Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy for COIS Web Development.
Last updated: 23 October 2026
1. About this policy
This policy explains how Francois Badenhorst t/a COIS Web Development (“COIS”, “we”, “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies on cois.co.za, and how you can control them. Read it together with our Privacy Policy.
2. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website saves on your device when you visit. They help the site work, remember your choices, keep it secure, and show us how people use it. Some are deleted when you close your browser (session cookies). Others stay until they expire or you delete them (persistent cookies). Similar technologies, such as local storage and scripts, work in a similar way and are covered by this policy.
3. Cookies we use
3.1 Essential cookies
These cookies are needed for the website to work, for example to load pages, submit forms and remember your cookie choices. They cannot be switched off in our cookie settings.
3.2 Security cookies
Our website security software uses cookies to help protect the site and its visitors. For example, it uses them to detect suspicious activity, block automated attacks and spam, and protect login and form pages. These cookies are necessary for security, so they are treated as essential.
3.3 Analytics cookies
With your consent, we use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited, how long people stay and how they found us. This helps us improve the site. Google Analytics may process this information on servers outside South Africa. For more information, see Google’s privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy. Analytics cookies are only set if you accept them.
3.4 WhatsApp chat widget
Our website has a WhatsApp chat button so you can contact us. WhatsApp may set its own third-party cookies, but only when you click the chat button. If you use it, your conversation takes place on WhatsApp and is subject to WhatsApp’s own terms and privacy policy.
3.5 Cookie list
The table below shows the types of cookies our website uses. The exact cookies may change as we update the site.
| Type | Set by | Purpose | Consent needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | COIS Web Development | Make the website work, such as remembering your cookie choice and keeping forms working | No |
| Security | Our website security software | Protect the website against spam, abuse and attacks | No |
| Analytics | Google Analytics | Help us understand how visitors use the website, using combined statistics | Yes |
| WhatsApp chat | May be set only when you click the WhatsApp chat button | Set only when you click it |
4. Your consent
Under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), we only use information collected through non-essential cookies, such as analytics, with your consent. When you first visit, a cookie banner lets you accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time through the “Cookie settings” link in the website footer. Withdrawing consent does not affect any processing that took place before you withdrew it.
5. How to manage cookies
5.1 On our website
Use our cookie settings to accept or decline non-essential cookies.
5.2 In your browser
Most browsers let you view, block and delete cookies. Check the help pages of your browser, such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge, for instructions. If you block all cookies, some parts of our website, including forms, may not work properly.
5.3 Google Analytics opt-out
You can also stop Google Analytics from collecting your data by installing Google’s opt-out browser add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
6. Your rights
Under POPIA, you have the right to ask what personal information we hold about you, to ask us to correct or delete it, and to object to its processing. You may also lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator (South Africa) at inforegulator.org.za. See our Privacy Policy for details.
7. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the cookies we use, or the law, change. The latest version will always be on this page, with the date it was last updated.