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Cookie Policy (South Africa)
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You should not have to guess what a website is placing on your device.
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how Search Intelligence (“we,” “our,” or “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies on our website in compliance with South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us improve functionality, analyse traffic, and personalise your experience.
3. Cookie Categories
- Essential Cookies: Required for website functionality (e.g., login, security).
- Performance & Analytics Cookies: Help us understand site usage and improve performance.
- Marketing Cookies: Used to deliver relevant ads and measure campaign effectiveness. None are deployed on this site.
Every technology actually in use is named in the Technology Register below, with its provider, purpose, category, duration and whether it runs before consent.
4. Types of Cookies We Use
- Session Cookies: Deleted when you close your browser.
- Persistent Cookies: Remain until they expire or are deleted.
- First-Party Cookies: Set by Search Intelligence.
- Third-Party Cookies: Set by external analytics services. No advertising or ad-targeting technologies are deployed on this site.
5. Choice Controls
Analytics are off until you turn them on. On your first visit a banner names each category before you decide; it does not bundle everything behind a single "accept all," and it does not treat continued browsing as agreement. Until you choose, only strictly necessary technologies run.
- Accept analytics, or continue with necessary technologies only, from the banner.
- Open Cookie Preferences in the footer of any page to see each category and change your decision at any time.
- Withdraw consent from the same place. A withdrawal applies from your next page load — it does not retract measurement already recorded in the current one.
- Manage or clear cookies through your browser settings, independently of the choice above.
Your decision is stored on your own device so the banner does not ask again. If your browser blocks that storage, the banner will reappear each visit and nothing optional will load.
6. Technology Register
The technologies below are the ones this site is configured to use, named with their purpose, category and duration, and kept current as tools change. Every optional entry is held until consent is granted.
Provisional. This register is compiled from the site's configured technologies, not yet from a production scan across first visit, rejected analytics, accepted analytics, Diagnostic use, form submission and embedded content. Individual cookie names and durations are set by the providers and are confirmed on scan. It will be replaced with measured values.
| Technology | Provider | Purpose | Category | Duration | Runs Before Consent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consent record | Search Intelligence (first-party) | Remembers your cookie decision so the banner does not ask again | Strictly necessary | Until cleared by you | Yes — it is what records the choice |
| Google Analytics 4 | Google (third-party) | Page and interaction measurement; which pages and calls to action are used | Analytics (optional) | Up to 2 years on device; event data retained 14 months | No — held until granted |
| Google Tag Manager | Google (third-party) | Loads and manages the measurement tags above; sets no cookies of its own | Analytics (optional) | No cookie set | Container loads; tags held until granted |
| Swetrix | Swetrix, via an SI-operated collector (third-party script, first-party endpoint) | Aggregate page view measurement, used as a cross-check on the figures above | Analytics (optional) | No cookie set | No — the script is not loaded until granted |
No marketing or advertising technology appears in this register because none is deployed. If one is ever added, it will be listed here as its own category and will require its own consent before it runs.
7. Data Protection
Personal information collected via cookies is processed in accordance with POPIA. We implement security measures to protect your data.
8. Your Rights
Under POPIA, you have the right to:
- Access your personal data.
- Request corrections or deletion.
- Object to processing for marketing purposes.
9. Updates
We may update this policy periodically. Changes will be posted on this page.
10. Contact
For questions about this policy or your rights, contact: website-policies@searchintelligence.services
Use what is necessary. Explain what is optional. Respect the choice.