Cookie policy

Version: 1.0 October 2023

• 1. OUR USE OF COOKIES

  • 1.1 What is a cookie?

    • 1.1.1 A cookie is a small file made up of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer where we are permitted to do so by applicable law or with your permission. Once the cookie file is added to your browser or hard drive, the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets us know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

  • 1.2 Why do we use cookies?

    • 1.2.1 Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer.

  • 1.3 What cookies do we use?

    • 1.3.1 Our website uses the following types of cookies:

      1. (a) Strictly necessary cookies

         These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. Legally, we do not require your upfront consent to use strictly necessary cookies, however, you can always decline strictly necessary cookies (but please note that website functionality will be affected).

      2. (b) Cookies which are not strictly necessary

         There are cookies which, while not strictly necessary for the operation of our website, are useful for monitoring user experiencing and improving functionality. We will not use these cookies without your prior consent.

      3. (c) Analytical or performance cookies

         These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

    • 1.3.2 You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them below:

      Name	Description	Category	Expiry
      "sitename"lang	Stores the language version for a website	Strictly necessary	End of browser session
      ASP.NET_SessionId	ASP.Net_SessionId is a cookie used to identify the users' session on the server. The session used to store data in between off HTTP requests on server.	Strictly necessary	End of browser session
      AWSALBCORS	This cookie is managed by AWS and is used for load balancing.	Strictly necessary	6 Days
      __CookieConsentV300	_Cookieconsent cookie is a plugin used to comply with EU guideline	Strictly necessary	90days
      AWSALBTGCORS	This cookie is associated with Amazon Web Services Elastic Load Balancing functionality. It is used to honor sticky sessions and enable target group stickiness. When the load balancer first routes a request to a weighted target group, the cookie is generated and included in subsequent requests to the load balancer. It is used to route requests to the target group specified in the cookie. Specifically, the AWSALBTGCORS cookie is used with CORS (cross-origin resource sharing) requests that require the SameSite attribute to enable stickiness. It includes all the same information as the AWSALBTG cookie, plus the set SameSite attribute.	Strictly necessary	7 days
      AWSALBTG	AWS Application Load Balancer Cookie. Load Balancing Cookie: Used to encode information about the selected target group.	Strictly necessary	7 days
      _ga	Used to distinguish users.	Optional	2 years
      _gid	Used to distinguish users.	Optional	24 hours
      _gat	Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_ .	Optional	1 minute
      _gac_	Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out.	Optional	90 days
      AWSELB	AWS Classic Load Balancer creates load balancing cookie: used to map the session to the instance.	Strictly necessary	1 Day
      AWSALB	Classic AWS load balancer first receives a request from a client, it routes the request to a target, generates a cookie named AWSALB that encodes information about the selected target, encrypts the cookie, and includes the cookie in the response to the client.	Strictly necessary	1 Day
      __CookieConsent*	__CookieConsent cookie is a plugin used to comply with EU guideline. __CookieConsent* would replace with version of plugin for example __CookieConsentV110	Strictly necessary	90days

  • 1.4 How do I change my cookie settings?

    • 1.4.1 You can change your cookie preferences at any time by scrolling down to the bottom of any of our web pages. Once you select the ‘Cookie Settings’ link, you can then adjust the available sliders to ‘On’ or ‘Off’, then clicking ‘Save Preferences’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.

    • 1.4.2 Alternatively, you can change the settings on your internet browser to accept all cookies, to notify you when a cookie is set, or not to receive cookies at any time, although this may mean that some services on our sites cannot then be provided to you.

    • 1.4.3 For help in deleting Investcorp cookies please refer to the relevant links below.

      1. (a) Google Chrome
      2. (b) Microsoft Internet Explorer
      3. (c) Firefox
      4. (d) Safari
      5. (e) Opera

    • 1.4.4 Please note that by deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our site and you will prevent us from obtaining valuable analytics information that helps us improve the content and functionality of our site.

    • 1.4.5 To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

• 2. CONTACT DETAILS

  • 2.1 If you have any questions about the use of cookies on our website, or the storage and use of data collected from cookies, please contact us at:

    • 2.1.1 Address:
      Investcorp Capital PLC
      Al Maqam Tower
      Abu Dhabi Global Market Square
      Al Maryah Island
      Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    • 2.1.2 Email:
      [email protected]

• 3. CHANGES TO OUR COOKIE POLICY

  We may amend this Cookie Policy from time to time due to technology changes, or in order to meet changes in the regulatory environment, business needs, or to satisfy the needs of our customers and service providers. Any changes we make to our Cookie Policy will be posted on our website and date stamped so that you are always aware of the latest update.