1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used by online services to make websites work efficiently, remember your customized settings (such as your chosen display currency or search dates), and provide anonymized statistical data to website owners.
2. How Gateera Uses Cookies
Gateera utilizes cookies and local browser storage strictly to enhance your hotel search experience, preserve your localized travel settings, and maintain the security and speed of our platform.
3. Categories of Cookies We Use
A. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for you to navigate our site and utilize its core features, such as maintaining your active search session, routing requests through secure Cloudflare edge nodes, and validating CSRF security tokens. The platform cannot function properly without these cookies.
B. Preference & Functional Cookies
These cookies enable Gateera to remember choices you make across visits:
- Currency Selection: Storing whether you prefer rates displayed in AED, USD, EUR, GBP, SAR, INR, etc.
- Language Preference: Remembering your preference for English (LTR) or Arabic (RTL).
- Interface Theme: Preserving your selection between Light Mode and Dark Mode.
C. Performance & Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect aggregated, non-identifying telemetry about how travelers navigate Gateera, such as which destination search queries are most frequent, error rates on search endpoints, and page load latencies. This telemetry enables us to continually optimize query speeds.
4. Detailed Cookie Inventory
| Cookie Name | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
gateera_currency | Functional | Stores your chosen display currency (e.g., AED, USD, EUR) | 1 Year |
gateera_lang | Functional | Stores your language and text direction preference (en/ar) | 1 Year |
gateera_theme | Functional | Stores your UI color mode preference (light/dark) | 1 Year |
__cf_bm | Strictly Necessary | Cloudflare bot mitigation and automated scraping protection | 30 Minutes |
cf_clearance | Strictly Necessary | Stores clearance proof for visitors who solve security challenges | 1 Year |
5. How to Manage and Disable Cookies
Most modern web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences through browser settings. You can configure your browser to reject all cookies, notify you when a cookie is placed, or delete cookies that have already been stored.
- Manage cookies in Google Chrome
- Manage cookies in Apple Safari
- Manage cookies in Mozilla Firefox
- Manage cookies in Microsoft Edge
6. Inquiries Regarding Cookies
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or tracking mechanisms, please email us at privacy@gateera.com.