Website: https://www.tenaracare.org/
Effective Date: 6 January 2025
Last Updated: 6 January 2025
At TenaraCare, we believe visitors should understand how information about their website activity may be collected and used.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how they may be used on our website, the types of cookies that may be present and how you can manage your cookie preferences.
Please read this policy alongside our Privacy Policy.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites store on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other internet-connected device when you visit them.
They help websites recognise devices, remember certain preferences, support website functionality and understand how visitors interact with different pages.
Some cookies are necessary for a website to function properly, while others support analytics, advertising, personalisation and other features.
2. Why TenaraCare May Use Cookies
TenaraCare may use cookies and similar technologies for several purposes, including:
- Website functionality: To support essential features and improve website operation.
- User preferences: To remember certain settings and preferences.
- Website performance: To understand how the website performs and identify technical issues.
- Analytics: To understand visitor behaviour, popular articles, traffic sources and general website usage.
- Advertising: To support advertisements, measure advertising performance and, where applicable, display relevant advertisements.
- Security: To help identify suspicious activity and protect the website against misuse.
The specific cookies used depend on the features, plugins and third-party services enabled on our website.
3. Types of Cookies We May Use
A. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are important for the basic operation, security and functionality of a website.
They may support activities such as:
- Maintaining website sessions.
- Supporting security features.
- Managing certain website functions.
- Supporting WordPress administration and login processes.
Some essential cookies cannot be disabled through ordinary website cookie preferences because they are necessary for the requested service to operate.
B. Functional Cookies
Functional cookies may help remember preferences and settings to improve your browsing experience.
Depending on the features available, these may include:
- Remembering selected preferences.
- Supporting certain interactive features.
- Maintaining relevant website settings.
C. Analytics and Performance Cookies
Analytics cookies may help us understand how visitors interact with TenaraCare.
Where analytics services are enabled, they may collect information such as:
- Pages visited.
- Time spent on different pages.
- General traffic sources.
- Browser and device information.
- Interactions with website content.
- General website performance information.
This information helps us identify popular content, improve navigation and make the website more useful to visitors.
D. Advertising and Marketing Cookies
If advertising services are introduced on TenaraCare, advertising cookies or similar technologies may be used to:
- Display advertisements.
- Measure advertising performance.
- Limit repeated advertisements.
- Understand interactions with advertisements.
- Support relevant advertising where permitted.
Third-party advertising providers may use their own cookies and technologies in accordance with their respective privacy policies.
E. Third-Party Cookies
Some features or services available through TenaraCare may be provided by external platforms.
These providers may place their own cookies or use similar technologies when their services are accessed through our website.
Examples may include analytics services, embedded content, advertising platforms and other third-party tools.
We do not directly control all cookies placed by external providers.
We encourage you to review the privacy and cookie policies of those providers for further information.
4. Cookies and WordPress
TenaraCare uses WordPress as its website content management system.
Depending on how the website is configured and which plugins or features are active, WordPress may use cookies to support functions such as:
- User login and authentication.
- Administrative sessions.
- Comment-related preferences.
- Security and website functionality.
The cookies present on the website may change when plugins, themes, settings or other website features are added, updated or removed.
5. How Long Do Cookies Last?
Cookies may remain on your device for different periods depending on their purpose.
Session Cookies
Session cookies are temporary and are generally removed when you close your browser.
Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them manually.
Their duration depends on the service that creates them and the purpose for which they are used.
We do not assume that every cookie has the same lifespan.
6. How to Manage or Disable Cookies
You can manage cookies through your browser settings.
Most modern browsers allow you to:
- View cookies stored on your device.
- Delete existing cookies.
- Block certain types of cookies.
- Block cookies from specific websites.
- Receive notifications when websites attempt to store cookies.
Please note that blocking or deleting certain cookies may affect website functionality and your browsing experience.
For more information, consult the help or privacy settings of your browser.
7. Managing Cookie Preferences
Where a cookie consent or preference management tool is available on TenaraCare, visitors may use it to review and manage their cookie choices.
Depending on the tool, available options may include accepting all cookies, rejecting non-essential cookies or selecting specific categories.
Where consent is required by applicable law, non-essential cookies should not be activated before the necessary consent has been obtained.
You may also change or withdraw your cookie preferences where the consent tool provides that functionality.
8. Third-Party Privacy Policies
Third-party services accessed through TenaraCare may have their own cookie and privacy practices.
If you interact with an external service, its provider may collect information in accordance with its own policies.
We encourage visitors to review the relevant policies of third-party providers before using their services.
For information about how TenaraCare handles personal information generally, please read our Privacy Policy.
9. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when our website features, technologies, plugins, third-party services or applicable legal requirements change.
Any updates will be published on this page, together with a revised “Last Updated” date.
We encourage visitors to review this policy periodically.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy or how cookies may be used on TenaraCare, please contact us.
TenaraCare
Website: https://www.tenaracare.org/
Email: info@tenaracare.org
Thank you for visiting TenaraCare.
We value your privacy and aim to provide a transparent and responsible browsing experience.
