Cookie Policy
The Cookie Policy explains how Aster DM Healthcare uses cookies and similar technologies in the course of our business, through our website www.aster.qa/. It explains what these technologies are, and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
WHAT IS A COOKIE?
Cookies are small text files that a website asks the user’s browser to save on the user’s system/device, when a user visits the website, in order to remember the user’s device upon revisiting the website or during the session. Cookies set up by the domain www.aster.qa/ are called first-party cookies and cookies set by other domain(s) than the website(s) you are visiting are termed as third- party cookies. Third-party cookies are generally used for marketing and advertising purposes.
PURPOSE OF USING COOKIES
Our website www.aster.qa/ (“Aster DM Healthcare” or “We” or “Our” or “Website”) uses cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
- To analyze your use of our website
- For promotional and marketing purposes
- To understand your preferences such as preferred lang usage
- To deliver information that matches your interests
- To help us understand our audience and traffic patterns
- To let you automatically log into programs and parts of our site that require membership
- To manage and present the information displayed on our website
TYPES OF COOKIES USED BY Aster DM Healthcare
- Targeting Cookies
- Functionality Cookies
- Performance Cookies
COOKIE LIST
The table below provides additional details on the specific cookies used on www.aster.qa/:
Targeting Cookies - These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store direct personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
| Name of Cookie | Cookie Provider | Type of Cookie | Duration | Purpose |
| _fbp | .aster.qa | First-party | 3 months | Used by Meta to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
| first_visit | www.aster.qa | First-party | Session | For marketing and analytical purposes |
Performance Cookies- Performance cookies are cookies used specifically for gathering data on how visitors use a website, which pages of a website are visited most often, or if they get error messages on web pages. These cookies monitor only the performance of the site as the user interacts with it. These cookies don’t collect identifiable information on visitors, which means all the data collected is anonymous and only used to improve the functionality of a website.
| Name of Cookie | Cookie Provider | Type of Cookie | Duration | Purpose |
| _ga_81RLGRGQNR | .aster.qa | First-party | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. |
| _ga | .aster.qa | First-party | 1 year 1 month | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. |
How can I control the cookie preferences?
You can also manage your cookie preferences through our Cookie Settings. We attempt to provide clear information and options regarding cookies and privacy preferences for each cookie that this website requests your browser to store.
Review and Update
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, therefore, we encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on the Policy.
Last Updated: 03/05/2025
