This Cookie Policy was last updated on 27 November 2025 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United Kingdom.
1. Introduction
Our website, https://voiceofafricaonline.co.uk (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
4. What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5. Cookies
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Statistics cookies
We use statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place statistics cookies.
5.3 Advertising cookies
On this website we use advertising cookies, enabling us to gain insights into the campaign results. This happens based on a profile we create based on your behaviour on https://voiceofafricaonline.co.uk. With these cookies you, as website visitor, are linked to a unique ID but these cookies will not profile your behaviour and interests to serve personalized ads.
Because these cookies are marked as tracking cookies, we ask your permission to place these.
5.4 Marketing/Tracking cookies
Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
5.5 Social media
On our website, we have included content from Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Disqus and Pinterest to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Disqus and Pinterest. This content is embedded with code derived from Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Disqus and Pinterest and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalized advertising.
Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Disqus and Pinterest are located in the United States.
6. Placed cookies
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Statistics (anonymous)
persistent
Store performed actions on the website
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Functional
session
Store browser details
1 year
Store user preferences
persistent
Store user preferences
session
Read if cookies can be placed
persistent
Store logged in users
Functional
30 minutes
Read and filter requests from bots
Marketing
2 years
Store and track interaction
Marketing
expires immediately
Read user IP address
Marketing
expires immediately
Read user IP address
Marketing
session
Read and filter requests from bots
session
Read and filter requests from bots
persistent
Read and filter requests from bots
Statistics
10 minutes
Store and track audience reach
2 years
Store the user's usage history
Marketing
session
Store location data
6 months
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
session
Store and track interaction
8 months
Store user preferences
Purpose pending investigation
persistent
Store the calculation of days and time to purchase
Statistics
6 months
Store used keyword and search engine
Functional
6 months
Store cookie consent preferences
12 hours
Provide functions across pages
13 months
Provide load balancing functionality
13 months
Store the user's usage history
session
Store performed actions on the website
Marketing
1 year
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
13 months
Store a unique user ID
Functional
10 years
Provide functions across pages
1 year
Store language settings
Purpose pending investigation
1 month
1 month
1 month
Functional
1 month
Provide authentication
1 month
Provide authentication
Statistics
session
Store referring website
Functional
session
Provide fraud prevention
1 year
Store privacy preferences
3 days
3 years
Provide fraud prevention
persistent
Store account details
Marketing
1 year
Store a unique user ID
2 years
Store dynamic variables from the browser
1 year
Provide functions across pages
13 months
Store location data
13 months
Store and track visits across websites
persistent
Provide functions across pages
1 month
Store and track interaction
Purpose pending investigation
Statistics
1 year
Store a unique user ID
Functional
13 months
Store performed actions on the website
1 year
Store performed actions on the website
Purpose pending investigation
Marketing
1 week
Store and track audience reach
1 week
Store and track audience reach
1 week
Store and track audience reach
1 week
Store and track audience reach
1 week
Store and track audience reach
Functional
2 years
Store a unique user ID
Marketing
2 years
Store and track a visitor's identity
2 years
Store and track a visitor's identity
Functional
6 months
Store cookie consent preferences
30 minutes
Store anonymized statistics
2 weeks
Store logged in users
session
Store ID's of experiments and sessions for A/B testing
6 months
Store 'do not track' signals
Preferences
13 months
Store browser details
1 week
Store logged in users
30 minutes
Store if a message has been shown
Marketing
13 months
Store time of visit
Functional
session
Store user preferences
Marketing
2 years
Store last visit
1 year
Store account details
3 months
Store a unique session ID
3 months
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
90 days
Store logged in users
3 months
Store and track visits across websites
2 years
Provide fraud prevention
30 days
Store a unique user ID
2 years
Store browser details
1 year
Store account details
Functional
1 week
Read screen resolution
90 days
Provide fraud prevention
session
Store and track if the browser tab is active
Functional
persistent
Provide load balancing functionality
Marketing
persistent
Store if the user has seen embedded content
Functional
session
Provide load balancing functionality
6 months
Store cookie consent preferences
10 years
Store privacy preferences
Marketing
30 days
Store and track visits across websites
90 days
Store and track a visitor's identity
1 month
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
90 days
Store and track a visitor's identity
30 days
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
Statistics
30 days
Store and track a visitor's identity
30 days
Store and track visits across websites
Preferences
1 year
Store if a message has been shown
1 year
Store browser details
1 day
Provide load balancing functionality
1 year
Store logged in users
Functional
6 days
Store language settings
session
Provide access
Marketing
session
Store if the user has seen embedded content
3 months
Store if the user has seen embedded content
1 year
Store if the user has seen embedded content
1 year
Store if the user has seen embedded content
1 year
Store if the user has seen embedded content
session
Store if the user has seen embedded content
session
Store a unique session ID
session
Store referring website
session
Store if the user has seen embedded content
session
Provide functions across pages
session
Store if the user has seen embedded content
persistent
Store a unique user ID
persistent
Store a unique session ID
Functional
session
Provide protection against hackers
session
Provide protection against hackers
1 year
Provide protection against hackers
persistent
Provide load balancing functionality
persistent
Store first visit to the site
persistent
Store configuration
persistent
Store configuration
Purpose pending investigation
persistent
Functional
365 days
Store cookie consent preferences
365 days
Store cookie consent preferences
365 days
Store cookie consent preferences
365 days
Store cookie consent preferences
365 days
Store if the cookie banner has been dismissed
365 days
Store cookie consent preferences
365 days
Store accepted cookie policy ID
365 days
Store information about cookies that have been detected on the site
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Functional
persistent
Store cookie consent preferences
Statistics
1 year
Store and count pageviews
2 years
Store and count pageviews
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Statistics
session
Store the user's usage history
Sharing data
Sharing of data is pending investigation
Purpose pending investigation
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7. Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on "Save preferences", you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
7.1 Manage your consent settings
You have loaded the Cookie Policy without javascript support. On AMP, you can use the manage consent button on the bottom of the page.
8. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.
9. Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
- You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
- Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
- Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
- If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
- Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
- Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)).
10. Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:
Voice of Africa Radio
54 Mayola Road
United Kingdom
Website: https://voiceofafricaonline.co.uk
Email: info@ex.comvoiceofafricaonline.co.uk
This Cookie Policy was synchronised with cookiedatabase.org on 8 September 2025.