Cookies Policy

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies enable the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

Think of cookies like little memory aids for websites. They're not viruses, and they can't access other information on your computer.

How We Use Cookies

At Ubuntu Adventures, located at 28 Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa, we use cookies to improve your experience on our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that you have a clear understanding of how we use cookies.

Here's how we use cookies:

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, some services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
• Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for example, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located.
• Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.
• Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors interact with our website. These cookies collect information about your use of the website, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and the date/time of your visits. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track users' movement around the site, and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. The information generated by these cookies is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Types of Cookies We Use

We use both first-party and third-party cookies on our website:

• First-party cookies: These are cookies that are set by our website directly. We use first-party cookies to remember your preferences and settings, such as your language and currency.
• Third-party cookies: These are cookies that are set by a domain other than the one you are visiting. For example, we use third-party cookies from Google Analytics to track website usage and performance.

Examples of the specific cookies we may use include:

• _ga, _gid, _gat: Google Analytics cookies used to distinguish users and throttle request rate.
• PHPSESSID: A session cookie used to maintain user session information.
• eu_cookie_consent: A cookie to remember if you've accepted our cookie policy.

Managing Cookies

You can control the use of cookies in several ways:

1. Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically find these settings in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of your browser. You can configure your browser to block all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or prompt you before accepting a cookie. Please note that blocking all cookies may affect your ability to access certain features of our website. Refer to your browser's help documentation for instructions on how to manage cookies.
2. Cookie Consent Tool: We provide a cookie consent tool on our website that allows you to manage your cookie preferences. You can use this tool to accept or reject different categories of cookies. The tool will remember your preferences for future visits to our website.
3. Third-Party Opt-Outs: You can opt-out of certain third-party cookies by visiting the websites of the third-party providers. For example, you can opt-out of Google Analytics cookies by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Please note that deleting or disabling cookies may affect your user experience on our website and may require you to re-enter your preferences on each visit.

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you have the right to withdraw your consent to the use of cookies at any time. To withdraw your consent, please use the cookie consent tool on our website or adjust your browser settings accordingly.

For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. We will post any changes to this Cookie Policy on our website and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our Cookie Policy, please contact us at:

Ubuntu Adventures
Attention: Data Protection Officer
28 Long Street
Cape Town, 8001
South Africa

Email: dataprotection@ubuntuadventures.co.za
Phone: +27 87 350 1048

Our Data Protection Officer, Fatima Abrahams, is responsible for overseeing our compliance with data protection laws and regulations. She can be contacted directly at the email address provided above.