Strictly Necessary
Security, core website operation, form delivery and consent-choice storage.
Cookies should make a website work—not make privacy difficult to understand. This notice separates essential website technology from optional measurement and marketing tools.
01What cookies and similar technologies are
Cookies are small data files placed on or read from your browser or device when you visit a website. Similar technologies may include pixels, tags, local storage and software-development tools. They can operate for one browsing session or remain for a defined period.
Some cookies are placed directly by Beacon Africa's website (“first-party cookies”). Others may be placed by an external platform whose service appears on the website (“third-party cookies”).
02Who is responsible
Beacon Africa Tourism Consultancy (“Beacon Africa”, “we”, “us” or “our”) is responsible for the website and for explaining the technologies it chooses to deploy. Our contact address is 14 Chrysler Street, Woodmead, Johannesburg, 2191, South Africa. Privacy enquiries may be sent to info@beaconafricatourism.com.
03Categories of cookies we may use
Strictly necessary
These technologies support functions such as page delivery, website security, load management, form operation, administrator authentication and recording your consent choices. The website cannot operate reliably without them, so they generally do not depend on optional consent.
Preference or functional
These remember an optional setting or choice so the website can provide a more convenient experience. Where they are not essential, they should operate according to your consent selection.
Analytics and performance
These help us understand aggregated website activity, such as page visits, referral sources, device categories, engagement and technical performance. Where required, analytics should remain inactive until you consent.
Marketing, campaign and embedded-media technologies
These may measure campaign performance, support social or media features, or allow external content to load. They may enable an external provider to recognise a browser across services. Optional technologies should be controlled through the consent interface where required.
04Website services that may use these technologies
| Service or feature | Likely purpose | Typical category |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress and website hosting | Deliver pages, maintain security, support administrators and keep the site operational | Strictly necessary |
| Gravity Forms | Deliver enquiry forms, prevent misuse and preserve form functionality | Strictly necessary or functional |
| Consent-management tool | Store and apply your cookie choices | Strictly necessary |
| Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics, if enabled | Deploy approved tags and measure website use and performance | Analytics |
| Embedded maps, video or social content, if enabled | Display external media or interactive content | Functional or marketing |
| Paystack checkout | Process payments and prevent fraud when you follow a payment link | Third-party service under Paystack's own notice |
Why this table is provisionalPlugins and external services can change the exact cookies created. Before final approval, the production website must be scanned and the consent platform's detailed cookie list must be checked against the tools that are actually enabled.
05Your consent choices
Where consent is required, the website should ask before activating optional cookies. You should be able to:
- Accept all optional cookies.
- Reject all optional cookies without losing access to the core website.
- Choose categories through “Manage Preferences”.
- Withdraw or change consent later as easily as it was given.
Rejecting optional cookies may prevent some analytics, personalisation or embedded-media features from operating, but necessary website and enquiry functionality should remain available.
06How to manage or delete cookies
Use the website's cookie-preference control when available. You can also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Browser controls differ by product and device; consult the browser provider's help documentation for current instructions.
Blocking all cookies, including essential ones, may cause forms, preferences, login features or other parts of the website to stop functioning correctly. Changes made in one browser or device may not automatically apply to another.
07How long cookies remain
Session cookies normally expire when the browsing session ends. Persistent cookies remain until their configured expiry date or until you delete them. The final consent platform inventory should state the provider, purpose and duration of each production cookie. We will review that inventory periodically and remove technologies no longer required.
08Cookies and personal information
Cookie identifiers, IP addresses and usage information may constitute or become linked to personal information. Where this happens, Beacon Africa processes that information as described in the Privacy Notice, including the applicable purposes, safeguards, service-provider disclosures and privacy rights.
External providers may process information under their own privacy and cookie notices. You should review the notice presented by a third-party service when following a payment link or enabling external content.
09Changes to this Cookie Notice
We may update this notice when website technology, providers or legal requirements change. The current version will appear on this page with a revised date. Where appropriate, renewed consent may be requested after a material change.
10Contact us
Questions about cookies, analytics or privacy choices may be sent to info@beaconafricatourism.com or submitted through the Contact page. Please identify the browser or device involved where that will help us investigate.