- Cookie Policy
We use cookies on our website to enable our website to function properly, provide you with the service requested, understand how you use our website, provide you with the best possible experience, and support our and third parties’ marketing activities. This policy will explain how our cookies work, what we use them for, what type of data they collect and how you can manage your cookie settings. You can find detailed information about cookies in the respective tables below. Where appropriate, the tables will contain information about third parties that are used to place cookies and/or access information from them for their own purposes. For more information about how your personal data is processed, including the identity of the controllers, your rights, information about transfers and safeguards, how to contact us and other information required under data protection laws and regulations, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
- What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your browser folder or the hard disk on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies such as pixels, web beacons, java scripts, universal IDs and others (referred to as “cookies”) allow storing information on your devices or accessing the information stored. In most cases, the data cookies collect is pseudonymised or anonymised. Cookies may contain personal and other data such as user IDs, session ID, browser ID, click ID, conversion and conversion chain ID, attribution ID, experiment variant ID, and other unique identifiers, technical information about your session (tokens, metadata, request hash, browser window dimensions, event data), information about your device, language preference, consent data, your activity on the website, page views, ad interactions (ad clicks, conversion data), timestamps, authentication token, information about your planned visits and enquiries, which may include the medical specialty or the department you are interested in, etc.
We may use both first-party and third-party cookies. First-party cookies originate from the website you are visiting currently a, i.e., the domain you are visiting. Third-party cookies are placed on our website by third-party providers from a domain distinct from the one you are currently visiting, allowing those providers to access and read the data collected through these cookies.
Persistent cookies are those that stay in your device for a specific period of time, while session cookies stay only during one browsing session.
- Managing Cookies via Browser Settings
You can block and delete cookies at any time by using your browser settings. You should keep in mind that if you block cookies through your browser, our website may not be able to work properly and some of its functions may not be available to you.
You can find information on how to manage cookies in some browsers on the following links:
Managing cookies in Microsoft Edge
- Categories of cookies
We use cookies for different purposes. We use those cookies because we need to guarantee the availability and security of our website, to provide a service requested by you, to understand how our website is used, personalise the website based on your actions or to assist our marketing efforts. We have grouped the cookies used on our website into four categories listed below.
Strictly necessary cookies
Strictly necessary cookies allow the website to function properly and are used to provide a service you requested. They are always placed on your device by default and can’t be deactivated through our website, as they are necessary for the website to function as expected. In other words, we use strictly necessary cookies because we need to guarantee the availability and security of our website in order to be able to provide you with health services.
Additionally, personal data from cookies may be shared and transferred to our partners outside of the UAE which provide the cookies for our use and the services related to them.
We may use strictly necessary cookies to make sure you are not a bot, protect against bot attacks and keep our website secure otherwise.
The legal bases we rely on to process personal data collected through strictly necessary cookies are set out under various applicable data protection regimes:
Abu Dhabi Healthcare Information and Cyber Security Standard (ADHICS Standard v2)
We rely on the legal basis that the processing is necessary for the purposes of medical diagnosis, providing health treatment, health insurance services and managing health systems and services in accordance with the applicable legislation.
Federal Decree by Law No. (45) of 2021 Concerning the Protection of Personal Data
We rely on the legal basis that the processing is necessary for purposes of occupational or preventive medicine in order to assess the employees’ ability to work, performing medical diagnosis, providing health or social care, treatment or health insurance services, managing health or social care systems and services in accordance with the legislation in force in the State.
Federal Law No. (2) of 2019 Concerning the Use of the Information and Communications Technology in Health Fields
We rely on the legal basis that the processing is necessary for the provision of healthcare services where we process personal data of patients.
DHA Policy for Health Data and Information Sharing
Our legal basis for collecting and sharing data is to provide you with treatment and health care, which constitutes primary use of health data under the Policy.
You can find out more information about the strictly necessary cookies used on our website in the following list:
| Cookie name | Purpose | Type and host | Duration | Description |
| __cf_bm | Protecting against bot attacks | Third-party (Cloudflare) | 30 minutes | This cookie is used for security purposes and helps our website protect against bot attack. |
Analytics and performance cookies
We use analytics and performance cookies to better understand how visitors interact with our website. These cookies help us improve functionality, optimise performance, and enhance the overall user experience. Additionally, personal data from cookies may be shared and transferred to our partners outside of the UAE which provide the cookies for our use and the services related to them.
We may use analytics and performance cookies to:
- Gain long-term and short-term statistical insight on how visitors use our website through the pages they visit, links they click, the time when they are most active, and similar
- Consolidate returning visitor’s activity through multiple sessions
- Improve and optimise our website
Consent is our legal basis for processing personal data in accordance with the Abu Dhabi Healthcare Information and Cyber Security Standard (ADHICS Standard v2), the Federal Decree by Law No. (45) of 2021 Concerning the Protection of Personal Data, the Federal Law No. (2) of 2019 Concerning the Use of the Information and Communications Technology in Health Fields, and DHA policy for Health Information Sharing.
