1. What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file a website asks your browser to keep and send back on your next visit. Websites also use your browser's own storage (called local storage and session storage) for the same kind of job. This policy covers both, and calls them all cookies unless the difference matters.
Trade-Hub uses cookies to keep you signed in, hold your cart, protect our forms and, only if you agree, to count visits to products and to credit whoever referred you. We do not use advertising cookies, and we do not let advertising networks place cookies on our pages.
2. The law we follow
Some cookies hold information that can identify you, such as an id tied to your browser. That is personal data, and we handle it under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA) and the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019 (NDPR).
Cookies the site cannot work without are used to provide the service you ask for and to keep the site secure, so we do not ask for your consent before using them. Every other cookie on this page is written only after you agree, and you can withdraw that agreement at any time, as easily as you gave it.
3. Necessary cookies (always on)
Without these, signing in, the cart, checkout and messages do not work. They are used for nothing else.
| Name | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|
PHPSESSID | Keeps you signed in during a visit, holds your cart and anything held for this visit only (see below), and carries the codes that stop other websites submitting our forms in your name. | Until you close your browser |
th_cid | Remembers your customer record on this device after you order, so checkout can fill in your details next time. | 1 year |
th_chats | The private keys to your conversations with shops, so you can read replies without an account. | 1 year |
th_chat_on | Shows the Messages link once you have a conversation. | 1 year |
th_consent | Remembers the cookie choice you made, so we do not ask on every page. | 6 months |
Sellers have their own sign-in cookie in the vendor dashboard, which works the same way as PHPSESSID.
4. Visit counts (only if you agree)
| Name | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|
th_vid | A random id, not your name or email, so a product's visit and like counts count you once rather than every time you look. | 1 year |
If you say no, we still count your visit once, using the session cookie above, which ends when you close your browser.
5. Referrals (only if you agree)
| Name | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|
aff_ref | The code of the partner whose link you followed, so the referral is credited to them if you buy. | 30 days |
aff_apl | The affiliate's link to a particular product, for the same reason. | 30 days |
vendor_ref | The shop that invited you to sell on Trade-Hub, so its code is filled in when you sign up as a vendor. | 30 days |
If you say no, we remember who referred you for your current visit only, in the session cookie, so someone who sent you is still credited if you buy or sign up before you leave.
6. Settings kept in your browser
These hold choices you made on the page. They stay on your device and are never sent to us.
| Name | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|
th-theme, tradehub_theme | Light or dark mode. | Until you clear your browser data |
th-view | Grid or list on Browse Products. | Until you clear your browser data |
th_install_dismissed, th_ios_dismissed, th_notif_dismissed | That you closed a prompt (installing the app, notifications), so it is not shown again. | Until you clear your browser data |
th_chat | Keeps the chat window as you left it while you move between pages. | Until you close the tab |
7. Other companies
- Google Fonts. Our pages load their typefaces from Google's servers. To fetch them your browser connects to Google, which receives your IP address and the address of the page. We do not use any Google advertising or analytics service.
- OPay. When you pay, you are taken to OPay's own payment page. OPay's cookies and privacy policy apply there, not ours.
- LocationIQ. When you type an address and we suggest matches, the text you type is sent to LocationIQ to find them.
The Privacy Policy lists everyone we share information with, and why.
8. Your choices
Your current choice: not made yet.
- Turning a kind of cookie off deletes those cookies straight away.
- You can also block or delete cookies in your browser's settings. If you block the necessary ones, signing in, the cart and checkout stop working.
9. Changes and contact
When the cookies we use change, this page changes with them, and the date at the top moves. Questions about cookies or your personal data go to info@thetradehubstore.com. If you are not satisfied with our answer, you can complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.