Privacy and data protection

Draft for review. This page must be checked by a qualified lawyer before the site launches.

What we collect

Account details: name, email, phone (optional) and a securely hashed password.
Membership and payment records: plan, status, payment method type and the payment provider's reference. We do not store card numbers or mobile-money PINs.
For businesses: registration details, contacts, locations and verification documents you upload. Verification documents are private and only seen by editors.
What you save: saved items, collections, saved searches and calculator results.
Usage: searches and page views, linked to your account if you are signed in, to understand what information people need.
Correction reports, including an email address if you give one.

[To be completed: purposes, lawful basis, alerts and emails, retention periods.]

[To be completed: payment provider, hosting, email provider. Member contact reveals are recorded so businesses can see interest.]

[To be completed by counsel with reference to Uganda's data protection law: access, correction, deletion, complaints.]

We use only the cookies the site needs to work. There are no advertising or tracking cookies.

Sign-in: keeps you signed in on this device and protects forms from being sent by another site.
Cookie notice: remembers that you have seen this notice, so it is not shown again.
Staff only: remembers the light or dark look of the admin area.
Videos: the homepage video uses YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode, which does not set cookies until you play it.

You can delete cookies in your browser settings at any time. If you delete the sign-in cookie, you will need to sign in again.

[Data protection contact to be confirmed]