1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, smartphone, or tablet when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, enhance user experience, remember visitor preferences, and provide analytical information to site owners.
2. How We Use Cookies
Mathukulula Engineering Enterprise and Services (Pty) Ltd (“Mathukulula,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on mat-eng.co.za to:
- Ensure core website functions, security, and contact forms operate correctly.
- Understand how visitors interact with our services, technical content, and web pages.
- Improve site navigation, page loading speeds, and overall user experience.
- Measure the performance of our B2B inquiries and communication channels.
3. Categories of Cookies We Use
A. Essential / Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences, submitting contact forms, or requesting appointment bookings.
- Purpose: Core security, session identification, form completion, and load balancing.
- Duration: Session or Persistent.
B. Performance & Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymous.
- Purpose: Web analytics, traffic volume, popular engineering services tracking, and error reporting.
- Tools Used: Standard web analytics services (e.g., Google Analytics).
- Duration: Persistent (up to 2 years).
C. Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your location preferences, language settings, or previously entered form choices.
- Purpose: Personalization, multimedia playback (e.g., embedded project videos), and chat tools.
- Duration: Persistent.
D. Targeting / Marketing Cookies (If Applicable)
These cookies may be set through our site by third-party advertising or analytics partners (such as LinkedIn or professional social platforms) to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant industrial engineering updates on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
- Purpose: Relevant B2B messaging, campaign measurement, and professional audience analytics.
- Duration: Persistent.
4. Managing and Disabling Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences in the following ways:
A. Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit mat-eng.co.za, a cookie banner allows you to accept all cookies, reject optional cookies, or customize your preferences.
B. Browser Settings
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline or delete cookies at any time. Please note that if you choose to disable essential cookies, some parts of our website may not function as intended.
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
- Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Site permissions > Cookies and site data
- Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Block all cookies
5. Third-Party Cookies
In some cases, our website uses third-party services (such as interactive maps, video players, or external scheduling tools) that may set their own cookies on your device. We do not exercise direct control over third-party cookies; please consult the respective privacy and cookie policies of those third-party providers for more information.
6. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technical requirements, legal obligations under POPIA, or operational practices. Any updates will be posted directly to this page with an updated “Effective Date.”
7. Contact Us
For any questions regarding our use of cookies or our data privacy practices under POPIA, please reach out to us:
- Company: Mathukulula Engineering Enterprise and Services (Pty) Ltd
- Website: https://mat-eng.co.za
- Email: info@mat-eng.co.za
- Location: South Africa