WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small pieces of data containing text sent from a website to your computer or mobile device, where they are stored locally. They can uniquely identify your internet browser (like Google Chrome or Apple Safari) or device to help us enhance your user experience and provide additional functionality. They can be used for storing preferences, protecting your data, tracking geolocation, and targeting advertising. We use cookies on our website, so please read the following cookie policy to understand what cookies are used, how you can manage this, and how to contact us for any questions or complaints.

 

WHY DO WE USE COOKIES

We use cookies to get a better understanding of how you use our website and interact with content. We may use cookies for remembering your language preferences or not requiring you to sign in every time you visit the website. These cookies may also track your geolocation so that we can offer deals and prices specific to your location. Also, we may use your usage data to provide targeted advertisements on third party websites. A more comprehensive list of cookies and uses are outlined below.

 

WHAT KIND OF COOKIES ARE USED?

Sci-Bono Discovery Centre uses third-party cookies on our website.

The third-party cookies belonging to other parties, including hosting and service providers, are used by the website. The cookies (outlined below) are used for to render basic website functionality, location, preferences, and more. Specifics on these cookies are outlined in the “Third-Party Cookies” section below.

 

TYPES OF COOKIES

In general, there are three (3) categories of cookies that the service uses:

 

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential to the basic functionality of the website, such as to access secure areas of the site and to log on to a user account. They enable user navigation around the website. This category of cookies cannot be disabled.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies help us to tailor the website to provide enhanced features and content based on how you have used the website previously and set up other customization, such as language preferences, remembering usernames, and geolocation. The information tracked by these cookies may be anonymous and not used to track your browsing activity on other sites.
• Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our website. The cookies tell us which pages you visit, how often, errors encountered, and how we can improve your experience. These are generally collected for statistical purposes and do not contain personal information, such as name or email address.

 

THIRD-PARTY COOKIES

Third-party suppliers are used by the website to improve functionality and more and are placed by another party on your device through our website. For example, you may visit a page on the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre website with an embedded YouTube video. Videos, links, and other content from third parties may contain third-party cookies. They may be used to understand how you use their services and/or for targeted advertising elsewhere on the internet. Please consult the third-party cookie policy and familiarize yourself with how to manage those cookies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEBSITE ANALYTICS COOKIES (ONLY WITH YOUR CONSENT)

We measure how our website is used with Matomo, an analytics tool that Sci-Bono Discovery Centre hosts itself on servers in South Africa. When you first visit, a banner asks whether you allow analytics. No analytics cookie is set, and no analytics data is sent, unless you choose “Allow analytics”. If your browser sends a “Do Not Track” signal, we do not collect analytics even if you allow it.

 

The following cookies are used for this purpose:

• sb_analytics_consent (strictly necessary): remembers whether you allowed or declined analytics, so that we do not ask again on every page. It contains only your choice and the date you made it. It expires after 12 months.

• _sb_pk_id (analytics, set only after you allow): a random identifier that lets us count returning visits. It does not contain your name, email address or any other details about you. It expires after 13 months.

• _sb_pk_ses (analytics, set only after you allow): groups the pages you view during one visit. It expires 30 minutes after your last page view.

 

These cookies are set for the sci-bono.co.za domain so that one choice applies across Sci-Bono websites. They are not used for advertising and are not shared with advertisers or other third parties. You can change your choice at any time with the “Privacy preferences” button at the bottom left of every page. If you withdraw consent, the analytics cookies are deleted from your browser and no further analytics data is collected. See our privacy policy for what the analytics data contains and how long we keep it.

 

HOW LONG WILL COOKIES REMAIN?

Cookies stay on your device(s) for differing amounts of time, depending on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie:

 

Persistent cookies: These cookies are used to remember your preferences on the website, to analyze user behavior to establish patterns of usage and preferences, and to improve functionality of the website. They remain on your computer or device until they expire or they are deleted by you. They persist even after you close the browser and restart your computer.

 

Session cookies: These cookies are used to remember your activity during the course of the current website visit. They are temporary and only stay on your computer or device only until you stop the current browsing session.

 

HOW TO MANAGE COOKIE PRFERENCES?

As a user, you have the right to reject, delete, or otherwise limit the use of any and all types of cookies used while visiting the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre website. You can change your cookie preferences by adjusting your browser setting.

 

Be aware most browsers automatically accept cookies, so if you do not want cookies to be used, you may need to proactively delete or block the cookies. However, many of the cookies are important for the intended use of the website, so rejecting, deleting, or limiting the use of cookies may not result in optimal functionality of the website. For more information on cookies and how to manage preferences, please refer to this external resource: https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-delete-cookies/

 

CONTACT INFORMATON

For any questions, concerns, or requests to exercise your rights outlined in this policy, please contact us via email at privacy@sci-bono.co.za, phone at 011 639 8400 or mail us at PO Box 61882, Marshallton, JHB, 2107.

 

CHANGES TO THIS COOKIE POLICY

This cookie policy was last updated on 12 October 2026.