Cookies Policy

This Cookie Policy applies to the MeshFund website at https://mesh-fund.com/ and works alongside our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, both available at the footer of our website. By continuing to use this website you confirm that you have read and understood how we use cookies.

WHAT ARE COOKIES

1.1. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device, computer, tablet, or mobile phone, when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to website owners about how their site is being used.

1.2. Cookies placed on your device may remain for the duration of your browsing session. These are called session cookies and are deleted when you close your browser. Others remain on your device for a set period after your visit, these are called persistent cookies and remain until they expire or until you delete them manually.

1.3. Some cookies are placed directly by MeshFund, these are called first-party cookies. Others are placed by third-party services that operate on our website; these are called third-party cookies and are governed by the privacy policies of those third parties.

WHY WE USE COOKIES

MeshFund uses cookies for the following purposes:

To ensure that our website functions correctly and securely, as without certain cookies, parts of the website would not work properly
To remember your preferences and settings, so that you do not have to re-enter them each time you visit
To understand how visitors use our website, so that we can improve its performance and content
To measure the effectiveness of our marketing and outreach efforts
To enable social media sharing features on our website
To allow third-party tools and integrations to function correctly on our platform

TYPES OF COOKIES WE USE

3.1. Essential Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function. They enable core features such as page navigation, security, and access to certain areas of the website. Without these cookies the website cannot operate properly. These cookies cannot be disabled.

3.2 Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, which pages are visited most often, how long visitors stay, and whether visitors encounter any errors. This information is used in aggregate and anonymized form to help us understand and improve how our website performs. We do not use analytics data to identify individual users.

3.3 Functional Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make such as your username, language preference, or region so we can provide a more personalized experience. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as watching a video or using a live chat tool. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

3.4 Marketing and Advertising Cookies

These cookies track your browsing habits across websites so that advertising relevant to you and your interests can be shown to you. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission.

3.5 Social Media Cookies

These cookies are set by social media platforms including LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and others whose features we have integrated into our website. They enable you to share content from our website directly to your social media profiles. These cookies may track your browser across other websites and build a profile of your interests. We do not control how these third-party cookies function and recommend reviewing the relevant platform’s privacy and cookie policy for more detail.

COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE

4.1. MeshFund uses a range of first-party and third-party cookies on its website. The specific cookies in use may change over time as we update our website, add new features, or change the tools and integrations we use to operate and improve our platform. MeshFund reviews and updates its cookie inventory at least once per year and whenever a material change is made to the website.

4.2. Where MeshFund is unable to provide an exhaustive list of every specific cookie currently active on the website at any given time, this does not limit MeshFund’s obligation to use cookies responsibly and in accordance with this policy. MeshFund commits to using only cookies that serve a legitimate purpose and to ensuring that non-essential cookies are only placed where the user has provided valid consent.

4.3. If you wish to know the specific cookies currently active on your browser when visiting the MeshFund website, you can view them directly through your browser’s developer tools or settings. Most modern browsers allow you to see, manage, and delete individual cookies at any time. Instructions for doing this in your specific browser are set out in Section 7 of this policy.

4.4. MeshFund accepts no liability for any cookies placed on your device by third-party providers operating on our website beyond MeshFund’s reasonable control, provided that MeshFund has taken reasonable steps to ensure that such third parties handle any data collected through their cookies responsibly and in accordance with applicable law.

THIRD PARTY COOKIES

5.1. MeshFund’s website may include tools, integrations, plugins, and features provided by third-party service providers. These third parties may place their own cookies on your device when you visit our website. MeshFund does not control the cookies placed by third parties and is not responsible for how those providers collect, use, or share data through their cookies.

5.2. Third-party cookies placed on the MeshFund website may include but are not limited to cookies from analytics providers, social media platforms, advertising networks, payment processors, and website functionality tools. Each third-party provider operates under their own privacy and cookie policy which governs how their cookies function and how any data collected is used.

5.3. MeshFund takes reasonable steps to ensure that any third-party tools integrated into its website are from reputable providers who comply with applicable data protection laws. However, MeshFund cannot guarantee the conduct of third-party providers and recommends that users review the privacy and cookie policies of any third party whose services are accessed through the MeshFund website.

5.4. Where a third-party tool on the MeshFund website transfers data to servers located outside South Africa including servers in the United States or the European Union that transfer is governed by the third party’s own data transfer mechanisms and policies. By accepting non-essential cookies on the MeshFund website you acknowledge that data collected through those cookies may be processed in jurisdictions outside South Africa.

5.5. MeshFund is not liable for any loss, damage, or harm arising from your interaction with third-party cookies or from your use of third-party services accessed through links or integrations on the MeshFund website. If you do not wish to accept third-party cookies you can manage your preferences through the cookie consent manager or through your browser settings as described in Section 7.

5.6. MeshFund, at its own discretion, may update this policy when material changes are made to the third-party tools operating on its website that affect how cookies are used. If you have concerns about a specific third-party cookie you believe is active on the MeshFund website, then kindly contact us at legal@mesh-fund.com.

