Cookie Policy (ZA) : The Way Forward IT

This Cookie Policy was last updated on 20/05/2026 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of South Africa.

1. Introduction

Our website, https://thewayforward.co.za (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

2. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

3. What are scripts?

A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

4. What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.

5. Cookies

5.1 Technical or functional cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.

5.2 Statistics cookies

We use statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place statistics cookies.

5.3 Marketing/Tracking cookies

Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

5.4 Social media

On our website, we have included content from Instagram, Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Pinterest to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Instagram, Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Pinterest. This content is embedded with code derived from Instagram, Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Pinterest and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalized advertising.

Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. Instagram, Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Pinterest are located in the United States.

6. Placed cookies

Google Adsense

Marketing, Statistics

Consent to service google-adsense

Usage

We use Google Adsense for showing advertisements. Read more about Google Adsense

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google Adsense Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name

google_adsense_settings

Expiration

persistent

Function

Provide ad delivery or retargeting

Name

_gcl_au

Expiration

persistent

Function

Store and track conversions

Statistics

Name

_gcl_ls

Expiration

Function

Store and track interaction

Google reCAPTCHA

Functional, Marketing

Consent to service google-recaptcha

Usage

We use Google reCAPTCHA for spam prevention. Read more about Google reCAPTCHA

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google reCAPTCHA Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name

_grecaptcha

Expiration

6 months

Function

Provide spam protection

Marketing

Name

rc::c

Expiration

session

Function

Read and filter requests from bots

Name

rc::b

Expiration

session

Function

Read and filter requests from bots

Name

rc::a

Expiration

persistent

Function

Read and filter requests from bots

Elementor

Statistics (anonymous)

Consent to service elementor

Usage

We use Elementor for content creation. Read more about Elementor

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Statistics (anonymous)

Name

elementor

Expiration

persistent

Function

Store performed actions on the website

WordPress

Functional

Consent to service wordpress

Usage

We use WordPress for website development. Read more about WordPress

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Functional

Name

WP_PREFERENCES_USER_*

Expiration

persistent

Function

Store user preferences

Name

wpEmojiSettingsSupports

Expiration

session

Function

Store browser details

Name

wordpress_test_cookie

Expiration

session

Function

Read if cookies can be placed

Name

wordpress_logged_in_*

Expiration

persistent

Function

Store logged in users

Google Analytics

Statistics

Consent to service google-analytics

Usage

We use Google Analytics for website statistics. Read more about Google Analytics

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google Analytics Privacy Statement.

Statistics

Name

_ga

Expiration

2 years

Function

Store and count pageviews

Name

_ga_*

Expiration

1 year

Function

Store and count pageviews

Smartlook

Purpose pending investigation

Consent to service smartlook

Usage

We use Smartlook for heat maps and screen recordings. Read more about Smartlook

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Smartlook Privacy Statement.

Purpose pending investigation

Name

SL_C_*_SID

Expiration

Function

Matomo

Statistics (anonymous)

Consent to service matomo

Usage

We use Matomo for website statistics. Read more about Matomo

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Statistics (anonymous)

Name

_pk_id*

Expiration

13 months

Function

Store a unique user ID

Complianz

Functional

Consent to service complianz

Usage

We use Complianz for cookie consent management. Read more about Complianz

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties. For more information, please read the Complianz Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name

cmplz_policy_id

Expiration

365 days

Function

Store accepted cookie policy ID

Name

cmplz_marketing

Expiration

365 days

Function

Store cookie consent preferences

Name

cmplz_statistics

Expiration

365 days

Function

Store cookie consent preferences

Name

cmplz_preferences

Expiration

365 days

Function

Store cookie consent preferences

Name

cmplz_functional

Expiration

365 days

Function

Store cookie consent preferences

Name

cmplz_consented_services

Expiration

365 days

Function

Store cookie consent preferences

Name

cmplz_banner-status

Expiration

365 days

Function

Store if the cookie banner has been dismissed

Wordfence

Functional

Consent to service wordfence

Usage

We use Wordfence for security and fraud prevention. Read more about Wordfence

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Wordfence Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name

wfwaf-authcookie*

Expiration

1 day

Function

Read to determine if the user is logged in

Popupally

Purpose pending investigation

Consent to service popupally

Usage

We use Popupally for popup creation. Read more about Popupally

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Purpose pending investigation

