Last updated: 18 September 2026
Quick summary
What are cookies?
Cookies are tiny text files that websites place on your device when you visit them. They let a site remember things between page loads — whether you're signed in, what theme you've chosen, what's in your basket — without asking you again every click.
Some cookies are set by the site you're visiting (us). Others are set by third-party services that the site relies on, such as payment processors. This page covers both.
Cookies we use
Essential cookies — always on
These cookies are required for the site to function. You can't opt out of them without breaking core features (sign-in, form submissions, theme memory). They don't track you across other sites and they don't carry marketing identifiers.
- Session cookie — keeps you signed in between pages while you're using the site. Cleared when you sign out or close your browser.
- CSRF token — a short-lived security token that protects forms from cross-site request forgery. Without it, form submissions would fail.
- Theme preference — remembers whether you've chosen light or dark mode so you don't have to set it on every visit. Stored locally on your device.
- Cookie-consent state — records the choices you've made about non-essential cookies so we don't ask you again on every page.
Analytics cookies — opt-in
We run our own analytics, hosted on our own server — we don't hand your data to Google, Meta or any other third party. It records the pages you visit, the general area you're browsing from (city-level, from your IP address — never a precise location), your device type and browser, and how you arrived at the site (a search engine, a link, a social post). This only happens once you accept analytics cookies below; declining, or choosing "Essential only", means none of it is recorded for you.
Marketing cookies — we don't use any
We do not run advertising, retargeting, or social-media tracking pixels on this site. There are no marketing cookies set by us.
Third-party services we rely on
A few essential workflows are handled by external providers. When you interact with those workflows, the providers may set their own cookies under their own privacy policies. We do not control those cookies and we receive no advertising data from them.
- Resend — sends transactional email (account verification, password reset, contact replies). Resend does not set cookies on this site, but processes email delivery on our behalf.
- Google Fonts — serves the Inter and Montserrat typefaces used on this site. Google may log the request IP. We load fonts directly; no tracking cookies are set by this.
Your rights
Under Gambian data-protection law and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights in respect of personal data we hold about you:
- Right to access. Ask us for a copy of the data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification. Ask us to correct data that's wrong or out of date.
- Right to erasure. Ask us to delete your data, subject to lawful retention.
- Right to withdraw consent. Where we rely on your consent (analytics), you can withdraw it at any time — see "Managing cookies" below.
- Right to object. Object to processing for direct marketing or where we rely on legitimate interests.
- Right to portability. Receive your data in a machine-readable format.
To exercise any of these rights, write to the address below. We'll respond within thirty days.
Managing cookies
You can change your consent at any time by reopening the cookie settings panel:
You can also block or delete cookies directly in your browser settings. Most browsers let you refuse all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or be prompted before accepting any. Note that blocking essential cookies will prevent parts of this site from working — sign-in and form submissions in particular.
Contact
Questions about this policy or about how we handle your personal data? Write to our privacy inbox:
For general enquiries, use the contact page.