YOUR COOKIE CONSENT

6.1. When you first visit the MeshFund website you will be presented with a cookie consent notice that allows you to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customize your cookie preferences by category. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the website to function.

6.2. By clicking Accept All on the cookie consent notice you consent to MeshFund and its third-party partners placing all categories of cookies described in this policy on your device for the purposes described.

6.3. By clicking Reject Non-Essential or managing your preferences you limit the categories of cookies placed on your device to essential cookies only. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality and user experience of the website. MeshFund is not liable for any reduced functionality resulting from your decision to restrict non-essential cookies.

6.4. Your cookie consent preferences are stored on your device. After a period of twelve (12) months you will be asked to confirm your preferences again. You may update your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the cookie settings link in the footer of the website.

6.5. If you clear your browser cookies, your saved preferences will be lost, and the consent notice will appear again on your next visit to the website. MeshFund is not responsible for any loss of saved preferences resulting from you clearing your browser cookies.

6.6. Where you have provided consent to non-essential cookies and subsequently withdraw that consent, MeshFund will cease placing new non-essential cookies on your device. However, the withdrawal of consent does not automatically delete cookies that were already placed on your device before the withdrawal. You must delete those cookies manually through your browser settings.

6.7. MeshFund relies on your consent as the lawful basis for placing non-essential cookies. Where you have not provided consent, or where consent has been withdrawn, MeshFund will not place non-essential cookies on your device and will not use any data collected through non-essential cookies for any purpose.

MANAGING AND DELETING COOKIES

7.1. In addition to the cookie consent manager on our website, you can manage, restrict, or delete cookies directly through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse all cookies, delete existing cookies, and set preferences for specific websites.

7.2. You can manage cookies in commonly used browsers through the following browser settings paths:

Google Chrome — Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
Mozilla Firefox — Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and Site Data
Microsoft Edge — Settings > Cookies and Site Permissions > Manage and delete cookies
Safari — Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
Opera — Settings > Advanced > Privacy and Security > Site Settings > Cookies

7.3. Please note that restricting or deleting cookies may affect your experience on the MeshFund website. Some features may not function correctly or at all without certain cookies being active. MeshFund is not responsible for any loss of functionality or user experience resulting from your decision to restrict or delete cookies through your browser settings.

7.4. Deleting cookies from your browser does not prevent future cookies from being placed when you next visit the website unless you have also adjusted your browser settings to block future cookies or updated your preferences through our cookie consent manager.

7.5. MeshFund has no control over cookies stored by your browser from previous website visits or from other websites. If you have concerns about cookies placed by other websites, please manage those directly through your browser settings or contact the relevant website operator.

DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS

8.1. Some browsers include a ‘Do Not Track’ feature that signals to websites that you do not want your browsing activity to be tracked. The MeshFund website does not currently respond to Do Not Track signals from browsers as there is no universally agreed technical standard for how websites should interpret and respond to these signals.

8.2. You can manage your tracking preferences directly through your browser settings or through the cookie consent manager on the MeshFund website as described in Section 7. MeshFund will monitor developments in Do Not Track standards and will update its position if a recognized standard is adopted.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

9.1. MeshFund implements reasonable technical and organizational measures to ensure that cookies are used responsibly and in accordance with this policy. However, MeshFund does not guarantee that the website or any cookie-related functionality will be completely free from errors, interruptions, or security vulnerabilities.

9.2. MeshFund is not liable for any loss, damage, or harm arising from your use of the MeshFund website in connection with cookies including but not limited to any loss of data, loss of privacy, or loss of functionality to the extent that such loss arises from circumstances beyond MeshFund’s reasonable control.

9.3. MeshFund is not responsible for the cookie practices of any third-party websites linked to the MeshFund website. Links to third-party websites do not constitute MeshFund’s endorsement of those sites or their cookie and privacy practices. You access third-party websites entirely at your own risk.

9.4. MeshFund’s total aggregate liability in connection with any cookie-related claim shall not exceed the limits set out in MeshFund’s Website Terms of Use available at https://mesh-fund.com/

9.5. Nothing in this Section limits MeshFund’s liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable South African law.

UPDATES TO THIS COOKIE POLICY

10.1. MeshFund reviews this Cookie Policy at least once per year and whenever there is a material change to how we use cookies on our website, including when new third-party tools are added, existing ones are removed, or when applicable laws or regulatory guidance change.

10.2. When we make material changes to this policy, we will update the effective year at the footer of this document and where appropriate notify users through the cookie consent notice on the website.

10.3. Your continued use of the MeshFund website after any update to this Cookie Policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy. We recommend reviewing this policy periodically. The most current version is always available at https://mesh-fund.com/

10.4. MeshFund is not responsible for any loss or inconvenience arising from your failure to review updated versions of this policy. It is your responsibility to check this policy regularly and to ensure that your cookie preferences remain consistent with your wishes.

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