Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Geocreatives ("Company",
"we",
"us", and "our").
We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any
questions or
concerns about this privacy notice or our practices with regard to your personal information, please
contact us
at estaarjohn@gmail.com.
This privacy notice describes how we might use your information if you:
In this privacy notice, if we refer to:
- "Website," we are referring to any website of ours that references or links to this
policy.
- "Services," we are referring to our Website,and other related services, including
any
sales, marketing, or events.
- "We," We are referring to any website of ours that references or links to this
policy.
The purpose of this privacy notice is to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we
collect, how we
use it, and what rights you have in relation to it. If there are any terms in this privacy notice that
you do
not agree
with, please discontinue use of our Services immediately.
Please read this privacy notice carefully, as it will help you understand what we do with the
information that
we
collect.
By using our website, you hereby consent to our
Privacy Policy
and agree to its terms.
1. THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
A. Personal information you disclose to us
We collect personal information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Website,
express
an
interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in
activities
on
the Website (such as by posting messages in our online forums or entering competitions, contests or
giveaways)
or otherwise when you contact us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the
Website,
the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may
include
the
following:
-
Personal Information Provided by You.
We collect:
names, phone numbers, email addresses, contact preferences,
usernames, passwords, job titles, debit/credit card numbers, billing addresses, contact or
authentication
data, mailing addresses; and other similar information.
-
Payment Data.
We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your
payment
instrument number (such as a credit card number), and the security code associated with your
payment
instrument.
All payment data is stored by Stripe, PayPal and Mpesa. You may find their privacy notice
link(s)
here:
https://stripe.com/au/privacy,
https://www.paypal.com/en/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
and
https://www.safaricom.co.ke/dataprivacystatement/
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Social Media Login Data.
We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social
media account details, like your Facebook, Twitter or other social media account. If you
choose to
register
in
this way, we will collect the information described in the section called "HOW DO WE HANDLE
YOUR
SOCIAL
LOGINS?"
below.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must
notify us
of
any changes to such personal information.
B. Information automatically collected
Some information such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device
characteristics is collected automatically when you visit our Website.
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Website. This
information
does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include
device and
usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system,
language
preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use
our
Website and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the
security and
operation of our Website, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.
The information we collect includes:
-
Log and Usage Data.
Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage and performance information our
servers
automatically collect when you access or use our Website and which we record in log files.
Depending
on how
you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser
type
and
settings and information about your activity in the Website(such as the date/time stamps
associated with
your usage, pages and files viewed, searches and other actions you take such as which
features you
use),
device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called 'crash
dumps')
and
hardware settings).
-
Device Data.
We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet or other
device you
use to
access the Website. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information
such as
your IP
address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser
type,
hardware
model Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system and system
configuration
information.
-
Location Data.
We collect location data such as information about your device's location, which can be
either
precise or
imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device
you use to
access
the Website. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data
that
tells us
your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of allowing us to collect
this
information
either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Location setting on your
device.
Note
however, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the
Services.
C. Information collected from other sources
We may collect limited data from public databases, marketing partners, social media platforms, and
other
outside sources.
In order to enhance our ability to provide relevant marketing, offers and services to you and update
our
records, we may obtain information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint
marketing
partners, affiliate programs, data providers, social media platforms, as well as from other third
parties.
This information includes mailing addresses, job titles, email addresses, phone numbers, intent data
(or
user behavior data), Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, social media profiles, social media URLs and
custom
profiles, for purposes of targeted advertising and event promotion.
If you interact with us on a social media platform using your social media account (e.g. Facebook or
Twitter), we receive personal information about you such as your name, email address, and gender.
Any
personal information that we collect from your social media account depends on your social media
account's
privacy settings.
2. HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS USED
We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of
our
contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent.
We use personal information collected via our Website for a variety of business purposes described
below. We
process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business
interests, in
order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with
our legal
obligations. We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed
below.
We use the information we collect or receive to:
-
Facilitate account creation and logon process.
If you choose to link your account with us to a third-party account (such as your Google or
Facebook
account), we use the information you allowed us to collect from those third parties to
facilitate
account creation and logon process for the performance of the contract.See the section below
headed "HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?" for further information.
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Post testimonials.
We post testimonials on our Website that may contain personal information. Prior to posting
a
testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name and the content of the
testimonial. If you
wish to update, or delete your testimonial, please contact us at estaarjohn@gmail.com and be
sure to
include your name, testimonial location, and contact information.
-
Request feedback.
We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our
Website.
-
Enable user-to-user communications.
We may use your information in order to enable user-to-user communications with each user's
consent.
