The short version
This website sets no cookies of its own and runs no analytics, no advertising trackers and no visitor profiling. It stores one small setting in your browser so it does not have to ask you the same question on every page, and the Contact page embeds a Google Map that sets Google’s own cookies.
What is stored, exactly
| Name | Type | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
cm_cookie |
Local storage | Remembers that you accepted or declined the notice at the bottom of the page, so it is not shown again. | Until you clear your browser data |
| Google Maps cookies | Third-party cookies | Set by the map embedded on the Contact page. They belong to Google, not to this practice, and we cannot read them. | Set by Google |
PHPSESSID |
Session cookie | Strictly necessary. Keeps a member of practice staff signed in to the booking portal. It is never set for ordinary visitors. | Deleted at sign-out or when the session expires |
Local storage is not a cookie
Cookies are sent to the server with every request. Local storage is not, it stays in your browser, and this site never transmits it anywhere. That is why the one preference we keep is stored that way: it never needs to leave your device.
Other services your browser contacts
Loading these pages fetches typefaces from Google Fonts and icons from Cloudflare. Those services see your IP address and browser type, as they would for any site that uses them, but they set no cookies here. The WhatsApp button and the “Get directions” links contact those services only when you click them.
Declining, and changing your mind
Declining the notice is recorded in the same local-storage key and stops the banner reappearing. Because the site sets no tracking cookies, there is nothing further to switch off, declining does not reduce what the site does, because the site was not doing it.
To clear the preference, clear this site’s data in your browser settings; the notice will appear again on your next visit. To avoid the Google Map entirely, block third-party content for this site or simply do not open the Contact page, both practice addresses and the directions links are also listed there as plain text, and in the footer of every page.
Questions
Email admin@composmentispsychology.com or call +264 (81) 273 6001.
See also: Privacy & Data Protection Notice