The Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort has edited this privacy policy to show our commitment to the privacy of our website users and the right to privacy throughout the internet. The privacy of collected user information is of the utmost importance to us; we fully comply with all applicable data protection and privacy laws. The Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort will treat your personal information in accordance with the privacy statement in place at the time of collection of such information, or as you otherwise consent.

Acceptance:
By using www.awpr.ae you are agreeing to the terms of the Site Policy. We reserve the right to change the Site Policy. It is the responsibility of the website user to visit this page to learn about any updates/changes to the policy.

By using www.awpr.ae, you also signify your agreement to the Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort’s Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not use this website. Your continued use of the Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort’s website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.

My information:
1. What kind of information is collected?
a. Anonymous Information
You can visit www.awpr.ae and get information about our premises and development without telling us who you are and without revealing any personal information. Anonymous information cannot be linked directly to personally identifiable information. In order to enhance the effectiveness of our website and for administrative purposes, the Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort measures and analyses non-identifying, aggregate usage and volume statistical information from website users. We may collect information regarding your IP address, browser type, domain name and access time. This information is used for our own research purposes and is separate from any personally identifiable information that you may submit via this site. The Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort reserves the right to publish anonymous, aggregate summary information regarding its website users for marketing purposes. In rare instances, IP addresses may be used to assist in deterring and/or preventing abusive or criminal activity on the website.

b. Personal identifiable information
Website users may wish to request special information or request to be contacted. In this case, website users are requested to provide personal information such as, but not limited to, title, name, phone/mobile number, email address and mailing address. Based on your request, the Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort may also ask for additional information, such as your nationality and age. However, this happens on a voluntary basis and is not required in order for website users to access www.awpr.ae.
Personally identifiable information is collected via the following forms on www.awpr.ae:

i. Register for news: information submitted via this form will be used to send periodic newsletters and updates

ii. Register for residential sales: information submitted via this form will be stored in our sales database and customers shall be informed/updated on the sales and construction progress.

iii. Media registration: information submitted via this form will be stored in our media database and journalists shall receive press releases and other media related information.

iv. Application: information submitted via the CV Builder will be stored in our recruitment database.

v. Contact Us: information submitted via this form will not be stored by the Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort and will be used solely to respond to enquiries and/or service requests.

2. How safe is my information?
The security of all information associated with our customers is an important concern to us. Therefore, the Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort conducts the utmost care in providing secure transmission of your information from your computer to our servers. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we constantly strive to protect your information, the Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, the Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort uses industry standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your information, such as firewalls and secure socket layers.

3. Who will use this information?
The Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort uses collected information to contact you in order to further discuss our services and to send information about marketing promotions and events. The information may also be used to improve the services we provide. In general, the Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort will not disclose any specific personal information that you submit to us about you (“personal information”) in a manner that connects you with the personal information, except when we have your explicit permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below. This information is not provided to third parties for their own use, unless specifically authorised by you.

4. How can I control my information?
In case you change your mind or some personal information changes (such as your mailing address or email address), we will try to provide a way to correct, update or remove the personal information that you have provided us. We offer customers opportunities to “opt out” of having personal information shared with the Al Ain Wildlife Park & resort such as un-registering from the Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort newsletter. In addition, if a customer wishes to update personal information or objects to any usage provided herein for any reason, the customer may e-mail the requested change to webmaster@awpr.ae.

Cookies and clear GIFs:
1. What kind of information is collected?
Cookies are files that Web servers place on an internet user’s computer that are designed to store basic information such as visitor preferences. The use of cookies on www.awpr.ae allows website users to enjoy more seamless visits and more accurately measures user behaviour on the site.

There are two types of cookies: session and persistent. Session cookies exist only during an internet user’s online session. They disappear from the user’s computer when the user closes the browser software. Persistent cookies remain on the user’s computer after the browser has been closed. The cookies used on www.awpr.ae do not identify you personally. They merely recognise your browser, unless you choose to identify yourself voluntarily. You may choose to identify yourself for any one of the following reasons: by asking the browser to remember your username and password, by responding to a promotional offer, by personalising a web page, or by requesting more information. Otherwise you remain anonymous.

2. How do you use cookies?
When you interact with www.awpr.ae, we strive to make that experience easy and meaningful. When you come to our website, our web server uses cookies to improve your interaction with the website by, for example, remembering your preferences. More specifically, the Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort uses cookies to measure your behaviour on this website and to save personal settings on specific pages. If users log in to the Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort portal in future, cookies can also be used to save their username and password so that we can process the information and quickly log that user in. Cookies also help us make sure you are who you say you are after you have logged in. We use cookies to identify the fact that you are a customer or a prior website user. Users who disable their browsers' ability to accept cookies will still be able to browse www.awpr.ae; however, they may lose some of the functionality provided by the use of cookies.

3. How can I control your use of Cookies?
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you are using a public computer or do not otherwise want this information to be stored, you can select the appropriate radio button on the sign-in page, and this cookie will not be used. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to sign in or use other interactive features of our website that depends on cookies.

4. What are Clear GIFs?
Clear GIFs are used in combination with cookies to help site operators understand how users interact with their websites. A clear GIF is typically a transparent graphic image (usually 1 pixel x 1 pixel) that is placed on a site. The use of a clear GIF allows the website to measure the actions of the user opening the page that contains the clear GIF.

5. How do you use Clear GIFs?
We utilise clear GIFs to measure user behavior, to help us improve website user experience, and to manage website content. We may use clear GIFs on www.awpr.ae, in our emails, in our advertisements on other web sites, or in our advertisements in others' emails.

Third party sites:
Our website contains links to other non-Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other websites. Customers and/or website users should check the privacy policy statements of these other websites to understand their policies. Customers and website users who access a linked site may be disclosing their private information. It is the responsibility of the website user to keep such information private and confidential.

Policy date:
This policy was last updated on April 30, 2009.