Cookie Policy
No Sweat Work Media CC
Trading as NoSweat / No Sweat
Registration Number: 2009/090625/23
Website: www.nosweat.co.za
Effective date: 10 August 2026
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how No Sweat Work Media CC (“NoSweat”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or use www.nosweat.co.za.
This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains more broadly how we collect, use, store and protect personal information.
Our use of cookies and information collected through our website is subject to applicable South African privacy legislation, including the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”). POPIA requires organisations to process personal information lawfully, for defined purposes, and to inform individuals about relevant collection and processing activities. (Eastern Cape Department of Education)
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit the website.
Cookies can enable a website to remember information about your visit, such as:
whether you are logged in;
preferences you have selected;
information necessary to keep a website session active;
how you interact with different pages; and
technical information about your browser or device.
Some cookies last only for the duration of your visit and are deleted when you close your browser. These are commonly known as session cookies.
Other cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them. These are commonly known as persistent cookies.
3. Why NoSweat Uses Cookies
NoSweat may use cookies and similar technologies to:
operate and secure the website;
allow users to log in and use website functionality;
remember preferences;
process forms and website interactions;
understand how visitors use the website;
measure website performance;
identify technical problems;
improve usability and functionality; and
support the operation of our candidate and client platform.
NoSweat’s currently published Cookie Policy states that the website uses essential, performance and functional cookies and does not use cookies for advertising tracking. (nosweat.co.za)
4. Types of Cookies We Use
4.1 Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are required for the website and its core services to function properly.
They may be used for purposes such as:
maintaining website sessions;
account login and authentication;
security;
fraud prevention;
remembering privacy preferences;
completing forms;
maintaining user selections; and
providing functionality specifically requested by the user.
Because these cookies are necessary for the website to operate, disabling them may prevent parts of the website from functioning correctly.
4.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies
Performance cookies help us understand how visitors use the NoSweat website.
They may provide information such as:
which pages are visited;
how visitors move through the website;
how long pages take to load;
whether users encounter errors;
approximate numbers of visitors; and
which website functionality is used most frequently.
We use this information to understand website performance and improve the user experience.
Where information obtained through analytics technologies constitutes personal information, it will be processed in accordance with POPIA and our Privacy Policy.
4.3 Functional Cookies
Functional cookies help provide enhanced website features and remember choices made by visitors.
For example, they may be used to:
remember website preferences;
retain selected settings;
improve forms and interactive features;
provide more convenient website functionality; and
support services provided by third-party technology integrated into the website.
Functional cookies may be placed directly by NoSweat or by a service provider whose functionality has been integrated into our website.
4.4 Advertising and Behavioural Tracking Cookies
NoSweat does not currently use cookies for advertising tracking on the website. This is consistent with NoSweat’s existing published Cookie Policy. (nosweat.co.za)
This means we do not currently use advertising cookies to build behavioural advertising profiles or follow visitors across unrelated websites for targeted advertising purposes.
If this changes in the future, we will update this Cookie Policy and, where appropriate, provide visitors with relevant notice and cookie choices before using such technologies.
5. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
Cookies used by the NoSweat website may be either first-party cookies or third-party cookies.
First-party cookies
These are cookies placed directly by NoSweat or by the technology operating www.nosweat.co.za.
They may be required for features such as:
account access;
sessions;
forms;
security; and
website preferences.
Third-party cookies
Certain website functionality may be provided through external technology or service providers.
Where third-party services are embedded into or used by the NoSweat website, those providers may place or access cookies in accordance with their own privacy and cookie practices.
These services may include, depending on the technologies currently deployed on our website:
website hosting;
analytics;
CRM and business systems;
security tools;
embedded content; and
other technology services.
NoSweat requires its service providers to handle personal information appropriately where applicable, but third-party services may also be subject to their own privacy policies and terms.
6. Similar Technologies
In addition to conventional cookies, websites may use technologies that perform similar functions, including:
local storage;
session storage;
pixels;
tags;
scripts;
device identifiers; and
similar browser or application technologies.
Where these technologies collect or process personal information, references to “cookies” in this policy should also be understood to include such technologies where appropriate.
