Cookies Policy
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you browse websites. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as 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, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
How We Use Cookies
At Tumaini Education Initiative, we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website, tumaini-education.org. Cookies help us understand how our site is being used, allowing us to improve its navigation, content, and overall performance. Specifically, we use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they receive error messages from web pages. This data helps us to optimize the site's performance and user experience.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your language or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
- Targeting or Advertising Cookies: While we do not currently use advertising cookies, we may implement them in the future to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. These cookies may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns.
We do not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information without your explicit consent.
Types of Cookies We Use
The following table provides more detailed information about the types of cookies we use and their purposes:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| session_id | Maintains user session across pages. | Essential | Session |
| csrftoken | Protects against cross-site request forgery attacks. | Essential | Session |
| analytics_id | Tracks website traffic and user behavior for analytical purposes using anonymized data. | Performance | 2 years |
| language_preference | Remembers the user's preferred language setting. | Functionality | 1 year |
How to Control Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by using the mechanisms provided in your web browser. Here are some options for controlling cookies:
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically find these settings in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of your browser. You can configure your browser to block all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or prompt you each time a cookie is offered.
- Specific Cookie Opt-Out Tools: Some third-party services provide specific opt-out tools for their cookies. You can use these tools to prevent these services from tracking your online activity.
- Cookie Consent Tool: We may implement a cookie consent tool on our website that allows you to manage your cookie preferences directly.
Please note that if you choose to disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly. For example, you may not be able to log in to your account or access certain personalized content.
To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org .
Changes to this Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. We will post any changes to this policy on our website and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Tumaini Education Initiative
P.O. Box 23456
Kampala, Uganda
Email:
info@tumaini-education.org
Phone: +256 272 716563
Data Protection Officer: Nakato Aisha