Last updated 14th May 2024.
The Imarisha Uchumi Party believes that protecting your personal information is very important. In accordance with Data Protection Act 2019 we are accountable for the way we process your data. We have therefore implemented appropriate physical, technical and organizational measures to protect the personal information we have under our control, both online and offline. The IUP is committed to protecting your privacy and the transparent use of any information you share with us in accordance with our legal obligations. This Privacy Notice sets out in detail the purposes for which we process your personal data, who we share it with, what rights you have in relation to that data and everything else we think is important for you to know.
The Imarisha Uchumi Party’s Privacy Notice may change so please remember to check back from time to time. Where we have made any changes to this Privacy Notice, we will make this clear on our website or contact you to let you know. We are committed to treating you with respect and openness.
Personal data means any information that can directly or indirectly identify a living person –
If you have any questions about this Notice or you would like any more information in regard to how we process, store or use your personal information, please contact The Imarisha Uchumi Party:
To call:
To email: imarishauchumiparty@gmail.com
To write to us in the post: Data Protection Officer, The Imarisha Uchumi Party, PO Box 865-00521, Nairobi
You also have the right to contact the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner if you would like to complain about us, please see their contact details below:
To call: 0796954269
Their complaint page is: https://www.odpc.go.ke/
In this document, when you see words 'we' 'us' or 'our', it refers to The Imarisha Uchumi Party.
The Imarisha Uchumi Party is in the process of registered with the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties. Here at The Imarisha Uchumi Party, we are committed to protecting your personal information and making every effort to ensure that your personal information is processed in a fair, open and transparent manner.
It is important that you understand who is responsible for keeping your data safe. According to the Data Protection Act 2019. We will be the "controller" of all personal data collected and used by the Imarisha Uchumi Party for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice. This means that we are responsible for deciding how and why your data is used and for ensuring that your data is handled legally and safely.
We collect the details you submit to us when you complete an online form asking us to keep you updated on party activities and related issues.
We also collect information that you voluntarily provide to us when you respond to petitions or surveys including your responses to any questions they might ask.
When you join as member of the party, we collect all the details you provide including contact details and any other details that are voluntarily provided. We also collect your payment details where necessary to process your membership subscriptions and donations.
We collect information about how you interact with our websites using Cookies and your connection's Internet Connection (IP) Address if your browser is set to accept/provide such.
The Imarisha Uchumi Party is composed of 7 levels from the polling centre structure to the national structure. The data we obtain from local and regional branches has been collected by those branches directly and relates to any relationship or communications you have with them including meetings, events, local campaigns and correspondence.
As a political party we will make use of data from The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission for the purposes of being up to date.
We also collect anonymized publicly available information from social networking sites such as Facebook and X former Twitter, for example likes, shares, tweets and posts about the Imarisha Uchumi Party and its activities and campaigns. This information is provided to us by the third-party social media platform.
We use the data you provide us to communicate with our membership and supporters about party business, activities and campaigns. From time to time, we will also communicate with you about fundraising campaigns we run in order to finance the operation of the party and/or support specific causes.
We use your data, including any voluntarily provided information, to choose which campaigns or Party activity we believe may be of interest to you. Our communications may be via Post, Telephone, Email or Social Media.
Your address information (where provided) is used to identify the branch, regional and may be used in an automated way to inform you of campaigns and activities of geographical relevance.
As a Political Party we use your expressed political opinions to information our campaigning including what issues we promote, how we contact you and what we say to you.
This ensures that we can continue to represent supporters' views in a democratic way and to help us generate revenue to fund our political activities.
In order to process personal data lawfully we may use different lawful grounds for processing. For example, where the law permits, we may send Freepost communications. We may use Consent where it is informed and specific to the purposes for which it was gathered, such as for fundraising or campaigning.
We process your membership and personal data with respect to your membership position in line with the constitution of the Party and your agreed participation. As a membership organisation we require that we be able to communicate with members about constitutional issues (such as leadership elections, conference and changes to the constitution) this is considered to be a fundamental part of our role in promoting democracy in the public interest.
We may from time to time contact you directly asking for donations to help fund the work of the Party. Without funding it would be impossible to function as a Political Party and therefore such communication is considered to be a fundamental part of our role in promoting democracy.
The IUP website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (Google). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. We use Google Analytics to make sure our online campaigning is as effective as possible, and it is also one of the ways we make sure that this website is clear and usable.
You can read Google's privacy policy here for further information.
With your permission, our website utilizes the Conversion Tracking Pixel service of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). This tool allows us to follow the actions of users after they are redirected to a provider’s website by clicking on a Facebook advertisement. We are thus able to record the efficacy of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes.
The collected data remain anonymous. This means that we cannot see the personal data of any individual user. However, the collected data are saved and processed by Facebook. We are informing you on this matter according to our information at this time.
Where you comment on a social media post we have made, we may repost your comment or share your comment on another social media channel. We will do this in our Legitimate Interest. Where you post information on our social media channels which are in the public domain, we may not be able to control information which is reposted or copied by a third parties.
Facebook is able to connect the data with your Facebook account and use the data for their own advertising purposes, in accordance with Facebook’s Data Use Policy found here. Facebook Conversion Tracking also allows Facebook and its partners to show you advertisements on and outside Facebook. In addition, a cookie will be saved onto your computer for these purposes.
Where you join as a member of the Party your data will be held for as long as you maintain your membership. If your membership lapses, your status may change to a supporter or may be deleted from our records.
Where you have donated to the Party or one of its campaigns the related data may be held for a period of 5 years to ensure we can comply with our legal obligations.
You have a number of rights under data protection law. Some of these rights and how you can exercise them are set out in this section, more information can be found from the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (https://www.odpc.go.ke/).
We will normally need to ask you for proof of your identity before we can respond to a request to exercise any of the rights in this section and we may need to ask you for more information, for example to help us to locate the personal data or ask for a 'scope' that your request relates to.
You have the right to be informed as to how we use your data and under what lawful basis we carry out any processing. This privacy policy sets this information out however if you would like further information or feel that your rights are not being respected, please email imarishauchumiparty@gmail.com .
You have a right to ask us to send you a copy of your all-personal data that we hold about you (subject to some exceptions). A request to exercise this right is called a "subject access request" and must be made in writing to: imarishauchumparty@gmail.com , The Imarisha Uchumi Party, PO Box 865-00521, Nairobi
You have a right to object to us processing any personal data that we process where we are relying on legitimate interests as the legal basis of our processing. You also have the right to withdraw your consent from our processing that requires it (such as our email communications). Every communication will have an option for you to withdraw your consent directly, or you can email imarishauchumiparty@gmail.com at any time to exercise this right.
You have a right to ask us to correct inaccurate data that we hold about you. If we are satisfied that the new data you have provided is accurate, we will correct your personal data as soon as possible.
You have a right to ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances, for example if we have processed your data unlawfully or if we no longer need the data for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice.
You can ask us to restrict processing of your personal data in some circumstances, for example if you think the personal data is inaccurate and we need to verify its accuracy, or if we no longer need the data but you require us to keep it so that you can exercise your own legal rights. Restricting your personal data means that we only store your personal data and don't carry out any further processing on it unless you consent, or we need to process the data to exercise a legal claim or to protect a third party or the public.
To exercise any of the rights above please email imarishauchumiparty@gmail.com or write to Data Protection Officer, The Imarisha Uchumi Party, PO Box 865-00521, Nairobi
To further understand your rights please visit the website of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at http://www.odpc.go.ke