Cookie Policy
Use of Cookies This Cookie Policy explains how Sky Visa Alliance and its group companies (collectively “Sky Visa Alliance”, “we”, “us”, and “ours”) use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our Websites. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your hard drive, not on the skyvisaalliance.com website. Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Sky Visa Alliance) are called “first party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third party cookies”. Third-party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Why do we use Cookies?
We use first party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Websites. Third parties serve cookies through our Websites for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below. Cookies served through our Websites The specific types of first and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the tables below. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website. Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.
Necessary Website Cookies
Necessary or essential cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| devicePixelRatio | alliancevisas.com | which device is used by the visitor – This allows the website to adjust to the optimal resolution for that specific device. | 6 days | HTTP Cookie |
| cookie_notice_accepted | alliancevisas.com | This cookie determines whether the browser accepts cookies. | 1 Month | HTTP Cookie |
Statistics Cookies
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | skyvisaalliance.com | Collects statistics on what videos the user has seen. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| _gat | skyvisaalliance.com | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| _gid | skyvisaalliance.com | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| collect | google-analytics.com | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across multiple devices and marketing channels | Session | Pixel |
Marketing and Advertising Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ads/ga-audiences | google.com | Used by Google to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor ‘s online behaviour across websites. | Session | Pixel |
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