cookies they are willing to accept and what they are not, as well as reviewing cookies that have already been placed. For further information about this please see your browser settings or visit www.aboutcookies.org (please note that this is a third-party website and we are not responsible for the content of the same) which contains comprehensive information on how to manage your cookie settings across on a wide variety of browsers.
More information about Cookies
The table below provides examples of the different types of cookies we use and why. For more information or to manage/block third party cookies, you may do so by visiting the specific websites of these third parties, as shown below.
Cookie ID |
Provider |
Purpose |
Expiry |
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Analytical |
Google Analytics |
The measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of web data. For more information, visit https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage |
90 days |
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YouTube |
The measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of web data. For more information, visit https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage |
90 days |
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Marketing |
DoubleClick |
Online advertising that comes in several forms, including banner ads, rich media and more. For more information, please visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en-GB |
90 days |
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Google Ads |
To help deliver better search results based on customers visiting our site. For more information, please visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en-GB |
90 days |
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Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat |
To better generate, target, and deliver marketing communications via social networks. For further information please visit |
90 days |
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Oracle Bluekai, Oracle Maxymizer |
To create personalised experiences for visitors to our website. For more information or to opt-out, please visit |
90 days |
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Crazyegg |
To create personalised experiences for visitors to our website. For more information or to opt-out, please visit |
90 days |
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Functional |
Google Recaptcha, Google Botguard |
Functionality important to deliver an optimal website experience. For more information, please visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-GB |
90 days |
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Essential |
Dubai Fitness Challenge |
ASP.NET_SessionId is a session cookie which is used to identify the users session on the server. The session being an area on the server which can be used to store data in between http requests. |
Expires when Browser Session ends |
Further Information
If, having read this notice, you have any queries, comments or concerns, please contact us at [email protected].
For further information relating to privacy and use of personal data, please refer to our Privacy Notice and the documents referred to in it.