Cookie Policy

Have you visited any website recently? There was definitely a very high chance that you have encountered hundreds of “Accept Cookies” messages. However, what is the importance of that for you, the visitor of sastatus.co.za?

Learn more about what cookies are, how S.N Digital (Pvt) Ltd uses tracking technologies on its website, and how you can manage your browser settings and cookie preferences.

What Are Cookies?

No, cookies are not those yummy chocolate chips you enjoy eating with milk. It is a small text file stored on your computer/mobile device whenever you are visiting any website. Generally speaking, cookies allow the website to leave you some kind of temporary memory that will allow the website to recognize you at your next visit.

How We Use Cookies on sastatus

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Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are absolutely necessary for the proper functioning of our website. For example, when you are filling our Status Check form, cookies are needed to send your request to the government API and to get the results of the check without disconnecting. In this case, blocking of cookies is impossible because without it, the website would not work.

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Analytics & Performance

By using Google Analytics, we can track how our visitors use our website. This allows us to learn which articles are the most popular: articles about NSFAS or NYDA, as well as the region of the visitor. The collected information is anonymous: we only see statistics charts but not the names.

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Advertising Cookies

Since the maintenance of our website costs us money due to the necessity of hosting and updates, we use the services of Google AdSense in order to earn money and to keep our website free for everyone. Due to advertising cookies, Google will be able to show you ads based on your interests.

Links to Third-Party Websites

Do not forget that any click on any link that redirects you to the official portal of the governmental agency (SASSA, DTI websites, etc.) leads to downloading cookies from it. S.N Digital (Pvt) Ltd does not control the tracking technologies used on websites owned by the government.

Important: Once you leave our website and visit a third-party website, that website’s own cookie policy and privacy practices will apply.

How to Manage or Delete Cookies

Browser Settings

Most of the modern browsers give you the opportunity to manage your cookie settings.

Privacy & Security

Visit the Settings or Preferences section of your browser, then Privacy and Security, and finally click on Clear Browsing Data or Block Third-Party Cookies.

Smartphone Settings

If you use a smartphone, you can block advertising tracking on it in the settings menu of your phone (on iOS it is Privacy > Tracking and on Android it is Google > Ads).

Website Functionality

Please note that if you decide to block all the cookies, you will lose some functionalities of our website, including the status check tool.

⚠️ Important: Blocking all cookies may affect how some features and services work on our website.

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Questions?

If you have any questions regarding the working process of S.N Digital (Pvt) Ltd with tracking files, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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