Name

popupally-cookie-*

Expiration

Function

CloudFlare

Functional

Consent to service cloudflare

Usage

We use CloudFlare for content distribution network (CDN) services. Read more about CloudFlare

Sharing data

For more information, please read the CloudFlare Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name

__cf_bm

Expiration

30 minutes

Function

Read and filter requests from bots

Under Construction

Purpose pending investigation

Consent to service under-construction

Usage

We use Under Construction for website design. Read more about Under Construction

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Purpose pending investigation

Name

ucp_tabs

Expiration

Function

Microsoft Clarity

Marketing

Consent to service microsoft-clarity

Usage

We use Microsoft Clarity for heat maps and screen recordings. Read more about Microsoft Clarity

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Microsoft Clarity Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name

_clck

Expiration

1 year

Function

Store a unique user ID

Purpose pending investigation

Name

ANONCHK

Expiration

Function

Name

MUID

Expiration

Function

HubSpot

Marketing, Functional, Preferences

Consent to service hubspot

Usage

We use HubSpot for marketing automation (automated email marketing). Read more about HubSpot

Sharing data

For more information, please read the HubSpot Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name

__hstc

Expiration

13 months

Function

Store time of visit

Functional

Name

__hssc

Expiration

30 minutes

Function

Store anonymized statistics

Name

__hs_cookie_cat_pref

Expiration

6 months

Function

Store cookie consent preferences

Name

*_key

Expiration

2 weeks

Function

Store logged in users

Name

hs_ab_test

Expiration

session

Function

Store ID's of experiments and sessions for A/B testing

Name

__hs_do_not_track

Expiration

6 months

Function

Store 'do not track' signals

Preferences

Name

messagesUtk

Expiration

13 months

Function

Store browser details

Name

__hsmem

Expiration

1 week

Function

Store logged in users

Name

hs-messages-is-open

Expiration

30 minutes

Function

Store if a message has been shown

Google Maps

Marketing

Consent to service google-maps

Usage

We use Google Maps for maps display. Read more about Google Maps

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google Maps Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name

Google Maps API

Expiration

expires immediately

Function

Read user IP address

Facebook

Marketing, Functional

Consent to service facebook

Usage

We use Facebook for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more about Facebook

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Facebook Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name

_fbc

Expiration

2 years

Function

Store last visit

Name

fbm*

Expiration

1 year

Function

Store account details

Name

Expiration

3 months

Function

Store a unique session ID

Name

Expiration

3 months

Function

Provide ad delivery or retargeting

Name

act

Expiration

90 days

Function

Store logged in users

Name

_fbp

Expiration

3 months

Function

Store and track visits across websites

Name

datr

Expiration

2 years

Function

Provide fraud prevention

Name

c_user

Expiration

30 days

Function

Store a unique user ID

Name

Expiration

2 years

Function

Store browser details

Name

*_fbm_

Expiration

1 year

Function

Store account details

Functional

Name

Expiration

1 week

Function

Read screen resolution

Name

csm

Expiration

90 days

Function

Provide fraud prevention

Name

actppresence

Expiration

session

Function

Store and track if the browser tab is active

Twitter

Functional, Marketing

Consent to service twitter

Usage

We use Twitter for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more about Twitter

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Twitter Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name

local_storage_support_test

Expiration

persistent

Function

Provide load balancing functionality

Marketing

Name

metrics_token

Expiration

persistent

Function

Store if the user has seen embedded content

Functional, Marketing, Statistics, Preferences

Consent to service linkedin

Usage

We use LinkedIn for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more about LinkedIn

Sharing data

For more information, please read the LinkedIn Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name

