Cookies Policy for Ubuntu Businesses

This Cookies Policy explains how Ubuntu Businesses ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://ubuntubusinesses.co.za ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

What are Cookies?

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

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Ubuntu Businesses) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

Why We Use Cookies

We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following categories of cookies:

Specific Cookies We Use

Detailed information about the cookies used on Ubuntu Businesses
Cookie Name Purpose Provider Duration Type
_ga Used to distinguish users. Google Analytics 2 years Performance
_gid Used to distinguish users. Google Analytics 24 hours Performance
_gat Used to throttle request rate. Google Analytics 1 minute Performance
cookieconsent_status Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. Ubuntu Businesses 1 year Strictly Necessary

How Can I Control Cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by clicking on the appropriate opt-out links provided in the cookie table above. You can also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit our site.

More Information

For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Updates to this Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookies Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

The date at the top of this Cookies Policy indicates when it was last updated.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at privacy@ubuntubusinesses.co.za or contact us at:

Ubuntu Businesses
45 Market Street
Johannesburg, Gauteng
2001
South Africa

You can also contact our Data Protection Officer, Thandiwe Nkosi, at thandiwe.nkosi@ubuntubusinesses.co.za or by phone at 011-555-9876.

For more information about our privacy practices, please review our Privacy Policy.

We also encourage you to read our Terms and Conditions and Accessibility Statement.