These guidelines pertain to the content and information you submit in response to a reader submission questionnaire specifically mentioning these terms, and not to any content you create during your participation in public activities on other parts of the Bizhack Kenya Services (as defined in our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy).
By providing Your Content to us, you acknowledge and agree to the following conditions regarding the content and information (“Your Content”) you submit to the Bizhack Kenya Company (“Bizhack.co.ke,” “us,” or “our”):
- Unless otherwise stated in the questionnaire, Your Content may be used for journalistic purposes and published in various formats and media. Your Content, including your name and location, may be made public, potentially becoming widely known and accessible, including online.
- We will not publish your phone numbers and email address (“Your Contact Details”), nor use or disclose them for marketing purposes.
- Your Contact Details may be utilized by us to confirm your identity and responses to the questionnaire, to gain further insight into the story and your opinions on it, and to contact you regarding other stories we are reporting on.
- You agree that:
- You are legally responsible for Your Content.
- Your Content is truthful, not defamatory, and does not violate any third party’s privacy, data protection, or confidentiality rights.
- Your Content does not plagiarize or infringe any third party’s copyright, moral rights, or other intellectual property or similar rights. For instance, do not submit any photos, drawings, or recordings unless you own the copyright or have the necessary permissions.
- Your Content is based on your genuine personal experiences or knowledge and is not misleading.
- Your Content is not hateful, harassing, malicious, profane, discriminatory, obscene, sexually explicit, offensive, prejudicial to ongoing legal proceedings, inciting violence or illegal activities, in breach of court orders, or otherwise unlawful.
- Your Content does not constitute commercial speech, advertising, or an investigation conducted by you, and you have honestly disclosed your interests in the subject matter, including any potential or actual conflicts of interest.
- Your Content does not impersonate others or misrepresent your identity, affiliation, or status.
- Your Content is not technically harmful (e.g., viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data, or other malicious software or conduct).
- You retain copyright in Your Content. By submitting it to us, you grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive worldwide license to use, copy, host, index, cache, tag, encode, edit, transmit, adapt, modify, publish, translate, publicly display, perform, create derivative works from, distribute, and incorporate Your Content (in whole or in part) in any form, media, or technology, now known or later developed. You warrant that you have the right to grant this license, which we may sublicense to others.
- Where legally permissible, you waive your moral rights (e.g., the right to be identified as the author or to object to derogatory treatment) in your content.
- We may edit, add to, remove, or otherwise modify your content at our discretion for journalistic purposes, whether or not it has been published. We are not obligated to do so.
- You agree to our general Terms of Service.
- You have read and understood our Privacy Policy. Be aware that in certain cases, these Reader Submission Terms or legal exemptions for journalistic activities or freedom of expression may supersede our Privacy Policy.