Privacy policy

Last updated 27 September 2026. This policy explains what personal data Yatsar International collects, why, and the choices you have.

Who we are

Yatsar International ("Yatsar", "we") is a leadership development and training initiative based in Kenya. For the purposes of the Kenya Data Protection Act, 2019, Yatsar is the data controller for the personal data described here. You can reach us at yatsarinternational@gmail.com.

What we collect

Application details you give us when you apply for a cohort: your name, email address, phone number, and your answers to the application questions.
Payment details needed to collect fees via M-Pesa: the phone number charged, the amount, the M-Pesa receipt number and the time of payment. We never see or store your M-Pesa PIN.
Contact messages you send through the contact form or by email.
Newsletter sign-ups: your email address, if you choose to subscribe.
Technical data such as IP address and browser type, used only to keep the site secure and to prevent abuse. We do not use advertising trackers.

Why we use it

To review applications and run cohorts you have applied to or joined.
To collect fees, issue receipts and keep accurate financial records.
To reply to your messages.
To send the newsletter, only if you opted in. You can unsubscribe at any time.
To keep the site secure, prevent fraud and meet legal obligations.

Who we share it with

We use a small number of service providers to run the site: hosting and database providers, an email delivery service, a form provider for the application questionnaire, and a licensed payment provider that processes M-Pesa payments. Each only receives the data needed for its task and may not use it for anything else. We do not sell personal data.

How long we keep it

Application data is kept for the duration of the cohort and for a reasonable period after, so we can support alumni and answer questions. Payment records are kept for as long as the law requires for accounting purposes. Contact messages are deleted once resolved. You can ask us to delete or anonymise your application data at any time; where we must keep payment records, we remove the personal details from them.

Your rights

Under the Data Protection Act you have the right to be told how your data is used, to access it, to correct it, to object to certain uses, and to ask for deletion. To exercise any of these, email yatsarinternational@gmail.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner.

Children

Where a participant is under 18, we require a parent or guardian to consent to the application and to be our point of contact for that participant.

Changes

If we change this policy we will update the date at the top of this page. Significant changes will be communicated to current participants by email.