Cookie Policy
Contents
ESDS SOFTWARE SOLUTION LTD
COOKIE POLICY
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy (the “Policy”) describes how ESDS Software Solution Ltd (“ESDS,” “we,” “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognise visitors to our websites and to understand how they interact with our content. It forms part of, and should be read together with, our Privacy Policy, which explains how we process personal data more generally.
We ask that you read this Policy before using our websites. Strictly necessary cookies aside, we activate cookies only on the basis you choose through our cookie banner; the choices and controls available to you are set out in Section 5.
2. What Cookies Are
A cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit a website, allowing the site to recognise that device and remember information about your visit — such as keeping you signed in or storing a preference. Related technologies include pixels, tags, browser local storage, and software development kits. For convenience, this Policy refers to all of them as “cookies” and applies the same rules to each. Cookies may be “session” cookies, which expire when you close your browser, or “persistent” cookies, which remain until they expire or are deleted.
3. Our Consent Approach
On your first visit, only strictly necessary cookies operate. Every other category remains inactive until you make an affirmative choice in our cookie banner, where you can accept all, reject all non-essential cookies in a single action, or set preferences category by category. You can change your choice at any time through the preference centre linked in our website footer. This reflects the consent standard of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023: free, specific, informed, and given by clear affirmative action, with withdrawal as easy as the grant.
4. Categories of Cookies We Use
| Category | Purpose | Runs by Default? |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Security, session integrity, load balancing, and access to protected areas; the site cannot function without these. | Yes — no consent needed |
| Functional | Remembers preferences such as language, region, and display settings. | No — consent first |
| Analytics / performance | Measures site usage in aggregate so we can improve it; not used to identify you. | No — consent first |
| Marketing | Builds a view of your interests to deliver and measure relevant content, potentially across sites. | No — consent first |
4.1 Cookie Inventory
The working inventory below is maintained as our website evolves; the live banner always reflects the current set.
| Cookie / Provider | Category | Purpose | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| _esds_session | Strictly necessary | Maintains your authenticated session. | Session |
| _esds_consent | Strictly necessary | Records your cookie choices. | 1 Year |
| _esds_lang | Functional | Stores language / display preferences. | Session |
| _ga | Analytics | Aggregated, de-identified usage measurement. | 2 Years |
| _fbp | Marketing | Campaign attribution and relevance. | 3 Months |
Note: Cookie names, providers, and lifespans are representative placeholders. Replace with an audited inventory of the cookies deployed on the live site before final publication.
5. Managing and Withdrawing Consent
You have two independent controls, either of which is sufficient:
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Our preference centre — reachable from the cookie banner and the website footer — lets you grant or withdraw consent for each non-essential category, taking effect immediately for future page loads.
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Your browser settings let you block or delete cookies across all sites; note that blocking strictly necessary cookies will prevent parts of our site from working.
Withdrawing consent stops the relevant cookies going forward and does not reverse processing that already, lawfully, took place.
6. Third-Party Cookies
Some functionality — analytics and certain content delivery, for example — relies on third-party services, including providers such as Google Analytics, which may set their own cookies and process data under their own privacy terms. Where such cookies are non-essential, they operate only after you consent, and we engage only providers whose practices are consistent with our Privacy Policy.
7. Changes to This Policy
We update this Policy whenever the cookies we use or the applicable law change. The version published on our website, bearing the effective date above, is the one in force.
8. Contact
Questions about cookies may be directed to the Grievance Officer named in our Privacy Policy, using the contact details set out there.
Appendix A — To Confirm Before Publication
| Item | Action Required |
|---|---|
| Cookie inventory (Section 4.1) | Replace placeholders with audited live-site cookies. |
| Preference-centre control | Confirm the live URL / mechanism is implemented. |
| Third-party providers | Confirm names and link to their notices. |
