Last updated: June 17, 2026
This Privacy Notice for Makable ("we," "us," or "our") describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your personal information when you use our services ("Services"), including when you:
Visit our website at https://www.themakable.com.
Subscribe to our newsletter or engage with our content
Engage with us in other related ways, including through marketing or promotional communications
Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at makable.co@gmail.com
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
This summary provides key points from our Privacy Notice. You can find more details about any of these topics by using our table of contents below to find the specific section you are looking for.
What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us, the choices you make, and the features you use (such as newsletter sign-ups).
Do we process any sensitive personal information? We do not process sensitive personal information (such as racial origins, religious beliefs, or health data).
Do we collect any information from third parties? We do not collect any information from third parties.
How do we process your information? We process your information to operate and improve the blog, communicate with subscribers, support analytics and affiliate/advertising features, maintain security, and comply with law.
In what situations and with which types of parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific categories of third parties, such as ad networks, affiliate programs, web hosting providers and analytics providers
How do we keep your information safe? We have adequate organizational and technical processes in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
What are your rights? Depending on your geographical location you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict the use of your personal information.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Use this interactive table of contents to jump straight to the specific section of this privacy notice.
2. How We Use Your Information
3. Cookies and TrackingTechnologies
4. Advertising and Affiliate Links
6. How We Share Your Information
8. International Data Transfers
11. Security of Your Information
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
1.1 Information you provide to us
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us in
the following situations:
Comments. If you leave a comment on a blog post, we collectthe display/user name, Profile picture/Avatar associated with your Google profile, along with the content of your comment.
Newsletter sign-up. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address and, if you provide it, your name.
Direct contact. If you contact us directly via email or through our blog's contact form, we collect your email address, your name (if provided), and the contents of your message or any attachments you send, strictly for the purpose of responding to your inquiry.
We do not ask for, and do not knowingly collect, sensitive personal information such as government ID numbers, financial account details, health information, racial or ethnic origin, or biometric data. If you include such information in a comment or message to us anyway, please avoid doing so — we don't need it and won't use it for any purpose beyond responding to you.
1.2 Information collected automatically
When you visit the Site, certain information is collected automatically through your browser and through analytics tools. This does not reveal your name or contact details directly, but may include:
Your IP address and approximate location derived from it
Browser type and version, device type, and operating system
Pages visited, time spent on pages, referring website, and click activity
Date and time of your visit
We use Google Analytics to collect and analyze this information. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to track usage. You can learn more about how Google handles this data at the Google Privacy & Terms page, and you can opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites by installing the GoogleAnalytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
To publish and display your comment on the relevant blog post
To detect and prevent spam or abusive comments
To send the newsletter you subscribed to, and to manage that subscription, including processing unsubscribe requests
To respond to questions or messages you send us directly
To understand how visitors use the Site (via Google Analytics), so we can improve content and site performance
To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or security incidents
To comply with legal obligations
We do not use your personal information for any purpose beyond what is described in this policy. Where it is needed, we will ask for your consent first.
3. COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGES
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (such as pixels and web beacons) to gather information when you interact with our site. Some tracking technologies assist with essential performance, operate the Services securely, remember preferences, and support basic site functions. We also permit certain third parties and service providers to use tracking technologies for analytics and advertising, including tailoring ads to your interests.
We use the following categories of cookies:
Essential cookies. Required for the Site to function correctly (e.g., remembering your cookie consent choice).
Analytics cookies. We share technical and usage data with Google Analytics to track and analyze site usage and help us understand visitor behavior in aggregate. This may include Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting.
To opt out of being tracked across the web by Google Analytics, visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Advertising cookies. Set by our advertising partners (see Section 4) to serve and measure ads, and in some cases to personalize the ads you see based on your browsing activity.
Affiliate tracking cookies. Set when you click an affiliate link on the Site, so the relevant merchant can credit us if you make a purchase (see Section 4).
Behavioral Remarketing
We and third-party vendors use tracking technologies to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on your past visits to our Services. You can adjust interest-based advertising preferences through your web browser's cookie settings or via tools provided at http://optout.networkadvertising.org/
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you refuse cookies, delete existing cookies, or notify you before a cookie is stored. If you block cookies, some parts of the Services, such as ad personalization, may not work as intended.
3.1 Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
Because there is no single industry-recognized standard for “Do Not Track” (DNT) browser signals, we do not currently respond to them.
We do, however, recognize and honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal. If your browser or browser extension sends a GPC signal, we will treat it as a valid request to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information for targeted advertising, to the extent that applies to data collected through the Site. Learn more at globalprivacycontrol.org
4. ADVERTISING AND AFFILIATE LINKS
We display ads through ad networks and earn commissions through affiliate links. Both involve some data sharing with those third parties.
4.1 Advertising
We display advertisements on the Site through third-party advertising networks (such as Google AdSense). These networks may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your visits to this and other websites, in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may interest you.
If you are in the European Economic Area or the UK, our advertising partners require sites like ours to obtain your consent before using personalized advertising cookies. Our website hosting platform (Google Blogger) automatically displays a cookie consent banner for EEA and UK visitors to help comply with the GDPR and UK GDPR. You can choose to accept, adjust your preferences, or reject all cookies.
You can learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites, and you can opt out of personalized Google ads through your GoogleAd Settings.
4.2 Affiliate Disclosure
Some posts on this Site contain affiliate links. This means that if you click a link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. When you click an affiliate link, the merchant or affiliate network (not Makable) may place a cookie on your device to track the referral and attribute the resulting purchase to us.
