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Last updated: March 2026 · Policy version: 1.0 · Controller: The Corridor Editorial Team, Nairobi, Kenya

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Legal Basis for Cookie Processing — GDPR Art.6 · Kenya DPA 2019 · ePrivacy Directive Art.5(3)

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Consent version 1.0 is current as of March 2026. If the categories of cookies used by The Corridor change materially, the version number will increment and you will be asked to review and re-confirm your preferences. Your prior consent record will be preserved in the audit log.

Updates to This Policy

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Relationship to Our Privacy Policy

This Cookie Policy should be read alongside The Corridor's full Privacy Policy, which sets out in full how personal data is collected, used, stored and protected in compliance with the Kenya Data Protection Act 2019 and GDPR. The Privacy Policy also contains details of your data subject rights and how to exercise them, including the right to erasure of your consent record.

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