Kinyozi — Sports Analytics & Predictions App Last updated: 14 October 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Kinyozi ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you use the Kinyozi mobile application and the website kinyozi.africa.
1. Information We Collect
We collect only the minimum information needed to operate the service:
Phone number and/or email address — whichever you choose to register or sign in with. Either one is enough; you may add the other later.
Account credentials — a password that you set. We never store your password in plain text; it is stored as a secure cryptographic hash.
Subscription and payment details — your plan tier, subscription dates, payment amounts and transaction references, used to manage your access to premium features and to issue receipts.
Your country — the country you choose when you sign up (or, if you do not choose, the country worked out from your connection). It sets your prices, currency display, language and payment options.
Basic usage data — such as last login time and your device’s time zone (so times are shown in your own time), used for account security and service improvement.
Sign-in and security records — for every sign-in attempt and password change: the time, whether it succeeded, the app or website used, the IP address, the country worked out from it, and the device/browser type. We use these only to protect your account (for example to warn you about a sign-in from a new country) and keep them for 180 days.
Website visit statistics — when you visit kinyozi.africa we count visits with our own tool: a random visitor number kept in your browser, the pages and buttons used, the country (worked out from your IP address, which we do not store) and the device type. No cookies, no advertising networks, and nothing that identifies you personally.
Notification token — if you allow notifications, the device token issued by Google’s Firebase Cloud Messaging, used only to deliver notifications to your device.
Advertising ID — the resettable advertising identifier your Android device provides, together with basic app events (app installed, registration completed, content viewed, subscription purchased). This is used only to measure our advertising, as described in section 5. You can switch it off at any time — see section 5.
We do not collect your name, contacts, precise location, photos, or any files on your device.
2. Why We Collect Your Phone Number
Your phone number is used to run your account, and for nothing else:
Creating and identifying your account.
Sending one-time passcodes (OTP) to verify it is really you, including during password resets. These are delivered by SMS in Tanzania, and by email to an email address you registered with (in every country).
Service messages about your own account — payment confirmations and receipts, subscription expiry reminders, and replies to support requests you started.
The same applies to your email address. We do not use your phone number or email address for marketing calls or unsolicited messages, and we never pass them to advertisers.
3. How We Protect Your Data
Your phone number and email address are stored in encrypted form in our database.
Passwords are stored as secure one-way hashes — they can never be read back, even by us.
All communication between the app and our servers uses HTTPS (TLS encryption).
Accounts are protected with rate limiting and automatic lockouts against brute-force attempts.
We keep a record of sign-ins so that unusual access can be spotted, and changing or resetting your password signs you out on every other device.
4. We Do Not Sell Your Data
We never sell, rent or trade your phone number or any other personal information, and we never share it with anyone so that they can market to you.
We do share specific data with the service providers that make the app work. Each one receives only what it needs for that single job, and may not use it for anything else:
SMS delivery — your phone number is passed to an SMS gateway provider for the sole purpose of delivering verification codes and account messages in Tanzania.
Email delivery (Zoho Corporation) — if you use an email address, it is passed to our email provider, Zoho Mail, for the sole purpose of delivering verification codes, welcome and receipt emails and account messages.
Hosting (DigitalOcean) — our servers and database run in DigitalOcean’s data centre in London, United Kingdom.
WhatsApp (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd) — if you contact our support on WhatsApp, your phone number is processed by Meta to deliver those messages and our replies.
Payment providers — when you pay, the paying mobile-money number or card details and the transaction amount are handled by our payment processors, PalmPesa (mobile money) and LipaPay (mobile money and cards). Card details are entered on their page and never reach us.
Google (Firebase Cloud Messaging) — if you allow notifications, your device token is held by Google in order to deliver them.
Meta Platforms (advertising measurement) — your device’s advertising ID and basic app events, as described in section 5.
Legal requirements — if we are required to disclose information by law or a valid legal process.
5. Advertising Measurement
We advertise Kinyozi on Facebook and Instagram. The app includes Meta’s software development kit (SDK) so that we can tell which advertisements lead to installs and whether people who install go on to use the app. To do that, the SDK sends Meta your device’s advertising ID together with basic events: the app was installed, it was opened, registration was completed, content was viewed, a subscription was purchased (with the amount).
