Gadget Connect Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how we handle your personal information and protect your privacy when you use our website or services.
Last updated: 25-02-2025
Introduction
Welcome to GadgetConnect.co.ke (“we”, “our”, or “us”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website GadgetConnect.co.ke (the “Site”) and use our services.
Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.
Information We Collect
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:
– Register on the Site
– Place an order
– Subscribe to our newsletter
– Participate in surveys or contests
– Contact us via email, social media, or on our contact forms
The personal information we collect may include:
– Name
– Email address
– Phone number
– Billing and shipping address
– Payment information (credit card numbers, etc.)
– Any other information you choose to provide
We also automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Site. This information does not reveal your specific identity but may include:
– Device and usage information (IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, etc.)
– Location information
– Page views and navigation paths
– Information about how and when you use our Site
2.1 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.
2.2 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.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:
– Provide, operate, and maintain our website
– Improve, personalize, and expand our website
– Understand and analyze how you use our website
– Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
– Communicate with you about orders, provide customer support, and send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and administrative messages
– Process transactions and send you related information, including confirmations and invoices
– Send you marketing and promotional communications (if you have opted in to receive such communications)
– Respond to your comments, questions, and requests
– Find and prevent fraud
– For compliance purposes, including enforcing our Terms of Service or other legal rights
How We Share Your Information
We may share your information in the following situations:
– With service providers and business partners who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you
– With affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy policy
– 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
– With your consent or at your direction
– If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of GadgetConnect.co.ke, our customers, or others
Your Rights
You have certain rights regarding your personal information:
– Access and update your information
– Request deletion of your information
– Object to our use of your information
– Opt-out of marketing communications
– Data portability
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details provided in the “Contact Us” section.
5.1 Your Data Control Rights
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.
5.2 Updating Your Information
You can update or change your account information at any time by logging into your account on our website and accessing your profile settings. If you need assistance with this process, please contact us using the details provided in the “Contact Us” section.
Data Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please note that no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
Data Retention
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
7.1 Comments
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 that 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.
Children’s Privacy
Our Site is not directed to children under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy 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.
Third-Party Websites
Our Site may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
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.
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.
Analytics
We use analytics services, including Google Analytics, to understand how visitors interact with our website. These services collect anonymous data about your browsing behavior, such as pages visited, time spent on site, and device information. This data is processed to generate insights that help us improve our website’s performance and user experience.
No personally identifiable information is collected through these analytics tools, and the data is handled in accordance with the respective service providers’ privacy policies.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please co ntact us at:
The Gadget Connect Limited
Mezzanine 2, Avenue House, Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi Kenya.
Email: info@gadgetconnect.co.ke
Phone: +254 719 300 300