1. Introduction 

1.1 TGI DISTRI LIMITED (the “Company”, “we” or “our”) via our website (kindly insert web address) deploys cookies to track all activities undertaken on this site as it relates to our products as well as services provided on our website.

1.2 Whereas these cookies are not strictly necessary to access our website and/or the provision of services to you, we will nonetheless request that you consent to our use of cookies when you visit our website, to enable the use and collection of your data in line with extant provisions of data privacy regulations.

 

2. What are Cookies?

2.1 Cookies are usually small text files, identification tags that are stored on your computer’s browser directory or program data subfolders. Cookies are created when you use your browser to visit a website that uses cookies to keep track as you navigate our site. Cookies help you resume where you left off, remember your registered login, theme selection, preferences, and other customization functions. As such, like virtual door keys, cookies unlock a computer’s memory and allow a website to recognise the user(s) when they return to a site by granting access to different content and/or preferred services.

2.2. As you may be aware, cookies may be (i) Functional; (ii) Performance cookies; (iii) Permanent cookies; (iv) Session cookies; (v) Functional cookies; (vi) Direct cookies; and (vii) Indirect

• • • Functional cookies: ensure that the website works correctly (e.g. login, registration and language preference cookies) or make it possible to supply services explicitly requested by web-users. Functional cookies are direct cookies.
    • Performance cookies: are placed on the website for statistical, social and commercial purposes or in order to create a general user profile. Performance cookies can be direct or indirect.
    • Permanent cookies: are stored by a web browser and remains valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date.
    • Session cookies: simplify your actions during a browsing session. Session cookies expire at the end of the user session when the web browser is closed.
    • Direct cookies: are cookies placed by the Company when visiting its website which can only be read by the Company’s site
    • Indirect cookies: refer to cookies placed by third parties when visiting the website, for example, cookies placed by social media sites

2.3 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

 

3. Our use of Cookies

Please note that cookies are used on this website for the following purposes:

(a)      Authentication – We use cookies for the purpose of identification when you visit our website and navigate our website.

(b)      Identity status – we use cookies to help us to determine if you are logged into our website.

(c)      Shopping cart – we use cookies to maintain the state of your shopping cart and the series of our products that you may be interested in, your review of our varying products listed on the website as well as similar shopping activities you undertake, as you navigate our website.

(d)      Personalisation and customisation – we use cookies to analyse, process and store information about your preferences and to personalise our website to suit you/ your preferences. Cookies help you to maintain more personalized features, such as customising a certain webpage, remembering if we have asked you to participate in a promotion and for other services you may request, like watching a video or commenting on our website.

(e)      Security – We use cookies as an element of the security measures deployed by the Company to protect user accounts, prevention of fraudulent use of login credentials and protection of our website and services provided therein generally.

(f)       Advertisement – we use cookies to display advertisements that will be relevant to you in line with your personal preferences and /or customisation.

(g)      Analysis – we use cookies to analyse the use and performance of our website and services.

(h)      Cookie consent – we use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally and as it relates to our website.

 

4. Cookies used by our service providers

4.1 Our internet service provider deploys cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.

4.2 We may publish Google AdSense advertisements on our website. To determine your interests, Google will track your behaviour on our website and on other websites across the web using cookies. This behavioural tracking allows Google to tailor the advertisements that you see on other websites to reflect your interests, but we do not publish interest-based advertisements on our website).

• You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com.
• You can also opt-out of the AdSense partner network cookie using those settings or using the Network Advertising Initiative’s multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org. However, these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained. To ensure that an opt-out is maintained in respect of a particular browser, you may wish to consider using the Google browser plug-ins available at: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996
• We use (kindly confirm service provider) to (specify service). This service uses cookies for [specific purpose(s)]. You can view the privacy policy of this service provider at [kindly provide URL].

 

5. Managing cookies

5.1 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can, however, obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

(a)      https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);

(b)      https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);

(c)      http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);

(d)      https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);

(e)      https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and

(f)       https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).

5.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact on the functionality of our website.

 

6. Cookie preferences

6.1 You can manage your preferences relating to the use of cookies on our website by clicking on

6.2 You have choices on how our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Please note that if you limit the ability of our website to set cookies and use similar technologies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it may no longer be personalized to you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings like login information.

6.3 You may refuse to accept cookies from this website at any time by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse cookies.

 

7. Updates to the Cookies Policy

We reserve the right to make any changes to this policy, particularly in response to legislative requirements.

 

8. Personal Data Protection Rights

8.1 A number of the cookies referenced above allow the aggregation of personal data, which the Company is responsible for the processing. As earlier mentioned, the data processed is integral to the optimal functionality of each cookie. However, please note that all personal data collected are only used by the designated departments with the Company and its permitted service providers (where applicable).

8.2 We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. In the context of this service, the data collected via Google Analytics cookies (connection data and browsing data) is transmitted and stored by Google on external servers located in the United States. Google entities are members of Safe Harbor and ensure an adequate level of data protection (Ruling 2000/520/EC dated July 26, 2000).

To exercise your rights to query, access and amend your personal data, you can contact us by email.