Cookie Policy | 100AFRO

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners. Cookies allow a website to recognize your device and remember information about your visit.

How We Use Cookies

100AFRO uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and personalize content. We categorize cookies based on their purpose:

Essential Cookies

Always Active

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility.

Cookies we use:

auth-token - Authentication and session management
consent-session-id - Cookie consent preferences
poll-guest-id - Poll voting preferences
pv_* - Article view tracking (24h deduplication)

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our website and user experience.

Cookies we use:

_ga - Google Analytics (distinguishes users)
_ga_* - Google Analytics (stores session state)
_gid - Google Analytics (distinguishes users)

We track: page views, scroll depth, time on page, click events, and form interactions.

Marketing Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement.

Currently:

We do not currently use marketing cookies, but this category is available for future advertising partnerships.

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences and settings to provide a more personalized experience.

Currently:

We use functional cookies to remember your cookie consent preferences and other user settings.

Performance Cookies

These cookies help us understand how well our website performs and identify areas for improvement. They collect information about how you use our site, such as which pages you visit most often.

Currently:

Performance tracking is integrated with our analytics cookies. We may add dedicated performance monitoring tools in the future.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can manage your cookie preferences at any time by:

Clicking the cookie settings icon (if available) in the bottom corner of the page
Visiting this Cookie Policy page and adjusting your preferences
Clearing your browser cookies (note: this will reset all preferences)

Please note that disabling certain cookies may impact your experience on our website. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are necessary for the website to function.

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We use the following third-party services:

Google Analytics - Web analytics service (only if you consent to Analytics cookies)
Future services - We may add additional third-party services in the future, which will be listed here and require your consent.

Cookie Duration

Cookies can be either "session" cookies or "persistent" cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. Our consent session cookie is stored for 1 year, while authentication cookies are session-based.

Your Rights

Under data protection laws, you have the right to:

Be informed about how we use cookies
Access information about cookies we use
Withdraw your consent at any time
Request deletion of your cookie data

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided in our Privacy Policy.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. If we make material changes, we will notify you by displaying a notice on our website or by other means.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

Email: privacy@100afro.com

Website: Contact Page