Cookie Policy for GiveEthiopia.com

Last updated: 08/15/2024

1. Introduction

Welcome to GiveEthiopia.com. This Cookie Policy is designed to provide you with detailed information about how we use cookies and similar technologies on our website. We believe in transparency and want to ensure that you have a complete understanding of how these technologies affect your experience on our site.

At GiveEthiopia.com, we are committed to protecting your privacy while providing you with the best possible user experience. This policy forms part of our broader commitment to data protection and should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies as described in this policy. If you do not agree with our use of cookies, you should either disable them or refrain from using our website.

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

3. How we use cookies

At GiveEthiopia.com, we use cookies for a variety of purposes. These include:

a) Essential website operation: Some cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They enable you to move around the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like making a donation or accessing your account, cannot be provided.
b) Website functionality: We use cookies to enhance the functionality of our website. These cookies remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
c) Website performance and analytics: We use cookies to analyze how visitors use our website. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
d) User experience: Cookies help us to provide you with a better user experience. They allow us to remember your preferences and tailor our site to your needs.
e) Advertising and targeting: We may use cookies to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign.

4. Types of cookies we use

We use the following types of cookies on GiveEthiopia.com:

a) Strictly Necessary Cookies:
These cookies are essential for you to browse our website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.

Example: Session cookies for managing user authentication and security.
b) Performance Cookies:
These cookies collect information about how you use our website, like which pages you visited and which links you clicked on. None of this information can be used to identify you. It is all aggregated and, therefore, anonymized. Their sole purpose is to improve website functions.

Example: Google Analytics cookies to track page views and user journeys through the site.
c) Functionality Cookies:
These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.

Example: Cookies that remember your login details or donation preferences.
d) Targeting/Advertising Cookies:
These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with our permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers.

Example: Cookies used by social media platforms to target ads based on your GiveEthiopia.com activity.

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.

The third-party services we use, which may place cookies on your device, include:

a) Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our website is being used so that we can improve user experience. Google Analytics may set cookies on your browser, or read cookies that are already there. Google Analytics may also receive information about you from apps you have downloaded that partner with Google.
b) Facebook Pixel: This allows us to measure, optimize, and build audiences for our advertising campaigns on Facebook. Facebook may use this data to match the right people with the right ad at the right time.
c) PayPal: If you choose to make a donation through PayPal, they may use cookies to remember your account details and facilitate the transaction process.
d) YouTube: We may embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player.

Please note that we do not have control over these third-party cookies. We encourage you to check the privacy policies of these third parties for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

6. How long do cookies last?

The length of time a cookie will stay on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies will only stay on your device until you stop browsing. Persistent cookies stay on your computer or mobile device until they expire or are deleted.

7. Managing cookies

You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. However, please note that if you choose to refuse cookies, you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website.

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Here’s how you can manage cookies in the most common browsers:

Google Chrome: Settings > Advanced > Privacy and security > Site Settings > Cookies
Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
Safari: Preferences > Privacy
Microsoft Edge: Settings > Privacy and services > Cookies

You can also use tools like the EDAA’s consumer choice platform www.youronlinechoices.com to manage cookies from specific advertisers.

8. Do Not Track signals

Some browsers have incorporated “Do Not Track” (DNT) features that can send a signal to the websites you visit indicating you do not wish to be tracked. Because there is not yet a common understanding of how to interpret the DNT signal, our website does not currently respond to browser DNT signals. However, you can use the range of other tools we provide to control data collection and use.

9. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect 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.

The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

10. More information

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at [insert email address] or write to us at:

[Insert physical mailing address]

11. Your consent

By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies and similar technologies as described in this policy. You can withdraw your consent at any time by deleting the cookies on your device or by configuring your browser settings to reject cookies.

12. Data protection and privacy

For more information about how we protect your personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy [insert link].

Thank you for taking the time to read our Cookie Policy. We hope this information helps you understand how and why cookies are used on GiveEthiopia.com.