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    Cookie Policy (ZA)

    This Cookie Policy was last updated on August 17, 2025 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of South Africa.

    1. Introduction

    Our website, https://www.thinkingbeyond.ai (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

    2. What are cookies?

    A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

    3. What are scripts?

    A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

    4. What is a web beacon?

    A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.

    5. Cookies

    5.1 Technical or functional cookies

    Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.

    5.2 Statistics cookies

    We use statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place statistics cookies.

    5.3 Advertising cookies

    On this website we use advertising cookies, enabling us to personalize the advertisements for you, and we (and third parties) gain insights into the campaign results. This happens based on a profile we create based on your click and surfing on and outside https://www.thinkingbeyond.ai. With these cookies you, as website visitor are linked to a unique ID, so you do not see the same ad more than once for example.

    Because these cookies are marked as tracking cookies, we ask your permission to place these.

    5.4 Marketing/Tracking cookies

    Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

    5.5 Social media

    On our website, we have included content from TikTok, Instagram, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Facebook to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like TikTok, Instagram, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Facebook. This content is embedded with code derived from TikTok, Instagram, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Facebook and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalized advertising.

    Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. TikTok, Instagram, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Facebook are located in the United States.

    6. Placed cookies

    WordPress

    Functional

    Usage

    We use WordPress for website development. Read more about WordPress

    Sharing data

    This data is not shared with third parties.

    Functional

    Name
    WP_PREFERENCES_USER_*
    Expiration
    persistent
    Function
    Store user preferences
    Name
    wp-settings-*
    Expiration
    persistent
    Function
    Store user preferences
    Name
    wp-settings-time-*
    Expiration
    1 year
    Function
    Store user preferences
    Name
    wordpress_logged_in_*
    Expiration
    persistent
    Function
    Store logged in users

    Elementor

    Statistics (anonymous)

    Usage

    We use Elementor for content creation. Read more about Elementor

    Sharing data

    This data is not shared with third parties.

    Statistics (anonymous)

    Name
    elementor
    Expiration
    persistent
    Function
    Store performed actions on the website

    Google reCAPTCHA

    Functional

    Usage

    We use Google reCAPTCHA for spam prevention. Read more about Google reCAPTCHA

    Sharing data

    For more information, please read the Google reCAPTCHA Privacy Statement.

    Functional

    Name
    _grecaptcha
    Expiration
    6 months
    Function
    Provide spam protection

    Purpose pending investigation

    Name
    rc::c
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    rc::b
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    rc::a
    Expiration
    Function

    Google Fonts

    Purpose pending investigation

    Usage

    We use Google Fonts for display of webfonts. Read more about Google Fonts

    Sharing data

    For more information, please read the Google Fonts Privacy Statement.

    Purpose pending investigation

    Name
    Google Fonts API
    Expiration
    Function

    YouTube

    Purpose pending investigation

    Usage

    We use YouTube for video display. Read more about YouTube

    Sharing data

    For more information, please read the YouTube Privacy Statement.

    Purpose pending investigation

    Name
    GPS
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    YSC
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    PREF
    Expiration
    Function

    PayPal

    Purpose pending investigation

    Usage

    We use PayPal for payment processing. Read more about PayPal

    Sharing data

    For more information, please read the PayPal Privacy Statement.

    Purpose pending investigation

    Name
    nsid
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    enforce_policy
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    tsrce
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    ts_c
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    paypal
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    __paypal_storage__
    Expiration
    Function

    Calendly

    Purpose pending investigation

    Usage

    We use Calendly for content creation. Read more about Calendly

    Sharing data

    For more information, please read the Calendly Privacy Statement.

    Purpose pending investigation

    Name
    _calendly_session
    Expiration
    Function

    Facebook

    Purpose pending investigation

    Usage

    We use Facebook for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more about Facebook

    Sharing data

    For more information, please read the Facebook Privacy Statement.

    Purpose pending investigation

    Name
    _js_datr
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    _fbc
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    fbm*
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    xs
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    wd
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    fr
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    act
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    _fbp
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    datr
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    c_user
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    csm
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    sb
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    actppresence
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    *_fbm_
    Expiration
    Function

    Twitter

    Purpose pending investigation

    Usage

    We use Twitter for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more about Twitter

    Sharing data

    For more information, please read the Twitter Privacy Statement.

    Purpose pending investigation

    Name
    local_storage_support_test
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    metrics_token
    Expiration
    Function

    LinkedIn

    Purpose pending investigation

    Usage

    We use LinkedIn for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more about LinkedIn

    Sharing data

    For more information, please read the LinkedIn Privacy Statement.

    Purpose pending investigation

    Name
    sdsc
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    lms_ads
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    lms_analytics
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    _guid
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    li_alerts
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    li_gc
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    AnalyticsSyncHistory
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    bcookie
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    li-oatml
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    BizographicsOptOut
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    li_sugr
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    UserMatchHistory
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    linkedin_oauth_
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    lidc
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    bscookie
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    X-LI-IDC
    Expiration
    Function

    WhatsApp

    Purpose pending investigation

    Usage

    We use WhatsApp for chat support. Read more about WhatsApp

    Sharing data

    For more information, please read the WhatsApp Privacy Statement.

    Purpose pending investigation

    Name
    wa_lang_pref
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    wa_ul
    Expiration
    Function

    TikTok

    Purpose pending investigation

    Usage

    We use TikTok for video display. Read more about TikTok

    Sharing data

    For more information, please read the TikTok Privacy Statement.

    Purpose pending investigation

    Name
    s_v_web_id
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    MONITOR_WEB_ID
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    csrf_session_id
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    tt_csrf_token
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    _abck
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    tt_webid
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    tt_webid_v2
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    ttwid
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    webapp_launch_mode
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    webapp_session_id
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    webapp-session-referer
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    webapp_tiktok_privious
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    webapp_extra_data
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    webapp_original_traffic_type
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    __tea_cache_first_*
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    guide-login-config
    Expiration
    Function
    Name
    __tea_cache_tokens_*
    Expiration
    Function
    Name