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Cookie Policy
This page explains how AfricaMart uses cookies, local storage and similar technologies, and how you can control non-essential use. Last updated 25 October 2026.
Essential storage supports the basket, security and consent choices. Non-essential analytics and marketing technologies remain off until selected.
1. Cookies and similar technologies
Cookies are small text files stored by a website. Local storage and session storage are browser technologies that can save information on a device for a similar purpose. This policy uses “cookies” as a convenient general term where the same privacy rules or choices apply.
2. Categories used by AfricaMart
Essential
Required for services requested by the customer, such as remembering the basket, maintaining secure sessions, preventing abuse and storing cookie preferences. Essential technologies cannot be switched off through the consent tool.
Analytics
Help measure how the website is used and where it can be improved. AfricaMart will request consent before enabling analytics technologies that are not strictly necessary.
Marketing
May measure advertising, create audiences or personalise advertising. These technologies remain blocked until marketing consent is given.
3. Current browser storage
| Name or service | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
africamartConsent |
Essential | Stores the selected Essential, Analytics and Marketing preferences and consent version. | Up to 180 days before the website asks again |
africamartCart |
Essential | Remembers products added to the basket between pages. | Until the basket or browser website data is cleared |
| Authentication and security cookies | Essential | Helps keep signed-in accounts secure and protect checkout. | Session or as specified by the authentication provider |
AfricaMart only enables non-essential analytics or marketing technologies after the relevant consent has been given. If new providers are added, this policy will be updated with the relevant details.
4. Manage your preferences
You can accept all, reject non-essential technologies or choose Analytics and Marketing separately. Withdrawing consent prevents future optional use. Some third-party cookies already stored may also need to be cleared through browser settings when a provider cannot remove them automatically.
The consent tool remembers a choice for up to 180 days, unless the policy or technology changes sooner.
5. Third-party services
Payment, fraud prevention and account-security providers may use technologies that are essential to provide their service securely. Analytics and advertising providers must be loaded only in line with the selected consent category.
Browser settings can block or delete storage, but doing so may remove the basket, sign the customer out or prevent parts of checkout from working.
6. Updates and contact
This policy will be updated when AfricaMart changes providers or adds new technologies. Questions can be sent through Help & Support. See the Privacy Policy for wider information about personal data.