You can find out more information about the analytics and performance cookies used on our website in the following list:
| Cookie name | Purpose | Type and host | Duration | Description |
| _ga | Tracking and analysing how the website is used | First-party (aestheticscc.com) | 2 years | This cookie contains a unique random identifier that allows us to recognise returning users and consolidate their activity across sessions. This allows us to gain insight into how you use the website by tracking your interactions with the site over time. |
| _ga_DPDHJB4310 _ga_HV1FL86553, _ga_VZXNQ8QZZJ, _ga_Y2RSHPPW88 | Tracking and analysing how the website is used | First-party (aestheticscc.com) | 2 years | This cookie is used to distinguish users, session information, traffic source data, and interaction events. It allows us to gain statistical insight into how the website is used by counting page views and tracking your interaction with the website across sessions. |
| _gid | Short-term tracking and analysing how the website is used | First-party (aestheticscc.com) | 24 hours | This cookie is used for short-term tracking of how you use our website, by analysing your actions on our website which allows us to optimise it for you. |
Functional cookies
We use functional cookies to enhance the website’s performance, personalise it for you and remember your preferences.
Some of these cookies are set by third parties. In certain cases, third parties may use cookies for their own purposes. Please refer to the respective third parties’ privacy policies and other documents linked in the table below for more information. Additionally, personal data from cookies may be shared and transferred to our partners outside of the UAE which provide the cookies for our use and the services related to them.
We may use functional cookies to:
- Remember your language preferences and localise content and services
- Remember your consent preferences for certain cookies
- Ensure session consistency and seamless search navigation
- Adjust the layout and user interface (UI) based on your browser size
The legal basis we rely on to process personal data contained in functional cookies is your consent under the Abu Dhabi Healthcare Information and Cyber Security Standard (ADHICS Standard v2), the Federal Decree by Law No. (45) of 2021 Concerning the Protection of Personal Data, the Federal Law No. (2) of 2019 Concerning the Use of the Information and Communications Technology in Health Fields, and DHA policy for Health Information Sharing. That means we will use functional cookies only if you agree to them being used.
You can find out more information about the functional cookies we use in the following list:
| Cookie name | Purpose | Type and host | Duration | Description |
| _sctr | Identifying consent for Snapchat cookies | Third-party (Snapchat) | Session | This cookie is used to determine whether there is your consent for Snapchat cookies. Snapchat may use personal data for their own purposes. Please visit their privacy notice to understand how they use personal data: https://values.snap.com/privacy/ads-privacy |
| sc-language | Storing the user’s language preference for interface and content personalization | Third-party (Snapchat) | Persistent | This cookie is used to remember your language preference in relation to Snapchat in order to personalise the interface and content. Snapchat may use personal data for their own purposes. Please visit their privacy notice to understand how they use personal data: https://values.snap.com/privacy/ads-privacy |
| SEARCH_SAMESITE | Ensuring seamless search navigation without session loss | Third-party (Google) | Session | This cookie is used to maintain session consistency and seamless user experience across Google Search services. |
| wd | Adjusting UI based on browser window size and dimensions | Third-party (Facebook) | Session | This cookie is used to optimise the layout and user interface for Facebook widgets and ads based on your browser window size and dimensions. Facebook (Meta) may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Meta’s Terms: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/businesstools and Privacy Policy for more information: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?entry_point=facebook_page_footer |
Marketing cookies
We use marketing cookies to carry out our advertising and show you more relevant ads. Without them you may still see ads, but they may not be relevant to you. Third parties may also use cookie information for their own marketing activities.
Some of these cookies are set by third parties. In certain cases, third parties may use cookies for their own purposes. Please refer to the respective third parties’ privacy policies and other documents linked in the table below for more information. Additionally, personal data from cookies may be shared and transferred to our partners outside of the UAE which provide the cookies for our use and the services related to them.
We may use marketing cookies to:
- Determine whether you consented to marketing cookies
- Analyse your activity on our website to show you relevant ads
- Help our advertising and social media partners carry out advertising via their third-party cookies based on your activity on our website. This may include advertising on their own platforms or affiliates’ and partners’ websites
- Manage user authentication and secure login sessions for our advertising partners
- Encrypt and safely store your session data
- Optimise ad delivery and show you the best version of an ad
- Prevent fraudulent activities related to advertising
- Connect conversions to advertising campaigns and measure the effectiveness of campaigns
- Track users across sessions and devices to ensure consistent ad delivery and personalization
The legal basis we rely on to process personal data contained in marketing cookies is your consent under the Abu Dhabi Healthcare Information and Cyber Security Standard (ADHICS Standard v2), the Federal Decree by Law No. (45) of 2021 Concerning the Protection of Personal Data, the Federal Law No. (2) of 2019 Concerning the Use of the Information and Communications Technology in Health Fields, and DHA policy for Health Information Sharing. That means we will use marketing cookies only if you agree to them being used.
