Effective date: 13 March 2026
At Forex.ke, we respect your privacy. We only collect the information needed to run our website, respond to messages, prevent abuse, improve site performance, and manage any optional user features we may offer.
We do not sell your personal information.
When you click links to third party websites, including broker websites or partner pages, those websites may collect data and set cookies under their own privacy policies. Once you leave Forex.ke, their rules apply, not ours.
This policy explains what we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and the choices available to you.
1. Who We Are
Forex.ke is an informational website focused on forex trading, brokers, market education, and related financial topics for readers in Kenya.
If you need to contact us about privacy or data use, you can reach us through our published contact email or contact form on the website.
2. What We Collect
You do not need an account to read our articles. In most cases, you can browse Forex.ke without directly giving us personal information.
Depending on how you use the site, we may process the following types of data.
Information you provide directly
This may include:
- your name, email address, or other contact details if you send us a message
- any information you include in that message
- information submitted through forms on the site, where applicable
If Forex.ke offers comments, community features, or account registration in future, we may also process the information needed to manage those services.
Technical and usage data
Like most websites, we may collect basic technical data automatically when you visit the site. This can include:
- IP address
- browser type
- device type
- operating system
- pages viewed
- referral source
- date and time of access
- approximate location inferred from IP, such as city or country
This helps us keep the site secure, understand traffic patterns, and improve performance.
Cookies and similar technologies
We may use cookies and similar tools for:
- site functionality
- security
- analytics
- remembering preferences
- affiliate attribution when you click certain partner links
Some cookies are necessary for the site to function properly. Others are optional, depending on your location and the consent rules that apply.
We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal data unless you choose to send it to us directly, and we ask that you do not send sensitive information unless it is genuinely necessary.
3. Why We Use Your Data
We use personal data only where we have a valid reason to do so.
This may include using data to:
- operate and maintain the website
- respond to enquiries, complaints, or feedback
- monitor security and prevent abuse, spam, or fraud
- understand how readers use Forex.ke
- improve our content, pages, and user experience
- track partner referrals where affiliate links are used
- meet legal or regulatory obligations
Where required by law, we rely on your consent for non essential cookies or similar tracking tools. In other cases, we may rely on our legitimate interests, provided those interests do not override your rights.
4. Kenya Focus and Local Relevance
Forex.ke is built for readers in Kenya, so some of our content, tools, and commercial relationships may reflect local relevance. That may include pages about brokers available to Kenyan traders, payment methods such as M Pesa, local market access, or content written with Kenyan users in mind.
Where we use analytics or affiliate tools, this is done to understand how readers use the site and whether our content is useful. It is not a licence to collect everything under the sun just because the internet makes it possible.
5. Cookies, Analytics, and Affiliate Tracking
Cookies
Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website. Some are necessary for the website to work. Others help us understand traffic, remember settings, or measure whether a reader visited a partner after clicking a link.
Analytics
We may use analytics tools to measure traffic and performance, such as page views, referral sources, device types, and general usage patterns. Reports are usually aggregated and used to improve the site.
Where the law requires it, we will ask for your consent before using non essential analytics cookies.
Affiliate tracking
Some links on Forex.ke may be affiliate links. If you click one of these links, a third party partner may place a cookie or use another attribution method to recognise that the visit came from our site.
This may allow us to earn a commission if you later register or take another qualifying action. These tracking tools are generally controlled by the third party, not by Forex.ke directly.
Citation links used as editorial references are not intended to function as affiliate links unless clearly part of a broker review or commercial page.
Your choices
You can usually control cookies through:
- your browser settings
- our cookie banner or consent tool, where shown
- privacy signals or browser based controls, where legally recognised
You can also delete cookies from your device at any time through your browser settings.
6. Do We Share Data
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share limited data with trusted third parties where needed to run the site or provide services. These may include:
- hosting providers
- analytics providers
- email or contact form providers
- security and anti spam services
- affiliate platforms or commercial partners, where relevant
These parties may only process data for legitimate business purposes connected to the operation of Forex.ke, legal compliance, security, or referral tracking.
We may also disclose data where required by law, regulation, court order, or where necessary to protect our rights, users, or the public.
7. Data Retention
We keep personal data only for as long as it is reasonably needed for the purpose it was collected.
Examples:
- contact messages may be kept for as long as needed to handle the enquiry and maintain records
- security logs may be stored for a short period to investigate abuse or technical issues
- analytics data may be retained in aggregate form for reporting and performance analysis
- cookies remain active until they expire or are deleted by you
Where data is no longer needed, we delete it, anonymise it, or reduce it to a form that no longer identifies you.
8. Security
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information under our control. These may include secure connections, access controls, restricted administration rights, and monitoring for misuse.
No online system is completely secure, so while we take care, we cannot promise absolute security. Please only send the information needed for your request.
9. International Data Transfers
Some of our service providers may process data outside Kenya or outside your country of residence. Where this happens, we take reasonable steps to make sure appropriate safeguards are in place, where required by applicable law.
10. Your Rights
Depending on where you live and the laws that apply, you may have rights to:
- access personal data we hold about you
- request correction of inaccurate data
- request deletion of your data
- object to certain processing
- restrict certain processing
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- request a copy of your data in a portable form, where applicable
If you want to exercise a privacy right, contact us using the details provided on the site. We may need to verify your identity before acting on certain requests.
If you have never given us information that identifies you directly, for example if you only read articles without contacting us, we may not have enough data to identify you in a meaningful way.
11. Children
Forex.ke is intended for adults. Our content is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us, contact us so we can review and remove it where appropriate.
12. Third Party Websites
When you leave Forex.ke and visit another website, that website’s privacy policy and terms apply. This includes brokers, advertisers, partners, and other third party services linked from our pages.
We encourage users to read those policies before sharing personal information or creating accounts with third parties.
13. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will publish the updated version on this page and revise the effective date at the top.
If a change is material, we may also give clearer notice on the site where appropriate.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how Forex.ke handles data, please contact us through the contact details published on the website.
Regional Note
Forex.ke serves readers in Kenya, but some visitors may access the site from other countries. If local privacy laws apply to your use of the site, we will handle requests in line with the relevant legal requirements where applicable.
This article was last updated on: March 13, 2026