We only recommend products or services we genuinely believe may be of interest to our readers, and affiliate relationships do not influence the editorial content of our reviews or recommendations beyond the inclusion of the link itself.
Once you leave our Site through an affiliate link, your interaction with that merchant, including any purchase, account creation, or personal information you provide is governed by their own privacy policy and terms, not this Notice. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party merchants or affiliate networks, and we encourage you to review their policies before proceeding.
5. COMMENTS AND NEWSLETTER
5.1 Comments
When you leave a comment, the comment and your provided name are displayed publicly on the post. We don't have access to your email address and IP address through comments.
We use Blogger Comments dashboard to manage comments. If you use a third-party comment system, please also review that provider's own privacy policy, as they may process your data independently of us.
5.2 Newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we use your email address solely to send the newsletter content you signed up for and any closely related administrative messages (such as confirming your subscription). We do not sell, rent, or share your email address with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
We use Mailchimp to send newsletters. Every newsletter email includes an unsubscribe link, and you can unsubscribe at any time by clicking it or by emailing us at makable.co@gmail.com
6. HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
We share data only with the service providers that make the blog work. We do not sell your personal information. We may share information with the following categories of third parties, only as necessary for them to provide their service to us:
Website hosting and infrastructure providers
Google Analytics (for traffic analysis)
Advertising networks (such as Google AdSense) and their measurement partners
Affiliate networks and merchants, when you click an affiliate link
Our email newsletter service provider
We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect our legal rights, or in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of the Site, in which case your information would be among the assets transferred.
7. DATA RETENTION
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy:
Comment data (Name, Profile picture/Avatar associated with your Google profile, content) is retained for as long as the comment remains published, plus a reasonable period afterward for spam and abuse records.
Newsletter subscriber data is retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion.
Analytics data is retained according to Google Analytics' standard retention settings, which we have configured to 14 months
When information is no longer needed for these purposes, we delete it or anonymize it, except where we are required to keep it longer to comply with a legal obligation.
8. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
Makable is based in Rwanda, and the Site's hosting and service providers may be located in other countries, including the United States and the European Union. If you are located outside Rwanda and use the Site, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in Rwanda or in the country where our service providers operate, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.
By using the Site, you consent to this transfer. We take reasonable steps to ensure your information is treated securely and in accordance with this policy wherever it is processed.
9. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
Depending on where you live, you may have specific legal rights regarding your personal information. The sections below summarize the main frameworks that may apply to you.
9.1 European Economic Area, UK, and Switzerland (GDPR / UK GDPR)
If you are located in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, you have the right to:
Access and obtain a copy of your personal information
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of your information
Restrict or object to our processing of your information
Receive your information in a portable, machine-readable format
Withdraw consent at any time, where we rely on consent as our legal basis
We process your information on the following legal bases, depending on the activity: consent (for newsletter sign-ups and personalized advertising), legitimate interests (for analytics and Site security), and legal obligation (where required by law).
You can exercise these rights by contacting us using the details in Section 14. If you believe we have not adequately addressed your concern, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
9.2 California, and other U.S. states (CCPA/CPRA and similar laws)
If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA), gives you the right to:
Know what personal information we have collected about you and why
Request deletion of your personal information
Correct inaccurate personal information
Opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information for targeted advertising
Non-discrimination for exercising any of these rights
We do not sell your personal information for money. However, our use of advertising cookies (Section 4) and analytics tools may be considered “sharing” under the CCPA's broad definition, because they involve cross-context behavioral advertising. You can opt out of this sharing at any time by using the Global Privacy Control signal described in Section 3.1, or by contacting us directly using the details in Section 14.
Residents of other U.S. states with comprehensive privacy laws, including but not limited to California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, have broadly similar rights under their respective state laws. Contact us using the details in Section 14 to exercise any of these rights, and we will respond consistent with the law that applies to you.
9.3 California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)
Consistent with CalOPPA, we confirm that: visitors can browse the Site anonymously without creating an account; this Privacy Policy is linked from our homepage and clearly labeled; we will notify you of material changes to this policy on this page; and you can request changes to your personal information by emailing us at the address in Section 14.
9.4 Other jurisdictions
If you reside in a country with its own data protection framework not specifically addressed above, for example Canada (PIPEDA), Australia (Privacy Act 1988), or South Africa (POPIA), you generally have a right to access and correct your personal information, and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection regulator if you believe we have mishandled your information. Please contact us first using the details in Section 14 so we can try to resolve your concern directly.
10. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
The Site is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from, or market to anyone under the age of 18 (or the relevant age of digital consent in your jurisdiction, if higher). If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, for example, through a comment or newsletter sign-up, please contact us immediately using the details in Section 14 so we can delete it.
11. SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the personal information we hold. However, no method of transmission over the internet, and no method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
12. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
The Site may link to third-party websites, including the destinations of affiliate links, or contain advertisements from parties not affiliated with us. We do not guarantee the safety or privacy practices of such third parties and are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of them. A link does not imply our endorsement. Any data you provide to third parties is governed by their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any site you visit after leaving ours.
13. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, regulatory, or operational reasons. If we make changes, We will notify you of changes by posting the revised version on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this document. If changes are structurally material, we may post a prominent notice on our home page or send an email notification prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
14. CONTACT US
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us:
Email: makable.co@gmail.com
Contact form: Submit inquiry
Makable KN 4 St, Nyarugenge, P.O.Box 4 Kigali, Rwanda
