Abu Dhabi companies look forward to launching a Dirham-supported digital currency, contingent upon authorization from the central bank.
Website Cookies and Your Digital Footprint
- Don't get caught off guardWebsite cookies store information about your online activities, revealing a trail of your digital footprint. Let's dive into the different types of cookies and their impacts on your privacy.
Necessary Cookies
- Keep the basics hummingThese essential cookies ensure your website experience remains functional. They take care of activities like page navigation, security, and authentication. Examples include Cookies like CookieConsent, test_cookie, nitroCachedPage, and others.
Preference Cookies
- Customize the way you browsePreference cookies remember your settings, such as language preferences, location, and more, to provide a tailored experience. Examples include ONESIGNAL_SDK_DB#Options, Twitter Inc.3's guest_id, and YouTube's #-# and VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE.
Statistic Cookies
- Understand user behaviorStatistic cookies track your interaction with websites to help owners comprehend visitor patterns and preferences. Examples include onesignal-pageview-count from OneSignal, and _ga from Google Analytics.
Marketing Cookies
- Get personalized adsMarketing cookies track your activities across different websites to deliver targeted ads based on your interests. They may impact your privacy as these cookies collect and share your data with advertising partners. Examples include IDE, NID, pagead/1p-conversion/# from Google, and ONE_SIGNAL_SDK_DB#Outcomes from OneSignal.
Unclassified Cookies
- In progressThese are cookies being reviewed for classification. Examples include gecko-cache from Coingecko and _gcl_ls from Google.
Cross-Domain Consent
- A shared commitmentKeep in mind that your consent may apply across multiple domains, as services like Cookiebot collect consent for multiple websites.
Stay informed and manage your preferences to maintain control over your digital footprint. Happy browsing!
Sources:
- Web cookiewikipedia.org
- Google Developers: How cookies make the web more useful
- Twitter: Cookies policy
- TikTok: Marketing cookies policy
- MDN Web Docs: All about cookies
- Cryptocurrency trading platforms, like Coingecko, might use unclassified cookies (gecko-cache) to improve user experience.
- The effectiveness of targeted ads can be enhanced through marketing cookies, storing user browsing data on websites, such as pagead/1p-conversion/# from Google.
- Much like Google Analytics (_ga), Statistic cookies like onesignal-pageview-count from OneSignal help blockchain technology companies understand user behavior on their websites.
- To manage privacy settings and comprehend the ongoing technology used, you can attend a Google AMA (govt-ama-config) or subscribe to SMS notifications (smssubscriptions) for the latest updates on cookie usage and consents, including those from Cookiebot.


