Olive Spa Cookie Policy
1st Floor · V Hotel Fujairah, Al Fassel RdThis website uses a few analytics cookies and one browser setting for light or dark mode. There are no advertising cookies, and the site still works if you block cookies.
Key takeaways
- Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity measure how the site is used
- Your light or dark mode choice stays on your own device
- Blocking cookies does not stop you from booking
How we work: This page is checked whenever a tool is added to or removed from the website.
Last updated:
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website saves in your browser. They let the site, or a service it uses, recognise your browser on a later visit. Websites can also use browser storage (sometimes called local storage), which works in a similar way but is not sent to a server automatically. This cookie policy explains both, because this site uses both.
Cookies and storage used on this website
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
olive-theme | This website (browser storage) | Remembers whether you chose light or dark mode | Until you clear your browser data |
_ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes one browser from another, so visits can be counted | Up to 2 years |
_ga_<ID> | Google Analytics | Keeps track of the current visit | Up to 2 years |
_clck | Microsoft Clarity | Recognises a returning browser in Clarity reports | Up to 1 year |
_clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Links page views from the same visit together | About 1 day |
Durations are the providers’ usual settings and may change when they update their services.
The types of cookies, and which ones apply here
Cookies are usually grouped by what they do. Here is how each group applies to this website:
- Strictly necessary: needed for a site to work at all, for example to keep a shopping basket or a login. This site has no login or basket, so it does not need any.
- Preference: remember a choice you made. The only one here is your light or dark mode setting, kept in browser storage rather than a cookie.
- Analytics: measure how the site is used. Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity are the analytics tools on this site.
- Advertising: follow visitors across websites to show them adverts. None are used here.
First-party and third-party cookies
A first-party cookie is saved under the address of the website you are visiting, here olivespafujairah.com. A third-party cookie is saved under another company’s address. The Google Analytics and Clarity cookies in the table above are first-party cookies set on our domain. Clarity and the Google Map may also use cookies on their own domains, under their own policies.
What our analytics do not collect
Google Analytics 4 does not log or store visitors’ full IP addresses. Our reports show things like page views, device type, city or country, and how people found the site. They do not show names, phone numbers or the messages you send us. Microsoft Clarity masks text typed into form fields by default, so booking details typed into our form are not shown in Clarity reports.
How to see the cookies on this site yourself
Most browsers let you see which cookies a website has saved. On a computer, click the padlock or site-settings icon next to the web address, then open the cookies or site data section. On a phone, the same information is usually under the browser’s privacy or website settings. You will see the cookies listed in the table above, and you can delete them there.
Why we use analytics
Analytics show us which treatment pages people read, such as the spa menu or the massage center guide, which questions they look for, and whether buttons such as “Book now” or WhatsApp are easy to find on a phone. We look at the reports in summary. They do not tell us your name, and we do not try to identify individual visitors.
Google Tag Manager is the tool that loads Google Analytics and Clarity on each page. It does not store information about you on its own.
Maps, WhatsApp and social media
- Google Maps: the map on our contact page is loaded from Google. When it appears, Google may set its own cookies under Google’s cookie policy.
- WhatsApp: our WhatsApp buttons are ordinary links. They open WhatsApp in a new window and do not place cookies on this website.
- Social media: links to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, X, Threads, YouTube and LinkedIn are plain links. No social media widget or tracking pixel loads on our pages.
- Fonts and video: the fonts and the spa video tour are served from our own website, so no outside font or video service is contacted.
No advertising cookies
The website does not currently use advertising, retargeting or remarketing cookies. If that ever changes, we will update this cookie policy before the new cookies are used.
How to control or delete cookies
You can block or delete cookies at any time in your browser settings:
- Chrome: Settings, then Privacy and security, then Third-party cookies or Delete browsing data.
- Safari on iPhone: Settings, then Safari, then Advanced, then Website Data.
- Firefox: Settings, then Privacy and Security, then Cookies and Site Data.
- Edge: Settings, then Cookies and site permissions.
To stop Google Analytics in every website you visit, Google offers a free Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. Browsing in a private or incognito window also clears cookies when you close it.
What happens if you block cookies
Everything important still works: treatment pages, prices, the map link, phone links, WhatsApp buttons and the booking form. The only difference is that the site may not remember your light or dark mode choice, and your visit will not appear in our analytics reports.
Each browser and device is separate
Cookies belong to the browser that saved them. If you visit our site on your phone and later on a laptop, each device keeps its own cookies and its own light or dark mode setting. Clearing cookies on one device does not clear them on another. If you share a computer with family, each browser profile also keeps its own separate set.
Cookies and the booking form
Our booking and contact forms do not set cookies. When you press the button, the form opens WhatsApp with your request written into a message, and nothing is saved on the website. You can block every cookie described in this cookie policy and still send a booking request in exactly the same way.
Opening our site from Instagram, TikTok or WhatsApp
If you tap a link to our website inside Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or WhatsApp, the page often opens in that app’s own built-in browser, not in Chrome or Safari. Built-in browsers keep their own cookies, separate from your main browser. To clear them, use the privacy or browsing-data settings inside that app, or open the page in your main browser using the “open in browser” option. The website works the same way in either case, and every booking link and phone link still works.
Do Not Track and other browser signals
Some browsers can send a “Do Not Track” or similar privacy signal. This website does not currently change how it works when it receives one. If you do not want your visit measured, the most reliable options are to block cookies for olivespafujairah.com in your browser, browse in a private window, or install the Google Analytics opt-out add-on mentioned above.
Changes to this cookie policy
We review this cookie policy whenever a tool is added to the website or removed from it. The date at the top shows the last change. If we ever add a new type of cookie, for example for online payments, the table above will be updated at the same time.
More information
How we handle booking details, health notes and messages is explained in our privacy policy. You can read how Google uses information on its cookie information page, and how Microsoft handles Clarity data in the Microsoft privacy statement.
If anything on this page is unclear (or you want to know who runs Olive Spa), or you think a cookie is listed incorrectly, please tell us and we will check it and correct the table. Questions about this page? Message us on WhatsApp +971 50 271 8276 or call +971 54 594 0701.
Questions about our cookie policy
No. You can block every cookie and still read the site, call us, or book through the form or WhatsApp.
No. Our social media icons are plain links, and no social tracking pixel loads on our pages.
Switch it back with the theme button, or clear this website’s data in your browser settings.