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History of changes | Changes | Date of update |
Privacy statement | Upgrading to the Group standards | 21/06/22 |
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Find out MoreFirst-Party Cookies
First-party cookies are cookies issued from the vodacom.co.ls domain and are generally used to identify language and location preferences or render basic website functionality.
Third-Party Cookies
Third-party cookies originate from a domain that's different from the website being visited. For example, when you visit our website, we may link to another company's website - like our Facebook or Twitter account, or a video from our YouTube page. We don't control how they use their cookies, so we suggest you check their website to see how they're using them and how you can manage them.
Session Cookies
Session cookies are temporary cookies that are used to remember you during the course of your visit to the website, and they expire when you close the web browser.
Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies are used to remember your preferences within the website and remain on your desktop or mobile device even after you close your browser or restart your device. We might use some of these cookies to analyse user behavior to establish visit patterns so that we can improve our website functionality for you and others who visit our website(s). These cookies also allow us to serve you with targeted offers and promotions and measure the effectiveness of our website functionality, offer, and/or promotions.
Cookie Name | What it is used for |
incap_ses_* | This cookie is set to allow a visitor to receive site content from one out of multiple servers as the visitor browses the site. This allows the visitor's session to be maintained. |
visid_incap_* | This cookie is from the incapsula CDN and helps us with reliability, security and the performance of our site. |
___utmvc | This cookie enables the function of Google Analytics. |
viewed_cookie_policy | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
Cookie Name | Description |
visid_incap_XXXXXX | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking certain sessions to a specific visitor (visitor representing a specific computer). In order to identify clients that have already visited Incapsula. The only cookie that is persistent for the duration of 12 months. |
OptanonAlertBoxClosed | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. |
incap_ses_* | Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking HTTP requests to a certain session (AKA visit). Re-opening the browser and accessing same site are registered as different visits. In order to maintain existing sessions (ie, session cookie) |
OptanonConsent | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. |
Cookie Name | Description |
___utmvxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. |
Cookie Name | Description |
smapi_session_counts | Represents the number of sessions |
smapi_session_id | Represents the session ID associated with the user's session. |
smapi_previous_session | Represents previous session information |
smapi_subject_id | Represents the subject ID of the user's session. |
smapi_rating_modal | Stores expiration duration |
smapi_install_id | Represents the installation ID of the application. |