This cookie policy explains how Ethiopia Life Wellness Center Inc. (“we”, “us”, or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website https://www.ethiolifeandwellnesscenter.org/ (“the website”). It also explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Ethiopia Life Wellness Center Inc.) are called “first-party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies”. Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our website to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our website. Third parties serve cookies through our website for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
What types of cookies do we use?
The specific types of first-party and third-party cookies served through our website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below:
| Cookie Name | Cookie Type | Cookie Purpose | Cookie Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | First-party | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the site’s analytics reports. | 2 years |
| _gid | First-party | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to store and update a unique value for each page visited. | 24 hours |
| _gat | First-party | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to throttle the request rate and limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. | 1 minute |
| _cfduid | Third-party | This cookie is used by Cloudflare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information. | 30 days |
| fr | Third-party | This cookie is used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | 3 months |
How can you control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by clicking on the appropriate opt-out links provided in the cookie table above.
You can also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. 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.
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
Where can you get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at info@ethiolife.org or contact@ethiolife.org.
Ethiopia Life Wellness Center Inc. 13103 Marigold Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20906 USA
Last updated on December 12, 2023.