Privacy Policy

1. INTRODUCTION

This Privacy Policy describes the privacy and security practices that SAMALA LIMITED, its subsidiaries and affiliates (SAMALA, we or us) employ when collecting, using and handling (processing) personal information about you in connection with our subscription/registration based job matching platform known as M-JOBO consisting of our mobile phone App/Apps or USSD Codes (the Platform). 

Personal information means all information that relates to an identified individual or to an identifiable individual. For example, your name, address, email address, educational and employment background, CV and job qualifications.

The Privacy Policy may change over time to comply with legal requirements or to meet our changing business needs. The most up-to-date version of the Privacy Policy can be found on our website. In case there is an important change that we want to highlight to you, we will also inform you in another appropriate way (for example email or a text message).

2. SCOPE

This Privacy Policy applies to our processing of personal information of potential candidates to inform them of job opportunities currently offered by different employers in through the Platform.

3. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

Samala Limited with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and the local entity (ies) of the country (ies) in which you have subscribed to our job matching services are responsible for processing your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

4. WHICH CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE PROCESS?

We process personal information that you provide directly to us through the platform.

We may process the following categories of personal information for our job matching activities as further described in this Privacy Policy:

5. WHY AND HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use personal information for the following purposes:

These purposes are described below in further detail:

We process information about you to inform you about available job opportunities based on your personal information and the requirements of potential employers. We may therefore include information about you in our job matching databases to manage our job matching processes.

When you choose to subscribe to our services we need to process your personal information so that we can create and manage your subscription. 

To analyze, develop and improve the Platform 

In order to analyze, develop and improve our Platform, we may process information about you, for example if you encountered any problems in using our Platform or if it is not functioning as expected. We may also process information about you to develop and test new products or system versions, patches and updates.

We may use personal information about you as necessary to maintain the security of our Platform. For example, we may process information about you when investigating suspicious activity on our websites, systems and networks.