COOKIE POLICY
TM Auto Tradings
Effective date: 6 August 2026
Last updated: 6 August 2026
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how TM Auto Tradings uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.
It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
Some cookies may collect information that qualifies as personal information under the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”). Where this occurs, the information will be processed in accordance with POPIA and other applicable South African laws.
2. What Is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small data file stored on your computer, mobile phone or other device when you visit a website.
Cookies allow a website to recognise a device, remember preferences, maintain security, measure performance and understand how visitors interact with the website.
Similar technologies may include pixels, tags, scripts, local storage and device identifiers.
3. Types of Cookies We May Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the website to operate correctly and securely. They may support:
- Website security
- Network management
- Contact-form functionality
- Session management
- Fraud and spam prevention
- Cookie-consent preferences
- Accessibility settings
Strictly necessary cookies cannot generally be disabled through our cookie-preference tool because the website may not function correctly without them.
Preference Cookies
Preference cookies remember choices you make, such as:
- Cookie settings
- Language or display preferences
- Previously selected website options
These cookies improve convenience but are not always essential.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
Where enabled, analytics cookies help us understand:
- How many visitors use the website
- Which pages are visited
- How visitors reached the website
- How long visitors remain on a page
- Whether technical errors occur
- How the website can be improved
Information may be aggregated or pseudonymised where reasonably possible.
Analytics cookies should not be activated unless you have consented to them through the cookie-preference tool.
Marketing Cookies
Where advertising or remarketing tools are enabled, marketing cookies may be used to:
- Measure advertising performance
- Limit how often an advertisement is displayed
- Understand whether an advertisement resulted in an enquiry
- Create relevant advertising audiences
- Display advertisements on other websites or social-media platforms
Marketing cookies should only be activated after the required consent has been provided.
Third-Party Cookies
Some website features may be supplied by third parties, such as:
- Google Analytics
- Google Maps
- Google reCAPTCHA
- Meta or Facebook services
- WhatsApp links or integrations
- Embedded videos
- Website security or spam-prevention services
These providers may place or access cookies when their services are loaded. Their use of information is also governed by their own privacy and cookie policies.
The presence of a link to a third-party service does not necessarily mean that the service places a cookie. This depends on how the website feature is configured.
4. Cookies That May Be Present
The precise cookies used will depend on the website functions and services currently activated.
Possible cookies include:
| Category | Purpose | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|
| Essential website cookies | Security, sessions and basic website operation | Session or according to website configuration |
| Consent-preference cookies | Remember whether cookies were accepted or rejected | Generally up to 12 months |
| Analytics cookies | Measure website traffic and performance | Session to approximately 24 months |
| Advertising cookies | Advertising measurement and remarketing | According to the provider’s settings |
| Security and spam-prevention cookies | Protect forms and prevent automated abuse | Session or according to the provider |
| Embedded-content cookies | Enable maps, videos or third-party content | According to the provider |
The website’s cookie-preference tool should provide current information about the cookies detected on the website.
5. Consent
When you first visit the website, you should be given a choice to:
- Accept all cookies
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Manage your cookie preferences
Strictly necessary cookies may be activated without consent where they are required to provide the website service, maintain security or remember your cookie choices.
Analytics, advertising and other non-essential cookies should remain disabled until you provide consent.
Consent must be voluntary, specific and informed. Refusing non-essential cookies should not prevent you from accessing the basic content of the website.
6. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You may change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time by selecting the cookie-settings link or icon available on the website.
You may also control cookies through your browser. Most browsers allow you to:
- View stored cookies
- Delete cookies
- Block all or selected cookies
- Block third-party cookies
- Receive a warning before a cookie is stored
Disabling certain cookies may affect how parts of the website operate.
7. Browser Controls
Cookie controls are generally available in the privacy or security settings of your browser.
Please consult your browser’s help section for instructions. Deleting cookies may also delete previously saved preferences, meaning that you may be asked to make your cookie choices again.
8. Analytics
Where an analytics service is used, we will configure it as reasonably possible to limit unnecessary data collection.
Analytics information may include:
- IP address or an abbreviated version of it
- Device and browser type
- Approximate location
- Referring website
- Pages visited
- Date and time of visits
- Interactions with website features
Analytics providers may process this information on our behalf or for their own stated purposes.
9. Advertising and Social-Media Services
If advertising pixels or social-media integrations are enabled, the relevant providers may be able to recognise your browser or device across different websites.
These technologies will only be used where the appropriate consent or another lawful basis exists.
You may withdraw consent through the cookie settings. You can also adjust advertising preferences directly through the relevant social-media or advertising provider.
10. International Processing
Some cookie and analytics providers may process information outside South Africa.
Where the processing involves personal information for which TM Auto Tradings is responsible, we will take reasonable steps to ensure compliance with POPIA’s requirements for cross-border transfers.
11. Retention
Cookies remain on your device for different periods:
- Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies remain until they expire or are deleted manually.
- Consent records may be kept for a reasonable period to demonstrate your cookie choices.
- Third-party cookie retention periods are determined by the applicable provider.
We will not retain personal information obtained through cookies for longer than reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
12. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when:
- Website functionality changes
- New plugins or services are installed
- Cookie providers change
- Legal or regulatory requirements change
The latest version will be published on this website with the applicable effective date.
13. Contact Us
For questions about our use of cookies or personal information, please contact:
TM Auto Tradings
Contact person: Anthony
Location: Southern Peninsula, Cape Town
Telephone: +27 79 351 2887
Email: anthony@tmautotradings.co.za