Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Qwangu (“we”, “us”, or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website at https://qwangu.co.ke or use our mobile application. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them. This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Qwangu) are called “first-party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies”.

2. Why Do We Use Cookies?

We use cookies for a limited number of reasons. We keep our use of cookies deliberately minimal — we do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. The cookies we use fall into the following categories:

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through our Services and to enable you to use some of their features, such as keeping you securely signed in to your account. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided, and we only use these cookies to provide you with those services. These are set by our authentication provider (Supabase) when you log in.

Functionality cookies

These cookies allow our Services to remember choices you make when you use them, such as remembering your preferences. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you visit.

Security & fraud prevention

We use a security service (Cloudflare Turnstile) to help protect our Services against automated abuse and spam. This may set cookies or store a token in order to distinguish humans from bots and to keep our Services secure.

3. How Can You Control Cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Because the cookies we use are largely essential to the operation of our Services (for example, keeping you signed in), disabling them may affect your ability to use certain features, such as logging into your account.

You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. Most browsers allow you to:

• See what cookies you have and delete them on an individual basis
• Block third-party cookies
• Block cookies from particular sites
• Block all cookies from being set
• Delete all cookies when you close your browser

If you choose to delete or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services. Please note that our maps are served via OpenStreetMap tiles and do not rely on advertising cookies.

4. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

5. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at qwanguke@gmail.com or visit our contact page.