Sweet Surrender: Cookies Policy
Welcome to Sweet Surrender's Cookies Policy. This policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website, sweetsurrender.co.za. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several reasons, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality Cookies: These 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). Imagine the website remembering your favorite South African dessert recipe!
- Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will 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.
Types of Cookies We Use
The following table outlines the types of cookies we use and why:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| session_id | Identifies your unique session on the website. | Session |
| preferences | Stores your language and display preferences. | 1 year |
| analytics_id | Tracks website traffic and user behavior. | 2 years |
| marketing_id | Tracks conversions and helps target ads. | 1 month |
Your Choices Regarding Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by adjusting the settings in your web browser. As the means by which you may refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
Please note that if you choose to reject cookies, you may not be able to use all the features of our website. For example, you may not be able to personalize your experience or save your favorite recipes for Malva Pudding or Koeksisters.
Third-Party Cookies
In some cases, we may also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through our site.
- Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to help us understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
- Social Media Buttons: We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work, social media sites will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
More Information
Hopefully, that has clarified things for you. As was previously mentioned, if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not, it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However, if you are still looking for more information, then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
- Email: privacy@sweetsurrender.co.za
- Phone: 021-555-2222
- Address: 10 Biscuit Mill Road, Woodstock, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa
Changes to this Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookies Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
This Cookies Policy was last updated on 26 October 2026.