01. What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer, mobile device, or tablet when you visit a website. Cookies allow web platforms to remember your actions, maintain session security, optimize load speeds, and improve your overall user experience.
Self-Pass Learning Systems (Pty) Ltd ("Self-Pass", "we", "us") uses cookies and similar web technologies strictly in compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) and the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 (ECTA).
02. Categories of Cookies We Use
Our platform (https://selfpass.co.za) utilizes a minimal, privacy-first technical cookie structure categorized as follows:
- Essential / Strictly Necessary Cookies: Required for fundamental security, SSL encryption routing, and platform navigation. These enable Cloudflare security rules and bot-detection protocols. Without these cookies, the site cannot operate securely.
- Functional Session Cookies: Used to maintain user preferences, log account authentication states, and ensure diagnostic quiz progress is correctly preserved during course evaluation sessions.
- Performance & Infrastructure Cookies: Anonymous telemetry cookies processed via our global Content Delivery Network (CDN) to monitor network load times, prevent DDoS attacks, and optimize digital video streaming across regions.
03. Third-Party & Merchant Cookies
To deliver seamless online license fulfillment and credential verification, we interface with trusted global infrastructure partners who may set technical cookies under their own compliance frameworks:
Digistore24 Reseller Checkout: When initiating a purchase, you are seamlessly routed to Digistore24 (our merchant of record). Digistore24 sets essential session cookies to manage payment card processing, affiliate attribution, and 60-day refund tracking under PCI-DSS security protocols.
Planeta Vida Verification Portal: Verification links to https://www.pv-en.com/verify-certificate utilize essential session hashing to query our central registry database and authenticate student certificates without setting persistent commercial tracking cookies.
04. Managing & Disabling Cookies
You have full control over cookie preferences through your web browser settings. Most modern browsers allow you to block, refuse, or delete stored cookies.
Please note that if you choose to block strictly necessary or functional cookies, certain core platform features—such as diagnostic quiz submissions or secure account logins—may not function correctly.
For detailed instructions on managing cookie settings across popular browsers, consult your browser’s official help documentation:
- Google Chrome Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies
- Mozilla Firefox Options > Privacy & Security
- Apple Safari Preferences > Privacy
- Microsoft Edge Settings > Site Permissions > Cookies
05. Policy Updates & Contact Information
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technical infrastructure, legal requirements, or platform updates. Any modifications will be posted directly to this page with an updated effective date.
For questions regarding our use of cookies or web privacy practices, contact our compliance team:
Self-Pass Learning Systems (Pty) Ltd
Registration No: 2026/816949/07
SARS Tax Reference: 9730159200
Head Office Location: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Primary Platform: https://selfpass.co.za
Official Support Email: admin@selfpass.co.za