PayU uses cookies, web beacons and similar techniques (“cookies”) when you access our Website, App or Platform. We explain how we use cookies and the choices you have when it comes to our use of cookies. If you have any specific questions on the application of cookies for the use of cookies in a local PayU business website in accordance with local law, please click here.
What are Cookies?
A cookie is small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters (numbers and letters). These are sent from PayU or our partners web servers and end up stored on your browser or on your device. We use different types of cookies:
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Session cookies: These are temporary cookies that disappear when you close your browser or App.
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Permanent or Persistent cookies: These are cookies that remain on your browser or App after you close your browser or App which can be removed manually. These may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the Website, App and/or Platform until you delete them or they expire.
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Pre-Cookies: These are cookies set by the website you visit.
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Third-party: These are cookies set by a third-party website.
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Web Beacon is an electronic image requests (called a “single-pixel gif” or “web beacon” request) that allow us to count page views and to access cookies. Any electronic image viewed as part of a web page (including an ad banner) can act as a web beacon. Web beacons are typically 1-by-1 pixel files (so small that you would likely not realize that they are there), but their presence can usually be seen within a browser by clicking on “View” and then on “Source.” We may also include web beacons in HTML-formatted newsletters that we send to opt-in subscribers in order to count how many newsletters have been read.
Cookies all serve different purposes. These are:
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Essential cookies: These are cookies we need to provide our services to you, and for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website, select our payment options or use our merchant portal.
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Analytical/Performance cookies: These cookies help us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily, allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website or App when they are using it. These cookies help us improve your user experience.
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Functionality cookies: These are used to recognise you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
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Third-Party cookies: Some of our business partners (e.g. advertisers or platform providers) use their own cookies on our Website and PayU has no access to or control over such cookies. Information collected by any cookie is governed by the privacy policy or statement of the company that created it, and not by PayU. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. This Statement covers the use of cookies by PayU only and does not cover the use of cookies by any third-party advertisers or partners on the Website.
Marketing Cookies
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Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
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Analysis: Analysis cookies collect information about how users interact with our Website and give us lessons about overall interaction patterns rather than individual users' behaviours. This data helps us improve your experience on the Website.
The specific type of cookies that PayU uses throughout the corporate.payu.com website, the purposes they perform, and their duration are provided below.
Essential Cookies
Category
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Cookie Name
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Provider
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Cookie Purpose and Description
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Expiry
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Essential |
__cfduid |
openshareaccount.com |
Used by the content netowrk, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic |
1 year |
Essential
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JSESSIONID
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nr-data.net
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Preserves users’ states across page requests
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Session
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Analytical/Performance Cookies
Category
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Cookie Name
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Provider
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Cookie Purpose and Description
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Expiry
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Analytical/
Performance
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_ga |
payu.co.za
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Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website
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2 years |
Analytical/
Performance
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_gat |
payu.co.za
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Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate
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1 day |
Analytical/
Performance
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_gid |
payu.co.za
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Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website
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1 day |
Analytical/
Performance
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collect |
google-analytics.com
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Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.
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Session
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Third-Party Marketing and Advertising Cookies
Category
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Cookie Name
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Provider
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Cookie Purpose and Description
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Expiry
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Marketing |
pagead/1p-conversion/# |
google.com |
Unclassified |
Session |
Marketing |
GPS
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youtube.com
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Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location
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1 day
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Marketing |
IDE |
doubleclick.net
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Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to open targeted ads to the user.
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1 year |
Marketing |
lidc
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linkedin.com
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Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.
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1 day |
Marketing |
PREF
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youtube.com
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Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites
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8 months
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Marketing |
r/collect
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doubleclick.net
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This cookie is used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. It tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels
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Session
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Marketing |
test_cookie
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doubleclick.net
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Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.
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1 day |
Marketing |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
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youtube.com
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Tries to estimate the user's bandwidth on pages with intergrated YouTube videos.
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179 days |
Marketing |
YSC |
youtube.com
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Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
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Session |
Marketing |
yt.innertube::nextId
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youtube.com
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Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
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Persistent
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Marketing |
yt.innertube::requests
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youtube.com
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Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
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Persistent
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Marketing |
yt-player-two-stage-token
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youtube.com
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Unclassified
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Persistent
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Marketing |
yt-remote-cast-installed
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youtube.com
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Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
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Session |
Marketing |
yt-remote-connected-devices
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youtube.com
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Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
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Persistent
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Marketing |
yt-remote-device-id
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youtube.com
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Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
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Persistent
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Marketing |
yt-remote-fast-check-period
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youtube.com
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Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
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Session
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Marketing |
yt-remote-session-app
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youtube.com
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Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
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Session |
Marketing |
yt-remote-session-name
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youtube.com
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Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
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Session |
How can you control PayU’s use of cookies?
Go to the settings of your browser or device to learn more about adjusting the settings for cookies. For example, you can choose to block all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or delete cookies when you close your browser.
However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
If you want to learn more about how to disable and delete cookies on your browser, click on any of the links below depending on your choice of browser. Should your browser not be listed below, or if you want to learn more about cookies in general, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
How often does PayU update the Cookie Overview?
PayU reviews and when needed will also ensure that regular checks and updates on its Cookie Overview is performed to reflect changes to the cookies we use and to align with legal and regulatory requirements. The date reflected on top of the Cookie Overview indicates when the document was last updated.