These events carry no phone number, no name and no account identifier. We do not send Meta your predictions, your slips, or anything else you do inside the app beyond the events listed above.
You can turn this off. The advertising ID belongs to you, not to us: on your device open Settings → Privacy → Ads (on some devices Settings → Google → Ads) and choose Delete advertising ID. Once deleted, the app can no longer report your activity to Meta for advertising, and everything else in Kinyozi keeps working exactly as before.
When a slip you built in Kinyozi wins (on slips saved from 4 October 2026 onwards), we may show it to other Kinyozi users — in a notification and inside the app — and use it in our marketing on social media (for example Instagram or Facebook). We share only the matches, the picks, the result and the total odds, under a made-up nickname that we generate (such as “Simba_47”). We never show your phone number, your account number, the name you gave the slip, or anything else that identifies you.
You can say no. Turn off sharing for one slip from the slip screen, or for all your slips in your account settings, or contact us at the address below and we will do it for you. We stop using the slip from then on; posts already published cannot always be recalled. Deleting your account also stops all sharing of your slips.
7. Data Retention
We keep your account information for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, your personal information is removed from our systems. Sign-in and security records are deleted after 180 days. Payment receipts are business records that we must keep for tax and accounting purposes; when you delete your account they are kept without your phone number, email address or any link to you.
8. Account Deletion
You may delete your account and all associated personal data at any time using our self-service deletion page:
You may also request deletion by contacting us at the email address below. We will process email deletion requests within 30 days.
Deleting your account removes your personal information from our systems. The advertising ID described in section 5 is not stored by us — it lives on your device, and you remove it there, at any time, whether or not you delete your Kinyozi account.
9. International Users and Your Rights
Kinyozi is provided by Thamani Digital Limited (trading as Kinyozi Africa), 13th Floor, Tanzanite Park, Victoria, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which is responsible for your personal information.
Why we may use your information: to provide the service you signed up for (your account, subscription, receipts and support); to keep accounts and payments secure (sign-in records, fraud and abuse prevention); because the law requires it (tax and accounting records); and, where you agree, for notifications and advertising measurement, which you can switch off at any time.
Where it is processed: our servers are in the United Kingdom, and some of our service providers (for example Zoho, Google and Meta) process data in other countries, including the United States. We only use providers that protect the data they handle for us.
Your rights: you can ask us for a copy of your personal information, to correct it, to delete it (see section 8), to object to or restrict how we use it, or to receive it in a portable form. Contact us at the address in section 12; we will answer within 30 days. If you live in the United Kingdom or the European Union you can also complain to your data protection authority (in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office).
Availability: Kinyozi is not offered in some countries where the law does not allow it; sign-up from those countries is refused.
10. Children's Privacy
Kinyozi provides sports analytics and statistical predictions and is intended for users aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has created an account, contact us and we will delete it.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, contact us at:
Kinyozi — Programu ya Uchambuzi na Utabiri wa Michezo Ilisasishwa mara ya mwisho: 14 Oktoba 2026
Sera hii ya Faragha inaeleza jinsi Kinyozi ("sisi", "wetu") inavyokusanya, kutumia, na kulinda taarifa zako za kibinafsi unapotumia programu ya simu ya Kinyozi na tovuti kinyozi.africa.
1. Taarifa Tunazokusanya
Tunakusanya taarifa ya chini kabisa inayohitajika kutoa huduma:
Nambari ya simu na/au barua pepe — ile unayochagua kutumia kusajili au kuingia. Moja inatosha; unaweza kuongeza nyingine baadaye.
Neno la siri — unaloweka wewe mwenyewe. Hatuihifadhi neno la siri kwa maandishi wazi; linahifadhiwa kwa njia salama ya kisiri (cryptographic hash).
Maelezo ya usajili na malipo — kiwango cha mpango wako, tarehe za usajili, kiasi cha malipo na kumbukumbu za miamala, yanayotumiwa kusimamia ufikiaji wako wa huduma za malipo na kutoa risiti.
Nchi yako — nchi unayochagua unapojisajili (au, usipochagua, nchi inayotambuliwa kutokana na muunganisho wako). Inaamua bei zako, sarafu inayoonyeshwa, lugha na njia za malipo.
