Cookies Policy
The Website is operated by Saudi Arabian Oil Company. This Policy should be read with the Website Privacy Notice and Terms of Use.
01What cookies and similar technologies are
Cookies are small text files placed on a browser or device when a website is visited. They can recognise a device, maintain a session, remember preferences and provide information about how a website is used. Similar technologies include local storage, software development kits, pixels, tags, web beacons and device identifiers.
Cookies may be first-party cookies set by the Website or third-party cookies set by another service. They may be session cookies deleted when the browser closes or persistent cookies that remain until their stated expiry or earlier deletion.
02Why we use these technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to operate and protect the Website, remember choices, support registration and account functions, measure performance, understand how content is used, diagnose problems and, where permitted, support communications or campaign measurement.
03Cookie categories
| Category | Purpose | Consent and effect of disabling |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Supports core functions such as navigation, security, authentication, consent records, load balancing and form or session continuity. | Used where necessary to provide the Website or a requested service. Disabling these cookies in the browser may cause features to fail. |
| Functional | Remembers choices such as language, display preferences or other settings and may enable enhanced features. | Used only with your consent. Disabling may reduce personalisation or functionality. |
| Analytics and performance | Measures visits, interactions, navigation patterns, errors and performance to help improve the Website. | Non-essential analytics are activated only with your consent. Disabling does not prevent access to essential content. |
| Advertising and campaign measurement | Measures communications or campaigns, limits repeated advertising, or supports relevant content on third-party platforms where used. | Activated only with your consent. Disabling prevents this category from being used through the Website. |
| Embedded content and social media | Enables media players, maps, social sharing or other third-party content that may set cookies or receive device and usage data. | Activated only with your consent. Embedded features may not load if disabled. |
04Consent and control
Strictly necessary cookies may be used without consent where they are required to deliver the Website, maintain security, remember privacy choices or provide a service you request. Non-essential cookies are not activated until you make a choice in the Cookie Settings panel.
You may accept all non-essential cookies, reject them, or select categories through the Cookie Settings panel. Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it and does not affect processing that occurred lawfully before withdrawal. Your preference may be stored in a necessary consent cookie.
05Current cookie inventory
The Cookie Settings panel provides the current inventory of cookies and similar technologies detected on the Website, including the cookie or technology name, provider, purpose, category and duration. Because Website services may change, the panel is the most current source for the active inventory.
06Third-party technologies
Third-party services integrated with the Website may set or read cookies and receive information such as IP address, device identifiers, browser details, referring pages and interactions with embedded content. These providers process data under their own terms and privacy notices and may operate from other jurisdictions.
Examples may include analytics services, content-delivery and security providers, registration platforms, maps, video players and social-media services. The current providers in use are identified in the Cookie Settings panel.
07Managing cookies in your browser
Most browsers allow you to view, block or delete cookies and to control whether sites may store them. Browser controls vary by provider and device. Blocking all cookies may prevent sign-in, registration, preference storage or other Website functions from working correctly.
Deleting cookies may remove stored preferences, including your consent choice, so the Website may ask you to select preferences again. Controls provided by an external platform or browser apply separately from the Website Cookie Settings panel.
08Retention
Session cookies expire when the browser session ends. Persistent cookies remain for the period shown in the Cookie Settings panel unless you delete them earlier. We select durations that are proportionate to the stated purpose and review them periodically. Information derived from cookies may be retained separately where necessary for security, analytics, legal compliance or dispute resolution in accordance with the Privacy Notice.
09Personal data
Cookie information may constitute personal data when it identifies or can reasonably be linked to an individual or device. Where personal data is processed through cookies or similar technologies, it is handled in accordance with the Privacy Notice, the Saudi Personal Data Protection Law and other applicable requirements.
10Changes to this Policy
We may update this Policy when the Website, technology providers, legal requirements or our practices change. The updated version will be published with a revised effective date. Material changes to non-essential cookie use will be reflected in the Cookie Settings panel and, where required, a new consent choice will be requested.
11Contact us
Questions about cookies or privacy may be sent to data.privacy@aramco.com. Written correspondence may be addressed to Saudi Arabian Oil Company, P.O. Box 5000, Dhahran 31311, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. General Website enquiries may be sent to support@iktva.sa.