Cookie Policy

Cookie Overview

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are used for functions required for the website to operate and to remember a visitor's cookie-consent choice.

They support:

basic website operation;
security-related functionality;
page delivery;
storage of cookie-consent choices.

The Africans Time does not use essential cookies for advertising personalisation.

Analytics Cookies

The Africans Time uses Google Analytics to measure website traffic and understand how readers use the site.

Google Analytics is used to understand:

website visits;
page views;
how readers navigate the site;
content performance;
general device and technical information associated with website use.

Google Analytics uses cookies and related identifiers as part of website measurement, subject to the site's cookie-consent settings.

The Africans Time uses this information to understand website usage and content performance. Google Analytics is not used to operate public reader accounts or profiles on The Africans Time.

Advertising Cookies

The Africans Time uses Google AdSense for display and programmatic advertising.

Google advertising technologies use cookies and related identifiers, subject to the site's consent settings and the applicable Google advertising configuration, for:

advertisement delivery;
advertising measurement;
frequency management;
invalid-traffic and abuse detection;
personalised advertising where permitted by consent and configuration;
non-personalised advertising where that configuration applies.

Advertising technology does not determine The Africans Time's independent editorial decisions, coverage or rankings.

Preference Cookies

The Africans Time stores a visitor's cookie-consent choice so the website can remember whether optional cookies were accepted or declined.

The Africans Time does not currently operate public reader accounts, newsletter accounts or public comment profiles.

Google Search Console

The Africans Time uses Google Search Console to monitor the site's presence and technical performance in Google Search.

It is used for:

Google Search visibility;
search queries reported in Search Console;
indexing status;
page performance in Google Search;
technical search issues.

Google Search Console is not an on-site visitor cookie-tracking system.

It is therefore not listed as a cookie category in the overview above.

Cookie Consent

The Africans Time gives visitors a choice to accept or decline optional cookies.

The cookie notice states:

The site stores the visitor's consent choice so that the preference can be remembered.

Direct Advertising

The Africans Time can offer direct advertising opportunities.

The advertising and analytics technologies described on this page are Google AdSense and Google Analytics.

Direct advertising does not itself introduce a separate tracking technology unless an additional advertising service is added to the site.

External Social Links

The Africans Time links to its official profiles on:

These are outbound links to external platforms. They are not presented here as on-site advertising or analytics trackers.

Managing Cookies

Cookie-Consent Interface

Visitors can use The Africans Time cookie-consent interface to accept or decline optional cookies.

Essential cookies used for website operation and storage of the consent choice remain available independently of optional analytics and advertising choices.

Browser Controls

Most browsers allow users to:

view stored cookies;
delete cookies;
block all cookies;
block third-party cookies;
clear cookies when the browser closes;
set site-specific cookie permissions.

Blocking all cookies can affect website functionality, including the site's ability to remember cookie-consent preferences.

Advertising Choices

The Africans Time uses Google AdSense for advertising.

Visitors can use Google's advertising controls, where available, to manage advertising personalisation.

Browser and device privacy settings can also be used to restrict advertising identifiers and third-party cookies.

Cookie Duration

Cookie duration varies according to the service, the type of cookie and the active configuration.

Google Analytics and Google AdSense manage their own cookie lifetimes within their respective services and configurations.

Visitors can view or delete cookies stored in their browser through browser settings.

Relationship to the Privacy Policy

For broader information about how information is handled on The Africans Time, see the Privacy Policy.

General website terms are available in the Terms of Use.

Policy Updates

The Africans Time updates this Cookie Policy when the website's cookie, analytics, advertising or consent configuration materially changes.

This includes changes such as:

adding or removing an analytics service;
adding or removing an advertising service;
introducing a newsletter provider that uses cookies or related technologies;
introducing user accounts;
changing the cookie-consent system;
adding another website tracking technology.

Contact

Questions about cookies, analytics or advertising technologies used on The Africans Time can be sent to:

[email protected]