Privacy policy
Last updated 24 October 2026
JengaCircle, by Royalgene, helps savings groups (chamas) keep their records: members, contributions, fines, expenses, investments and exits. This policy covers the JengaCircle Android app and website. It explains what we collect, why, and the choices you have.
Who is responsible
Each group decides what it records about its members, and its admins manage those records. Royalgene runs JengaCircle and keeps the records on the group's behalf. Questions: admin@royalgenegroup.co.ke.
What we collect
- Your account: name, email address and a 4-digit PIN (stored only as a one-way hash).
- Your member record, as entered by your group: name, phone number, email, national ID number, member number and notes.
- Your group's financial records: contributions, fines, expenses, loans and investments, exits and refunds, and M-Pesa or bank references.
- Files you choose to attach, such as a photo of a payment receipt or a bank statement.
- Activity in the group, such as who recorded or approved something and when.
- Billing for groups that pay for a plan: the plan, amounts and payment references. Card and M-Pesa details are handled by our payment provider, Paystack; we never see them.
We don't collect your location or contacts, we don't show ads, and we don't track you across other apps or websites.
Why we use it
Only to run JengaCircle for your group: to sign you in, show your group's records to the people your group allows, work out balances and refunds, send the notifications you turn on, and bill groups that pay for a plan. We don't sell your information or use it for advertising.
Who can see it
- Members of your group, as your group's roles allow (admins and treasurers see more than members).
- Royalgene staff, only to support your group or keep the service running.
- Service providers that host or process it for us: Supabase (database and file storage), Vercel (website and servers) and Paystack (payments). They may only use it to provide their service to us.
- Authorities, where the law requires it.
How it's protected
Everything travels over encrypted connections (HTTPS). PINs are stored as hashes, never as the PIN itself. Each group's records are kept apart from every other group's. The app keeps a copy of your group's records on your phone so it works offline. It's replaced when someone from another group signs in on that phone, and removed when you delete your account in the app, clear the app's data or uninstall it.
How long we keep it
As long as your group uses JengaCircle. When a group is deleted, its records and the accounts of people who were only in that group are deleted too. Billing records are kept for accounting.
Your choices
- See and correct your details in the app under Profile, or ask your group's admin.
- Delete your account at any time: in the app under Profile → Delete my account, or on our account deletion page. Your sign-in and group memberships are deleted straight away. Your group keeps its own record of the contributions you made, as part of its books; ask your group's admin if you want those removed too.
- Ask us what we hold about you, or anything else about your data, at admin@royalgenegroup.co.ke.
Children
JengaCircle is for adults who belong to savings groups. It isn't meant for anyone under 18.
Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update the date above and, for important changes, tell group admins in the app.