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Cookie Policy

This policy explains how Visa.org.sg uses cookies and similar tracking technologies, including those used for Google AdSense advertising.

Last updated: January 2025

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.

Cookies allow a website to recognize your device and remember information about your visit, such as your preferred language, font size, and other display preferences. This makes your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

Required

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Examples:

  • Session management
  • Security tokens
  • Cookie consent preferences

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our website and content.

Examples:

  • Google Analytics (_ga, _gid)
  • Page view tracking
  • Traffic source analysis

Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Examples:

  • Google AdSense cookies
  • DoubleClick (IDE, DSID)
  • Personalized ad targeting
  • Ad frequency capping

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

Examples:

  • Language preferences
  • Theme settings
  • User interface customization

Google AdSense & Advertising

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites on the Internet.

How Google uses advertising cookies:

  • Google uses the DoubleClick cookie to serve ads based on your visits to this and other sites
  • You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings
  • Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits
  • Google may show personalized or non-personalized ads depending on your consent

Opt-out options:

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can control and manage cookies in several ways:

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, limiting cookies may impact your experience on our website.

Our Cookie Banner

When you first visit our site, you can choose to accept all cookies or only essential cookies using our cookie consent banner.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, law, or our business practices. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. For questions, visit visa.org.sg or our partner site Visa.org.my.