Cookie Policy

1. Overview

This Cookie Policy explains how RIC Development Botswana uses cookies and related browser technologies on the Sarona City website.

The website currently uses a strictly necessary session cookie to provide security and essential functionality. We do not use this cookie for third-party advertising.

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of information stored by your browser when you visit a website. They can help websites maintain secure sessions, remember temporary information and provide important functionality.

Some cookies remain for a defined period, while session cookies normally expire when the browser session ends.

3. Cookies used by Sarona City

Sarona City currently uses the following first-party cookie:

4. Strictly necessary session cookie

The Sarona City session cookie supports:

• Protection against forged form submissions
• Secure enquiry-form processing
• Temporary success and validation messages
• Submission rate controls
• Authenticated administration sessions

The cookie is configured with:

• Secure: transmitted only over an encrypted HTTPS connection
• HttpOnly: inaccessible to ordinary browser JavaScript
• SameSite=Lax: limits how the cookie accompanies cross-site requests
• __Host- prefix: restricts the cookie to the secure host and root path

5. External services

Some pages may display or link to external services, including maps and WhatsApp. When you interact with these services, their providers may process technical information or use cookies under their own policies.

External links do not place Sarona City session information into those services. We recommend reviewing the relevant provider’s privacy and cookie information before using the service.

6. Analytics and advertising cookies

The Sarona City website does not currently use third-party advertising cookies through its enquiry system.

If optional analytics, advertising or personalisation cookies are introduced in future, this policy will be updated and an appropriate consent mechanism will be implemented where required.

7. Managing cookies

Most browsers allow you to inspect, delete or block cookies through their privacy settings. Blocking all cookies may affect essential website functions.

You can normally remove the Sarona City session cookie by closing your browser or clearing site data for ecocity.woodwella.com.

8. Personal information

For information about how we collect, use and protect personal information, please read our Privacy Policy .

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when our website, technologies or legal obligations change. The latest version and its effective date will remain available on this page.

10. Contact us

For questions about the use of cookies on this website, contact: