Media Council of Kenya (MCK) values the privacy of personal information. This Privacy Notice sets out how MCK collects, processes, transfers, and stores information, including personal data, while executing its mandate in accordance with the Media Council Act, 2013. MCK collects, uses, discloses, transfers, and handles personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Act and the regulations therein. MCK is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the MCK’s website and affiliated portals. By using the MCK website and affiliated portals, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

This statement is also applicable to MCK’s internal and external stakeholders. MCK discloses personal data to third parties who are crucial in processing and handling for the specific purpose of which the data is disclosed. If you have any questions about this Notice, you can contact us using the contact details set out at the end of this Notice.

In Short

We collect anonymous statistics about your visit to our website and affiliated portals, like which of our pages you viewed. If you sign up with us we take great care to keep your information safe and we’ll never share it with others without your express permission. We never share your data with 3rd parties except to help us deliver our own services.

Third-party cookies

We use third-party cookies to collect statistics in aggregate form in analysis tools such as Facebook, Google AdSense, Google Analytics and Twitter. The cookies used are both permanent and temporary cookies (session cookies). The permanent cookies are stored on your computer or mobile device for no longer than 24 months.

Measuring our visitors

We measure visitors to our websites and affiliated portals using Google Analytics. This service records what pages you view within our site, how you arrived at our site and some basic information about your computer. We anonymize the data in Google Analytics.

The information we collect helps us understand what parts of our sites are doing well, how people arrive at our site and so on. Like most websites, we use this information to make our website and affiliated portals better. Google Analytics data is automatically deleted 26 months after your last visit.

What information does MCK process? 

MCK collects personal data on various processes including; recruitment and selection, procurement of goods and services, accreditation, status of the media, training, journalism awards, grants, stakeholder engagement advocacy protection of journalists and complaints.

Collection of your Personal Information

MCK collects personal identifiable information, such as your e-mail address and name MCK also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by MCK. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by MCK for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the MCK Web site and affiliated portals.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through MCK public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: MCK does not read any of your private online communications.

MCK encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from MCK so that you can understand how those web sites collect, use and share your information. MCK is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on web sites outside of the MCK website and affiliated portals.

Use of your Personal Information

MCK collects and uses your personal information to operate the MCK Web site and affiliated portals and deliver the services you have requested. MCK also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from MCK and its affiliates. MCK may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

MCK does not sell, rent or lease its clients lists to third parties. MCK may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external development/business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, MCK may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to MCK, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

The MCK does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

MCK keeps track of the web pages our customers visit within MCK, in order to determine what MCK services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within MCK to clients whose behaviour indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

MCK Web sites and affiliated portals will only disclose your personal information without notice, if such action is necessary to

(a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on MCK or the site;

(b) protect and defend the rights or property of MCK; and,

(c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of MCK, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The MCK web site and affiliated portals use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize MCK pages, or register with MCK site or services, a cookie helps MCK to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as email addresses. When you return to the same MCK web site and affiliated portals, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the MCK features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the MCK services or web sites and affiliated portals you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

MCK secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. MCK secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

MCK will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect organisation and customer/user feedback. MCK encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how MCK is protecting your information.

Contact Information

MCK welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that MCK has not adhered to this Statement, please contact MCK at privacyatmediacouncil.or.ke. We will use reasonable effort to promptly determine and remedy the problem.