Last updated: October 2026.
This Privacy Policy explains how SAMAA Festival ("SAMAA", "we", "us") collects, uses and protects the information you provide through samaafestival.com. SAMAA is organised in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Information we collect
- Details you give us directly: your name, email address, city and areas of interest when you join our mailing list, and the name, email, organisation, reason and message you send through our contact form.
- Technical information collected automatically: your IP address, browser type and basic usage data, through cookies and similar technologies.
How we use your information
- To send you festival updates, line-up announcements, early-bird ticket information and related news, where you have asked to receive them.
- To respond to enquiries and partnership requests you send us.
- To understand how the website is used so we can improve it.
- To meet our legal obligations.
Cookies and analytics
We use cookies and analytics tools such as Google Analytics and the Meta (Facebook) Pixel to measure website traffic and the performance of our marketing. These tools may set cookies on your device and share limited information with Google and Meta. You can control cookies through your browser settings.
Sharing your information
We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with trusted service providers who help us operate the festival and the website, for example our email delivery provider, and only as needed to provide those services, or where required by law.
Data retention
We keep your information only for as long as needed for the purposes described here, or as required by law, after which it is deleted or anonymised.
Your choices and rights
- You can unsubscribe from our emails at any time using the link in any message, or by writing to us.
- You may ask us to access, correct or delete the personal information we hold about you.
Contact
For any privacy question, or to exercise your rights, write to us at contact@samaafestival.com.
This policy may be updated from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page.