Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Strategic Bureaux (“SBx”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on https://strategicbureaux.com and related subdomains.
This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we process personal data more generally.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device (computer, tablet, or phone) when you visit it. They allow the website to recognise your device, remember your preferences, and understand how you use the site over time.
Similar technologies, such as pixels, tags, SDKs, and local storage, may also be used for similar purposes and are treated as “cookies” in this Policy.
2. Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
- To make our website function properly and maintain its security.
- To understand how visitors use our pages so we can improve content, navigation, and performance.
- To measure and optimise our marketing campaigns, including Meta, LinkedIn, and Google lead-generation and remarketing activities.
Some cookies are set directly by us (“first-party cookies”), while others are set by third parties that provide services to us (“third-party cookies”).
3. Types of Cookies We Use
The cookies used on our website generally fall into the following categories. Exact cookie names and lifetimes may change as we update our tools and services.
3.1 Strictly Necessary (Essential) Cookies
These cookies are required for the website to function properly. Examples include cookies used for security, load balancing, form submissions, and session management.
These cookies cannot be switched off through our cookie banner, although you can block them through your browser settings. Doing so may cause some website features to stop working properly.
3.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website, including which pages they view, how long they spend on each page, and where they come from.
We use this information in aggregate form to improve our website, content, and overall user experience.
3.3 Functional Cookies
These cookies remember your choices, such as language preferences or form inputs, to provide a more personalised experience.
3.4 Advertising and Marketing Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver, measure, and optimise digital marketing activities. They may include tools such as Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Google Ads, and similar technologies.
They help us understand which campaigns generate leads, prevent duplicate leads, and build audiences for remarketing, where permitted.
Where a cookie allows us or a third party to track you across websites or over time for profiling or interest-based advertising, it will be treated as a marketing cookie.
4. Legal Basis and Consent
Under applicable data protection laws, including the emerging requirements of India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) framework and the UAE Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL), as well as global best practices, non-essential cookies should only be used with your consent where required.
Accordingly:
- Non-essential cookies: We rely on your consent for analytics, functional cookies that are not strictly necessary, and marketing cookies.
- Essential cookies: These may be used based on our legitimate interest in providing a secure and functioning website, subject to applicable legal requirements.
You are free to refuse or withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting your ability to access the core content of our website.
5. How You Can Manage Cookies
You have several options for controlling cookies and similar technologies.
5.1 Cookie Banner and Preferences
On your first visit, you will see a cookie banner that allows you to:
- Accept all cookies.
- Reject non-essential cookies.
- Manage your preferences by cookie category.
You can revisit your preferences at any time, for example, through a “Cookie Settings” or similar link in the website footer, where available.
5.2 Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to block or delete cookies or notify you when a website attempts to set them.
Please note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of certain parts of our website.
5.3 Third-Party Tools
You can manage certain advertising cookies directly through the relevant platforms, such as Meta, Google, and LinkedIn, using their respective privacy or advertising settings.
Even if you opt out of personalised advertising, you may still see generic advertisements that are not based on your interests.
6. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website are set by third parties that provide services such as analytics, marketing, and social media integration.
These providers may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites, in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies.
Examples of such providers, depending on our website configuration, may include:
- Analytics tools: Google Analytics.
- Advertising and social platforms: Meta, LinkedIn, and Google Ads.
- Embedded content providers: Video, form, and similar service providers.
We encourage you to review the privacy and cookie policies of these third parties to learn more about how they collect, use, and process your data.
7. International Transfers
As we operate in the UAE, India, and potentially other jurisdictions, and use global service providers, cookie-related data may be processed or stored in countries outside your country of residence.
Where required, we take appropriate steps to ensure an adequate level of protection for such transfers, consistent with applicable data protection laws.
8. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, applicable legal requirements, or our services.
Any changes will be published on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. In some cases, we may provide additional notice, such as through our cookie banner.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us using the details below.
Email: privacy@strategicbureaux.com
Website: https://strategicbureaux.com