DATA POLICY
AJIRY is committed to a high standard of privacy for our users. We understand that job seeking
is a confidential and private activity and we take great care to ensure the services we provide
meet our user’s expectations.
We know that job seeking involves the provision of sensitive personal information to others. We
encourage users to carefully apply for jobs and to do their due diligence before applying or
agreeing to certain conditions set by the employer.
AJIRY collects a range of personal and non-personal data as part of its core service offering.
AJIRY collects information on our site visitors collectively including which sections of the site
are most frequently visited, how often and for how long. This data is always used as aggregated,
non-personal information.
AJIRY utilizes this information to improve and enhance our services by monitoring the areas on
the site which are most popular to users and to enhance the usability and feature set of our
services.
This aggregated information may be shared with AJIRY partners, designers, technology service
providers, investors, alliance partners, customers, advertisers and others in order to provide them
with an overview of how AJIRY visitors use the site.
AJIRY 's web servers gather your IP address, device and browser characteristics, site activity
records and other data in order to assist with the diagnosis of problems or support issues with our
services, and to monitor legitimate use of our site and to provide diagnostic data for maintaining
the security of our website.
AJIRY uses cookies by default to provide you with a better experience. These cookies allow you
to use specific services for example to remember who you are for automatically logging in.
Users who do not wish to receive cookies can instruct their web browsers to refuse them.
However, doing so will prevent access to some areas of the site and limit your use of some of the
AJIRY services.
In order to better understand our users, AJIRY may use a third-party measurement company like
Alexa, Google, Incapsula or other web measurement companies to assess site traffic and
behavior. Tracking codes from these companies are used to collect aggregated non-personal data
about site, device, browser and internet service provider usage amongst other non-personal data.
This aggregate, non-personal information is collated and provided to AJIRY by thee third parties
to assist in analyzing the usage of the site. This data is also accessible by media organizations
and research companies, for the purpose of conducting industry comparisons with other Internet
websites. It is also accessible by third party advertisers considering placing advertising on
AJIRY via Google, Inmobi, Twin Pine or other third-party ad serving providers.
As part of registering with AJIRY, we collect personal information about you that you provide
for you to take full advantage of AJIRY 's services.
Registration is completely optional. However, registration for free or paid membership services
allows you to take advantage of more of the tools and resources that assist you in finding a job.
Registration includes submitting your email address, mobile phone number and other contact
information, as well as some information about who you are and what type of job you arelooking for, curriculum vitae, certificate of good conduct and other educational certificates. You
may access, edit or delete this information at any time when you log in to your account.
Job Alerts are an optional service designed to help job seekers maximize their chance of getting a
job. AJIRY requests that you provide information relating to your employment preferences as
well as your email address or mobile phone number so that we may notify you via email of jobs
specific to your needs. Users can modify or delete their profiles at any time and unsubscribe
from the service at any time.
AJIRY registered members may elect to store resumes and use those resumes when applying for
a job. Please note that deleted records may still be stored by AJIRY in testing or backup systems
for a period. AJIRY provides registered members with the option of creating a personal profile.
A profile may include your resume, employment and educational history, contact details and the
classifications and locations registered members would like to work in amongst other personal
data.
Registered members' profiles may be seen by AJIRY clients who place job opportunities in
matching classifications and locations. AJIRY provides registered members with a range of
privacy options in relation to the access allowed to their Profile whereby the job advertiser sends
the job for which they are inviting you to apply to you before you release your resume to them.
All information provided when creating a Profile including name, resume, email address,
telephone numbers, employment and educational history are used for the purposes of facilitating
registered members job seeking efforts. Registered Members can modify, hide or delete their
resume at any time. AJIRY reserves the right to disable or delete a Profile at their sole discretion.
Making an online application to a job advertisement on AJIRY does require registration and paid
membership. Job applications require you to provide personal information so that the advertiser
can identify and contact you. Your application, including attachments and cover letters, are
forwarded directly onto the third-party advertiser. This information may also be disclosed to
AJIRY 's service providers and contractors from time to time who assist us to deliver our
products and services, or may be disclosed to an advertisers provider in the case of recruitment
agencies, recruitment software providers and other third party providers to our advertisers.
