1. About this policy

This Cookie Policy explains how maximasa.co.za uses cookies and similar technologies, what they do and how you can control them. It supplements our Privacy Policy.

Cookies that identify you, directly or indirectly, are personal information under the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013. Where we use those cookies we do so on the basis set out below.

2. What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file that a website places on your device when you visit it. Cookies allow a website to remember your actions and preferences over time, and to understand how the site is being used.

We also refer here to similar technologies such as local storage, pixels and tags, which work in comparable ways.

Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies stay on your device until they expire or you delete them. First party cookies are set by us. Third party cookies are set by another organisation whose service we use.

3. The cookies we use

3.1 Strictly necessary cookies

These are required for the website to work. They keep your quote basket contents in place as you browse, maintain your session, balance server load and protect our forms against abuse. The website cannot function properly without them, so they are not subject to consent.

Purpose	Type	Typical duration
Quote basket contents	First party	Session or up to 30 days
Session management	First party	Session
Form security and spam protection	First party or third party	Session

Your cookie preferences are not stored in a cookie. We record them in your browser's local storage, on your own device, so that we can apply your choice on later visits.

3.2 Analytics and performance cookies

These help us understand how visitors find and use the website, which products and categories are viewed most, and where pages are not working well. We use this to improve the site and our range.

Provider	Purpose	Typical duration
Google Analytics 4	Aggregated visitor statistics	Up to 14 months

We set these cookies on the basis of our legitimate interest in understanding and improving the website. We give you notice of them before they are used, and you can opt out at any time using the Cookie preferences link in the website footer.

3.3 Functional cookies

These remember choices you make, such as a preferred category view or a dismissed notice, so that you do not have to set them again.

3.4 Marketing and advertising cookies

No advertising cookies are running at present, and we do not run remarketing or advertising pixels on this website. The Marketing category exists so that this can be controlled if we introduce advertising measurement later, and it can be switched off at any time from Cookie preferences.

4. Third party cookies

Some pages may embed content from third parties, such as video players, maps or social media. Those providers may set their own cookies, which we do not control. Please refer to their own privacy and cookie notices.

5. Your choices

Cookie notice. On your first visit a short notice appears at the bottom of the page telling you that we use cookies. You can open Cookie preferences straight from that notice, or from the Cookie preferences link in the footer of any page, at any time afterwards.

Cookie preferences. Strictly necessary cookies are locked on and cannot be switched off, because the website cannot work without them. Analytics and Marketing can each be switched on or off individually, or turned off together using Reject non-essential. Your choice is applied immediately and remembered on your device.

Browser settings. Most browsers let you view, block and delete cookies through their settings menu. If you block strictly necessary cookies, parts of the website, including the quote basket, may not work.

Google Chrome: Settings, Privacy and security, Third party cookies
Microsoft Edge: Settings, Cookies and site permissions
Mozilla Firefox: Settings, Privacy and Security
Safari: Preferences, Privacy

Do Not Track. Browsers may send a Do Not Track signal. There is no agreed standard for how websites should respond to it, and we do not currently respond to it.

6. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when we add or remove a technology. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised.

7. Contact us

If you have a question about our use of cookies:

Maxima SA 27 Moore Avenue, Benoni South, Gauteng, South Africa Telephone: 011 422 6001 Email: info@maximasa.co.za