sdsc

Expiration

session

Function

Provide load balancing functionality

Name

li_gc

Expiration

6 months

Function

Store cookie consent preferences

Name

BizographicsOptOut

Expiration

10 years

Function

Store privacy preferences

Marketing

Name

lms_ads

Expiration

30 days

Function

Store and track visits across websites

Name

_guid

Expiration

90 days

Function

Store and track a visitor's identity

Name

li-oatml

Expiration

1 month

Function

Provide ad delivery or retargeting

Name

li_sugr

Expiration

90 days

Function

Store and track a visitor's identity

Name

UserMatchHistory

Expiration

30 days

Function

Provide ad delivery or retargeting

Statistics

Name

lms_analytics

Expiration

30 days

Function

Store and track a visitor's identity

Name

AnalyticsSyncHistory

Expiration

30 days

Function

Store and track visits across websites

Preferences

Name

li_alerts

Expiration

1 year

Function

Store if a message has been shown

Name

bcookie

Expiration

1 year

Function

Store browser details

Name

lidc

Expiration

1 day

Function

Provide load balancing functionality

Name

bscookie

Expiration

1 year

Function

Store logged in users

Functional

Consent to service whatsapp

Usage

We use WhatsApp for chat support. Read more about WhatsApp

Sharing data

For more information, please read the WhatsApp Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name

wa_lang_pref

Expiration

6 days

Function

Store language settings

Name

wa_ul

Expiration

session

Function

Provide access

LiveChat

Purpose pending investigation

Consent to service livechat

Usage

We use LiveChat for chat support. Read more about LiveChat

Sharing data

For more information, please read the LiveChat Privacy Statement.

Purpose pending investigation

Name

__oauth_redirect_detector

Expiration

Function

Name

__lc_cst

Expiration

Function

Name

__lc_cid

Expiration

Function

Active Campaign

Purpose pending investigation

Consent to service active-campaign

Usage

We use Active Campaign for marketing automation (automated email marketing). Read more about Active Campaign

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Active Campaign Privacy Statement.

Purpose pending investigation

Name

prism_*

Expiration

Function

Mixpanel

Purpose pending investigation

Consent to service mixpanel

Usage

We use Mixpanel for website statistics. Read more about Mixpanel

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Mixpanel Privacy Statement.

Purpose pending investigation

Name

*_mixpanel

Expiration

Function

Miscellaneous

Purpose pending investigation

Consent to service miscellaneous

Usage

Sharing data

Sharing of data is pending investigation

Purpose pending investigation

Name

e_kit-elements-defaults

Expiration

Function

Name

loglevel

Expiration

Function

Name

*_state

Expiration

Function

Name

WP_DATA_USER_10

Expiration

Function

Name

AMP_unsent_8f1ede8e9c

Expiration

Function

Name

SL_L_*_SID

Expiration

Function

Name

mp_gen_new_tab_id_mixpanel_150605b3b9f979922f2ac5a52e2dcfe9

Expiration

Function

Name

mp_tab_id_mixpanel_150605b3b9f979922f2ac5a52e2dcfe9

Expiration

Function

Name

CUSTOM_CHAT_WIDGET_FB_SOUND_PLAYED

Expiration

Function

Name

wp-settings-time-2

Expiration

Function

Name

wp-settings-time-1

Expiration

Function

Name

wp-settings-10

Expiration

Function

Name

wp-settings-time-10

Expiration

Function

Name

AMP_MKTG_8f1ede8e9c

Expiration

Function

Name

AMP_8f1ede8e9c

Expiration

Function

Name

cf_clearance

Expiration

Function

Name

_sp_srt_id*

Expiration

Function

Name

twk_uuid_*

Expiration

Function

Name

iaeyelrx

Expiration

Function

Name

__mp_opt_in_out_150605b3b9f979922f2ac5a52e2dcfe9

Expiration

Function

Name

AMP_unsent_ae7b5071dc

Expiration

Function

Name

/wp-admin/admin.php-elfinder-lastdirwp_file_manager

Expiration

Function

Name

/wp-admin/admin.php-elfinder-toolbarhideswp_file_manager

Expiration

Function

Name

AMP_MKTG_ae7b5071dc

Expiration

Function

Name

AMP_ae7b5071dc

Expiration

Function

7. Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on "Save preferences", you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.

7.1 Manage your consent settings

You have loaded the Cookie Policy without javascript support. On AMP, you can use the manage consent button on the bottom of the page.

8. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.

Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.

9. Your rights with respect to personal data

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the Information Regulator South Africa: P.O Box 31533, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2017 Complaints email: complaints.IR@justice.gov.za

10. Contact details

For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:

The Way Forward IT
Johannesburg, Gauteng
South Africa
Website: https://thewayforward.co.za
Email: derek@ex.comthewayforward.co.za
Phone number: +27 10 101 1956

This Cookie Policy was synchronized with cookiedatabase.org on 18/12/2025.