AJIRY may also retain this information in order to customize the service we provide to you. For
example, AJIRY may use this information to help create an AJIRY Profile that you may choose
to use in the future. We will not however activate this (or any other service) or disclose this
information to any third party without your express consent. AJIRY does however reserve the
right to disable or delete a saved resume or cover letter at its discretion. However, we will only
do this for reasons of security, technological constraints or other factors unrelated to the personal
information or identity or personal information of the user.
SAFETY AND SECURITY:
We use the information we must help verify accounts and activity, and to promote safety and
security on and off our Services, such as by investigating suspicious activity or violations of our
terms or policies. We work hard to protect your account using teams of engineers, automated
systems and advanced technology such as encryption. We also offer easy-to-use security tools
that add an extra layer of security to your account.
We use cookies and similar technologies to provide and support our Services and each of the
uses outlined and described in this section of our policy. Read our Cookie Policy to learn more.
JOB APPLICATION:
By applying to a position advertised on AJIRY you are requesting that AJIRY pass the
information to the Advertiser as a part of your application. AJIRY also provides you with
selected information about job seeking and career-related topics in our email newsletter. This
service is sent to registered users and provides the option of opting out of receiving these by
changing your preferences. AJIRY may also make you aware of additional products and services
which form part of your relationship or membership with AJIRY.
SECURITY OF DATA:
AJIRY takes all reasonable steps to ensure the security of our systems. AJIRY allows you to
access your information at any time to keep it accurate and up to date. Any information which
we hold for you is stored on secure servers hosted by Centum Investments. In addition, our
employees and the contractors who provide services related to our information systems are
contractually obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by AJIRY.
Our employees have severely restricted access to personal data stored on AJIRY. However,
AJIRY will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorized access of your personal
information.
You can also play an important role in keeping your personal information secure, by maintaining
the confidentiality of any password and accounts used on the AJIRY site. Please notify us
immediately if there is any unauthorized use of your account by any other Internet user or any
other breach of security.
Unless you become a registered member, AJIRY does not collect information that identifies you
personally. If, however, you become an AJIRY registered member, you can change, update or
delete your registered profile at any time by logging in.
AJIRY may provide links for online job or other applications to third party sites. The use of your
information by these third-party sites is not within the control of AJIRY and we cannot accept
responsibility for the conduct of other companies. With the consent of AJIRY 's registered
members, AJIRY may provide that member's personal profile to AJIRY clients who have placed
job ads with matching classifications and locations to the registered member's profile and who
have purchased access to the member's profile. The use of that information by these AJIRY
clients is not within the control of AJIRY and we cannot accept responsibility for the conduct of
these clients. AJIRY clients who place job ads on AJIRY, and who purchase AJIRY registered
members' profiles are asked to comply with our Advertiser Terms and Conditions that include a
privacy policy about their own information handling practices.
You may also directly contact advertisers to request access to any personal information that you
have sent as part of an application or as part of a profile.
Sometimes, we transfer information to 3rd party contractors including persons outside of Kenya.
Your personal data and resume may be stored securely on servers located in other parts of the
world. Limited aspects of your profile information may be accessed by robots belonging to
Google, Amazon, Microsoft or other third-party search engine, security or other service
providers.
By giving us your personal information, you consent to such disclosures and storage. In addition,
where we transfer information to persons outside Kenya we believe that the recipients of such
information are subject to a law, binding scheme or contract which effectively upholds principles
for fair handling of the information that are substantially similar to our own principles.
AJIRY welcomes ideas and feedback about all aspects of the site. AJIRY stores feedback that
users send to us. This feedback will be used to administer and refine the service and may be
shared with AJIRY partners either in aggregate form or with specific identifying characteristics
removed.
From time to time, AJIRY may review and update its privacy statement. Revised versions will be
updated on the website.
Communicate with you.
We use your information to send you marketing communications, communicate with you about
new jobs or opportunities that may help you scale and let you know about our policies and terms.
We also use your information to respond to you when you contact us.
LEGAL REQUESTS:
We may access, preserve and share your information in response to a legal request (e.g. a search
warrant, court order or subpoena) if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so.
This may include responding to legal requests from jurisdictions outside of the Kenya where we
have a good faith belief that the response is required by law in that jurisdiction, affects users in
that jurisdiction and is consistent with internationally recognized standards. We may also access,
preserve and share information when we have a good faith belief that it is necessary to: detect,
prevent and address fraud and other illegal activity; to protect ourselves, you and others,
including as part of investigations; or to prevent death or imminent bodily harm. For example,we may provide information to third-party partners about the reliability of your account to
prevent fraud and abuse on and off our Services. Information that we receive about you,
including financial transaction data related to AJIRY account Verification or purchases made
within AJIRY , may be accessed, processed and retained for an extended period of time when it
is the subject of a legal request or obligation, governmental investigation, or investigations
concerning possible violations of our terms or policies, or otherwise to prevent harm. We also
may retain information from accounts disabled for violations of our terms for at least a year to
prevent repeat abuse or other violations of our terms.
POLICY CHANGE:
We'll notify you when we make changes to this policy and give you the opportunity to review
and comment on the revised policy.
FEEDBACK:
Please contact AJIRY via info@ajiry.co.ke
COOKIE POLICY
We use cookies on the Ajiry Website for a variety of purposes which are described in this
Cookie Policy. By using the Ajiry Website you consent to the storing and accessing of Cookies
on your device in accordance with the terms of this Cookie Policy.
What are cookies and what do they do?
A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier.
When you visit the Ajiry Website, there is a prompt that informs you that our site uses cookies
by default.
Consent and blocking of the use of cookies on the Ajiry Website:
By navigating away from the home page of the Ajiry Website and continuing to use the Ajiry
Website, you are consenting to our use of the Cookies described in this Cookie Policy.
If you do not consent to Ajiry using Cookies or, having previously consented to our use of
Cookies, you decide to block such use then please read the next section of this Cookie Policy
entitled “Blocking our Use of Cookies”.
Blocking our Use of Cookies:
You can block our use of Cookies at any time by activating the settings in your web browser.
Please visit All About Cookies where you can find comprehensive information on cookie
management for a wide variety of web browsers.
What Happens if I Block Cookies?
If you choose to withhold consent to Ajiry ’s use of Cookies, or subsequently block Cookies that
you previously consented to, some aspects of the Ajiry Website may not work properly and you
may not be able to access all or part of our Ajiry Website .
How we use cookies on the Ajiry Website
Session Cookies:
We use Cookies to allow the Ajiry Website to uniquely identify a user’s browsing session on the
Ajiry Website and to allow us to coordinate this information with data from our Ajiry Website
server.
Analytics:
We use Google’s “analytics” Cookies which, in conjunction with our web server’s log files,
allow us to identify unique, but anonymous users. These Cookies can also calculate the aggregate
number of people visiting our Ajiry Website, the date and time of a user’s visit to the Ajiry
Website , the pages a user has viewed and the time spent by users at the Ajiry Website . This
helps us gather feedback so that we can improve the Ajiry Website and better serve our users.
Third party web sites and platforms:
Your use of third-party web sites and platforms such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, and the
privacy practices of these platforms, are governed by separate terms, conditions and policies for
which Ajiry is not responsible. You should review Facebook’s terms, conditions and policies
where you will find more details on how information about you is used on their platforms and
how you can set your privacy preferences.
You can find more information about the individual Cookies we use and the purposes for which
they are used in the table below:
Cookie Type Purpose
Google Analytics:
This Cookie is placed by Google. It enables Ajiry to learn information about our users use of the
Ajiry Website such as the time of visit, the pages viewed, whether the user has visited before and
the website visited prior to visiting the Ajiry Website.
To opt-out please see https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Facebook Pixel
This Cookie is placed by Facebook. It enables Ajiry to measure, optimize and build audiences
for advertising campaigns served on Facebook. In particular it enables Ajiry to see how our
users move between devices when accessing the Ajiry Website and Facebook, to ensure that
Ajiry ’s Facebook advertising is seen by our users most likely to be interested in such advertising
by analyzing which content a user has viewed and interacted with on the Ajiry Website .
To opt-out please see https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences
Cookie Pop Up
Cookie Accept:
This Cookie is placed by Ajiry. It is used to record when a user of the Ajiry Website has viewed
the Cookie notice to prevent it re-appearing on return visits.