MESH Cookie Policy
MESH has drafted this Cookie Policy in order to explain its policy regarding the use of any personal data it collects on visitors of the MESH platform https://MESH.life/ (the “Platform”) through cookies which may be stored on and accessed from visitors’ devices when they use or visit the platform. The goal of this cookie policy is to allow those visitors to understand how your personal information may be handled by MESH through cookies, as well as the rights you have in relation to their personal data.
In general, MESH will handle personal data collected through cookies, in a lawful, fair, and transparent manner. Company has considered data protection principles on the protection of personal data under the Kenyan Data Protection Act (Act No. 24 of 2019) when defining its policies, such as the principles of purpose limitation, storage limitation, data minimization, and confidentiality.
The controller regarding all personal data processing carried out via cookies that the company uses on the Website, is Player First Limited, with registered offices at Karen Office Park, 1st floor Acacia Building. Nairobi. You can exercise your rights as a data subject by sending a written request to us at the following address:help@MESH.life.
At MESH, we believe in being completely transparent about how we collect and use your data. This Cookie Policy applies to any MESH product or service that links to this policy or incorporates it by reference. We use cookies and similar technologies to collect and use data as part of our Services as defined in our Privacy Policy (“Services”) and which includes our sites, communications, mobile applications and off-site Services. In the spirit of transparency, this policy provides detailed information about how and when we use these technologies.
By continuing to visit or use MESH, you are agreeing to the use of cookies and similar technologies for the purposes described in this policy.
This Cookie Policy is a part of Company’s Privacy Policy. For more information regarding Company’s personal data processing activities, please read Company’s Privacy Policy.
1. Definitions, characteristics, and application of standards
1.1 Cookies
A cookie is a small file placed onto your device that enables MESH features and functionalities. Any browser visiting our sites may receive cookies from us or cookies from third parties such as our partners or service providers. We or third parties may also place cookies in your browser when you visit non-MESH sites that display ads, host our plugins (for example, the “Apply with MESH” button) or tags.
Cookies are used for electronic authentication, monitoring of sessions and storage of information regarding your activities when accessing a website. They may also contain a unique ID code which allows tracking of your browsing activities within a website, for statistical or advertising purposes. Some operations within a website may not be able to be performed without the use of cookies which, in certain cases, are technically necessary for operation of the website.
There are various types of cookies, depending on their characteristics and functions, which may be stored on your computer for different periods of time: persistent cookies and session cookies. A persistent cookie may help us recognize you as an existing user, so it’s easier to return to MESH or interact with our Services without signing in again. A persistent cookie stays in your browser and will be read by MESH when you return to one of our sites or a partner site that uses our Services (for example, sites that use our sharing or job application buttons). Session cookies last only as long as the session (usually the current visit to a website or a browser session).
When browsing a website, you may also receive cookies from websites or web servers other than the website being visited (i.e., “third-party cookies”).
On the one hand, your consent may not always be necessary for cookies to be used on a website. In particular, “technical/necessary cookies” – i.e., cookies which are only used to send messages through an electronic communications network, or which are needed to provide services you request – typically do not require this consent. This includes browsing or session cookies (used to allow users to login) and function cookies (used to remember choices made by a user when accessing the website, such as language or products selected for purchase).
On the other hand, “profiling/marketing cookies” – i.e., cookies used to create profiles on users and to send advertising messages in line with the preferences revealed by users while browsing websites – typically require specific consent from users.
1.2 Pixels
A pixel is a tiny image that may be found within web pages and emails, requiring a call (which provides device and visit information) to our servers in order for the pixel to be rendered in those web pages and emails. We use pixels to learn more about your interactions with email content or web content, such as whether you interacted with offers or posts. Pixels can also enable us and third parties to place cookies on your browser.
1.3 Local storage
Local storage enables a website or application to store information locally on your device(s). Local storage may be used to improve the MESH experience, for example, by enabling features, remembering your preferences and speeding up site functionality.
1.4 Other similar technologies
We also use other tracking technologies, such as mobile advertising IDs and tags for similar purposes as described in this Cookie Policy. References to similar technologies in this policy includes pixels, local storage, and other tracking technologies.
2. What are these technologies used for?
Below we describe the purposes for which we use these technologies.
2.1 Authentication
We use cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our Services.
If you’re signed into MESH, these technologies help us show you the right information and personalise your experience in line with your settings where applicable. For example, cookies enable MESH to identify you and verify your account.
2.2 Security
We use cookies and similar technologies to make your interactions with our Services faster and more secure.
For example, we use cookies to enable and support our security features, keep your account safe and to help us detect malicious activity and violations of our User Agreement.
2.3 Preferences, features and services
We use cookies and similar technologies to enable the functionality of our Services, such as helping you to fill out forms on our Services more easily and providing you with features, insights and customized content in conjunction with our plugins. We also use these technologies to remember information about your browser and your preferences.
