Who we are
Our website address is http://voiceout.or.ke.
What personal data do we collect and why do we collect it
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to improve our Service to you.
- Personal Data: We may collect certain personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”) from you, such as your name, email address, and comments you submit on the website. You may choose not to provide certain Personal Data, but doing so may limit your ability to use certain features of the Service.
- Non-Personal Data: We also collect non-personally identifiable information (“Non-Personal Data”) during your use of the Service, such as your browsing activity, device information, and IP address. This Non-Personal Data may be used to analyze trends, administer the Service, track users’ movements around the website, and gather demographic information about our user base.
Use of Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- To provide and maintain the Service
- To improve and personalize the Service
- To send you marketing and promotional communications (with your consent)
- To respond to your inquiries and requests
- To analyze trends and user behavior
- To prevent fraud and illegal activities
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Google Adsense Ads
Our website displays advertisements delivered by Google Adsense. Adsense uses cookies to track user behavior and deliver targeted advertising. For more information on how Google Adsense uses data, please refer to their privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
You can opt out of personalized advertising delivered by Adsense by visiting https://adssettings.google.com/
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
our Choices
You have several choices regarding your information:
- You can choose not to provide certain Personal Data, but this may limit your ability to use the Service.
- You can unsubscribe from our marketing communications by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any email you receive from us.
- You can access and update your Personal Data by contacting us.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All 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.
What rights do you have over your data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Data Retention
We will retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Children’s Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from a child under 13, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no internet transmission or electronic storage method is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email info@voiceout.or.ke or marytabbs@gmail.com