Welcome to The Next Dubai. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you visit our website at www.thenextdubai.com, subscribe to our newsletter, or interact with us through other digital channels. By accessing or using our Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the Website.
The Next Dubai is a Dubai-based independent digital media platform covering news, lifestyle, business, travel, culture, and events in Dubai and across the GCC region.
We may collect personal information when you subscribe to our email newsletter, submit a contact or enquiry form, comment on articles, apply for a featured listing or partnership, or participate in a survey or promotion. This may include your name, email address, phone number, and any other details you voluntarily submit.
When you visit our Website, we automatically collect certain technical and behavioral data, including: IP address and approximate geographic location, browser type, device type, and operating system, pages visited and time spent on each page, navigation behavior and scroll patterns, referring URL (how you arrived at our site), and date and time of your visit. This data is collected through cookies, web beacons, and analytics tools.
We use the information we collect to operate, maintain, and improve the Website; deliver newsletters and email updates to subscribers; respond to reader enquiries and correspondence; analyze traffic and user behavior to improve content quality; detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive activity; comply with legal obligations; and serve relevant advertisements through third-party advertising networks.
We do NOT sell your personal data to third parties.
Our Website uses cookies — small text files stored on your device — to enhance your browsing experience, remember your preferences, and understand how visitors use our site.
You can disable cookies at any time through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain features on our Website.
The Next Dubai participates in the Google AdSense program. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads to our users based on their prior visits to this Website and other websites across the internet. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting:
Google may use the DART cookie to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Our third-party advertising partners may use cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons in their respective advertisements and links that appear on The Next Dubai. These are sent directly to users’ browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that users see.
The Next Dubai has no access to or control over cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
The Next Dubai follows standard practice in using log files. These files record visitor activity when users visit websites. Information collected in log files includes IP addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring and exit pages, and number of clicks. This data is not linked to personally identifiable information and is used to analyze trends, administer the site, and gather demographic data.
Our Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party advertisers, analytics providers, or other external services linked on or integrated into our Website. We encourage you to consult the respective privacy policies of these third parties for more detailed information. The Next Dubai bears no responsibility for the privacy practices of these external parties.
We may share your information with trusted service providers acting on our behalf (e.g., email platforms, analytics tools, hosting services), with legal authorities when required by law, court order, or regulation, and with business partners with your explicit consent. All third parties with whom we share data are required to treat your information with the same level of protection we apply.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@thenextdubai.com. We will respond within 30 days.
The Next Dubai is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided personal data, we will delete it promptly. If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us, please contact info@thenextdubai.com.
We implement reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of internet transmission is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised ‘Last Updated’ date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us: