Last Updated: Tuesday 12th November
This Privacy Policy describes how Kisumu Kulture ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you use our website located at https://kisumukulture.blogspot.com (the "Site").
By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information to provide and improve our services to you. The types of information we collect include:
a) Information You Voluntarily Provide:
b) Information Collected Automatically:
- Contact Information: When you contact us via email, WhatsApp or a form, you may provide your name and email address.
- User Content: When you submit a comment on our blog posts, the information you provide (including your username) is collected.
- Submissions: If you submit a business listing, job vacancy, or event for publication, we collect the information you provide in that submission.
Like most websites, we automatically collect certain information when you visit our Site. This may include:
- Log Data: Your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes:
- To operate, maintain, and improve the Site.
- To respond to your comments, questions, and requests.
- To publish user-submitted content (e.g., comments, event listings) as per your request.
- To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Site.
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
- To comply with legal obligations.
3. Third-Party Services and Advertising
We use third-party services that collect their own information:
a) Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to analyze how users use the Site. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as how often users visit the site and what pages they visit. We use this information to improve our Site. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.
b) Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our Site. Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google. It uses cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to your website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
c) Blogger/Google: Our Site is hosted on the Blogger platform, which is owned by Google. Your use of the Site is also subject to Blogger's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
4. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information with our business partners and advertisers.
We may disclose your information where required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
5. Your Rights and Choices
- Cookies: You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.
- Opt-out of Advertising: You can opt out of personalized ads from Google as described in Section 3(b).
- Contact Us: If you have submitted information and wish for it to be removed, please contact us.
6. Data Security
We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
7. Links to Other Sites
Our Site contains links to other websites (e.g., in our directory, job postings, or news articles). If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
8. Children's Privacy
Our Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us, and we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
9. 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 and updating the "Last Updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: kisumukulturemag@gmail.com