Privacy Policy & Data Notice

1. Overview & Our Commitment

At Trifort Construction Ltd (“Trifort”, “we”, “us”), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data in full compliance with the Kenya Data Protection Act (DPA) 2019. This policy provides a transparent, plain-language explanation of what data we collect through our website and Building Cost Estimator, why we collect it, how it is processed, and how you can delete it at any time.

2. Information We Collect

When you use the Trifort Construction Cost Estimator or submit an inquiry, we collect:

• Contact Details: Your full name, email address, and phone number (submitted during the lead unlock step).
• Project Specifications: Building typology (e.g. bungalow, maisonette, apartment, commercial office), location/county, built-up gross floor area (sqm), number of floors, basement area, and architectural feature selections.
• Diaspora Context: Whether you are based outside Kenya and your country of residence (if provided) to ensure relevant communication scheduling.
• Technical Metadata: Client IP address and browser user-agent for cryptographic rate limiting, fraud prevention, and bot protection.

3. How We Use Your Information

Your data is collected strictly for legitimate business and contractual purposes:

4. Sub-Processors & Infrastructure

We work with trusted third-party service providers who assist in operating our platform:

• Hosting & Edge Delivery: Vercel Inc. (Serverless hosting and edge compute).
• Database: Dedicated PostgreSQL instance hosted on secure cloud infrastructure with SSL encryption.
• Email Dispatch: Zoho Mail (Encrypted SMTP for delivering estimate summaries).
• Application Monitoring: Sentry (Functional error tracking and performance diagnostics; no personal PII transmitted).
• Risk Reasoning (Optional): Google Gemini API (Read-only construction risk evaluation. Your contact details are never transmitted to AI models).

5. Data Retention & Automatic Pruning

In accordance with data minimization principles, construction cost estimates and associated lead records are retained for a maximum of 365 days. Our automated system runs daily retention pruning jobs that permanently expunge records exceeding this timeframe.

6. Your Rights: Right to Erasure & Deletion

Under Section 40 of the Kenya Data Protection Act 2019, you have the absolute right to request erasure of your personal data without undue delay. We offer instantaneous, self-service deletion:

7. Contact Information

For any data protection inquiries, access requests, or regulatory questions: