Cookies Policy

Cookie Policy

The purpose of our cookie policy at Afro-Caribbean Matchmaking Agency (ACMA) is to educate you about how we manage and use cookie for the purpose of being open and honest about how we collect and process your data.
I don’t need to read the policy. I am already acquainted with cookies and just want to adjust my settings. Then click Cookie Settings to update your website cookie settings or to go to the account settings in your app and adjust your privacy settings there.
I want to know more about cookies and what they mean. Simply, continue read to read.
Note: This cookie policy does not cover how your personal information is processed outside of our cookie policy. For a full read of that please head over to our privacy policy here .

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are sent to or accessed from your web browser or the memory of your device. The typical contents of a cookie includes the name of the domain (Internet location) from which the cookie originated, “the cookie “lifetime” (i.e., expiry date) and a uniquely generated number or identifier of a similar natures. Other information about your device including your user settings, browsing history other activities done while using our services may also be contained in a cookie.

Different types of cookies

First-party and third-party cookies

First-parties cookies are those we place on your device. Examples cookies to adapt our website to your browser’s language preferences.
Third-party cookies are placed on your device by our partners and service providers. Our website’s and in-app consent management tools provide more information about our partners and service providers. Details about these tools can be found in “How you can control cookies?” below.

Session and persistent cookies

Session cookies last as long as you have the website open and closes once you close the browser. Their purpose includes us earning about how you use our website during a browsing session and to improve your efficiency in using our website.
Persistent cookies outlast a single session There purpose is to quicken the pace of your log-in and succeeding sessions, for analysis and for reasons described below.

What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons and SDKs?

Other tracking technologies are also termed “cookies” in this policy for purposes of simplicity. These tracking technologies used for similar purposes as cookies include web beacons (also known as pixels or clear gifs), tracking URLs or software development kits (SDKs). Web beacons are tiny graphics file with a unique identifier; they allow us to know when someone has accessed our services or open an email that we mailed out to them. Tracking URLs are custom generated links which allows us to track where the traffic to our website emanates from. SDKs are small code within apps which perform similar functions to cookies and web beacons.

Why do we use cookies?

Cookies enables us to provide, secure and improve our services. They help us to recall your preferences, know when you visit our website, measure the success of our marketing campaigns, and personalise our ads to meet your interests. To achieve these purposes we may link information provided by our cookies with information already held about you.

When you use our services, some or all of the following cookies may be set on your device.

  • Essential cookies: Necessary cookies needed to provide our services. They help you to login; help us to recall your preferences, and provide for your safety by enabling us to detect malicious activity.
  • Analytics cookies: They help us understand how the public is using our services and allow us to customise our services to meet the public’s needs.
  • Advertising & marketing cookies: Used to assess the efficacy of our marketing ads and to tailor adds to be more relevant to you. They help us to see the amount of traffic our marketing campaigns yield, prevent the continuous repetition of the same ad, ensure the proper display of ads, measure the number of ads displayed, measure how well each ad performs by measuring how many persons interact with them, and choose ads relevant to each user.
  • Social networking cookies: They allow you to share pages and content from our services through third-party social networking and other websites or services. They may also be used as part of our advertising campaign.

How can you control cookies?

Cookies can be controlled using the different cookie management apparatus. Note however that based on the adjustments you make to your cookie preferences, you make receive a less than satisfying browsing experience when using our services. In some instances, you may even be unable to use some or all of our services.

Cookie management tools include:

Tools we provide

We provide a tool available on Cookie Settings from where you can adjust your cookie preferences whenever you desire. Or you can make the adjustments from your account settings in your app.

Browser and device controls

Some web browsers provide stings that lets you control or reject cookies, or provide alerts when a cookie is placed on your device. Each internet browser uses a slightly different procedure for managing cookies. You can check your browser for specific instructions.
On your device, you may also have the option to reset device identifiers, or opt-out from having identifiers collect or process by adjust particular settings on your mobile device. Check your device for steps in doing so by checking either the help or setting menus.

Interest-based advertising tools

Some advertising companies may take part in self-regulatory programmes that allow you to opt-out of any internet-based ads that they develop. More information can be found at the website: Digital Advertising Alliance and Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance.
Opting out simply means that you will not see personlised ads from the participating companies, but you will still see ads. Note also that deleting cookies after opting out means you will need to opt-out again.

Google™ Cookies

Google Analytics

Our company uses Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a service that uses cookies and other data collection technologies to gather information about how you use the website ad its services to facilitate the reporting of website trends.
For more information on how Google collects and processes data, visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. You can opt out of Google Analytics by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and opt-out of Google’s ad personalization at https://adssettings.google.com/.

How to make contact with is?

If you have queries about our Cookie Policy, you can reach use by these means:
Online: support@afrocaribbeanmatchmaking.com
By post:
Wilson’s Park
Monsall Rd
Manchester
M40 8WN