-
Manage user accounts.
We may use your information for the purposes of managing our account and keeping it in
working
order.
-
Send administrative information to you.
We may use your personal information to send you product, service and new feature
information and/or
information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
-
Protect our Services
We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our Website safe and secure (for
example,
for fraud monitoring and prevention).
-
Enforce our terms, conditions and policies.
We may use your personal information to enforce our terms, conditions and policies for
business
purposes, to comply with legal and regulatory requirements or in connection with our
contract.
-
Respond to legal requests and prevent harm.
If we receive a subpoena or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to
determine how to respond.
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Administer prize draws and competitions.
We may use your information to administer prize draws and competitions when you elect to
participate
in our competitions.
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Fulfill and manage your orders.
We may use your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and
exchanges made
through the Website.
-
Deliver and facilitate delivery of services to you.
We may use your information to provide you with the requested service.
-
Respond to user inquiries/offer support to you.
We may use your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you
might
have with the use of our Services.
-
Send you marketing and promotional communications.
We and/or our third-party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to us
for our
marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. For example,
when
expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our Website, subscribing to
marketing or
otherwise contacting us, we will collect personal information from you. You can opt-out of
our
marketing emails at any time (see the "WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?" below).
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Deliver targeted advertising to you.
We may use your information to develop and display personalized content and advertising (and
work
with third parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure its
effectiveness.
-
Inform other business purposes.
We may use your information for other business purposes, such as data analysis, identifying
usage
trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and
improve our
Website, products, marketing and your experience. We may use and store this information in
aggregated and anonymized way so that it is not associated with individual end users and
does not
include personal information. We will not use identifiable personal information without your
consent.
3. WHY YOUR INFORMATION MAYBE SHARED WITH ANYONE?
We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to
protect
your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.
We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:
-
Consent:
We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal
information for
a specific purpose.
-
Legitimate Interests:
We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business
interests.
-
Performance of a Contract:
Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to
fulfill
the terms of our contract.
-
Legal Obligations:
We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply
with
applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process,
such as
in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to
meet
national security or law enforcement requirements).
-
Vital Interests:
We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent,
or take
action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving
potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in
litigation
in which we are involved.
Specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following
situations:
-
Business Transfers.
We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any
merger,
sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to
another
company.
-
Google Maps Platform APIs.
We may share your information with certain Google Maps Platform APIs (e.g., Google Maps API,
Place
API).To find out more about Google's Privacy Policy, please refer to this
link. We obtain and
store on your device ('cache') your location for two (2) months. You may revoke your consent
anytime
by contacting us at the contact details provided at the end of this document.
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Vendors, Consultants and Other Third-Party Service Providers.
We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents
who
perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that
work.
Examples include: payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services,
customer
service and marketing efforts. We may allow selected third parties to use tracking
technology on the
Website, which will enable them to collect data on our behalf about how you interact with
our
Website over time. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track
data,
determine the popularity of certain content, pages or features, and better understand online
activity. Unless described in this notice, we do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your
information with third parties for their promotional purposes. We have contracts in place
with our
data processors, which are designed to help safeguard your personal information. This means
that
they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do
it. They
will also not share your personal information with any organization apart from us. They also
commit
to protect the data they hold on our behalf and to retain it for the period we instruct.
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Third-Party Advertisers.
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit or use the Website.
These
companies may use information about your visits to our Website(s) and other websites that
are
contained in web cookies and other tracking technologies in order to provide advertisements
about
goods and services of interest to you.
4. INFORMATION BE SHARING
We share information with third parties depending on the use case of our services.
We only share and disclose your information with the following third parties. If we have processed
your
data based on your consent and you wish to revoke your consent, please contact us here.
We only share and disclose your information with the following third parties:
-
Affiliate Marketing Programs.
Amazon Affiliation
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Advertising, Direct Marketing, and Lead Generation.
Google AdSense
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Allow Users to Connect to Their Third-Party Accounts.
Facebook account, Github account, Google account, Twitter account, LinkedIn account and
Disqus
account.
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Content Optimization.
YouTube video embed,Google Fonts,Google Site Search and Instagram embed.
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Cloud Computing Services.
Google Cloud Platform.
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Functionality and Infrastructure Optimization.
Firebase Hosting ,Cloud Firestore,Cloud Functions for Firebase ,Firebase Legacy ,Google
Cloud Storage ,Cloud Storage for Firebase and Google App Engine
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Social Media Sharing and Advertising
Google+ social plugins and Facebook advertising.
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User Account Registration and Authentication.