Takwimu za msingi za matumizi — kama vile muda wa kuingia mara ya mwisho na saa za eneo la kifaa chako (ili muda uonyeshwe kwa saa zako), zinazotumika kwa usalama wa akaunti na uboreshaji wa huduma.
Kumbukumbu za kuingia na usalama — kwa kila jaribio la kuingia na kila ubadilishaji wa neno la siri: muda, kama lilifanikiwa, kama ni programu au tovuti, anwani ya IP, nchi inayotambuliwa kutokana nayo, na aina ya kifaa/kivinjari. Tunazitumia tu kulinda akaunti yako (kwa mfano kukuonya kuhusu kuingia kutoka nchi mpya) na tunazihifadhi kwa siku 180.
Takwimu za kutembelea tovuti — unapotembelea kinyozi.africa tunahesabu matembezi kwa zana yetu wenyewe: nambari ya nasibu ya mgeni inayohifadhiwa kwenye kivinjari chako, kurasa na vitufe vilivyotumika, nchi (kutokana na anwani yako ya IP, ambayo hatuihifadhi) na aina ya kifaa. Hakuna cookies, hakuna mitandao ya matangazo, na hakuna kitu kinachokutambulisha binafsi.
Tokeni ya arifa — ukiruhusu arifa, tokeni ya kifaa inayotolewa na Firebase Cloud Messaging ya Google, inayotumika tu kukufikishia arifa.
Kitambulisho cha matangazo (Advertising ID) — kitambulisho cha matangazo cha kifaa chako cha Android, pamoja na matukio ya msingi ya programu (programu imesakinishwa, imefunguliwa, usajili umekamilika, maudhui yametazamwa, usajili wa malipo umefanyika). Kinatumika tu kupima matangazo yetu, kama inavyoelezwa katika kifungu cha 5. Unaweza kukizima wakati wowote — angalia kifungu cha 5.
Hatukusanyi jina lako, anwani za mawasiliano, eneo halisi, picha, wala faili yoyote kwenye kifaa chako.
2. Kwa Nini Tunakusanya Nambari Yako ya Simu
Nambari yako ya simu inatumika kuendesha akaunti yako, na si vinginevyo:
Kuunda na kutambua akaunti yako.
Kutuma nambari ya mara moja (OTP) ili kuthibitisha kwamba ni wewe, ikiwemo wakati wa kubadilisha neno la siri. Zinatumwa kwa SMS nchini Tanzania, na kwa barua pepe kwa anwani uliyosajili nayo (katika kila nchi).
Ujumbe wa huduma kuhusu akaunti yako mwenyewe — uthibitisho wa malipo na risiti, ukumbusho wa kumalizika kwa usajili, na majibu ya maswali ya msaada uliyoanzisha wewe.
Vivyo hivyo kwa barua pepe yako. Hatutumii nambari yako ya simu wala barua pepe kwa masoko au ujumbe usioombwa, na hatuzipeleki kamwe kwa watangazaji.
3. Jinsi Tunavyolinda Data Yako
Nambari yako ya simu na barua pepe zinahifadhiwa kwa njia iliyosimbwa katika hifadhidata yetu.
Maneno ya siri yanahifadhiwa kama hashi zisizoweza kusomwa tena — hata sisi hatuwezi kuyasoma.
Mawasiliano yote kati ya programu na seva zetu yanatumia HTTPS (usimbuaji wa TLS).
Akaunti zinalindwa kwa kizuizi cha kiwango cha maombi na kufungwa kiotomatiki dhidi ya majaribio ya nguvu.
Tunaweka kumbukumbu za kuingia ili matumizi yasiyo ya kawaida yaweze kugunduliwa, na kubadilisha au kuweka upya neno la siri kunakutoa kwenye kila kifaa kingine.
4. Hatuuzi Data Yako
Hatuuzi, hatukodishi wala hatubadilishani nambari yako ya simu au taarifa nyingine yoyote ya kibinafsi, na hatuishiriki kamwe na mtu yeyote ili akufanyie masoko.
Tunashiriki taarifa maalum na watoa huduma wanaofanya programu ifanye kazi. Kila mmoja anapokea kile tu anachohitaji kwa kazi hiyo moja, na hairuhusiwi kuitumia kwa jambo lingine:
Utoaji wa SMS — nambari yako ya simu inapelekwa kwa mtoa huduma wa SMS kwa lengo pekee la kukufikishia nambari za uthibitisho na ujumbe wa akaunti nchini Tanzania.
