COOKIE POLICY
This Cookie Policy describes how Nauki Care (Pty) Ltd. (“Nauki”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) makes use of cookies and similar technologies (all hereinafter referred to as “cookies”) on the nauki.co.za family of websites (“website”) and branded social media pages (such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram) (“social media”). Collectively, our website and social media pages are referred to as our “online platform”. This Cookie Policy supplements Nauki’s Privacy Policy and acts to describe the purpose of the different cookies, how long these cookies are stored and how you can manage your cookie preferences.
We use cookies to help make your visits to our website a better experience. Please be aware that your browser settings may automatically accept our cookies. For information about how to adjust your browser settings please see below (section 5: Accept or block cookies). You are in control and can adjust these settings at any time.
From time to time, we may update this policy to adapt it to any updates that may arise. We encourage you to periodically review this cookie policy to stay abreast of any changes which may be implemented.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text (data) files that are written to your device when you use nauki.co.za. When you visit the website again, or a visit another website which recognizes a cookie you’ve previously downloaded, your device communicates with the website and the website can read the information held in that cookie.
2. What type of cookies do we use?
Essential cookies – these cookies are essential to allow nauki.co.za to function properly. They enable you to access and navigate on our site and use our features. Essential services, such as the ability to access secure areas cannot be provided without these cookies. As these cookies are strictly necessary for the functioning of nauki.co.za, your consent is not required for their storage.
Essential cookies we use are the following:
- “First-party cookies” store the user preferences on the website you are currently using, including such elements as time zone and region. These help us store and retrieve records of users’ consents as well as information and preferences expressed in relation to the provided consent.
- “Third-party cookies” are placed by our business partners from a different website – for example – should we use Google advertising services on nauki.co.za, their website cookies may be placed on the website you are visiting.
Performance and analytics cookies – these cookies are used to make nauki.co.za more user-friendly by enabling us to analyse the performance of the website. For example, collecting information pertaining to the number of visits to the website, and the average dwelling time. Performance cookies help us to identify the most popular elements of our features and to develop the website further on this usage data. Performance cookies are stored on your device and used only on the basis of your consent.
Functionality cookies – these cookies allow us to remember choices we make and store data that has already been entered (such as language preferences, text size, font, e-mail addresses, configurations, etc.) to tailor the Nauki website to provide more personalised features and content to you, and to improve the quality of the user experience. Functionality cookies are stored on your device and used only on the basis of your consent.
Marketing cookies – these cookies and similar technologies enable us to record data about the user’s interaction with nauki.co.za or third-party websites or services (for instance, cookies implemented by social networking sites), browsing activity, etc. Information collected via marketing cookies and similar technologies are used for targeted marketing, to direct and display advertisements as precisely as possible for relevant segments of internet users. Marketing cookies are stored on your device and used only on the basis of your consent. Please note that we are not responsible for any third-party cookies.
3. How long are the cookies retained on your device?
The length of time a cookie will be retained on your device depends on whether it is a persistent or session cookie. “Session cookies” stay in place only for the duration of your visit to our website and are deleted at the end of your browsing session, in other words, they are temporary. “Persistent cookies” remain on your device until the expiry date and time set by the website or until they are manually deleted.
4. How do we use cookies?
We use cookies to improve your experience when you browse our website (for example, to show you information that is relevant to you, based on the sort of web content you’ve looked at before) and to save you time by not having to re-enter your details each time you visit. We also use cookies to see how people interact with our website, so we can make improvements to the website that make it easier to use.
5. Accept or block cookies
You can block any cookies from any website by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of some or all cookies. However, if you block all cookies, you may not be able to access all or part of our website. You can also use browser settings to delete cookies.
For more information about how to disable or delete cookies in your browser please visit the following links:
- All About Cookies | Online Privacy and Digital Security
- Google (Turn cookies on or off – Computer – Google Account Help);
- Microsoft Edge (Manage cookies in Microsoft Edge: View, allow, block, delete and use – Microsoft Support);
- Chrome (Turn cookies on or off – Computer – Google Account Help);
- Mozilla Firefox (Block websites from storing cookies and site data in Firefox | Firefox Help (mozilla.org));
- Safari (Clear cookies in Safari on Mac – Apple Support (UK));
- Opera (Web preferences – Opera Help).
6. Third-party cookies
| Cookie Name | Description | Cookie Type | Expiry |
| Google Analytics | Web analytics service provided by Google LLC or Google Ireland Limited. Utilised to analyse users’ interactions with our website to improve website performance, search engine optimisation and for marketing purposes. The cookies’ collated information regarding users’ usage of our website allows analysis of specific behaviours and interests, as well as demographic data. User can prevent the acquisition and storage of cookies and the transmission of their usage data collated by our website to Google (including your IP address), as well as processing by Google, by clicking this link (Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on Download Page) and installing the offered browser plugin. | Statistics | Persistent |
| Provided by LinkedIn to enable LinkedIn functionalities and preferences and to measure and leverage website audiences and demographics for LinkedIn advertising campaigns. | Analytics Advertisement | Persistent |
Last updated October 2024.