For example, cookies can tell us which language you prefer and what your communications preferences are. We may also use local storage to speed up site functionality.
2.4 Customized content
We use cookies and similar technologies to customize your experience on our Services.
For example, we may use cookies to remember previous searches so that when you return to our services, we can offer additional information that relates to your previous search.
2.5 Plugins on and off MESH
We use cookies and similar technologies to enable MESH plugins both on and off the MESH sites.
For example, our plugins, including the “Apply with MESH” button or the “Share” button may be found on MESH or third-party sites, such as the sites of our partners. Our plugins use cookies and other technologies to provide analytics and recognise you on MESH and third-party sites. If you interact with a plugin (for instance, by clicking “Apply”), the plugin will use cookies to identify you and initiate your request to apply.
You can learn more about plugins in our Privacy Policy.
2.6 Offers and promotions
Cookies and similar technologies help us show relevant offers to you more effectively, both on and off our Services and to measure the performance of such offers. We use these technologies to learn whether content has been shown to you or whether someone who was presented with an offer later came back and took an action on another site. Similarly, our partners or service providers may use these technologies to determine whether we’ve shown an offer or a post and how it performed or provide us with information about how you interact with offers.
We may also work with partners to show you an offer on or off MESH, such as after you’ve visited a partner’s site or application. These technologies help us to provide aggregated information to our partners.
For further information regarding the use of cookies and similar technologies, please see Section 3.4 of the Privacy Policy.
2.7 Performance, analytics and research
Cookies and similar technologies help us learn more about how well our Services and plugins perform in different locations.
We or our service providers use these technologies to understand, improve, and research products, features and services, including as you navigate through our sites or when you access MESH from other sites, applications or devices. We, or our service providers, use these technologies to determine and measure the performance of offers or posts on and off MESH and to learn whether you have interacted with our websites, content or emails and provide analytics based on those interactions.
We also use these technologies to provide aggregated information to our partners as part of our Services.
If you are a MESH member but logged out of your account on a browser, MESH may still continue to log your interaction with our services on that browser for up to 30 days in order to generate usage analytics for our Services. We may share these analytics in aggregate form with our partners.
3. Types of cookies used by the Website
The Website uses the following types of cookies:
Necessary cookies, which are strictly necessary for the Website’s operation, and/or to allow you to use the Website’s content and Company services made available via the Website.
Preference cookies, which are used to activate specific website functions and to configure the Website according to your choices, in order to improve your experience.
Statistics cookies, which allow Company to understand how users make use of the Website, and to track traffic to and from the Website.
Marketing cookies, which are used to observe the preferences you reveal through your use of the Website and to send you advertising messages in line with those preferences.
MESH also uses third-party cookies – i.e., cookies from websites / web servers other than Company’s own website, which are owned by third parties. These third parties will either act as independent data controllers from MESH regarding their own cookies (using the data they collect for their own purposes and under terms defined by them) or as data processors for MESH (processing personal data on MESH’s behalf). For further information on how these third parties may use your information, please refer to their privacy policies:
MESH uses Google Analytics on the Website. This is a tool developed by Google and used to collect information, which permits evaluation of the use of the Website, analysis of your behavior and improvement of your experience with the Website. You can obtain more information about how to opt out of Google Analytics at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
4. Cookie settings
You can choose not to consent to the use of certain cookies, or otherwise withdraw your consent (and thereby block or delete) certain cookies, via the cookie consent management platform made available to you on the Website.
You can also change your cookie settings through your browser options. Your cookie preferences will be reset if different browsers are used to access the Website. For more information on how to set the preferences for cookies via your browser, please refer to the following instructions:
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Chrome
- Safari
YOUR CHOICES
You have choices on how MESH uses cookies and similar technologies. Please note that if you limit the ability of MESH to set cookies and use similar technologies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it may no longer be personalized to you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings where applicable like login information.
- Opt out of targeted advertising
Some mobile device operating systems such as Android and iOS provide the ability to opt out of the use of mobile advertising IDs for ads personalization. You can learn how to use these controls by visiting the manufacturer’s website for both Android and iOS.
- Browser controls
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings, which may be adapted to reflect your consent to the use of cookies. Further, most browsers also enable you to review and erase cookies, including MESH cookies. To learn more about browser controls, please consult the documentation that your browser manufacturer provides.
AMENDMENTS
This Cookie Policy entered into force on 27/11/2014. Company reserves the right to partly or fully amend this Cookie Policy, or simply to update its content, e.g. as a result of changes in applicable law. MESH will inform you of any substantial changes as soon as they are introduced (through a pop-up on Company’s website, and/or through e-mail notifications sent to customers / users included in Company’s mailing lists). Changes will be binding as soon as they are published.