Cookie Policy

In this policy, references to "cookies" include cookies and any similar device-storage technologies used by our platform for the same operational purposes, and "the platform" means the website and online services operated by The Secretary (Pty) Ltd.

Cookies may be "session" cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, or "persistent" cookies, which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. They may also be "first-party" cookies, set by The Secretary, or "third-party" cookies, set by another organisation. We use first-party, strictly-necessary cookies only.

All of the cookies we use fall within the categories described above. We do not use cookies to build advertising profiles, to track you across other websites, or to measure your behaviour for marketing purposes.

Because we use only strictly-necessary cookies, the platform does not present a cookie-consent banner asking you to accept or reject optional cookies - there are no optional cookies to consent to.

Because these cookies are essential to provide, operate and secure the service you have requested, we rely on them being necessary for that purpose rather than on your separate consent. Any related processing of personal information is carried out lawfully and fairly in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 2018, and as described in our Privacy Notice. The information duties of an online service provider under the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2014 are also reflected in this policy.

This treatment applies only to strictly-necessary cookies. If we later introduce any cookie that is not strictly necessary, we will provide the required information and seek your consent before such a cookie is set, where the law requires it, as set out below.

You remain free to control cookies through your browser; however, we are not able to provide the authenticated parts of the platform if the strictly-necessary cookies are blocked. This does not affect any statutory rights you may have, including your non-excludable rights as a consumer under the Consumer Protection Act, 2018.

For detailed, up-to-date instructions, please consult the help or support pages of the browser you use. Remember that, as explained above, blocking or clearing the strictly-necessary cookies will prevent you from signing in.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the platform or to how we use cookies. The version published on the platform is the version that applies, and your continued use of the platform after a change takes effect indicates that you have noted the updated policy.

If we introduce any analytics, marketing or other non-essential cookies in future, we will update this policy to describe them and, where consent is required, we will ask for your consent - for example through a cookie banner - before such cookies are set.

For more information about how we collect and use your personal information, including your rights and how to make a complaint to the Information and Data Protection Commission, please see our Privacy Notice. This Cookie Policy should also be read together with our Terms and Conditions.