Cookie Policy
Last updated: January 2025
Eye Health Maintenance uses cookies to improve your reading experience and understand how our editorial content is used. This policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and your choices.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember your preferences, track your activity, and improve functionality. Cookies cannot harm your device or access personal information beyond what you voluntarily provide.
Eye Health Maintenance, published from Ayala Avenue 182, Davao, uses cookies to enhance content delivery and gather insights about article readership and user engagement.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
Required for the website to function properly. These enable basic navigation, access to secure areas, and core features. Essential cookies cannot be disabled without affecting site functionality.
Performance Cookies
Help us understand how readers interact with our articles and editorial content. They collect anonymized data about page load times, popular topics, and reading patterns to improve content delivery.
Functional Cookies
Remember your preferences, such as language selection, text size adjustments, or sections you've bookmarked. These enhance your personalized reading experience across visits.
Analytical Cookies
Collect aggregate data about article views, reader demographics, and content performance. This helps our editorial team understand which topics resonate with our audience and refine our coverage.
Third-Party Cookies
Set by external services (such as analytics platforms and content delivery networks) to provide additional functionality and insights. These partners help us measure content reach and optimize delivery.
How We Use Cookies
- • Improve Content Navigation: Cookies enable a smoother reading experience and help us remember where you left off in longer articles.
- • Measure Article Performance: We analyze which eye health topics readers engage with most to guide future editorial decisions.
- • Personalize Preferences: Your reading preferences (font size, dark mode, language) are saved to enhance your return visits.
- • Detect Security Issues: Cookies help us protect against fraudulent activity and ensure site security.
- • Optimize User Experience: Performance data helps us identify and fix technical issues that impact readability.
Cookie List
Below is a detailed list of cookies used on Eye Health Maintenance:
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| ehm_session_id | Essential | Maintains your reading session | Session |
| ehm_preferences | Functional | Stores text size, theme, and language preferences | 1 year |
| ehm_article_history | Functional | Remembers recently viewed articles | 90 days |
| _ga, _gid | Analytical | Google Analytics — tracks anonymized reader data | 2 years / 24 hours |
| ehm_performance_log | Performance | Measures page load times and performance metrics | 30 days |
| cdn_tracking | Third-Party | Content delivery network optimization | 1 year |
| ehm_security_token | Essential | Prevents unauthorized access and CSRF attacks | Session |
How to Manage Cookies
Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to refuse cookies or alert you when a cookie is being set. Visit your browser's help menu to learn how to modify cookie preferences. Note that disabling essential cookies may affect site functionality.
Steps to manage cookies in popular browsers:
Chrome
Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data → Manage exceptions
Firefox
Preferences → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data → Manage Settings
Safari
Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data → Remove or allow specific sites
Edge
Settings → Privacy → Cookies and other site permissions → Manage exceptions
Do Not Track (DNT)
Some browsers include a Do Not Track feature. While we respect this preference, we cannot guarantee that all third-party services honor DNT signals. Essential cookies necessary for site function will continue to be used regardless of your DNT setting.
Third-Party Services
Eye Health Maintenance works with trusted partners to deliver content and measure engagement. These services may set their own cookies:
- • Google Analytics: Provides anonymized analytics about how readers interact with our articles. View Google's privacy policy
- • Content Delivery Network (CDN): Ensures fast loading of articles and images globally. No personal data is collected.
- • Hosting Provider: Manages server infrastructure. View hosting partner privacy practices
Data Protection & Privacy
Eye Health Maintenance is committed to protecting reader privacy. Cookie data is used solely to improve content delivery and understand article engagement. We do not sell or share personal information with advertisers.
All data collected through cookies is treated in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including compliance with privacy regulations in the Philippines and international standards.
For detailed information about how we handle your data, please review our Privacy Policy.
Legal Basis for Cookie Use
We use cookies based on the following legal grounds:
- • Consent: Non-essential cookies are used only with your explicit consent, which you can withdraw at any time through your browser settings.
- • Legitimate Interest: Essential and performance cookies serve necessary functions for site operation and content improvement.
- • Legal Obligation: We may use cookies to comply with legal requirements and maintain security.
Cookie Retention & Deletion
Cookie retention periods vary based on function and are detailed in our cookie list above. Generally:
- • Session Cookies: Automatically deleted when you close your browser
- • Persistent Cookies: Retained for specified periods (typically 30 days to 2 years) based on their function
- • Analytical Data: Aggregated and anonymized; individual identifiers are deleted after 26 months
You can delete cookies manually through your browser settings at any time. Clearing your cache will remove most cookies, though some may be recreated on your next visit if you don't adjust cookie preferences.
Updates to This Policy
Eye Health Maintenance may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or our editorial practices. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when changes were made.
We recommend reviewing this policy regularly. Continued use of our site following any updates constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.
Questions About Cookies?
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, we'd like to hear from you.
Contact Information:
Eye Health Maintenance
Ayala Avenue 182
Davao, Philippines
Email: [email protected]
For content feedback or editorial inquiries, please visit our FAQ page or send us your message using the email above.
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