If you don’t want us to use these cookies for marketing purposes, you have the right to object to such use of cookies. Please see the Managing Cookies via Browser Settings section in this Policy to understand how to exercise that right.
You can find out more information about the marketing cookies used on our website in the following list:
| Cookie name | Purpose | Type and host | Duration | Description |
| __Secure-1PAPISID | Deliver personalised ads and prevent fraud | Third-party (Google) | 2 years | This cookie is used to deliver ads tailored for you based on your behaviour on our website while maintaining session integrity and preventing fraudulent activity across Google platforms. Google acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| __Secure-1PSID | Deliver personalised ads and prevent fraud | Third-party (Google) | 2 years | This cookie is used to deliver ads tailored for you based on your behaviour on our website while ensuring secure sessions and authentication across Google services. Google acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| __Secure-1PSIDCC | Storing consent for marketing cookies | Third-party (Google) | 2 years | This cookie is used to determine whether you have given consent for personalised advertising. Google acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| __Secure-1PSIDTS | Supporting other cookies and handling data securely | Third-party (Google) | 2 years | This cookie supports other Google cookies with session security and personalizing ads and allows encryption and secure handling of your session data. Google acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| __Secure-3PAPISID | Allowing authentication and personalised ads across domains | Third-party (Google) | 2 years | This cookie is a variant of the __Secure-1PAPISID cookie. It allows authentication and delivering personalised ads across Google services and multiple domains. Google acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| __Secure-3PSID | Providing secure sessions and personalised ads | Third-party (Google) | 2 years | This cookie is used to secure user sessions and deliver personalised ads. Google acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| __Secure-3PSIDCC | Identifying consent for marketing cookies | Third-party (Google) | 2 years | This cookie is used to determine whether you have given your consent for personalised advertising. Google acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| __Secure-3PSIDTS | Providing secure sessions and personalised ads | Third-party (Google) | 2 years | This cookie is used to secure user sessions and deliver personalised ads. Google acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| _fbp | Personalising ads and measuring ad campaign effectiveness | Third-party (Facebook) | 3 months | _fbp tracks your visits and interactions with ads and the website for optimizing ad relevance and frequency, and for measuring ad campaign effectiveness. Facebook (Meta) may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Meta’s Terms: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/businesstools and Privacy Policy for more information: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?entry_point=facebook_page_footer |
| _gcl_au | Improving ad targeting based on past ad interactions | Third-party (Google Ads) | 90 days | This cookie tracks conversions and your interaction with ads in order to enable attributing conversions to ad campaigns, which improves ad targeting accuracy. Google acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| _ScCbts | Optimizing ads by adapting to user device and session data | Third-party (Snapchat) | Session | This pixel allows optimizing Snapchat ad delivery and improving ad relevance based on device and session info. Snapchat may use personal data for their own purposes. Please visit their privacy notice to understand how they use personal data: https://values.snap.com/privacy/ads-privacy |
| _scid | Tracking returning Snapchat users to deliver targeted ads | Third-party (Snapchat) | 1 year | This cookie tracks your behaviour as a returning user across sessions via a Snapchat user ID to enable consistent Snapchat ad targeting and performance measurement. Snapchat may use personal data for their own purposes. Please visit their privacy notice to understand how they use personal data: https://values.snap.com/privacy/ads-privacy |
| _scid_r | Providing seamless retargeting across devices | Third-party (Snapchat) | 1 year | This cookie is a variant of _scid and it allows tracking your behaviour on the website across devices, which leads to a consistent ad experience. Snapchat may use personal data for their own purposes. Please visit their privacy notice to understand how they use personal data: https://values.snap.com/privacy/ads-privacy |
| _tt_enable_cookie | Detecting if TikTok tracking cookies are enabled | Third-party (TikTok) | Session | This cookie is used to detect whether TikTok tracking cookies are enabled which allows delivering personalised ads. TikTok acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes, such as to provide measurement services and/or to target ads. Please visit their privacy notice to understand how they use personal data: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/row/privacy-policy/en |
| _ttp | Tracking user behaviour to personalise ads and attribute conversions | Third-party (TikTok) | Session | This cookie (pixel) is used to track your activity and behaviour on our website, pages you visit, as well as your purchase intent and conversions, in order to support TikTok’s ad personalization, performance and conversion attribution. TikTok acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes, such as to provide measurement services and/or to target ads. Please visit their privacy notice to understand how they use personal data: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/row/privacy-policy/en |
