We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Below, we’ve outlined the procedures we have in place to safeguard your privacy, ways we use the information we collect as well as ways to limit the use of this information according to your preferences.

Introduction

1. This Website Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy“) is provided by KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED (as defined under the Terms and Conditions) and pertains to the personal information which KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED may from time to time collect from you when you access and/or use the Website (www.kakaoproperties.com).
2. KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This Privacy Policy explains how we use personal information we collect about you and how you can instruct us if you prefer to limit the use of that information.
3. In this Privacy Policy the term “third parties” means persons, firms or companies which are not subsidiaries of or otherwise associated with KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED.

The information we collect

1. Whilst using the Website, KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED may electronically collect, store and use certain “personal information” about you as is set out in this Privacy Policy. The term “personal information” shall bear the same meaning under this Privacy Policy as defined in the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013.
2. In using and/or accessing the Website you may provide us with (or we may, from time to time, require you to provide us with) certain “personal information” which may include, but is not limited to, information pertaining to your:
   1. name and surname;
   2. email address; and
   3. mobile number.

How we use your personal information

1. KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED will only use your personal information to compile the Website, provide you with information, communicate with you, respond to enquiries made by you, manage our relationship with you and provide services or marketing material to you, including alerts on new properties matching your search criteria (where you have opted to receive such material or submitted your details to receive regular information from us via email).
2. Further to the above, by using the Website, you consent to KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED using or disclosing your personal information for purposes of:
   1. statistical and/or data analysis;
   2. processing any contact, communication or transaction which you have initiated, requested or otherwise indicated an interest in;
   3. the ordinary course of KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED’s business; and
   4. promotion and marketing.
3. We or our agents and/or sub-contractors may contact you by post, email or telephone from time to time to ask you for your feedback and comments on our services. On each occasion you will be provided with the option to “opt-out”.
4. KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED will not disclose your personal information to anyone except as provided for in this Privacy Policy. We may, however, need to disclose your personal information to KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED employees, agents and/or third party service providers  who require such information to carry out their duties or otherwise in instances where this is pursuant to a contact, communication or transaction that you have initiated or requested.
5. Your personal information may, in the ordinary course of business, move between different companies or business units in KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED. This may involve the transfer of your personal information outside the borders of Kenya, provided that the disclosure of your personal information shall be in accordance with the purpose for which the personal information was collected from you. There may also be situations where the law requires us to disclose your personal information. In all other situations, KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED will not disclose your personal information without giving you prior notice thereof and an opportunity to give your consent thereto where required.
6. KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED will not use your personal information for any purpose (other than as stated above) without your consent.

Sale of business

In the event that KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED’s business is sold or integrated with another business your personal information may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchaser and their advisers and will be passed on to the new owners of the business. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify you (by posting on the Website or via an email sent to your email address provided to us) of any such change.

How do we protect your personal information

1. You acknowledge that the Internet is not a secure medium; however, we have put in place various security measures to protect your personal information.
2. KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED takes security and privacy of your personal information seriously and we have internal procedures in place which cover storage, access and disclosure of your personal information.
3. We will ensure that all KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED employees, agents and/or third party service providers having access to your personal information are bound by appropriate confidentiality and non-use obligations in relation to your personal information.

Our commitment

1. KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED will:
   1. treat your personal information as strictly confidential;
   2. take certain technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information;
   3. provide you with reasonable access to your personal information on the Website to view and/or update personal details;
   4. as soon as reasonably possible after the discovery of a compromise, and insofar as we can establish your identity, notify you that there are reasonable grounds to believe that your personal information has been accessed or acquired by an unauthorised person; and
   5. upon your reasonable written request, return or destroy any and all of your personal information which may be in our possession or control.
2. Whilst KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED will do all things reasonably necessary to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee nor do we accept any liability of whatsoever nature for any unauthorised or unlawful disclosure and/or use of your personal information, either by employees and/or agents and/or made by third parties (including third party service providers) who are not subject to our control, unless such disclosure and/or use is as a result of our gross negligence.
3. If you disclose your personal information to any third party (including an entity which operates a website linked to the Website) other than KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED,KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, HOWSOEVER ARISING, SUFFERED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF THE DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO SUCH THIRD PARTIES. This is because KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED do not regulate or control how third parties use your personal information. You should always ensure that you read the privacy policy of any third party that you disclose your personal information to.

Consent

1. By visiting our Website, you consent to us using your personal information as set out in this Privacy Policy.
2. KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED has a global reach. As such, there is a possibility that your personal information may have to be transferred to countries outside of Kenya. Insofar as your information may be transferred outside of Kenya, KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED shall take reasonable organisational and/or contractual measures to ensure that your personal information is processed by such third parties for the purposes for which it has been provided to us and that the required levels of protection have been implemented by such third parties to safeguard your personal information. By using the Website and submitting your personal information to us, you consent to your personal information being transferred outside of Kenya.

Opting out

1. Should you not wish to receive any marketing and promotional or other information from KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED, you may request KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED to cease sending you such information or request that your personal information be removed from our database or mailing list at any time. You will have the right to opt-out of receiving any communications from KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED by notifying KAKAO PROPERTIES LIMITED in writing.

Amendment

We may change our Privacy Policy in our sole discretion and at any time without informing you thereof in writing. It is your responsibility to visit the Website periodically to review the Privacy Policy to which you are bound. If we change our Privacy Policy we will post the changes on the Website so that you may be aware of the personal information we collect and how we use it at all times.

Contact us

All comments, questions, concerns or complaints regarding your personal information or this privacy policy, should be forwarded to us by using the contact details in the Terms and Conditions.