Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Marima collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal information when you use our website, mobile applications, property listing services, rental search services, booking services, property management tools, and related services.

By accessing or using Marima, creating an account, listing a property, searching for a rental, sending an enquiry, making a booking, or using any of our services, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal and service-related information depending on how you use Marima.

  • Account information, including your name, phone number, email address, password, profile photo, and account preferences.
  • Property listing information, including property name, location, rent or booking price, property type, amenities, descriptions, photos, availability, and contact details.
  • Enquiry and communication information, including messages, requests, support conversations, tenant enquiries, owner responses, booking requests, and related communication.
  • Property management information, including tenant records, unit details, rent information, invoices, payment records, maintenance requests, notices, and caretaker or manager details where applicable.
  • Transaction information, including subscription records, booking details, payment references, receipts, billing details, and transaction status.
  • Device and usage information, including IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, app activity, pages visited, session logs, crash logs, cookies, and analytics data.
2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to provide, operate, improve, secure, and personalize Marima services.

  • To create, verify, manage, and secure user accounts.
  • To publish and display property listings, rental spaces, hotels, Airbnb-style spaces, short-stay units, and commercial spaces.
  • To help users search for properties, compare listings, contact property owners, send enquiries, or make bookings.
  • To support landlords, agents, property managers, hotel owners, and hosts in managing listings, tenants, enquiries, bookings, invoices, and property-related records.
  • To process subscriptions, bookings, payments, invoices, receipts, refunds, and related transactions.
  • To send service notifications, account alerts, enquiry updates, booking updates, payment confirmations, support responses, and important platform announcements.
  • To improve security, prevent fraud, detect abuse, troubleshoot errors, analyze usage, and improve user experience.
  • To comply with legal, regulatory, accounting, tax, security, and dispute-resolution requirements.
3. Public Property Listings

When you list a property on Marima, some listing information may be visible to the public or to users searching for properties. This may include property photos, location, rent or booking price, amenities, property description, availability, and contact options.

You are responsible for ensuring that information and media uploaded to property listings are accurate, lawful, and suitable for public display.

4. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information only where necessary to provide Marima services, comply with the law, protect users, or operate the platform.

  • With landlords, agents, property managers, hotel owners, hosts, tenants, guests, or users where required to complete enquiries, bookings, rental communication, or property-related services.
  • With service providers who support hosting, payments, analytics, email, SMS, customer support, security, backups, and technical infrastructure.
  • With payment providers or financial service providers where required to process subscriptions, bookings, invoices, refunds, or transaction records.
  • With regulators, courts, government authorities, or law enforcement agencies where required by applicable law or valid legal process.
  • With professional advisors, auditors, insurers, or legal representatives where necessary for business, compliance, dispute-resolution, or risk-management purposes.
5. Payments and Third-Party Services

Marima may use third-party payment processors, hosting providers, analytics tools, communication services, and other service providers. These providers may process information only as needed to provide their services to Marima or to users.

Payment information may be handled by payment providers. Marima may store transaction references, payment status, receipt information, billing history, and subscription details, but we do not intentionally store full card details unless expressly supported by a compliant payment provider.

6. Cookies and Analytics

We may use cookies, pixels, local storage, analytics tools, and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, improve performance, understand usage, prevent fraud, and improve our services.

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Some Marima features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.

7. Data Security

We apply reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures may include access controls, secure servers, encryption where applicable, monitoring, backups, and staff access restrictions.

However, no online platform, mobile application, or electronic storage method is completely secure. Users are responsible for keeping account passwords confidential and notifying us if they suspect unauthorized access.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services, maintain accounts, manage listings, process transactions, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, prevent fraud, and maintain business records.

When information is no longer required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely archive it, subject to applicable law and legitimate business requirements.

9. Your Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have rights over your personal information, including the right to:

  • Access the personal information we hold about you.
  • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
  • Request deletion of your personal information, subject to legal and business retention requirements.
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
  • Object to or restrict certain processing activities where permitted by law.
  • Request a copy of your personal information in a portable format where applicable.

To exercise these rights, contact us using the contact details provided at the end of this policy. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

10. Marketing Communications

We may send you marketing messages, offers, service updates, property-related information, or promotional communications where permitted. You may opt out of marketing communications at any time using available unsubscribe options or by contacting us.

Even if you opt out of marketing messages, we may still send important service, security, billing, account, or legal notices.

11. Children’s Privacy

Marima is intended for users who can legally search for rentals, list properties, manage property services, make bookings, or enter into property-related arrangements. Users under the age of 18 should use Marima only with the involvement and consent of a parent or legal guardian.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors without appropriate consent. If you believe a minor has provided personal information without consent, please contact us.

12. International Transfers

Some service providers, hosting infrastructure, or technology partners may process or store information outside Kenya. Where this happens, we take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place in line with applicable data protection requirements.

13. Account Deletion

You may request deletion of your Marima account or certain personal information by contacting us. We may retain some information where required for legal, accounting, tax, fraud prevention, security, dispute resolution, or legitimate business purposes.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, legal requirements, technology, or business operations. Updated versions will be posted on this page with the latest revision date where applicable.

Continued use of Marima after any update means you accept the revised Privacy Policy.

15. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your data rights, or want to request account deletion, contact us through:

  • support@marima.co.ke
  • +254 718 505 072
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