Clear Choices. Respectful Digital Experiences.
Effective Date: January 1, 2026
African Sahara Charity Foundation (ASCF) uses cookies and similar technologies where necessary to operate, secure, and improve our website and digital services.
Cookies can help websites remember preferences, maintain security, understand how pages are used, and support certain third-party services.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how ASCF may use them, and the choices available to website visitors.
This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
Cookies are small text files that websites may place on a computer, tablet, or mobile device.
Some cookies exist only while a browser session remains open. Others may remain on a device for a specified period or until they are deleted.
Cookies may be set directly by ASCF or, where applicable, by trusted third-party services used by the website.
The categories below describe the ways cookies may be used on the ASCF website.
These cookies support functions necessary for the website to operate securely and reliably.
Where used, these cookies may remember choices such as website preferences or previously selected settings.
Where enabled, analytics technologies may help ASCF understand how visitors use the website and how it can be improved.
Certain services such as payment processors, embedded media, maps, or other external tools may use their own cookies when those services are accessed.
Essential cookies generally cannot be disabled through ASCF's website controls where they are required for the service requested by the visitor. The use of any third-party service cookies is governed by the relevant third party's policies.
ASCF does not use cookies to sell your personal information.
ASCF does not knowingly use its website to build advertising profiles about visitors unless a future feature specifically requires such technology and appropriate notice and consent are provided.
ASCF periodically reviews the technologies used by this website. The specific cookies and technologies in use may change as website services are updated.
As of the effective date of this policy, the ASCF website does not load third-party advertising, analytics, or social-media scripts as part of its standard pages. The verified categories below describe the technologies ASCF may rely on:
| Technology | Purpose | Category |
|---|---|---|
| First-party website scripts | Core site behavior, navigation, search, forms, and visual presentation. | Essential / functional |
| External payment processing | When a visitor makes an online donation, the final transaction may be handled by an external payment provider, which may set its own session or security cookies. | Essential (third-party, at donation time) |
| Forms and newsletter signup | Forms on this website run validation in the browser; no tracking cookie is set by ASCF for this purpose in the current implementation. | N/A — no cookie set |
This disclosure is intentionally conservative. ASCF will update this section when new integrations are added, and only lists technologies whose use is supported by the current website implementation.
Payment processing
Email and newsletter services
Analytics
Embedded video or media
Maps
Security and infrastructure services
Some ASCF website functions may rely on trusted third-party providers. Depending on the services currently enabled, these may include payment processing, email and newsletter services, analytics, embedded video or media, maps, and security or infrastructure services.
Third-party services may set their own cookies when visitors interact with those services. ASCF does not control the cookies created directly by independent third-party providers.
When a visitor makes an online donation, the transaction may be processed by an external payment provider.
The payment provider may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for security, fraud prevention, transaction processing, or session management.
ASCF does not intentionally store complete payment-card numbers, expiration dates, or CVV security codes on its website servers.
Visitors can generally manage cookies through their browser settings. They may be able to:
Disabling certain cookies may affect features that depend on those cookies.
Where required by applicable law or where ASCF uses non-essential tracking technologies, visitors may be presented with appropriate cookie choices.
Essential technologies required for security and basic website operation may operate independently of optional cookie preferences.
Some browsers and devices provide privacy signals or settings intended to limit tracking.
Because standards and technical requirements continue to evolve, ASCF reviews reasonable privacy controls as its website technology develops.
ASCF may update this Cookie Policy when website technologies, service providers, legal requirements, or privacy practices change.
The current version will always display its effective date.
Our team is happy to help with questions about this Cookie Policy or how your information is handled.