Privacy Policy

Mwelekeo Insights ("we", "us") respects your privacy and processes personal data in accordance with the Kenya Data Protection Act, 2019 and its regulations. This notice explains what we collect, why, and your rights.

Data controller

Mwelekeo Insights, Arghwings Kodhek Road, Nairobi, Kenya. Contact: info@mwelekeo.com.

What we collect

• Poll responses – your answers, and optional location (county/constituency), age group and gender.
• Integrity signals – a random device identifier and one-way hashes of your network address and device characteristics, used only to prevent duplicate voting and fraud. We do not store your raw IP address with your response.
• Account data (if you register) – name, email, optional phone number, and your preferences.
• Contact & newsletter – details you give us when you contact us or subscribe.

Why and on what basis

We process poll data on the basis of your consent, given when you take part. Political opinions are sensitive personal data; we only publish aggregated results and never sell personal data. Integrity signals are processed under our legitimate interest in producing accurate research.

Retention

Individual responses are kept for up to 24 months after a poll closes and then anonymised. Website visit logs are kept for 180 days. Account data is kept until you delete your account.

Sharing

We share only aggregated, non-identifiable results. Service providers (hosting, email, SMS) process data on our behalf under contract. We will disclose information where required by Kenyan law.

Security

We use encryption in transit (TLS), hashing of identifiers, encrypted storage of secrets, role-based access control, multi-factor authentication for staff, audit trails and regular backups.

Your rights

You have the right to be informed, to access, correct or delete your data, to object to processing and to withdraw consent. See Your Data Protection Rights. You may also lodge a complaint with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC).