Privacy Policy & Terms of Service
Martha Karua Website – marthakarua.org
Effective Date: 27 Feb 2025
This Privacy Policy and Terms of Service explain how marthakarua.org collects, uses, stores, protects, and manages personal information when individuals visit the website or submit information through it.
By accessing or using this website, you agree to the practices and terms described in this document.
1. About This Website
The website marthakarua.org is a public platform intended to support civic engagement, communication, and information sharing with supporters, volunteers, mobilizers, and members of the public interested in civic participation.
The website may collect limited personal information from individuals who voluntarily choose to interact with the platform.
For privacy inquiries, data requests, or any concerns related to this document, please contact: [email protected]
2. Information We Collect
The website may collect information that users voluntarily provide when interacting with forms, subscription tools, sign-up features, or other engagement mechanisms.
This may include:
- Full name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Location or region
- Volunteer, supporter, or mobilizer information
- Any other information voluntarily submitted through forms or messages
The website may also automatically collect certain technical and usage information, including IP address, browser type, device information, referring pages, pages visited, time and date of access, and similar analytics or security logs.
This technical data is collected only to maintain website security, improve performance, understand visitor interactions, and support responsible website administration.
3. Purpose of Data Collection
Information submitted through the website is collected solely for civic engagement purposes. This includes communicating with supporters, organizing volunteers and mobilizers, sharing updates and announcements, coordinating public participation activities, responding to inquiries, and improving communication with the public.
Personal information collected through this website is not sold, rented, or traded for commercial purposes.
4. Lawful Basis and Fair Processing
Where applicable under data protection laws, personal data is processed on one or more lawful bases, including user consent, legitimate interests in civic engagement and public communication, compliance with legal obligations, and other lawful grounds recognized by applicable law.
The website seeks to process data fairly, transparently, and in a manner that is relevant, proportionate, and limited to what is necessary for its stated civic engagement purposes.
5. Third-Party Services
The website may integrate, rely on, or connect with third-party services such as social media platforms, website hosting providers, analytics tools, email and messaging service providers, embedded media services, volunteer coordination tools, and other communication or technology providers.
When users interact with these services through the website, those providers may collect, use, or process data in accordance with their own privacy policies and terms of service. Any data shared with or processed by third-party providers may therefore be subject to those providers’ own legal and operational practices.
Users are encouraged to review the privacy policies and terms of service of any third-party services they choose to use or access through the website.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
The website may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, and similar technologies to improve website functionality, remember user preferences, measure engagement, enhance performance, support communications, maintain security, and better understand how the website is used.
Users may manage cookie preferences through their browser or device settings. Disabling cookies may affect the availability or performance of certain website features.
7. Data Sharing and Disclosure
Personal information may be shared only where reasonably necessary and appropriate, including with trusted service providers that support website operations, communication platforms used to engage supporters and volunteers, professional advisers where needed, or where disclosure is required by applicable law, court order, regulation, or lawful request by competent authorities.
Information may also be disclosed where necessary to detect, prevent, or address fraud, misuse, security incidents, or unlawful activity, or to protect the rights, safety, integrity, and lawful operations of the website and its users.
The website does not sell personal information.
8. Data Security
Reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards are used to help protect personal data against unauthorized access, misuse, loss, destruction, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no website, online platform, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users should therefore exercise appropriate caution when sharing information online.
9. Data Retention
Personal data is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for civic engagement purposes, communication management, legal compliance, dispute resolution, security, record-keeping, and legitimate operational needs consistent with this policy.
When personal data is no longer required for these purposes, reasonable steps will be taken to delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it, subject to applicable legal or operational retention requirements.
10. User Rights
Depending on the laws that apply in a user’s jurisdiction, individuals may have rights relating to their personal data, including the right to request access to personal information, correction of inaccurate information, deletion of personal information, restriction or objection to certain processing, withdrawal of consent where consent is the legal basis, and other rights recognized by applicable law.
To make a request relating to personal data, users may contact [email protected]. Reasonable steps may be taken to verify identity before acting on a request.
11. International Access and Cross-Border Processing
This website may be accessed from various countries and regions. By using the website or submitting personal information, users understand that their data may be processed, stored, or accessed in jurisdictions that may have different data protection standards from those of their country of residence.
Where appropriate, reasonable steps will be taken to support responsible and lawful handling of cross-border data in line with recognized privacy principles and applicable legal requirements.
12. Children and Minors
The website is intended for general public civic engagement and is not knowingly designed to solicit personal data from children in violation of applicable law. If it is believed that personal information has been submitted by a child without appropriate authorization where required, contact [email protected] so appropriate action can be taken.
13. Acceptable Use of the Website
By using this website, users agree not to:
- Misuse the website or any services made available through it
- Attempt unauthorized access to systems, accounts, or data
- Introduce malware, malicious code, or harmful content
- Submit false, deceptive, or unlawful information
- Interfere with the security, integrity, availability, or proper functioning of the website
- Use the website in a way that violates applicable law or the rights of others
The website reserves the right to limit, suspend, or block access where misuse, abuse, unlawful conduct, or security concerns arise.
14. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, website content including text, design, graphics, logos, branding, images, downloads, and other materials is protected by applicable intellectual property and related laws. Such content may not be copied, reproduced, republished, distributed, adapted, or exploited without appropriate permission or lawful basis.
15. External Links and Third-Party Content
The website may contain links to third-party websites, services, platforms, or embedded content. These are provided for convenience or public information only. Such external services operate independently and are governed by their own terms and privacy practices.
No responsibility is assumed for the content, policies, availability, security, or practices of third-party websites or services.
16. Disclaimers
This website is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. While reasonable efforts may be made to keep information accurate, current, secure, and functional, no representation or warranty is made that the website will always be uninterrupted, error-free, fully secure, or free from defects, delays, or harmful components.
17. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the website, its administrators, operators, and affiliated parties shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss arising from use of, inability to use, reliance on, or interruption of the website.
Nothing in this document excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable law.
18. Changes to This Policy and Terms
This Privacy Policy and Terms of Service may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in law, technology, operational practice, civic engagement activities, or website features. Any updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
Continued use of the website after updates are posted may constitute acceptance of the revised document to the extent permitted by law.
19. Contact Information
For questions, privacy requests, complaints, or concerns relating to this Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, please contact:
Email: [email protected]