Privacy Policy for Ethiopia Online Market

Last Updated: July 24, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Ethiopia Online Market ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://ethiopiaonlinemarket.com. Please read this policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

A. Personal Data You Provide to Us

We collect personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, that you voluntarily give to us when you register for an account or when you make a purchase.

B. Data We Collect Automatically (Tracking & Cookies)

When you access the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity. This information is collected using cookies and other tracking technologies like pixels to help us improve our website and marketing efforts. This includes:

Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. This helps us see the number of visitors, which pages are most popular, and the general geographic location of our users. This data is aggregated and does not personally identify you.
Meta Pixel (Facebook Pixel) & Conversion API (CAPI): We use Meta's tracking tools to measure the effectiveness of our Facebook and Instagram advertising. These tools allow us to show you relevant ads, create custom audiences for our ads, and understand the actions you take on our website after seeing an ad. Through these tools, and only with your explicit consent, we may share hashed information like your email address, phone number, and name with Meta to improve ad targeting and measurement.

3. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

Process your payments and fulfill and manage your orders.
Communicate with you regarding your account or orders.
Analyze website usage and trends to improve our website and user experience.
Deliver targeted advertising, promotions, and other information regarding our products to you.
Comply with legal and regulatory requirements.

4. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations with the following third parties:

Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors who perform services for us, such as payment processing (e.g., Stripe, PayPal) and shipping carriers.
Advertising Partners: We share data collected by tracking technologies with our advertising partners, primarily **Google** and **Meta (Facebook)**, to help us with our marketing campaigns and to show you relevant ads.
Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information if required by law to respond to legal process and to protect the rights, property, and safety of others.

5. Your Data Rights and Choices

You have rights concerning your personal data. Depending on your location, these may include the right to:

Access, Update, or Delete the information we have on you.
Opt-out of Tracking: You have full control over the use of cookies and tracking technologies. You can manage your preferences at any time through the cookie consent banner on our site. If you do not consent to marketing or analytics, the corresponding tracking scripts will not be loaded.

6. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: contact@ethiopiaonlinemarket.com
Phone: 0938034922