Last updated: 6 February 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how LexFama (“we,” “us,” “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on https://lexfama.co.za (the “Website”). It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we process personal information more broadly. This Cookie Policy is written to help visitors understand what cookies are, why we use them, what types of cookies may be placed when you use the Website, and how you can control your preferences. Where required by applicable law, we will ask for your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device, and we will provide an easy way to withdraw consent at any time.
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, phone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, to improve efficiency, to enable certain features, to remember preferences, and to help website owners understand how people use their sites. Similar technologies can include pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, SDKs, and other identifiers that perform comparable functions, such as measuring interactions, preventing fraud, remembering settings, or delivering relevant advertising. For simplicity, this policy refers to these technologies collectively as “cookies,” unless otherwise stated.
We use cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are strictly necessary for the Website to function properly, such as cookies that support core page navigation, basic security protections, and load balancing. Other cookies are used to enhance performance and user experience, such as remembering preferences (for example, language or region), understanding how visitors interact with our content, and helping us improve the Website. We may also use cookies for advertising and marketing purposes, including to show ads that are more relevant to your interests, to limit how many times you see the same ad, to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, and to attribute referrals when you arrive at our Website via a partner link. Whether these cookies are placed will depend on your choices, the configuration of the Website at the time of your visit, and the third-party services we use.
When you first visit the Website (and periodically thereafter), you may see a cookie banner or preference tool that allows you to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customize your selections. If you are located in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom (and in certain other jurisdictions), our approach is intended to align with the principle that strictly necessary cookies may be set without consent, while non-essential cookies generally require prior opt-in consent. If you choose to reject non-essential cookies, the Website should still work, but some features, personalization, analytics, or advertising functionality may be reduced or unavailable. If you consent and later change your mind, you can withdraw consent at any time through the Cookie Preferences/Manage Consent link in the footer of the blog or by adjusting your browser and device settings as described below.
The cookies used on the Website typically fall into categories that are widely recognized by regulators and industry practice. Strictly necessary cookies support essential website operations and security and are generally not used to track you for advertising. Preference or functional cookies allow the Website to remember information that changes the way it behaves or looks, such as region, language, font size, or other user interface customizations. Analytics or measurement cookies help us understand how the Website is used, such as which pages are visited, how long users stay, what links are clicked, and whether visitors encounter errors; this information helps us improve content and usability and may be collected through tools such as WPStatistics. Advertising or targeting cookies are used to deliver ads, measure ad performance, and in some cases build or infer interest profiles; these cookies may be placed by us or by third parties that deliver ads or advertising measurement services. Some cookies may also be used for fraud prevention, bot detection, and safeguarding our systems, which can be particularly important when we use ad networks or affiliate platforms that seek to prevent invalid traffic.
Cookies can be “first-party” or “third-party.” First-party cookies are set by our Website domain, while third-party cookies are set by domains belonging to other organizations whose tools or content are integrated into our pages, such as advertising networks, embedded video players, analytics services, or social media widgets. Third-party providers may collect information about your device and your activity on the Website over time and across different websites or online services. We do not control how third parties use cookies once placed, and their processing is governed by their own privacy and cookie policies. For this reason, we encourage you to review the policies of any third-party services that appear on the Website or that we reference in our cookie banner or preference center.
The duration that cookies remain on your device depends on whether the cookie is a “session” cookie or a “persistent” cookie. Session cookies are generally deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain stored until they expire or you delete them. Expiration periods vary by cookie and purpose; some may last minutes or hours, while others may last months. Where possible and appropriate, we aim to configure cookies with durations that are proportionate to their purpose and consistent with user expectations and applicable guidance.
Depending on how the Website is configured at the time you visit, the specific cookies in use may include cookies related to consent management itself, which are used to remember your cookie preferences and demonstrate that we respected your choices. These cookies are typically essential for ensuring that the Website can honor your selections and avoid repeatedly asking you to set preferences on each page load. The Website may also use security-related cookies to help prevent malicious activity, detect unusual traffic patterns, and protect user sessions, especially where forms, comments, logins, or payment-related pages exist. If the Website uses embedded media such as videos, maps, podcasts, or social feeds, those providers may set cookies or similar identifiers to enable playback, prevent abuse, and measure engagement, and these may be treated as functional or marketing cookies depending on the provider and your consent choices.
You can control cookies in several ways. One method is to use our cookie preference tool at the Cookie Preferences/Manage Consent link in the footer of the blog, where available, to accept, reject, or fine-tune categories of non-essential cookies. Another method is to adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies, to receive a prompt before a cookie is stored, or to clear cookies periodically. Most browsers allow you to manage cookies by site and by cookie type, but the exact steps vary; consult your browser’s help documentation for instructions. Keep in mind that blocking all cookies, including strictly necessary cookies, may cause the Website or parts of it to stop functioning. In addition, some cookies may be set or stored outside the browser (for example, in mobile app environments or via device-level identifiers), in which case your device operating system may provide controls to limit ad tracking or reset advertising identifiers.
If we use advertising services that support industry opt-out mechanisms, you may also be able to control certain types of interest-based advertising through third-party tools. For example, in many regions you can use the Network Advertising Initiative and Digital Advertising Alliance mechanisms (or their regional equivalents) to opt out of interest-based ads from participating companies, and on mobile devices you can adjust your ad personalization settings. These opt-outs typically do not remove advertising entirely; rather, they aim to reduce ad personalization. In the European context, some consent frameworks and preference tools allow you to make granular selections for specific advertising vendors, and our cookie banner may provide vendor-level controls depending on the advertising stack used.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in law, guidance, technology, or our business practices. When we make material changes, we will take appropriate steps to inform visitors, such as updating the “Last updated” date and, where required, requesting fresh consent. The most current version of this Cookie Policy will always be posted on the Website.
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, your privacy rights, or our use of cookies, please contact us at [email protected]. If you are located in the EEA/UK, you may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority, and in Spain this is typically the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD). If you are located in South Africa, you may have rights under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), including rights to access, correct, and object to certain processing, and you may lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator.
References: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj (GDPR) ; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2002/58/oj (ePrivacy Directive) ; https://www.aepd.es/es/guias-y-herramientas/guias (AEPD guidance hub, including cookie guidance) ; ico.org.uk/for-organisations/direct-mark… (UK ICO cookies guidance) ; www.gov.za/documents/protection-personal… (POPIA text portal)