Cookie Policy
Understanding how DesertWave Mobile uses cookies to enhance your mobile internet experience
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. These files contain information that helps us provide you with a better, more personalized experience when using our mobile internet services and support portal.
Think of cookies as digital memory devices that remember your preferences and interactions with our website. They enable our site to recognize your device and remember information about your visit, such as your preferred language, region, and other settings that make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.
At DesertWave Mobile, we use cookies responsibly to improve our service quality while respecting your privacy and giving you control over your data. Our cookie implementation follows international privacy standards and Qatar's data protection regulations.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. They enable basic features like page navigation, access to secure areas of our site, and form submissions. Without these cookies, our services cannot be provided effectively.
- User authentication and session management
- Shopping cart functionality for service purchases
- Security features and fraud prevention
- Load balancing and website performance optimization
- Remembering your consent preferences
Functional Cookies
These cookies enhance your experience by remembering your preferences and choices. They enable personalized features that make using our mobile internet services more convenient and tailored to your needs.
- Language and region preferences
- Account settings and customization options
- Recently viewed service plans and promotions
- Contact form information to streamline future inquiries
- Device-specific optimizations for mobile browsing
Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting anonymous information about page visits, traffic sources, and user behavior. This data helps us improve our services and user experience.
- Website traffic analysis and visitor patterns
- Popular service pages and features
- Technical performance monitoring
- Error tracking and debugging information
- A/B testing for website improvements
Marketing and Advertising Cookies
These cookies track your browsing habits to deliver relevant advertisements and measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. They help us provide you with offers that match your interests in mobile internet services.
- Personalized service recommendations
- Targeted advertising for relevant mobile plans
- Social media integration and sharing features
- Campaign performance measurement
- Remarketing to previous website visitors
How We Use Cookie Information
Service Delivery and Support
Cookie information helps us provide seamless access to our mobile internet services, including account management, billing information, technical support resources, and service configuration options. This ensures you can efficiently manage your mobile connectivity needs.
Website Optimization
We analyze cookie data to understand which pages and features are most valuable to our users. This insight helps us optimize our website structure, improve load times, and enhance the overall user experience for mobile internet service customers.
Personalized Service Recommendations
Based on your browsing patterns and service interactions, we may suggest mobile internet plans, add-on services, or support resources that align with your usage patterns and needs. This personalization helps you discover services that enhance your mobile connectivity experience.
Security and Fraud Prevention
Cookies help us maintain the security of your account and protect against fraudulent activities. They enable us to verify your identity, monitor suspicious behavior, and implement additional security measures to safeguard your personal and payment information.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website are set by third-party services that appear on our pages. These may include analytics providers, social media platforms, payment processors, and customer support tools that help us deliver comprehensive mobile internet services.
Analytics Partners
We work with trusted analytics providers to understand website usage patterns and improve our mobile internet service offerings. These partners help us analyze traffic, user behavior, and performance metrics.
Examples include Google Analytics, which provides insights into how users interact with our service pages, and Adobe Analytics, which helps us optimize the customer journey for mobile internet plan selection.
Customer Support Tools
To provide exceptional customer support for our mobile internet services, we use third-party support platforms that may set cookies to enable chat functionality, ticket management, and knowledge base access.
These tools help us resolve your technical issues more efficiently and provide better service recommendations based on your support interactions.
Payment Processing
When you purchase mobile internet services or add-ons, payment processors may set secure cookies to process transactions safely and remember your payment preferences for future purchases.
These cookies are essential for secure payment processing and help streamline the checkout experience for recurring service payments.
Marketing Platforms
Marketing cookies from trusted platforms help us measure the effectiveness of our campaigns and deliver more relevant content about our mobile internet services. These partners help us reach potential customers who might benefit from our connectivity solutions.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
Browser Settings
You can control cookies through your web browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- View what cookies are stored on your device
- Delete existing cookies
- Block cookies from specific websites
- Block third-party cookies
- Receive notifications when cookies are being set
Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our mobile internet service portal and limit your access to personalized features.
Cookie Consent Manager
When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner that allows you to customize your preferences. You can:
- Accept all cookies for the best experience
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Customize your preferences by category
- Change your preferences at any time using our cookie settings
Mobile Device Settings
For mobile users accessing our services through smartphone browsers, you can manage cookies through:
- iOS Safari settings (Settings > Safari > Privacy & Security)
- Android Chrome settings (Settings > Privacy and Security > Site Settings)
- Other mobile browser privacy settings
Opt-Out Options
If you wish to opt out of specific third-party cookies, you can visit the opt-out pages of relevant advertising networks and analytics providers. We provide links to these opt-out pages in our detailed cookie documentation.
Updates to This Policy
DesertWave Mobile may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.
When we make significant changes to this policy, we will notify you through:
- Prominent notices on our website
- Email notifications to registered users
- Updates to the "Last Updated" date at the bottom of this policy
Your continued use of our mobile internet services after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated Cookie Policy.
Contact Us About Cookies
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact our Data Protection team:
DesertWave Mobile
Airport Road 120, Doha, Qatar
Phone Support
+974 4444 8888
Sunday - Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
info@desertwave-mobile.qa
Data Protection Officer
For specific privacy concerns or to exercise your data rights, you can contact our Data Protection Officer directly at dpo@desertwave-mobile.qa