| AEC | Preventing fraudulent activity in relation to ads | Third-party (Google) | 2 years | This cookie ensures secure logins and prevents fraudulent access across Google services, enabling consistent personalised experience and proper functioning of advertising. Google acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| APISID | Improving security and ad personalization | Third-party (Google) | 2 years | This cookie manages user authentication and preferences for Google services and ads for improved security and ad personalization. Google acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| sb | Improving accuracy of ad targeting and continuity of user sessions | Third-party (Facebook) | Session | This cookie enables targeted ad delivery and security by supporting browser identification and session management. Facebook (Meta) may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Meta’s Terms: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/businesstools and Privacy Policy for more information: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?entry_point=facebook_page_footer |
| sc_at | Securing Snapchat user sessions and improving ad targeting | Third-party (Snapchat) | Session | This cookie is used for authentication in order to allow secure session management and tracking within Snapchat services. Snapchat may use personal data for their own purposes. Please visit their privacy notice to understand how they use personal data: https://values.snap.com/privacy/ads-privacy |
| sc-wcid | Tracking Snapchat ad campaign effectiveness and conversions | Third-party (Snapchat) | Session | This cookie is used to measure how effective Snapchat ad campaigns are by tracking conversion IDs. Snapchat may use personal data for their own purposes. Please visit their privacy notice to understand how they use personal data: https://values.snap.com/privacy/ads-privacy |
| SID | Personalises user experience and ensures secure access across Google platforms | Third-party (Google) | 2 years | This cookie manages the Google sign-in state and personalises user experience across Google services and ads. Google acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| SIDCC | Storing consent and enabling session security for personalised Google services | Third-party (Google) | 2 years | This cookie stores consent and manages user session security for personalised Google services. Google acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| SSID | Ensuring secure logins and personalised ad delivery | Third-party (Google) | 2 years | This cookie is used for secure authentication and session management in Google services and ads. Google acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| tt_chain_token | Improving TikTok ad attribution accuracy across multiple user interactions and devices | Third-party (TikTok) | Session | This cookie manages chains of ad conversions and your interactions with ads across multiple devices for accurate campaign attribution for TikTok ads. TikTok acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes, such as to provide measurement services and/or to target ads. Please visit their privacy notice to understand how they use personal data: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/row/privacy-policy/en |
| tta_attr_id_mirror | Enables cross-device and cross-session tracking and ad personalization | Third-party (TikTok) | Session | This cookie is used to ensure accurate tracking and ad personalization across multiple devices and sessions based on mirrored attribution IDs for TikTok ad events. TikTok acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes, such as to provide measurement services and/or to target ads. Please visit their privacy notice to understand how they use personal data: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/row/privacy-policy/en |
| ttcsid | Attributing ad engagement to specific user sessions | Third-party (TikTok) | Session | This cookie (pixel) allows us to attribute your browsing sessions to your engagement with TikTok ads, enabling better conversion tracking. TikTok acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes, such as to provide measurement services and/or to target ads. Please visit their privacy notice to understand how they use personal data: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/row/privacy-policy/en |
| ttcsid_CPVCOURC77UA4KP659T0 | Supporting TikTok remarketing and tracking conversions for specific campaigns | Third-party (TikTok) | Session | This cookie is a variant of the ttcsid cookie specific to some TikTok pixel campaigns. It is used to track your interactions with ads and conversions for those campaigns. TikTok acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes, such as to provide measurement services and/or to target ads. Please visit their privacy notice to understand how they use personal data: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/row/privacy-policy/en |
| ttwid | Enabling personalised TikTok ads and session continuity for logged-in users | Third-party (TikTok) | 2 years | This cookie tracks your logged-in sessions to support TikTok in personalizing ads and social media integrations. TikTok acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes, such as to provide measurement services and/or to target ads. Please visit their privacy notice to understand how they use personal data: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/row/privacy-policy/en |
| X-AB | Enables showing the most effective ad versions | Third-party (TikTok) | Session | This cookie is used for A/B ad testing and landing pages. That enables delivering the best-performing variant of content. TikTok acts as an independent controller and may use personal data for its own purposes, such as to provide measurement services and/or to target ads. Please visit their privacy notice to understand how they use personal data: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/row/privacy-policy/en |
| xs | Supports secure Facebook login and personalised advertising | Third-party (Facebook) | 2 years | This cookie manages user authentication and security for Facebook sessions and targeted ads. Facebook (Meta) may use personal data for its own purposes. Please refer to Meta’s Terms: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/businesstools and Privacy Policy for more information: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?entry_point=facebook_page_footer |
- Contact Us
If you have any questions related to cookies or how we use your personal data in general, please contact our Data Protection Officer. More information on how to contact Aesthetics can be found in our Privacy Policy.
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