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Cookie Policy
How cookies and similar technologies may be used on the Blue White Medical website.
Strictly necessary cookies support core Website functions. Where required, optional cookies should be activated only after you make a choice through the available cookie controls.
1. Purpose and scope
This Cookie Policy explains how Blue White Medical (Pty) Ltd, trading as Blue White Medical (Blue White Medical, we, us or our), uses cookies and similar technologies on bluewhitemedical.co.za and related online pages that link to this policy (collectively, the Website).
It explains what these technologies are, why they may be used, what choices you have and how their use relates to our Privacy Policy.
Back to top ↑2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your computer, mobile phone or other device. Cookies allow a website to recognise a browser or device, remember information and support particular features.
Similar technologies may include pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, software development kits and other identifiers. In this policy, the word cookies includes these similar technologies where appropriate.
Back to top ↑3. First-party and third-party cookies
First-party cookies are set by Blue White Medical through our Website. They may support security, forms, consent choices, preferences and core Website operation.
Third-party cookies are set by another organisation whose service appears on or supports the Website. Depending on the services enabled, these may include hosting, security, analytics, maps, video, social-media, payment or communication providers. A third party may process information under its own privacy terms.
Back to top ↑4. Why we use cookies
Depending on the features and services enabled on the Website, cookies may be used to:
- operate the Website and deliver pages, forms and requested features;
- protect the Website, detect misuse and maintain security;
- remember cookie choices, language, display or other preferences;
- understand Website traffic, performance and how visitors use pages;
- identify and resolve errors or technical problems;
- support embedded maps, videos, social-media or communication features;
- measure the effectiveness of communications or campaigns where permitted; and
- support advertising or online profiling only where such technology is enabled and lawfully permitted.
5. Categories of cookies
| Category | What it does | Your choice |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Supports essential functions such as security, page delivery, form operation, load balancing and remembering privacy choices. | Usually active because the Website cannot function properly without them. Your browser may still allow you to block them, but parts of the Website may stop working. |
| Functional | Remembers optional preferences or enables enhanced features supplied by us or a third party. | Where these are non-essential, they should be used only after the required choice or consent. |
| Analytics and performance | Helps measure visits, page use, Website performance and technical issues. Information may be aggregated, but identifiers or technical data can still qualify as personal information. | Where required, these cookies should be activated only after you consent through the available cookie controls. |
| Advertising and targeting | May measure campaigns, build an interest profile or help deliver relevant advertising on this or another website. | These cookies will be used only if such services are enabled and a lawful basis, including consent where required, applies. |
6. Session and persistent cookies
Session cookies generally expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain for a set period or until you delete them. The period depends on the cookie’s purpose and the provider that sets it.
We aim to retain cookie information only for as long as reasonably necessary for its stated purpose or as required by applicable law. Third-party providers determine the lifespan of cookies they control.
Back to top ↑7. Cookie consent and lawful processing
Strictly necessary cookies may be used to provide a Website feature or service you request, protect the Website or remember your privacy choices. Where a non-essential cookie processes personal information or supports direct marketing, we will seek consent or rely on another lawful ground only where POPIA and other applicable law permit it.
Where cookie controls are available, non-essential cookie categories should remain disabled until you make the required choice. You can withdraw or change a previous choice through the same controls, where available, or by adjusting your browser settings.
Back to top ↑8. Third-party services
The Website may link to or embed third-party services such as maps, video, social-media content, WhatsApp, analytics or payment functionality. Loading or interacting with an embedded service may allow the provider to set cookies or receive technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device information and the page visited.
We do not control cookies independently set by third parties. Please review the relevant provider’s privacy and cookie information before interacting with an optional embedded service.
Back to top ↑9. Managing and deleting cookies
You can manage cookies in the following ways:
- use the cookie banner or cookie settings control made available on the Website, where applicable;
- change your browser settings to block, restrict or delete cookies;
- use private or incognito browsing where appropriate; and
- review privacy controls supplied by relevant third-party services.
Browser controls vary, so consult your browser’s help or privacy settings for current instructions. Blocking all cookies may prevent forms, preferences, security features or other parts of the Website from operating properly.
Back to top ↑10. Personal information and your rights
Cookie information can constitute personal information when it relates to an identifiable person or device. We process such information in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) and our Privacy Policy.
Subject to POPIA and applicable limitations, you may ask about personal information we hold, request access or correction, object to certain processing, withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, and lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator.
Back to top ↑11. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when Website technology, service providers, legal requirements or our practices change. The latest version will be published on the Website with its effective date. Material changes may also be communicated through an updated cookie notice or another appropriate method.
Back to top ↑12. Contact us
For questions about cookies, privacy choices or the processing of personal information, contact:
| Privacy contact | Vicky de Lange, Operations Manager |
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| info@bwmed.co.za | |
| Telephone | +27 12 804 9829 |
| Address | Unit 3, Biz Afrika Park, corner Jasmyn and Fakkel Street, Silverton, Pretoria, 0184, South Africa |