Utoaji wa barua pepe (Zoho Corporation) — ukitumia barua pepe, inapelekwa kwa mtoa huduma wetu wa barua pepe, Zoho Mail, kwa lengo pekee la kukufikishia nambari za uthibitisho, barua pepe za ukaribisho na risiti, na ujumbe wa akaunti.
Uhifadhi wa seva (DigitalOcean) — seva na hifadhidata yetu zinaendeshwa katika kituo cha data cha DigitalOcean jijini London, Uingereza.
WhatsApp (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd) — ukiwasiliana na msaada wetu kupitia WhatsApp, nambari yako ya simu hushughulikiwa na Meta ili kufikisha ujumbe huo na majibu yetu.
Watoa huduma za malipo — unapolipa, nambari ya simu inayolipa au taarifa za kadi pamoja na kiasi cha muamala hushughulikiwa na watoa huduma wetu wa malipo, PalmPesa (pesa za simu) na LipaPay (pesa za simu na kadi). Taarifa za kadi huingizwa kwenye ukurasa wao na hazitufikii sisi kamwe.
Google (Firebase Cloud Messaging) — ukiruhusu arifa, tokeni ya kifaa chako inashikiliwa na Google ili kukufikishia arifa hizo.
Meta Platforms (kupima matangazo) — kitambulisho cha matangazo cha kifaa chako na matukio ya msingi ya programu, kama inavyoelezwa katika kifungu cha 5.
Mahitaji ya kisheria — ikiwa tunahitajika kisheria au kwa mchakato halali wa kisheria kufichua taarifa.
5. Kupima Matangazo
Tunatangaza Kinyozi kwenye Facebook na Instagram. Programu ina kifurushi cha maendeleo cha Meta (SDK) ili tuweze kujua ni tangazo lipi linaloleta usakinishaji na kama waliosakinisha wanaendelea kutumia programu. Ili kufanya hivyo, SDK hutuma kwa Meta kitambulisho cha matangazo cha kifaa chako pamoja na matukio ya msingi: programu imesakinishwa, imefunguliwa, usajili umekamilika, maudhui yametazamwa, usajili wa malipo umefanyika (pamoja na kiasi).
Matukio haya hayabebi nambari ya simu, jina, wala kitambulisho cha akaunti. Hatumpelekei Meta utabiri wako, slip zako, wala kitu kingine chochote unachofanya ndani ya programu zaidi ya matukio yaliyotajwa hapo juu.
Unaweza kuzima hili. Kitambulisho cha matangazo ni chako, si chetu: kwenye kifaa chako fungua Mipangilio → Faragha → Matangazo (kwenye baadhi ya vifaa Mipangilio → Google → Matangazo) kisha chagua Futa kitambulisho cha matangazo. Ukishakifuta, programu haiwezi tena kuripoti matumizi yako kwa Meta kwa ajili ya matangazo, na kila kitu kingine ndani ya Kinyozi kinaendelea kufanya kazi kama kawaida.
Meta hushughulikia data hii kama inavyoelezwa katika sera yake ya faragha kwenye facebook.com/privacy/policy.
6. Kushiriki Slip Zilizoshinda
Slip uliyotengeneza ndani ya Kinyozi ikishinda (kwa slip zilizohifadhiwa kuanzia tarehe 4 Oktoba 2026), tunaweza kuionyesha kwa watumiaji wengine wa Kinyozi — kupitia arifa na ndani ya programu — na kuitumia kwenye matangazo yetu mitandaoni (kwa mfano Instagram au Facebook). Tunashiriki mechi, chaguo, matokeo na odds jumla tu, kwa jina la utani tunalotengeneza sisi (kama “Simba_47”). Hatuonyeshi kamwe nambari yako ya simu, nambari ya akaunti yako, jina ulilopa slip, wala kitu chochote kinachokutambulisha.
Unaweza kukataa. Zima kushiriki kwa slip moja kwenye ukurasa wa slip, au kwa slip zako zote kwenye mipangilio ya akaunti, au wasiliana nasi kupitia anwani iliyo hapa chini nasi tutakufanyia. Tutaacha kutumia slip hiyo kuanzia hapo; machapisho yaliyokwisha kutoka hayawezi kurudishwa kila mara. Kufuta akaunti yako pia kunasimamisha kushiriki kwa slip zako zote.
