This Cookie Policy was last updated on May 6, 2024 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of South Africa.
1. Introduction
Our website, https://thecottonmill.co.za (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
4. What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5. Cookies
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Statistics cookies
Because statistics are being tracked anonymously, no permission is asked to place statistics cookies.
5.3 Marketing/Tracking cookies
Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
5.4 Social media
On our website, we have included content from Facebook and Instagram to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook and Instagram. This content is embedded with code derived from Facebook and Instagram and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalized advertising.
Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. Facebook and Instagram are located in the United States.
6. Placed cookies
Usage
We use WooCommerce for webshop management. Read more
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Functional
session
Store items in shopping cart
various
Store user preferences
persistent
Usage
We use PHP for website development. Read more
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Functional
Provide functions across pages
Usage
We use Google reCAPTCHA for spam prevention. Read more
Functional
session
Provide spam protection
Marketing/Tracking
session
Read and filter requests from bots
session
Read and filter requests from bots
persistent
Read and filter requests from bots
Usage
We use Facebook for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more
Marketing/Tracking
3 months
Store and track visits across websites
2 years
Store last visit
1 year
Store account details
3 months
Store a unique session ID
3 months
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
90 days
Store logged in users
2 years
Provide fraud prevention
30 days
Store a unique user ID
2 years
Store browser details
1 year
Store account details
Functional
1 week
Read screen resolution
90 days
Provide fraud prevention
session
Store and track if the browser tab is active
Usage
We use MailChimp for mailing list subscriptions. Read more
Statistics
1 month
Store which page was visited first
Purpose pending investigation
Usage
We use WordPress for website development. Read more
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Functional
session
Read if cookies can be placed
persistent
Store logged in users
Usage
We use Wordfence for website security. Read more
Functional
1 day
Read to determine if the user is logged in
Usage
We use Google Fonts for display of webfonts. Read more
Marketing/Tracking
expires immediately
Read user IP address
Usage
We use Google Maps for maps display. Read more
Marketing/Tracking
expires immediately
Read user IP address
Usage
We use Instagram for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more
Marketing/Tracking
1 year
Store ad display frequency
Sharing data
Sharing of data is pending investigation
Purpose pending investigation
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7. Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on "Save preferences", you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
7.1 Manage your consent settings
You have loaded the Cookie Policy without javascript support. On AMP, you can use the manage consent button on the bottom of the page.
8. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.
9. Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
- You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
- Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
- Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
- If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
- Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the Information Regulator South Africa: P.O Box 31533, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2017 Complaints email: complaints.IR@justice.gov.za
10. Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:
Ari Mandis
86 Heugh Road
Walmer
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Website: https://thecottonmill.co.za
Email: info@thecottonmill.co.za
Phone number: +27 (41) 581-2798
This Cookie Policy was synchronized with cookiedatabase.org on August 4, 2022.