1. Introduction
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This website is owned by International Card Processing Services LTD (hereafter “ICPS”), hosted by OVH and maintained by KomDesign. This website uses cookies.
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Our Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy so that you can understand what type of cookies we use, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used.
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In this notice, "we", "us" and "our" refer to ICPS.
2. What are cookies
Cookies are small data files that a website places on your computer or mobile device which remember
information about users and website usage, such as language preference or login information for a certain
period of time. In this way, cookies can help a website deliver a more user-friendly service since users will
not need to insert their details again and again when browsing around the site.
3. Use of cookies
3.1 Types of cookies
A cookie can be classified by its lifespan, purpose and the domain to which it belongs.
3.1.1 Session and Persistent Cookies
By lifespan, cookies can be either persistent cookies or session cookies. A persistent cookie will be stored
by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry
date; while a session cookie will expire at the end of the user session when the web browser is closed.
We use both session and persistent cookies.
3.1.2 First party cookies and third party cookies
There are either first party cookies, set by our website, or third party cookies which are placed on your
device through our website by external parties. Please refer to Section 5 of this policy for more details on
the third party cookies available on our website.
3.2 Why do we use the following cookies?
3.2.1 Strictly necessary/ essential cookies
These are essential cookies enabled for the proper functioning of our website and used to perform basic
functions. Without these cookies, our website may not function as intended. For this reason, they do not
require your consent.
The list of strictly necessary/essential cookies our website uses are:
| Name | Purpose | Cookie Type/ Duration |
|---|---|---|
| CMS grav-site-ff96ffd | To allow us to operate the website. Administration access. | HTTP, 1 dayHTTP, 1 day |
| google.com rc::a | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | HTTP, Persistent |
| google.com rc::c | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | HTML, Session |
3.2.2 Analytics/ Performance cookies
Performance and/or analytics cookies usually collect aggregated information that does not personally
identify individuals but instead provides statistical information about how visitors use our website. We use
these purely for internal research on how we can improve the service we provide for all our users. Also, this
data is not shared with any third parties or used for any other purpose.
The list of performance/analytical cookies our website uses are:
| Name | Purpose | Cookie Type/ Duration |
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| 1. Google Analytics _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.. | HTTP, Third Party 2 years |
| Google Analytics _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | HTTP, Third Party 1 day |
| 2. Google Analytics _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | HTTP, Third Party 1 day |
4. Cookies used by our service providers/ Third Party Cookie
The third party service providers we have contracted with use cookies and those cookies may be stored on
your computer when you visit our website. They are required for some of the functions within our website
as mentioned in the above table in Section 3.2.2.
The third party providers on our website are:
- Google Analytics
- Google ReCaptcha
5. Managing Cookies
You can manage/ reject/ delete cookies as you wish by changing your browser settings or by clearing your
browsing history. For more details on how to manage cookies, you may visit
https://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/managing-cookies. Please note that most browsers automatically
accept cookies so if you do not wish cookies to be used you may need to actively delete or block the
cookies.
If you disable performance and targeting cookies, it is possible that any advertising you receive will be less
targeted as a result, but the site should function correctly. However, if you disable strictly necessary and/
or functional cookies, you may be unable to access certain areas of our website and certain functions or
pages will not work in the usual way. You will also lose some saved information, for instance e.g. saved login
details and site preferences.
6. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We keep our Cookie Policy under regular review and we may update it from time to time. We will notify
you of significant changes by email or through automatic pop-ups on our website. However, we also
encourage you to periodically review this policy so that you are informed of our use of cookies. This version
was last updated on 23 June 2022.
7. Contact us
If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy, you can contact us at:
International Card Processing Services Ltd
Anse Courtois,
Les Pailles 11220,
Mauritius
405-0850
Email address: contact@icps.mu