How OMNI Ethiopia collects, uses, and protects your information.
OMNI Ethiopia respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal information shared with us through this website.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, how long we keep it, and the choices available to you when you use our website or contact us.
OMNI Ethiopia is a communication-for-development organisation based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We use communication, media, storytelling, research, dialogue, and public-interest campaigns to support peace, social progress, civic engagement, inclusion, and access to information.
Our website address is: https://omniethiopia.org
For privacy-related questions, contact: info@omniethiopia.org
We may collect personal information when you voluntarily provide it to us, including when you:
This information may include your name, email address, phone number, organisation, job title, message details, CV, application documents, or any other information you choose to provide.
We may also collect basic technical information automatically, including your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, date and time of visit, referring website, and general usage data.
We may use your information to:
We do not sell personal information.
If comments are enabled on this website and visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymised string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available on Automattic’s website. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible publicly in the context of your comment.
If comments are disabled on the website, this section may not apply to normal visitors.
If users are allowed to upload images to the website, they should avoid uploading images with embedded location data, such as EXIF GPS data. Visitors may be able to download and extract location data from images published on the website.
OMNI Ethiopia takes care when publishing project photographs, videos, audio, case studies, and stories. Where individuals are identifiable, especially children or vulnerable persons, we aim to use appropriate consent, approval, or safeguarding review before publication.
This website may use cookies to support basic website functionality, security, analytics, user preferences, and login functions.
If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies may last for one year.
If you visit the login page, the website may set a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is removed when you close your browser.
When authorised users log in, the website may set cookies to save login information and screen display choices. Login cookies usually last for two days, and screen option cookies may last for one year. If “Remember Me” is selected, the login may remain active for up to two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
If an authorised user edits or publishes an article, an additional cookie may be saved in the browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the edited article. It expires after one day.
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Some website features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.
OMNI Ethiopia may use website analytics tools to understand visitor behaviour and improve website performance. These tools may collect aggregated information such as page views, device type, browser type, referral source, and general location.
Analytics information is used to improve the website and understand audience engagement. It is not used to sell personal information.
Pages and articles on this website may include embedded content, such as videos, images, articles, maps, audio, social media posts, or documents.
Embedded content from other websites behaves as if the visitor has visited the external website directly. These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you are logged into that external platform.
External platforms may include LinkedIn, Facebook, X, YouTube, donor websites, partner websites, or publication platforms.
This website may link to external websites or platforms. OMNI Ethiopia is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of external websites. When you visit external platforms, their own privacy policies and terms apply.
We may share personal information only when necessary and appropriate, including with:
If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email.
We do not sell personal information to third parties.
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including communication, administration, recruitment, project management, reporting, legal, donor, or compliance purposes.
If comments are enabled and you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognised and approved automatically.
For registered users, if any, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except they cannot change their username. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Where information is no longer needed, OMNI Ethiopia may delete, archive, or anonymise it.
Depending on applicable law and the nature of the information, you may request to:
These rights may be limited where we need to retain information for administrative, legal, security, donor, contractual, safeguarding, or compliance reasons.
To make a request, contact us at: info@omniethiopia.org
OMNI Ethiopia’s work may involve communication activities with young people, communities, and vulnerable groups. We take additional care when handling information, images, stories, audio, or video involving children or vulnerable persons.
Where required, we seek appropriate consent, safeguarding review, partner approval, or public-interest justification before collecting or publishing such content.
Visitor comments, form submissions, or website security data may be checked through automated spam detection or website security services.
Data may also be processed through website hosting, email, analytics, form, or security providers that support the operation of this website.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, activities, legal requirements, or organisational practices.
The latest version will be available on this page with the updated date shown at the top.
For questions, concerns, or requests related to this Privacy Policy, please contact:
OMNI Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Email: info@omniethiopia.org
Website: https://omniethiopia.org
Email: info@omniethiopia.org
Address: Garad Building, 7th Floor, Kazanchis, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Website: omniethiopia.org
