Cookie Policy

Ottis African Market UK, a trading name of Ottis African Market UK Ltd

This Cookie Policy explains how Ottis African Market UK uses cookies and similar technologies on www.ottisafricanmarket.co.uk, in accordance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains more generally how we handle personal data.

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more effectively, and to provide information to the owners of the site. Similar technologies, such as pixels and local storage, work in a comparable way and are covered by this policy.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the purposes set out in the table below. Where a cookie is not strictly necessary for the website to function, we will ask for your consent before it is set, through the cookie banner or preference tool on our website.

Category	Purpose	Consent Required	Typical Duration
Strictly necessary	Enable core website functions, such as remembering items in your basket and keeping you securely logged in during checkout	No, these are essential to the operation of the site	Session, or up to 30 days
Functional	Remember your preferences, such as language or previously viewed products	Yes	Up to 12 months
Analytics	Help us understand how visitors use our website so we can improve it	Yes	Up to 24 months
Marketing	Show you relevant advertising on our own site or on third party platforms, and measure the effectiveness of our marketing	Yes	Up to 12 months

 

3. Third Party Cookies

Some cookies on our website are placed by third parties, for example analytics providers who help us understand website usage, or payment providers who help process your order securely. These third parties act as independent controllers of the data collected through their cookies, and we encourage you to review their own privacy and cookie policies for further detail on how they use this information.

4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our website, you will be shown a cookie banner allowing you to accept or reject non essential cookies, and to manage your preferences by category. You can change your preferences at any time by returning to the cookie settings link, typically found in the footer of our website.

You can also control cookies through your browser settings, including deleting existing cookies and blocking cookies from being set in future. Please note that blocking or deleting strictly necessary cookies may affect the functionality of our website, for example preventing items from remaining in your basket.

5. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for example to reflect changes in the cookies we use or in the law. The current version will always be available on our website.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at info@ottisafricanmarket.co.uk or by post at 20 Cross Flatts Drive, Cross Flatts, Leeds, LS11 7HY.

 

This document was last reviewed and updated in August 2026. The specific cookies listed should be reviewed and updated whenever Ottis African Market UK adds or removes a cookie, analytics tool, or third party script from the website, to ensure the table above remains an accurate reflection of the cookies actually in use.