At African Stand, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, disclose and protect information when you visit or interact with africanstand.org, including when you read our articles, subscribe to updates, contact us, participate in discussions, submit content or use any other services available through our website.
By accessing or using African Stand, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the practices described here, please discontinue use of the website.
1. About African Stand
African Stand is a digital media and publishing platform focused on providing news, analysis, commentary, features and other information relating to Africa. Throughout this Privacy Policy, the terms “African Stand,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to the operator of africanstand.org.
This policy applies to information collected through our website and related digital services. It does not necessarily apply to websites, applications or services operated by third parties that may be linked from our website.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect different types of information depending on how you interact with African Stand.
Information You Provide Directly
You may voluntarily provide personal information when you:
- Subscribe to newsletters or email updates.
- Contact us through an online contact form.
- Send us an email.
- Submit comments, feedback, tips or story ideas.
- Participate in surveys, competitions or other activities.
- Submit articles, photographs, videos or other materials.
- Request information or assistance from us.
This information may include your name, email address, telephone number, organisation, professional details and any other information you choose to provide.
You should avoid submitting sensitive personal information through public comments, contact forms or other areas of the website unless it is specifically required for the purpose for which you are contacting us.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit africanstand.org, certain information may be collected automatically. This can include your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring website, pages visited, approximate geographic location, date and time of access, time spent on pages and information about how you interact with the website.
This information generally does not identify you directly. We may use it to understand how visitors use our website, improve performance, identify technical problems and analyse audience trends.
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
African Stand may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage and similar technologies to improve your experience and understand how our website is used.
Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website. They may allow us to remember preferences, understand website traffic and improve website functionality.
We may use different categories of cookies, including:
Essential cookies: These are necessary for certain website functions and security features.
Analytics cookies: These help us understand visitor behaviour, traffic sources and website performance.
Preference cookies: These may remember settings or choices made during your visit.
Advertising cookies: Where applicable, these may be used by us or advertising partners to deliver and measure relevant advertising.
You can usually manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect some website functions.
4. How We Use Your Information
African Stand may use information collected from or about you for legitimate business, editorial and operational purposes, including to:
- Provide and maintain our website.
- Publish and distribute news and editorial content.
- Respond to enquiries, messages and requests.
- Send newsletters and other communications you have requested.
- Understand audience interests and website usage.
- Improve our content, services and user experience.
- Monitor website performance and security.
- Detect, prevent and investigate fraud, abuse or unauthorised activity.
- Administer competitions, surveys or other website activities.
- Comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
- Protect our rights, property, users and organisation.
- Carry out other purposes disclosed to you at the time information is collected or with your consent where required.
We will not use your personal information for purposes that are materially incompatible with the purpose for which it was collected unless permitted or required by applicable law.
5. Newsletters and Marketing Communications
If you subscribe to an African Stand newsletter or other email communication, we may use your email address to send you articles, updates, newsletters, announcements and other communications relating to our services or content.
You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link contained in the relevant communication or by contacting us.
Unsubscribing from marketing communications does not necessarily stop administrative, security or service-related communications that are necessary to operate the website or respond to your requests.
6. Comments, User Submissions and Public Information
Certain areas of African Stand may allow users to submit comments, opinions, photographs, articles, videos, tips or other materials.
Information that you voluntarily publish in a public area of the website may become accessible to other users and members of the public. You should therefore exercise caution before publishing personal information.
We are not responsible for information that you voluntarily disclose publicly or for how third parties may use information that you choose to make publicly available.
Where you submit material for editorial consideration, we may use the information you provide to assess, verify, edit and potentially publish the submission in accordance with our editorial practices.
7. Sharing of Personal Information
We do not sell your personal information simply because you visit African Stand.
We may, however, share information with trusted third parties where reasonably necessary to operate our website or provide services. These parties may include:
- Website hosting and infrastructure providers.
- Email and newsletter service providers.
- Analytics and measurement providers.
- Advertising and technology partners.
- Cybersecurity and fraud-prevention providers.
- Professional advisers, including legal, accounting and technical advisers.
- Government authorities, regulators or law enforcement agencies where required by law.
- A successor organisation in connection with a merger, acquisition, restructuring, sale or transfer of assets.
Third-party service providers may only receive information reasonably necessary to perform their services, subject to applicable contractual, legal or privacy requirements.
8. Third-Party Websites and Services
African Stand may contain links to external websites, social media platforms, advertisements and third-party services.
These third parties operate independently and may have their own privacy policies and terms of use. We do not control the privacy practices of third-party websites and are not responsible for their content, security or handling of personal information.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external website before providing personal information.
9. Advertising and Analytics
African Stand may work with advertising, analytics and technology providers to understand website traffic, measure advertising performance and support the delivery of advertisements.
These providers may use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about visitors and their interaction with websites.
Depending on the services used on our website, third parties may collect information such as browser information, device identifiers, IP address, pages viewed and general interaction data.
Where required by applicable law, appropriate consent mechanisms or other lawful bases will be used for these activities.
10. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
However, no website, online service or method of electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You acknowledge that transmitting information over the internet involves inherent risks.
If we become aware of a personal data breach that requires notification under applicable law, we will take appropriate steps to investigate, mitigate and notify relevant parties where legally required.
11. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including providing services, maintaining business and editorial records, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements and complying with legal obligations.
The period for which information is retained may vary depending on its nature, the purpose for which it was collected and applicable legal requirements.
When information is no longer required, we may securely delete, anonymise or otherwise dispose of it.
12. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your country and applicable data protection laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.
These rights may include the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Request deletion of certain personal information.
- Object to or request restriction of certain processing.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Request information about how your personal data is processed.
- Request a copy of certain information in a portable format.
- Lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority.
These rights may be subject to legal limitations and exceptions.
If you wish to exercise a privacy right, contact us using the details provided below. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
13. Children’s Privacy
African Stand is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed at children.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children where doing so would violate applicable law. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate consent, please contact us so that we can investigate and take appropriate action.
14. International Data Transfers
African Stand may use service providers located in countries other than the country in which you live. As a result, personal information may sometimes be processed or stored outside your country.
Where applicable, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that international transfers of personal information are conducted in accordance with relevant data protection laws and appropriate safeguards.
15. Data Protection in Kenya
Where applicable, African Stand will seek to comply with Kenya’s data protection framework, including the Data Protection Act, 2019, and applicable regulations and guidance.
Where we process personal information relating to individuals in other jurisdictions, additional privacy rights and requirements may apply depending on the applicable law.
Nothing in this Privacy Policy limits any rights that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable data protection legislation.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, technology, legal obligations or privacy practices.
When we make changes, we may update the effective date at the beginning of this policy. Material changes may also be communicated through the website or other appropriate channels where required.
We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically to remain informed about how we handle personal information.
17. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, requests or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or the way African Stand handles personal information, please contact us through the contact information provided on africanstand.org.
When contacting us about a privacy request, please provide enough information for us to understand your request and, where necessary, verify your identity.
We will make reasonable efforts to respond to legitimate privacy enquiries within the timeframe required by applicable law.
18. Acceptance of This Policy
By using africanstand.org, you acknowledge that you have had an opportunity to review this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the website following the publication of changes to this policy may constitute acceptance of those changes to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Last Updated: August 13, 2026
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