Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 5, 2026

1. Who we are

YourWatts Africa ("we", "us") is operated by Stephan Kulik, an independent publisher based in Cyprus (not a registered company). Contact: [email protected] or via /contact.

As the operator is based in the European Union, we apply a single high-standard data protection baseline to all visitors — equivalent to EU GDPR — regardless of your country of residence. This approach also satisfies the requirements of the main African data protection frameworks applicable to our visitors, including South Africa's POPIA, Nigeria's NDPR, and Kenya's Data Protection Act 2019.

Data controller: Stephan Kulik, 111 Chlorakas Avenue, Shop 9, Suite 546, 8220 Chloraka, Paphos, Cyprus. Data protection contact: [email protected] (or via the contact page).

2. What data we collect

Usage data (analytics): aggregated, anonymised data about pages visited, device type, country (from IP, then discarded), and referrer.
Tool inputs: if you use our ROI calculator or system configurator, your inputs are processed locally in your browser and are not stored on our servers.
Contact submissions: if you email us, we retain the email and any information you provide.

We do not collect: payment data, government IDs, or precise location.

3. Why we collect it (lawful basis)

Legitimate interest: fraud/abuse prevention.
Consent: analytics (Google Analytics), other non-essential cookies and any marketing or affiliate-attribution tags — only after you opt in.
Contract / pre-contract: responding to your questions.

POPIA users: processing relies on the "legitimate interests" and "consent" conditions under section 11 of POPIA. NDPR and Kenya DPA users: the equivalent lawful-processing grounds under those statutes.

4. Cookies and tracking

Nothing non-essential loads before you choose. Google Analytics is not requested, and sets no cookies, until you click “Accept all” or allow “Analytics” under “Manage”. If you reject, nothing is loaded. The same rules apply to every visitor, wherever you are.

Name	Provider and category	Purpose	Retention
yw_consent_v1	YourWatts — strictly necessary (browser localStorage, not a cookie)	Remembers your choice, accept or reject, so the banner is not shown again. Both choices are stored the same way.	Until you change your choice or clear this site's data
_ga	Google Analytics 4 — analytics (only with consent)	Used to distinguish users.	2 years
_ga_<container-id>	Google Analytics 4 — analytics (only with consent)	Used to persist session state.	2 years

Browsers can shorten these lifetimes: Google notes that first-party cookies last at most 400 days in Chrome and 7 days in Safari if you do not return.

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time with the “Cookie preferences” button at the bottom of every page, or with this button:

Withdrawing stops Google Analytics on the page and deletes its _ga cookies; nothing is loaded on later pages.

Sources: Google, “[GA4] Cookie usage on websites”

5. Affiliate tracking

When you click an affiliate link on our site, you will be directed to a third-party merchant. That merchant may set their own cookies to attribute a resulting sale to us. We do not share any personal data with these partners — only an anonymised referral identifier.

6. Your rights

Regardless of which framework applies, you have the right to:

Access the personal data we hold about you
Request correction of inaccurate data
Request deletion of your data
Restrict or object to processing
Data portability
Lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority — for example, the Information Regulator (South Africa), NDPC (Nigeria), or the ODPC (Kenya)

To exercise any of these rights, contact us via /contact. We respond within 30 days.

7. Data retention

Analytics data is retained for 14 months in aggregated form. Contact-form submissions are retained for 24 months unless you request earlier deletion.

8. International transfers

Data is processed in the European Union by our operator, and by service providers (e.g. Google Analytics) that may process data in the United States. Such transfers are covered by the EU Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent safeguards recognised under POPIA, NDPR, and Kenya DPA 2019.

9. Changes to this policy

We will post any material changes here. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.