Effective Date: December 2, 2025 | Last Updated: December 10, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how Forged In Fitness (Pty) Ltd ("Forged Fitness," "we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website or use our platform. By using Forged Fitness, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the owners of the site.
Cookies enable the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size, and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
Authentication: To identify you when you sign in to our platform and keep you logged in.
Security: To detect and prevent security risks, such as fraudulent login attempts.
Preferences: To remember your settings and preferences.
Performance: To understand how our platform is performing and improve it.
Analytics: To analyze how users interact with our platform so we can improve the user experience.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
3.1 Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work.
3.2 Performance & Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.
3.3 Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
4. Specific Cookies
Cookie Type
Name
Purpose
Duration
Essential
next-auth.session-token
Used for secure authentication to keep you logged in
Session / 30 days
Essential
next-auth.csrf-token
Protects against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks
Session
Essential
next-auth.callback-url
Remembers the page you were trying to access before login
Session
Preference
theme
Remembers your dark/light mode preference
Persistent
Analytics
_ga, _gid
Google Analytics cookies to distinguish users and measure usage
2 years / 24 hours
Consent
cookie-consent
Stores your cookie consent preferences
1 year
5. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here:https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. However, please note that if you choose to reject cookies, access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted.
You can also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.
Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies and other technologies, please contact us: