Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, smartphone, tablet) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners.

• Session cookies: These are temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser.
• Persistent cookies: These remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them.
• First-party cookies: Set by the website you are visiting.
• Third-party cookies: Set by other websites that run content on the page you are viewing.

We use cookies for several purposes, including:

• Essential cookies: These are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions you take that amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
• Performance cookies: These help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. They help us improve our website performance.
• Functional cookies: These enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences and choices on our website.
• Targeting cookies: These may be set by our advertising partners to show you relevant advertisements on other websites.
• Analytics cookies: We use analytics tools to help us measure traffic and understand how our visitors use our website.

In some cases, we use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third-party cookies you might encounter through this site:

• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how our visitors use our website. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site, which pages you visit, and how you came to our site.
• Payment processors: Our payment partners may set cookies to ensure the secure processing of transactions.
• Social media platforms: If you share our content on social media, those platforms may set cookies on your device.

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
• Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Settings → Safari → Privacy
• Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data

For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

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 re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on our website and updating the 'Last Updated' date at the top of this Cookie Policy.

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

• By email: support@salonecrowdfunder.com
• By post: Innovation SL Ltd, 9B Spur Loop, Wilberforce, Freetown, Sierra Leone
• Through our website contact form.