7. Personal Information Collected Through Cookies
Depending on the cookie or technology involved, information collected automatically may include:
IP address;
browser type;
device type;
operating system;
date and time of access;
pages viewed;
navigation between pages;
referring website;
session identifiers;
login or authentication status;
website preferences;
technical error information; and
interactions with website features.
NoSweat’s PAIA Manual confirms that its website and digital records may include website usage data, analytics, cookie data and login information. (nosweat.co.za)
We do not use cookie information for purposes incompatible with those described in this policy or our Privacy Policy.
8. How We Use Information Collected Through Cookies
Information obtained through cookies may be used to:
provide requested website services;
authenticate users;
keep accounts secure;
maintain website sessions;
analyse website usage;
troubleshoot technical issues;
improve our website;
measure website functionality;
protect NoSweat and its users from misuse or security threats; and
comply with applicable legal obligations.
We may combine cookie information with other website or account information where reasonably necessary for these purposes and where permitted by law.
9. Your Cookie Choices
You can control cookies in several ways.
Most modern web browsers allow you to:
see which cookies have been stored;
block cookies;
block third-party cookies;
delete existing cookies;
allow cookies only from selected websites; or
configure the browser to delete cookies automatically.
The precise controls differ between browsers and devices.
Please note that blocking or deleting essential cookies may affect the operation of www.nosweat.co.za. Certain features, including login, forms or account functionality, may no longer work as intended.
Where NoSweat provides a cookie preference or consent tool on the website, you may also use that tool to manage the categories of non-essential cookies available to you.
10. Do Not Track and Browser Signals
Some browsers allow users to send privacy-related signals such as “Do Not Track”.
There is not necessarily a universally applied technical standard governing all such signals. Where NoSweat implements technology capable of recognising a supported privacy preference signal, we may respond to it as technically and legally appropriate.
You can still control cookies directly through your browser settings.
11. Cookies and Candidate or Client Accounts
If you register as a candidate, client or other user of NoSweat, certain cookies may be necessary to:
identify your authenticated session;
keep you securely logged in;
maintain account functionality;
remember website selections;
process forms or applications; and
protect the account from unauthorised access.
These cookies may therefore be necessary for providing the service you have requested.
NoSweat operates an online platform connecting clients with full-time, fractional and freelance talent. (nosweat.co.za)
12. Cookie Retention
Different cookies may remain on your device for different periods.
Some cookies are removed automatically when your browser session ends.
Others may remain for a longer period so that the website can recognise a returning browser or remember a preference.
NoSweat will retain information obtained through cookies only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, subject to applicable legal and operational requirements.
You may also manually delete cookies through your browser at any time.
13. International Processing
Some technology providers used to operate the NoSweat website may process or store information outside South Africa.
Where personal information collected through cookies is transferred internationally, NoSweat will handle such transfers in accordance with POPIA and the international-transfer provisions described in our Privacy Policy.
14. Security
NoSweat takes reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information collected through its website against:
unauthorised access;
loss;
misuse;
alteration;
destruction; and
unlawful disclosure.
However, no internet-based service or data-transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
15. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time.
Changes may be made because of:
changes to our website;
new functionality;
changes to the cookies or technologies we use;
changes to service providers;
legal or regulatory developments; or
changes to our business operations.
The latest version will be published on www.nosweat.co.za with the applicable effective date.
If we begin using materially different technologies, particularly advertising or behavioural tracking technologies, we will update this policy and provide additional notice or choices where appropriate.
16. Relationship With Our Privacy Policy
This Cookie Policy deals specifically with cookies and related website technologies.
For more information about how NoSweat processes personal information, including information relating to:
candidates;
clients;
CVs and portfolios;
applications;
placements;
background checks;
payments;
AI and automated technologies;
data-subject rights; and
retention,
please read the NoSweat Privacy Policy.
17. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, our use of cookies, or the processing of personal information through www.nosweat.co.za, please contact:
No Sweat Work Media CC
Trading as NoSweat
Information Officer: Sebastian van ’t Hoff
Email:sebastian@nosweat.co.za
Telephone / WhatsApp: +27 81 818 2053
Physical address: R512, Hartbeespoort, North West Province, 0240, South Africa
Website:www.nosweat.co.za
These contact details correspond with those currently published in NoSweat’s PAIA Manual. (nosweat.co.za)