Plastics For Africa – Cookie Policy

Last updated: 8 July 2026

Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Plastics For Africa uses cookies and similar technologies on our website. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

Cookies help us operate our website, provide essential shopping and enquiry functions, improve website performance, understand how visitors use our website, and measure the effectiveness of our marketing.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They allow websites to remember information about your visit, such as your shopping cart, preferences, or whether you have visited the site before.

Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are necessary for the operation of our website. They support functions such as:

• Shopping cart and checkout functionality

• Quote and enquiry sessions

• Customer account features

• Website security and fraud prevention

• Basic WordPress and WooCommerce functionality

• Website performance and load balancing

Without these cookies, parts of the website may not function correctly.

Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. This may include information such as:

• Pages visited

• Products viewed

• Device and browser type

• Approximate geographic location

• Time spent on the website

• How visitors navigate between pages

This information is collected in an aggregated form and helps us improve our website, products, and customer experience.

Marketing and Measurement Cookies

We use Google Ads, Google Tag Manager, and related Google measurement technologies to understand how visitors find our website and whether our advertising campaigns are effective.

These technologies may record information such as:

• Advertising clicks

• Website visits

• Conversions

• Referral sources

• Campaign performance

Google processes this information in accordance with its own privacy policies.

Security Cookies

We use website security services, including Cloudflare and other security technologies, to help protect our website from malicious traffic, fraud, and automated attacks. These services may place cookies that are necessary to distinguish legitimate visitors from harmful or automated requests.

Personal Information and POPIA

Where cookies or similar technologies collect information that identifies you, or can reasonably be linked to you, that information will be treated as personal information in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA).

We process this information for legitimate business purposes, including:

• Operating and securing our website

• Processing enquiries and purchases

• Improving website performance

• Analysing website usage

• Measuring marketing performance

• Providing customer support

Where required by applicable law, analytics and marketing cookies will only be used after you have provided your consent.

We do not sell your personal information.

Third-Party Services

Our website uses trusted third-party service providers that may place cookies or process information on our behalf. These include:

• Google Analytics

• Google Ads

• Google Tag Manager

• WordPress

• WooCommerce

• Cloudflare

• Website performance, caching, and security services

Some of these providers may process information outside South Africa. Where this occurs, we take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is protected in accordance with applicable privacy laws.

Managing Cookies

You can manage or delete cookies through your web browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View stored cookies

• Delete cookies

• Block cookies

• Receive a warning before cookies are stored

Please note that disabling essential cookies may affect the operation of the website, including shopping cart, checkout, customer account, and product enquiry features.

You may also manage certain Google advertising and analytics preferences through your Google Account or browser privacy settings.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, technology, legal requirements, or the services we use. The latest version will always be published on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact Plastics For Africa using the contact details provided on our website.