Privacy

Information we receive from you

Account details, posts, comments, reactions, enquiries, listing information, uploaded photographs and documents, and technical usage information needed to run and secure the website.

Where our directory information comes from

Most directory listings were not supplied by the business concerned. We compile them from published sources:

• OpenStreetMap — business names, categories and locations, used under the Open Database Licence.
• National company registers — including UK Companies House and Corporations Canada, published under open government licences.
• Businesses' own websites — where a listing already included a web address, we may have read the contact details published on that site.

If your business appears here and you would like the entry corrected or removed, you can claim the listing or write to us. We act on removal requests without requiring a reason.

How information is used

To provide accounts and community features, deliver enquiries, improve search and ranking, prevent abuse, and maintain the security of the platform.

Public content

Posts, comments, profile names, uploaded media and directory listings are public. Do not publish private or confidential information.

Contact details on directory listings are shown only in part to visitors who are not signed in.

Cookies and similar technologies

We use a small number of cookies and browser storage items. A full description is on our cookie policy page.

• mco_session — a first-party cookie that keeps you signed in and protects forms against cross-site request forgery. Strictly necessary; it carries no advertising or tracking function.
• Browser storage — small preferences kept on your own device, such as which gallery layout you last chose. These never reach our servers.

Advertising

This site does not currently show third-party advertising. Advertising space sold directly by us does not set third-party cookies. Should that change, this notice will be updated before any advertising cookie is set.

Who else handles your information

Our hosting provider stores the website and its database. Cloudflare sits in front of the site to deliver pages and filter malicious traffic. We do not sell personal information.

How long we keep it

Account and content records are kept while the account exists. Directory listings are kept until corrected or removed. Security and abuse-prevention records are kept for a short period and then deleted automatically.

Your rights

Wherever you live, you may ask us to give you a copy of the information we hold about you, correct it, delete it, or stop using it. Write to privacy@mytanzaniaonline.com and we will respond within one month.

If you are in the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area, we rely on our legitimate interest in operating a public business directory to publish directory listings, and on your consent for advertising cookies. You may object to our use of your information at any time, and you may complain to your national data protection authority — in the United Kingdom, the Information Commissioner's Office.

Last updated August 31, 2026.