Privacy
Policy.

Who this applies to

This website is the personal and professional platform of Ishimwe Jean Marie — journalist, Pan-Africanist, and refugee advocate. It exists to share writing, work, and ideas, and to make it easy for people to get in touch. This policy covers everyone who visits ishimweconnect.com.

What information is collected

Most of the site can be read without sharing anything about yourself. Information is only collected when you choose to give it:

• Contact details — the name, email, organisation, and message you submit through the contact form.
• Email correspondence — anything you send directly to letstalk@ishimweconnect.com.
• Basic technical data — standard server logs used only to keep the site secure and working well.

How your information is used

Information shared with this site is used only to:

• Respond to your enquiries, collaborations, or speaking and media requests.
• Maintain a record of correspondence so conversations can continue properly.
• Keep the website secure, stable, and improve how it works.

Your details are never sold, rented, or traded. Period.

Sharing with third parties

Your information is not shared with third parties except where it is necessary to run the site — for example, the email and hosting providers that deliver your messages and keep the site online. These providers process data on our behalf and are expected to protect it. Information may also be disclosed where required by law.

Cookies & analytics

This site uses only essential cookies needed for it to function. If basic analytics are used, they help understand which writing and pages resonate — never to identify you personally. You can disable cookies in your browser at any time without losing access to the content.

Data security & retention

Reasonable technical and organisational measures are taken to protect your information against loss, misuse, or unauthorised access. Contact records are kept only for as long as they are useful for ongoing communication, after which they are deleted.

Your rights

In line with the Kenya Data Protection Act, 2019, you have the right to access the personal information held about you, to ask for it to be corrected, and to request that it be deleted. To exercise any of these rights, simply send an email and the request will be honoured promptly.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated from time to time as the site evolves. Any changes will appear on this page with a revised date above. Continued use of the site after an update means you accept the current version.