Facebook Login, Firebase Authentication, Google OAuth 2.0, Stripe OAuth and Twitch
Authentication
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User Commenting and Forums.
Disqus and Google Tag Manager
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Website Performance Monitoring.
Firebase Crash Reporting, Firebase Performance Monitoring and Sentry
-
Website Testing.
Google Website Optimizer.
5. COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or
store
information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain
cookies
is set out in our Cookie Notice.
6. SOCIAL LOGINS
If you choose to register or log in to our services using a social media account, we may have access
to
certain information about you.
Our Website offers you the ability to register and login using your third-party social media account
details
(like your Facebook or Twitter logins). Where you choose to do this, we will receive certain profile
information about you from your social media provider. The profile information we receive may vary
depending
on the social media provider concerned, but will often include your name, email address, friends
list,
profile picture as well as other information you choose to make public on such social media
platform.
We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this privacy
notice or
that are otherwise made clear to you on the relevant Website. Please note that we do not control,
and are
not responsible for, other uses of your personal information by your third-party social media
provider. We
recommend that you review their privacy notice to understand how they collect, use and share your
personal
information, and how you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.
7. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
We are not responsible for the safety of any information that you share with third-party providers
who
advertise, but are not affiliated with, our Website.
The Website may contain advertisements from third parties that are not affiliated with us and which
may link
to other websites, online services or mobile applications. We cannot guarantee the safety and
privacy of
data you provide to any third parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this
privacy
notice. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any
third
parties, including other websites, services or applications that may be linked to or from the
Website. You
should review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your
questions.
8. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy
notice
unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out
in this
privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax,
accounting or
other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal
information for
longer than five (5) months past the termination of the user's account.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will
either delete
or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal
information
has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and
isolate it
from any further processing until deletion is possible.
9. INFORMATION SAFETY
We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical
security
measures.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect
the
security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to
secure your
information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be
guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or
other
unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security, and improperly collect, access,
steal,
or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information,
transmission
of personal information to and from our Website is at your own risk. You should only access the
Website
within a secure environment.
Children's Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet.
We encourage parents
and
guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
Geocreatives does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from
children under the age of
13. If
you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage
you to
contact us
immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our
records.
10. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
In some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom (UK), you have rights
that
allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or
terminate
your account at any time.
In some regions (like the EEA and UK), you have certain rights under applicable data protection
laws. These
may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to
request
rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if
applicable, to data portability. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to
the
processing of your personal information. To make such a request, please use the contact details
provided
below. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to
withdraw your
consent at any time. Please note however that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing
before
its withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance
on
lawful processing grounds other than consent.
If you are a resident in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal
information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory
authority. You
can find their contact details here:
https://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.
If you are a resident in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are
available
here:
https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at
estaarjohn@gmail.com
Your Account
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your
account,
you can:
- Contact us using the contact information provided.
- Log in to your account settings and update your user account.
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information
from our
active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot
problems,
assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with applicable legal
requirements.
Cookies and related Technologies
Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set
your
browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies,
this
could affect certain features or services of our Website.
To opt-out of interest-based advertising by advertisers on our Website visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.
Opting out of email marketing
You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in
the
emails that we send or by contacting us using the details provided below. You will then be removed
from the
marketing email list. However, we may still communicate with you, for example to send you
service-related
emails that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service
requests, or
for other non-marketing purposes.
Otherwise to opt-out, you may:
- Access your account settings and update your preferences.
- Contact us using the contact information provided.
11. SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS
If you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your
personal
information.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users
who are
California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information
about
categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing
purposes and
the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the
immediately
preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request,
please
submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the
Website, you
have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Website. To request
removal
of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the email
address
associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the
data is
not publicly displayed on the Website, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or
comprehensively removed from all our systems (e.g. backups, etc.).
For further review of the CCPA law check the following link:
https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa
12. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing
and implementing DNT signals has been finalized.
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track
("DNT")
feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your
online
browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for
recognizing
and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser
signals
or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a
standard
for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that
practice in
a revised version of this privacy notice.
13. PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES
We will update this privacy policy regularly and when necessary to stay compliant with relevant
laws.
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an
updated
"Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make
material
changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such
changes or
by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to
be
informed of how we are protecting your information.
14. REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU
Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the
personal
information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To
request to
review, update, or delete your personal information, please submit a request form by clicking
here.
15. CONTACT US
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at
estaarjohn@gmail.com or by post to:
Geocreatives
Westside Towers, 3rd Floor
Lower Kabete Road
14714-00800
Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: (+254)0718842584