Last updated: 11 June 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Potatoes Africa ("we", "us") collects, uses and protects personal information when you visit potatoesafrica.com or interact with us.
Potatoes Africa is an independent digital publication covering the African potato sector. If you have any questions about this policy, you can contact us at we@potatoesafrica.com.
Information you provide to us: when you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address. When you contact us through the advertising enquiry form, we collect your name, work email, company and the contents of your message.
Information collected automatically: like most websites, we collect limited technical data such as your approximate location, browser type, device information and the pages you visit. We use Vercel Web Analytics for this — a privacy-friendly service that measures aggregate site usage and does not use cookies or store personal identifiers to track you across websites.
Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we rely on the following legal bases: your consent (for example, for the newsletter and non-essential cookies); our legitimate interests in operating and promoting our publication; and the performance of a contract where you engage our advertising services.
We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with service providers who help us operate, including Supabase for database hosting, Zoho CRM for managing enquiries, Resend for sending email, and Vercel for website hosting and analytics. These providers process data on our behalf under appropriate agreements.
We may also disclose information where required to do so by law, or to protect our rights.
Our service providers may process data in countries other than your own. Where required, we take steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place for such transfers.
We use cookies and similar technologies. Essential cookies are necessary for the website to function. Non-essential cookies, such as those used for analytics and advertising, are used only with your consent, which you can give or decline through our cookie banner and change at any time by clearing the relevant cookie.
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy, or as required by law. Newsletter data is kept until you unsubscribe; enquiry data is kept for as long as needed to manage our relationship with you.
Depending on your location, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or port your personal data, to object to or restrict its processing, and to withdraw consent at any time. To exercise these rights, contact us at we@potatoesafrica.com. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Our website is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 16.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be posted on this page, with its effective date.
If you have any questions about this policy or our data practices, contact us at we@potatoesafrica.com.