1. What cookies are
Cookies are small records stored by a browser. Similar local storage may also remember a limited setting on the device.
2. What this website currently uses
| Purpose | Why it is needed | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|
| Session and security | Maintains the session, protects forms, and supports secure sign-in. | Session or configured session lifetime |
| Account preferences | Remembers authentication and settings requested by the user. | According to the selected function |
| Cart continuity | Connects a visitor or signed-in customer to the correct shopping cart. | Until expiry or deletion |
3. Website totals and optional analytics
Separately from cookies, we increment a daily public-page request total for site administration. This includes requests from visitors rejecting optional analytics, but stores no individual event, IP address, path, device, location or identifier. These totals are kept for 90 days; browser privacy signals disable this counter.
Optional first-party analytics runs only after you choose to allow it. We count public page views and visits, device categories and traffic-source categories. We do not use advertising cookies or third-party analytics services. We do not retain IP addresses, full browser details, referrer URLs, URL query strings or account identities in analytics.
mbaga_consent is an encrypted, essential preference cookie storing your allow/reject choice, policy version and choice date for 180 days. mbaga_visit is an optional encrypted cookie storing the last activity time and broad traffic source; it expires after 30 minutes of inactivity and contains no unique visitor identifier. Daily aggregate reports are deleted after 90 days.
4. Managing browser storage
Use Cookie settings at any time to allow analytics or reject optional cookies. Rejecting withdraws consent and removes the visit cookie. Your browser’s Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal also disables analytics. Previously aggregated counts cannot be linked back to you.
You can delete or block cookies in browser settings. Blocking essential cookies may prevent sign-in, carts, protected forms, or other requested functions from working correctly.
5. Questions
For questions about browser storage or privacy, contact support@mbagafoodlife.com.
After you allow optional analytics, we use your connection IP briefly to estimate the country with a database held on our server. The IP is not stored in analytics or sent to a lookup service. Only daily country totals are retained for 90 days. Estimates can be inaccurate, particularly with VPNs or mobile networks. We do not collect city, province or precise location. Rejecting optional analytics prevents this lookup.