This site sets no cookies of its own, stores nothing in your browser, and keeps no identifier that follows you between visits.
Some of the things we link to or embed do set cookies — but only on their own pages or inside their own frames, as this page explains.
1. What a cookie is
A cookie is a small file a website asks your browser to store, so that it can recognise you on the next page or the next visit. A similar job can be done with browser storage (localStorage) or by a session on the server. All 3 are covered by this policy.
2. What this site actually does
| Category | Used here? | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary cookies | No | The site needs no session or login, so it sets none. |
| Analytics or measurement cookies | No | Google Analytics 4 measures page views with storage set to `none`, so it writes no cookie and no identifier. |
| Advertising or social cookies | No | No ad pixels, no retargeting, no social plug-ins. |
| Preference cookies | No | No theme, language or consent cookie is set. |
| Local storage | No | Nothing is written to `localStorage` or `sessionStorage`. |
Because there is nothing to store, there is no cookie banner — a banner over a site that stores nothing would be theatre. A single tag does load: Google Analytics 4, configured so that it counts the page view and writes nothing to your device. The 2 forms send the details you type to our own server, and the privacy policy explains what happens to them.
3. Third parties, and when they load
2 things on this site can cause someone else to set a cookie:
- The map
- The getting-there panel embeds Google Maps in an iframe. Google may set cookies in that frame, which is sandboxed to its own origin. The embed loads lazily, so it only happens once the panel scrolls into view or you switch between the show and the parking pin. If you never open it, nothing loads.
- Ticket checkout
- Following a link to our ticketing partner or our own box office takes you to their site, where their cookies and their policy apply from the moment you arrive. Nothing is set here before you click.
Links to Instagram and TikTok are ordinary links: they set nothing until you follow one, and then you are on their platform, under their rules.
Google Analytics 4 also loads on the public pages. It is set to storage: none, which means it counts the page view and writes nothing at all to your device — no cookie, no storage entry, and no identifier kept between visits. It is why there is still no banner.
4. Managing cookies
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, and you can browse this site with cookies off entirely without losing anything. Blocking third-party cookies may stop the embedded map from working; the "Get directions" and "Open in Google Maps" buttons are plain links and will still work.
5. More information
How we handle personal information generally — and how to ask us what we hold about you — is in the privacy policy. Questions about this page go to the Information Officer.
6. Contact
Questions about this document go to the show office at info@ghostfest.co.za, or +27 800 233 752 during the show. The show is run and promoted by NyxoEVENTS (⚠️ Registered entity name, registration ⚠️ 0000/000000/07), with Keyword Technology (Pty) Ltd (registration 2024/124630/07).
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