Cookie Policy
Last Updated: March 23, 2025
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how InvestWise Consulting ("we," "our," or "us") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website. This policy provides you with clear and comprehensive information about the cookies we use and the purposes for using them.
By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this Cookie Policy. If you do not accept the use of cookies, please disable them following the instructions in this Cookie Policy or the cookie consent banner so that cookies from this website are not stored on your device.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies enhance user experience by:
- Remembering your preferences and settings
- Helping you navigate between pages efficiently
- Enabling websites to remember your login details
- Collecting statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns
3. Types of Cookies We Use
We use different types of cookies for various purposes. Depending on their function and purpose, cookies can be classified as follows:
3.1 Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Examples: Session cookies for managing user sessions, security cookies for authentication.
3.2 Analytical/Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users find what they are looking for easily.
Examples: Google Analytics cookies to collect information about how visitors use our site.
3.3 Functionality Cookies
These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
Examples: Cookies that remember your preferred language or layout preferences.
3.4 Targeting/Advertising Cookies
These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
Examples: Cookies used by advertising networks to deliver personalized advertisements.
4. Specific Cookies We Use
5. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the website and deliver advertisements on and through the website.
These third-party services may use cookies, web beacons, and other storage technologies to collect or receive information from our website and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads.
The third-party service providers we use include:
- Google Analytics: A web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use our site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
- Social Media Platforms: We may use plugins from social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. These platforms may set cookies on your device when you interact with their plugins on our website.
6. Managing Cookies
6.1 Cookie Consent
When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to:
- Accept all cookies
- Accept only necessary cookies
- Customize your cookie preferences
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the "Cookie Settings" button in the footer of our website.
6.2 Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or delete certain cookies. Generally, you can also manage similar technologies in the same way that you manage cookies – using your browser's preferences.
Here are the instructions for managing cookies in the most popular browsers:
Please note that if you choose to block cookies, you may not be able to use all the features of our website.
6.3 Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers have incorporated "Do Not Track" features. When enabled, these features send a signal to websites you visit indicating that you do not wish to be tracked. However, there is not yet a common understanding of how to interpret the Do Not Track signal, so our website does not currently respond to Do Not Track signals.
7. Cookie Settings Button
You can access your cookie settings at any time by clicking the button below:
8. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our business practices. Any changes will become effective when we post the revised Cookie Policy on our website. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our cookie practices.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, please contact us at:
InvestWise Consulting
8 Helderberg St, Stellenbosch Central
Stellenbosch, 7600
South Africa
Phone: +27 21 883 9256
Email: [email protected]