# Cookie Policy
Datapoint Daily uses cookies and similar technologies to ensure our website functions correctly, improve performance, understand how readers interact with our journalism, remember certain preferences and support the security of our digital services.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how Datapoint Daily may use them and the choices available to users.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow websites to remember certain information about your visit and can help provide a more efficient and consistent browsing experience.
Some cookies exist only for the duration of your browsing session, while others may remain on your device for a specified period or until they are deleted.
How We Use Cookies
Datapoint Daily may use cookies and similar technologies for purposes including:
- Operating essential website functionality.
- Maintaining website security.
- Remembering user preferences.
- Measuring website performance.
- Understanding how readers interact with our content.
- Improving navigation and user experience.
- Measuring the effectiveness of our content and services.
- Supporting advertising where applicable.
We aim to use cookies only where they serve a legitimate operational, analytical or business purpose.
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are necessary for certain parts of Datapoint Daily to operate securely and correctly.
They may be used for functions such as authentication, security, session management, fraud prevention, network management and remembering privacy choices.
Because these cookies are required for core website functionality, they may not always be possible to disable through our cookie controls.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
We may use analytics and performance technologies to understand how Datapoint Daily is being used.
These technologies can help us understand information such as which pages are visited, how readers navigate the website, general traffic patterns, website performance and technical problems.
We use this information to improve our journalism, website performance and overall reader experience.
Where required by applicable law, non-essential analytics technologies will only be activated after appropriate consent has been obtained.
Preference Cookies
Preference cookies may allow Datapoint Daily to remember choices made by users, such as interface preferences or other settings.
These cookies help provide a more consistent experience when users return to the website.
Advertising Cookies
Datapoint Daily may use advertising technologies as our advertising services develop.
Advertising cookies or similar technologies may be used to measure advertising performance, manage the frequency of advertisements and, where permitted, provide advertising that is more relevant to users.
Where consent is legally required for advertising or tracking technologies, they should not be activated until the appropriate consent has been provided.
Third-Party Services
Datapoint Daily uses or may use trusted third-party technology providers to operate and improve our digital services.
These providers may use cookies or similar technologies when providing services such as website infrastructure, security, analytics, email communications, payments or advertising.
Third-party services may process information according to their own privacy and cookie policies. We aim to select providers with appropriate privacy and security practices.
Cookie Consent
Where required by applicable law, Datapoint Daily will provide users with appropriate choices regarding non-essential cookies.
Users may be able to accept or reject categories of non-essential cookies through the cookie consent interface available on the website.
Rejecting non-essential cookies should not prevent access to the core journalism and essential functionality of Datapoint Daily.
Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
Most modern web browsers allow users to view, block or delete cookies through their browser settings.
Users can also configure browsers to restrict certain cookies or notify them when websites attempt to place cookies on their devices.
Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality or preferences.
Similar Technologies
In addition to traditional cookies, Datapoint Daily may use other technologies that perform similar functions, such as local storage, pixels or comparable browser technologies.
Where these technologies are used for purposes requiring consent, they should be subject to the same appropriate privacy controls as cookies.
How Long Cookies Are Stored
The length of time a cookie remains on a device depends on its purpose.
Session cookies normally expire when the browser session ends. Persistent cookies may remain for a defined period unless they are deleted earlier by the user.
Datapoint Daily and its service providers should retain cookie-related information only for as long as reasonably necessary for its intended purpose.
Your Privacy
Information collected through cookies and similar technologies is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection requirements.
Where applicable, users may have rights regarding personal information generated through these technologies, including rights of access, correction, deletion, objection or withdrawal of consent.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
Datapoint Daily may update this Cookie Policy as our website, technology, advertising services or legal obligations change.
Any updated version will be published on this page, together with an updated effective date where appropriate.
We encourage users to review this policy periodically.
Contact Us
For questions about our use of cookies, privacy or data protection, contact:
Datapoint Daily
Email: privacy@datapointdaily.co.ke
Website: datapointdaily.co.ke