Cookie Policy

1. What this covers

This policy explains the cookies and similar storage that Beyi poa uses on the website and in the Android and iOS apps. It sits alongside the Privacy Policy.

A cookie is a small text file a site stores on your device. The apps and the website also use local storage in the browser or on the phone for the same kind of job. This policy covers both.

2. What we use

We use storage only to run the shop. We do not use advertising cookies, and we do not let advertising networks set cookies on Beyi poa.

• Sign-in. After you sign in, Firebase Authentication keeps a session on your device so you stay signed in. Without it, we would ask you to sign in on every screen.
• Cart. The website keeps a copy of your cart in local storage so the basket is still there if you refresh the page or you are not signed in yet. When you sign in, that cart is attached to your account.
• Security. Our servers record the IP address and time of a verification-SMS request. That record is not a cookie. It exists so a single number or network cannot request codes without limit.

3. What we do not use

• No cookies for advertising or retargeting.
• No sale of cookie data, and no cross-site tracking.
• No analytics cookie that follows you onto other websites.

If we later add a non-essential cookie, we will update this page first and, where the law requires it, ask before that cookie is set.

4. How long they last

The sign-in session lasts until you sign out, or until it expires and you need to sign in again. The cart copy stays on the device until you clear the site’s storage, or until the browser removes it. Verification-code records expire with the code, which is 10 minutes.

5. How to control them

You can block or delete cookies and site storage in your browser or phone settings. If you block the sign-in storage, you will need to sign in each time. If you clear site storage, a guest cart on that device is removed. Your account, past orders, and a cart already saved to the account are not deleted by clearing cookies. Account deletion is described in the Privacy Policy.

The iOS and Android apps do not use a browser cookie banner. Notification permission is requested by the phone’s own system, and you can turn notifications off in the phone settings at any time.

6. Contact

Questions about this policy: Beyi poa, Plot 12, Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda. Phone: +256 700 123 456.