Cookie Policy
Effective Date: 10 July 2026
Website: TheOpenMarketZW
This Cookie Policy explains how TheOpenMarketZW uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or interact with our website. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
By continuing to use TheOpenMarketZW, you acknowledge that cookies and similar technologies may be used as described in this policy, subject to any consent choices that may be available in your location.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other internet-connected device when you visit a website. Cookies allow websites to recognise your browser, remember your preferences, improve security, maintain login sessions, analyse website usage, and support features such as advertising and account management.
In addition to cookies, similar technologies may also be used, including:
- Web beacons
- Pixels
- Local browser storage
- Tags
- Software Development Kits (SDKs)
- Device identifiers
- IP address-based technologies
For simplicity, this policy refers to all of these technologies as "cookies" where appropriate.
2. How We Use Cookies
TheOpenMarketZW uses cookies to provide a reliable and secure marketplace experience for buyers, sellers, landlords, employers, businesses, and visitors.
Cookies may be used to:
- Keep the website operating correctly
- Maintain user login sessions
- Remember account preferences
- Support classified advertisement posting
- Remember language and display preferences
- Improve website performance
- Prevent spam and abuse
- Detect fraudulent activity
- Analyse visitor behaviour
- Support advertising services
- Improve user experience
3. Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are required for the basic operation of TheOpenMarketZW. Without these cookies, important services may not function correctly.
- User registration
- Account login
- Session management
- Advertisement posting
- Saved favourites
- Security verification
- Contact forms
- Fraud prevention
4. Preference Cookies
Preference cookies remember choices you make so that your browsing experience becomes more convenient.
- Preferred language
- Display settings
- Recently viewed listings
- Search preferences
- Cookie consent choices
- General location preferences
5. Security Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies to help protect our website and our users from malicious activity.
- Prevent automated spam submissions
- Detect suspicious login attempts
- Identify unusual activity
- Protect website forms
- Reduce fraudulent advertisement posting
- Assist with website security investigations
6. Analytics and Performance Cookies
Analytics technologies help us understand how visitors use TheOpenMarketZW so we can improve the website.
Information collected may include:
- Pages visited
- Time spent on pages
- Browser type
- Device type
- Approximate location
- Website performance
- Technical errors
- Navigation behaviour
Where required by law, analytics cookies are used only after obtaining the appropriate consent.
7. Google AdSense and Advertising Cookies
Some pages on TheOpenMarketZW display advertisements using Google AdSense and other authorised advertising providers.
Google and its advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to:
- Display advertisements
- Provide personalised or non-personalised ads
- Measure advertisement performance
- Prevent invalid traffic
- Detect advertising fraud
- Limit repeated advertisement displays
- Generate aggregated advertising reports
Google may use information about previous visits to this website and other websites to determine which advertisements to display, subject to applicable laws and user consent preferences.
8. Other Advertising Partners
TheOpenMarketZW may work with other authorised advertising technology providers, advertising networks, and demand partners. These providers may use their own cookies according to their individual privacy policies.
The advertising partners used by the website may change over time as advertising services evolve.
9. Consent
Where required by applicable law, visitors will be presented with cookie consent options before non-essential cookies are used.
Depending on your location, you may be able to:
- Accept all cookies
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Manage individual cookie purposes
- Manage advertising preferences
- Withdraw consent later
10. Managing Cookies
Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings.
- View stored cookies
- Delete cookies
- Block third-party cookies
- Block all cookies
- Receive notifications before cookies are stored
Disabling cookies may affect website functionality, including account login, advertisement posting, and saved preferences.
11. Session and Persistent Cookies
Some cookies expire when you close your browser (session cookies), while others remain on your device for a longer period (persistent cookies). The duration depends on the purpose of the cookie and, where applicable, the third-party provider responsible for it.
12. External Websites
Listings, advertisements, and other content on TheOpenMarketZW may contain links to external websites. Those websites operate independently and may use their own cookies and tracking technologies.
TheOpenMarketZW is not responsible for the privacy practices, cookie policies, security, or content of third-party websites.
13. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, Google AdSense policies, advertising partners, or website functionality.
Any updates will be published on this page together with the revised effective date.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us through the Contact Us page.
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