Cookie Policy of www.thompsons.co.za
This document informs Users about the technologies that help www.thompsons.co.za to achieve the purposes described below. Such technologies allow the Owner to access and store information (for example by using a Cookie) or use resources (for example by running a script) on a User’s device as they interact with www.thompsons.co.za.
For simplicity, all such technologies are defined as "Trackers" within this document – unless there is a reason to differentiate.
For example, while Cookies can be used on both web and mobile browsers, it would be inaccurate to talk about Cookies in the context of mobile apps as they are a browser-based Tracker. For this reason, within this document, the term Cookies is only used where it is specifically meant to indicate that particular type of Tracker.
Some of the purposes for which Trackers are used may also require the User's consent. Whenever consent is given, it can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.
Www.thompsons.co.za uses Trackers managed directly by the Owner (so-called “first-party” Trackers) and Trackers that enable services provided by a third-party (so-called “third-party” Trackers). Unless otherwise specified within this document, third-party providers may access the Trackers managed by them.
The validity and expiration periods of Cookies and other similar Trackers may vary depending on the lifetime set by the Owner or the relevant provider. Some of them expire upon termination of the User’s browsing session.
In addition to what’s specified in the descriptions within each of the categories below, Users may find more precise and updated information regarding lifetime specification as well as any other relevant information — such as the presence of other Trackers — in the linked privacy policies of the respective third-party providers or by contacting the Owner.
How www.thompsons.co.za uses Trackers
Necessary
Www.thompsons.co.za uses so-called “technical” Cookies and other similar Trackers to carry out activities that are strictly necessary for the operation or delivery of the Service.
Trackers managed by third parties
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Google reCAPTCHA (Google LLC)
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Trackers duration:
- _GRECAPTCHA: duration of the session
- rc::a: indefinite
- rc::b: duration of the session
- rc::c: duration of the session
- rc::f: indefinite
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Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc.)
Cloudflare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Cloudflare Inc.
The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through www.thompsons.co.za, i.e., communication between www.thompsons.co.za and the User's browser, while also allowing analytical data from www.thompsons.co.za to be collected.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Trackers duration:
- _cfuvid: indefinite
- cf_clearance: 30 minutes
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Unbounce (Unbounce Marketing Solutions Inc.)
Unbounce is a landing page management service provided by Unbounce Marketing Solutions Inc., that allows www.thompsons.co.za to collect the email addresses of Users interested in its service.
Unbounce allows the Owner to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of the created landing pages.
Personal Data processed: email address, Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Canada – Privacy Policy.
Experience
Www.thompsons.co.za uses Trackers to improve the quality of the user experience and enable interactions with external content, networks and platforms.
Trackers managed by third parties
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Google Maps widget (Google LLC)
Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows www.thompsons.co.za to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Measurement
Www.thompsons.co.za uses Trackers to measure traffic and analyze User behavior to improve the Service.
Trackers managed by third parties
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Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) (Google LLC)
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing, (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of www.thompsons.co.za, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Trackers duration:
- AMP_TOKEN: 1 hour
- _ga: 2 years
- _gac*: 3 months
- _gat: 1 minute
- _gid: 1 day
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Crazy Egg (Crazyegg)
Crazy Egg is a heat mapping service provided by Crazy Egg, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Marketing
Www.thompsons.co.za uses Trackers to deliver personalized ads or marketing content, and to measure their performance.
Trackers managed by third parties
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Facebook Audience Network (Meta Platforms, Inc.)
Facebook Audience Network is an advertising service provided by Facebook, Inc. In order to understand Facebook's use of Data, consult Facebook's data policy.
Www.thompsons.co.za may use identifiers for mobile devices (including Android Advertising ID or Advertising Identifier for iOS, respectively) and technologies similar to cookies to run the Facebook Audience Network service. One of the ways Audience Network shows ads is by using the User's ad preferences. The User can control this in the Facebook ad settings.
Users may opt-out of certain Audience Network targeting through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or by following the instructions in other Audience Network related sections of this privacy policy, if available.
Personal Data processed: Trackers, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Trackers duration:
- lastExternalReferrer: duration of the session
- lastExternalReferrerTime: duration of the session
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Google Ads conversion tracking (Google LLC)
Google Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google LLC that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions performed on www.thompsons.co.za.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Trackers duration:
- IDE: 2 years
- test_cookie: 15 minutes
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LinkedIn conversion tracking (LinkedIn Insight Tag) (LinkedIn Corporation)
LinkedIn conversion tracking (LinkedIn Insight Tag) is an analytics and behavioral targeting service provided by LinkedIn Corporation that connects data from the LinkedIn advertising network with actions performed on www.thompsons.co.za. The LinkedIn Insight Tag tracks conversions that can be attributed to LinkedIn ads and enables to target groups of Users on the base of their past use of www.thompsons.co.za.
