Last updated: 16 August 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Amani Botanica (“Amani Botanica”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit AmaniBotanica.com.

This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy & POPIA Notice and our Terms & Conditions.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that may be placed on your computer, mobile phone or other device when you visit a website.

Cookies allow a website to recognise your device and remember certain information about your visit.

Cookies can help websites:

• Function correctly;
• Remember your preferences;
• Keep items in your shopping cart;
• Keep you signed into an account;
• Improve website performance;
• Understand how visitors use the website; and
• Provide more relevant marketing where applicable.

Cookies themselves generally do not contain information such as your full name or complete payment-card details. However, information collected through cookies may sometimes be linked with other personal information.

2. How Amani Botanica Uses Cookies

Amani Botanica may use cookies and similar technologies for several purposes, including:

Essential website functionality

These cookies may be necessary for the website to operate correctly.

They can support functions such as:

• Shopping-cart functionality;
• Checkout;
• Customer accounts;
• Login sessions;
• Website security;
• Payment processes;
• Fraud prevention; and
• Basic website functionality.

Because these technologies may be necessary for providing a service requested by you, they may not always require consent where applicable law permits their use without consent.

3. Functional Cookies

Functional cookies may allow the website to remember choices you make.

For example, they may help us remember:

• Your preferences;
• Certain account settings;
• Previously selected options; or
• Other information needed to provide a smoother website experience.

Where consent is required, these cookies will only be used after the appropriate consent has been obtained.

4. Analytics Cookies

We may use analytics technologies to understand how visitors interact with our website.

Analytics information may help us understand:

• How many people visit our website;
• Which pages are most frequently visited;
• How visitors navigate the website;
• Which products or pages receive interest;
• Whether pages are functioning correctly;
• How visitors reach our website; and
• How we can improve the customer experience.

Depending on the tools we use, analytics information may include technical information such as:

• IP address;
• Device type;
• Browser type;
• Approximate location;
• Pages viewed;
• Time spent on pages; and
• Website interactions.

We will configure analytics technologies in accordance with applicable privacy requirements.

5. Marketing and Advertising Cookies

Where applicable, Amani Botanica may use cookies or similar technologies to understand the effectiveness of our marketing and advertising.

These technologies may help us:

• Measure advertising performance;
• Understand which marketing campaigns result in website visits;
• Understand interactions with advertisements;
• Build audiences for advertising;
• Show relevant advertising; and
• Measure conversions.

Marketing and advertising technologies will be used subject to applicable law and any required consent.

6. Social Media Technologies

Our website may include features provided by social-media platforms such as:

• Facebook;
• Instagram;
• TikTok;
• LinkedIn; or
• Other platforms we may use in future.

These features may allow the relevant third party to collect information about your interaction with our website.

For example, embedded social-media content, sharing buttons or advertising technologies may use cookies or similar technologies.

The relevant social-media provider’s own privacy policy will also apply to information that it processes.

7. Ecommerce Cookies

Because Amani Botanica operates an online store, certain cookies or similar technologies may be necessary to support ecommerce functionality.

These may help us:

• Remember products added to your cart;
• Maintain your cart during checkout;
• Process orders;
• Maintain customer sessions;
• Support account functionality;
• Remember checkout information where applicable; and
• Protect the website against fraudulent activity.

Without certain essential technologies, some parts of the online store may not function correctly.

8. Payment Cookies and Technologies

Our website may use third-party payment providers such as PayFast.

Payment providers may use cookies, security technologies or other tracking mechanisms to:

• Process transactions;
• Authenticate users;
• Prevent fraud;
• Protect payment systems; and
• Maintain transaction security.

The use of such technologies may be governed by the relevant payment provider’s own policies.

Amani Botanica does not control cookies placed directly by independent third-party payment providers.

9. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies may be placed by third-party service providers rather than directly by Amani Botanica.

Depending on the services connected to our website, these may include providers involved in:

• Website hosting;
• Ecommerce;
• Payments;
• Analytics;
• Email marketing;
• Advertising;
• Social media;
• Security;
• Customer support; and
• Other website functionality.

Third-party providers may change over time as our website and business develop.

Where appropriate, we will update this policy when material changes are made.

10. Cookies and Personal Information

Some cookie information may constitute personal information under POPIA, particularly where it can reasonably be linked to an identifiable person.

Where this occurs, Amani Botanica will process the information in accordance with our Privacy Policy & POPIA Notice and applicable law.

We will take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information collected through cookies is:

• Processed lawfully;
• Processed for appropriate purposes;
• Relevant to the purpose for which it was collected;
• Protected against unauthorised access; and
• Retained only for as long as reasonably necessary or as required by law.

11. Your Cookie Choices

Where applicable, you may be able to control or manage cookies through:

• Our website’s cookie settings;
• Your browser settings;
• Your device settings; and
• Third-party privacy controls.

You may choose to block or delete certain cookies.

However, disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

For example, certain ecommerce functions such as:

• Shopping cart;
• Checkout;
• Account login; or
• Payment functionality

may not operate correctly if essential cookies are disabled.

12. Browser Controls

Most modern browsers allow you to:

• View stored cookies;
• Delete cookies;
• Block cookies;
• Allow cookies from specific websites;
• Block third-party cookies; and
• Receive warnings when cookies are being placed.

The process differs depending on the browser you use.

You should consult your browser’s privacy or cookie settings for more information.

13. Consent

Where applicable law requires consent before certain non-essential cookies or similar technologies are placed or used, Amani Botanica will provide an appropriate mechanism for obtaining that consent.

You may be able to:

• Accept optional cookies;
• Reject optional cookies; or
• Manage your preferences.

Essential cookies may continue to operate where they are necessary for the website or a service requested by you and where applicable law permits their use without consent.

14. Withdrawing Cookie Consent

Where you have provided consent for optional cookies, you may withdraw or change your cookie preferences where the relevant functionality is available.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before your withdrawal.

Some cookies that have already been placed on your device may also need to be removed through your browser or device settings.

15. How Long Cookies Remain on Your Device

Cookies may be either:

Session cookies

These generally remain on your device only while your browser session is active and are deleted when the session ends.

Persistent cookies

These remain on your device for a specified period or until they are manually deleted.

The retention period varies depending on the purpose of the cookie and the provider responsible for it.

16. Changes to Our Cookie Technologies

As Amani Botanica grows, we may introduce new technologies or services that use cookies or similar technologies.

For example, we may introduce or change:

• Analytics tools;
• Advertising platforms;
• Email marketing integrations;
• Customer-support tools;
• Social-media integrations;
• Website security tools; or
• Other ecommerce technologies.

We may therefore update this Cookie Policy from time to time.

The latest version published on this page will contain the applicable effective date.

17. International Data Transfers

Some third-party providers used by Amani Botanica may process information outside South Africa.

Where information collected through cookies constitutes personal information and is transferred outside South Africa, Amani Botanica will take reasonable steps to ensure that the transfer complies with applicable POPIA requirements.

Further information is available in our Privacy Policy & POPIA Notice.

18. Privacy

For more information about how Amani Botanica collects, uses, stores and protects personal information, please see our:

Privacy Policy & POPIA Notice

19. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or similar technologies, please contact us.

Amani Botanica

69 Flat Road
Rylands Estate
Cape Town
7764
South Africa

Telephone / WhatsApp:
+27 84 476 8858

Email:
hello@amanibotanica.com

Website:
AmaniBotanica.com