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Cookie Policy

Last updated: April 16, 2026

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are commonly used to make websites function properly, improve user experience, and provide basic information to the website operator.


2. About This Website

This Cookie Policy applies to www.mammoth.health, operated in relation to Mammoth, a health information exchange platform that enables secure, consent-based access to health information.

This Cookie Policy should be read together with the Mammoth Privacy Policy, which explains how Mammoth processes Personal Information, including health information, in accordance with applicable South African data protection laws, including the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013.


3. How We Use Cookies

Mammoth uses a limited number of cookies that are necessary for the proper operation and security of the website.

We do not use cookies to sell Personal Information, serve behavioural advertising, or create advertising profiles.

Where cookies are used in connection with authentication, consent, website security, or user session management, they are used only for legitimate website functionality and security purposes.


4. The Cookies We Use

Cookie

Purpose

Type

Duration

Session token

Maintains a secure website session while you browse or access permitted website functionality

First-party, 

strictly necessary

Session; deleted when you close your browser

Consent state

Records whether you have acknowledged the website cookie notice

First-party, 

strictly necessary

12 months

Security cookie

Helps protect the website against unauthorised access, misuse, or malicious activity

First-party, 

strictly necessary

Session or limited duration, depending on security configuration

Cookies are retained only for as long as necessary, as state in the above table, to fulfil their intended purpose, after which they are automatically deleted or expire.

These cookies are necessary for the website to operate securely and effectively. They are not used for advertising purposes.


5. Third-Party Cookies

Mammoth does not currently use third-party cookies for advertising, behavioural tracking, or profiling.

If third-party cookies are introduced in future, this Cookie Policy will be updated. Where required by law, Mammoth will request your consent before setting non-essential third-party cookies.


6. Personal Information and Health Information

Cookies used on www.mammoth.health are not intended to collect health information or detailed medical data.

Where any information collected through cookies constitutes Personal Information, Mammoth will process such information in accordance with the Mammoth Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws. Thus, Mammoth will process any Personal Information collected through cookies on the basis that such processing is necessary for the proper performance of the website, the provision of secure services, and compliance with applicable legal obligations. Where required, consent will be obtained prior to the use of non-essential cookies


7. Managing Cookies

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling strictly necessary cookies may affect the functionality, security, or availability of the website.


8. International Users / Cross-Border Note 

Where cookies involve the processing of information across borders, such processing will be conducted in accordance with applicable data protection laws and appropriate safeguards.


9. Changes to This Cookie Policy

Mammoth may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be published on this page with an updated effective date.

You are encouraged to review this Cookie Policy periodically.


10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how Mammoth uses cookies, please contact us at:

Mammoth
Website: www.mammoth.health
Email: info@mammoth.health