Users may opt out of behavioral targeting features through their device settings, their LinkedIn account settings or by visiting the AdChoices opt-out page.
Personal Data processed: device information, Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Trackers duration:
- AnalyticsSyncHistory: 1 month
- JSESSIONID: duration of the session
- UserMatchHistory: 1 month
- bcookie: 1 year
- bscookie: 1 year
- lang: duration of the session
- li_gc: 7 months
- lidc: 1 day
- lms_ads: 1 month
- lms_analytics: 1 month
- sdui_ver: 1 day
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X Ads conversion tracking (X Corp.)
X Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by X Corp. that connects data from the X advertising network with actions performed on www.thompsons.co.za.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Trackers duration:
- muc_ads: 2 years
- personalization_id: 2 years
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AddThis (Oracle Corporation)
AddThis is a service provided by Oracle Corporation, which displays a widget that allows interaction with social networks and external platforms as well as sharing the contents of www.thompsons.co.za.
Depending on the configuration, this service can display widgets belonging to third parties such as the managers of social networks where interactions are shared. In this case, also the third parties that provide the widget will be informed of interactions and Usage Data on the pages where this service is installed.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Trackers duration:
- UID: 2 years
- __atuvc: 2 years
- __atuvs: 30 minutes
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Google Ads Remarketing (Google LLC)
Google Ads Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC that connects the activity of www.thompsons.co.za with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick Cookie.
Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Trackers duration:
- Conversion: 3 months
- DSID: 14 days
- FCNEC: 1 year
- FLC: 10 seconds
- FPAU: 3 months
- FPGCLAW: 3 months
- FPGCLDC: 3 months
- FPGCLGB: 3 months
- GCL_AW_P: 3 months
- GED_PLAYLIST_ACTIVITY: duration of the session
- IDE: 2 years
- NID: 6 months
- RUL: 1 year
- __gads: 2 years
- __gpi: 2 years
- __gpi_optout: 2 years
- __gsas: 2 years
- _gac_: 3 months
- _gac_gb_: 3 months
- _gcl_ag: 3 months
- _gcl_au: 3 months
- _gcl_aw: 3 months
- _gcl_dc: 3 months
- _gcl_gb: 3 months
- _gcl_gf: 3 months
- _gcl_gs: 3 months
- _gcl_ha: 3 months
- ar_debug: 3 months
- id: 2 years
- receive-cookie-deprecation: 6 months
- test_cookie: 15 minutes
How to manage preferences and provide or withdraw consent on www.thompsons.co.za
Whenever the use of Trackers is based on consent, users can provide or withdraw such consent by setting or updating their preferences via the relevant privacy choices panel available on www.thompsons.co.za.
With regard to any third-party Trackers, Users can manage their preferences via the related opt-out link (where provided), by using the means indicated in the third party's privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.
How to control or delete Cookies and similar technologies via your device settings
Users may use their own browser settings to:
- See what Cookies or other similar technologies have been set on the device;
- Block Cookies or similar technologies;
- Clear Cookies or similar technologies from the browser.
The browser settings, however, do not allow granular control of consent by category.
Users can, for example, find information about how to manage Cookies in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses:
Users may also manage certain categories of Trackers used on mobile apps by opting out through relevant device settings such as the device advertising settings for mobile devices, or tracking settings in general (Users may open the device settings and look for the relevant setting).
How to opt out of interest-based advertising
Notwithstanding the above, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU and UK), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.
The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.
Consequences of denying the use of Trackers
Users are free to decide whether or not to allow the use of Trackers. However, please note that Trackers help www.thompsons.co.za to provide a better experience and advanced functionalities to Users (in line with the purposes outlined in this document). Therefore, if the User chooses to block the use of Trackers, the Owner may be unable to provide related features.
Owner and Data Controller
Thompsons Holidays (a division of Cullinan Holdings Ltd), 6 Hood Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg, 2196, South Africa
Owner contact email: travel@thompsons.co.za
Since the use of third-party Trackers through www.thompsons.co.za cannot be fully controlled by the Owner, any specific references to third-party Trackers are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, Users are kindly requested to consult the privacy policies of the respective third-party services listed in this document.
Given the objective complexity surrounding tracking technologies, Users are encouraged to contact the Owner should they wish to receive any further information on the use of such technologies by www.thompsons.co.za.