7. Uhifadhi wa Data
Tunahifadhi taarifa za akaunti yako kwa muda wote akaunti yako ikiwa hai. Ukifuta akaunti yako, taarifa zako za kibinafsi zinaondolewa kwenye mifumo yetu. Kumbukumbu za kuingia na usalama zinafutwa baada ya siku 180. Risiti za malipo ni kumbukumbu za biashara tunazolazimika kuhifadhi kwa ajili ya kodi na hesabu; ukifuta akaunti yako zinabaki bila nambari yako ya simu, barua pepe wala kiungo chochote kwako.
8. Ufutaji wa Akaunti
Unaweza kufuta akaunti yako na data yote inayohusiana wakati wowote kupitia ukurasa wetu wa kujisaidia:
Unaweza pia kuomba ufutaji kwa kuwasiliana nasi kupitia barua pepe iliyo hapa chini. Tutashughulikia maombi ya ufutaji kwa barua pepe ndani ya siku 30.
Kufuta akaunti yako huondoa taarifa zako za kibinafsi kwenye mifumo yetu. Kitambulisho cha matangazo kilichoelezwa katika kifungu cha 5 hakihifadhiwi na sisi — kipo kwenye kifaa chako, na unakiondoa hapo wakati wowote, hata kama hutafuta akaunti yako ya Kinyozi.
9. Watumiaji wa Kimataifa na Haki Zako
Kinyozi inatolewa na Thamani Digital Limited (inayofanya biashara kama Kinyozi Africa), Ghorofa ya 13, Tanzanite Park, Victoria, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, ambayo inawajibika kwa taarifa zako za kibinafsi.
Kwa nini tunaweza kutumia taarifa zako: kukupa huduma uliyojisajili (akaunti, usajili wa malipo, risiti na msaada); kulinda akaunti na malipo (kumbukumbu za kuingia, kuzuia udanganyifu na matumizi mabaya); kwa sababu sheria inatulazimu (kumbukumbu za kodi na hesabu); na, ukikubali, kwa arifa na kupima matangazo, ambavyo unaweza kuzima wakati wowote.
Mahali zinaposhughulikiwa: seva zetu ziko Uingereza, na baadhi ya watoa huduma wetu (kwa mfano Zoho, Google na Meta) hushughulikia data katika nchi nyingine, ikiwemo Marekani. Tunatumia tu watoa huduma wanaolinda data wanayoishughulikia kwa niaba yetu.
Haki zako: unaweza kutuomba nakala ya taarifa zako za kibinafsi, kuzirekebisha, kuzifuta (angalia kifungu cha 8), kupinga au kuzuia jinsi tunavyozitumia, au kuzipata kwa muundo unaoweza kuhamishwa. Wasiliana nasi kupitia anwani iliyo katika kifungu cha 12; tutajibu ndani ya siku 30. Ukiishi Uingereza au Umoja wa Ulaya unaweza pia kuwasilisha malalamiko kwa mamlaka yako ya ulinzi wa data (Uingereza: Information Commissioner’s Office).
Upatikanaji: Kinyozi haitolewi katika baadhi ya nchi ambazo sheria hairuhusu; usajili kutoka nchi hizo unakataliwa.
10. Faragha ya Watoto
Kinyozi inatoa uchambuzi wa michezo na utabiri wa takwimu na imekusudiwa kwa watumiaji wenye umri wa miaka 18 na zaidi. Hatukusanyi kwa makusudi taarifa kutoka kwa mtu yeyote chini ya miaka 18. Ukiamini mtoto mdogo ameunda akaunti, wasiliana nasi nasi tutaifuta.
11. Mabadiliko ya Sera Hii
Tunaweza kusasisha Sera hii ya Faragha mara kwa mara. Mabadiliko yoyote yatachapishwa kwenye ukurasa huu pamoja na tarehe mpya ya "Ilisasishwa mara ya mwisho". Kuendelea kutumia programu baada ya mabadiliko kunamaanisha kukubali sera iliyorekebishwa.
12. Wasiliana Nasi
Ikiwa una maswali yoyote kuhusu Sera hii ya Faragha au jinsi data yako inavyoshughulikiwa, wasiliana nasi: