Cookies information
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by the websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The use of cookies is now standard for most websites. If you are uncomfortable with the use of cookies, you can manage and control them through your browser, including removing cookies by deleting them from your ‘browser history’ (cache) when you leave the site.
Types of cookie:
‘Session’ cookies remain in your browser during your browser session only, i.e. until you leave the website.
‘Persistent’ cookies remain in your browser after the session (unless deleted by you).
‘Performance’ cookies collect information about your use of the website, such as webpages visited and any error messages; they do not collect personally identifiable information, and the information collected is aggregated such that it is anonymous. Performance cookies are used to improve how a website works.
‘Functionality’ cookies allow the website to remember any choices you make about the website (such as changes to text size, customised pages) or enable services such as commenting on a blog.
Use of cookies by PwC: The following table explains the way in which we use cookies on this website. By using this website, you agree that we can place these cookies on your computer/device for the stated purposes.
Retired Cookies: No longer in use, but may be present for returning visitors. These cookies can be deleted.
Provider |
Name |
Purpose |
Type |
Duration |
| .doubleclick.net | test_cookie | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
Advertisement |
15 minutes |
.dpm.demdex.net |
dpm |
The cookie is set by demdex.net. This cookie assigns a unique ID to each visiting user that allows third-party advertisers target that users with relevant ads. |
Advertisement |
5 months |
.youtube.com |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. |
Advertisement |
5 months |
.twitter.com |
personalization_id |
This cookie is set by twitter.com. It is used integrate the sharing features of this social media. It also stores information about how the user uses the website for tracking and targeting. |
Advertisement |
2 years |
.pwc.co.za |
_fbp |
This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisement when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website. | Advertisement |
3 months |
.www.linkedin.com |
bscookie |
This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by Linked share Buttons and ad tags. |
Advertisement |
2 years |
| .prfct.co | pa_uid | This cookie is set by prfct.co. This cookie is used across the websites that use same ad network to display ads to the other advertisers in the network. | Advertisement | 2 years |
| .prfct.co | pa_twitter_ts | This cookie is set by Perfect Audience and is used for advertising purposes based on user behavioural data. | Advertisement | 2 years |
| .prfct.co | pa_crosswise_ts | This cookie is set by Perfect Audience and is used for advertising purposes based on user behavioural data. | Advertisement | 2 years |
| .prfct.co | pa_openx_ts | This cookie is set by Perfect Audience and is used for advertising purposes based on user behavioral data. | Advertisement | 2 years |
| .prfct.co | pa_yahoo_ts | This cookie is set by Perfect Audience and is used for advertising purposes based on user behavioural data. | Advertisement | 2 years |
| .prfct.co | pa_rubicon_ts | This cookie is set by Perfect Audience and is used for advertising purposes based on user behavioural data. | Advertisement | 2 years |
| .prfct.co | pa_google_ts | This cookie is set by Perfect Audience and is used for advertising purposes based on user behavioural data. | Advertisement | 2 years |
| .adnxs.com | uuid2 | This cookies is set by AppNexus. The cookies stores information that helps in distinguishing between devices and browsers. This information us used to select advertisements served by the platform and assess the performance of the advertisement and attribute payment for those advertisements. | Advertisement | 3 months |
| .addthis.com | uid | This cookie is used to measure the number and behavior of the visitors to the website anonymously. The data includes the number of visits, average duration of the visit on the website, pages visited, etc. for the purpose of better understanding user preferences for targeted advertisements. | Advertisement | 1 year 24 days |
| .doubleclick.net | IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. | Advertisement | 1 year 24 days |
| .everesttech.net | everest_g_v2 | The cookie is set under eversttech.net domain. The purpose of the cookie is to map clicks to other events on the client's website. | Advertisement | 1 year |
| .everesttech.net | everest_session_v2 | This cookie is used to display personalized and relevant ads to the users and measure the efficiency of the ad campaign. | Advertisement | |
| .yahoo.com | B | This Cookie is used by Yahoo to provide ads, contents or analytics. | Advertisement | 1 year |
| .demdex.net | demdex | This cookie is set under the domain demdex.net and is used by Adobe Audience Manager to help identify a unique visitor across domains. | Analytics | 5 months |
| .pwc.tt.omtrdc.net | mboxSession | This cookie is set by the provider Adobe Target. This cookie is used for a unique ID for a user session. | Analytics | 1 hour |
| .pwc.tt.omtrdc.net | mboxPC | This cookie is set by the provider Adobe Target. This cookie is used to set a semi-permanent ID for a visitor's browser. | Analytics | 2 years 1 day |
| .pwc.co.za | s_nr | This cookie is set by Adobe Analytics for the purpose of storing the dates when the users visit the website and whether or not the user is a new or returning visitor. | Analytics | 1 year |
| .pwc.co.za | gpv | This cookie is set by the Adobe Analytics. This cookie is used for storing the number of pages viewed by the visitor when visiting websites. | Analytics | 30 minutes |
| .pwc.co.za | _ga | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | Analytics | 2 years |
| .pwc.co.za | _gid | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. | Analytics | 1 day |
| .ads.linkedin.com | lang | This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visit the website. | Functional | session |
| .linkedin.com | bcookie | This cookie is set by linkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page. | Functional | 2 years |
| .linkedin.com | lidc | This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing. | Functional | 1 day |
| .linkedin.com | lang | This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visit the website. | Functional | session |
| .pwc.co.za | s_cc | This cookie is set by Adobe Analytics. The purpose of the cookie is to determine whether or not cookies are enabled in a browser. | Functional | session |
| .addthis.com | ouid | 1 year 24 days | Functional | 1 year 24 days |
| .addthis.com | na_id | This cookie is set by Addthis.com to enable sharing of links on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter | Functional | 1 year 24 days |
| .linkedin.com | UserMatchHistory | Linkedin - Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences. | Other | 1 month |
| .pwc.co.za | AKA_A2 | This cookie is set by Akamai. This cookie is used for DNS Prefetch and HTTP2 Push. It helps in improving the performance. | Performance | 1 hour |
| .pwc.co.za | mbox | This cookie is set by Adobe SiteCatalyst analytics software and is used for measuring the performance of page content using A/B split testing. | Performance | 1 hour |
| .youtube.com | YSC | This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. | Performance | session |
| .pwc.co.za | _gat | This cookies is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. | Performance | 1 minute |
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