Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy explains how Empower Finance Uganda ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://www.empowerfinanceuganda.com/ ("Website"). It 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 text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several purposes, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the Website 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 improve how our Website works.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our Website to remember choices you make (such as your language or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
- Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements 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 campaigns.
- Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to collect information about visitor behavior on our website. This information includes the number of visitors, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. We use this information to improve our website and the services we offer.
Types of Cookies We Use
The following table details the types of cookies we use and their purpose:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| SessionID | Maintains user session information | Session | Essential |
| Google Analytics (_ga, _gid, _gat) | Collects data on website usage for analytics | Varies (ranging from session to 2 years) | Performance |
| LanguagePreference | Remembers user's language preference | 1 year | Functionality |
| AdCampaignTracker | Tracks advertising campaign performance | 30 days | Targeting/Advertising |
Managing Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by using the cookie consent tool provided on our Website.
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.
Here are links to cookie management information for some popular web browsers:
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookies 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 revisit this Cookies Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Empower Finance Uganda
Plot 42, Nakasero Road
Kampala, Uganda
Email:
privacy@empowerfinanceuganda.com
Phone: +256 677221917
This Cookies Policy was last updated on October 26, 2023.