Effective Date: 10 March 2025

1. Introduction

Bindura Eye (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy of our website visitors and users. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website https://binduraeye.co.zw (the “Website”).

2. Who we are

Our website address is: https://binduraeye.co.zw.

3. Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

4. Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

5. Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

6. Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

7. Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

8. How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

9. What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

10. Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

11. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

• Personal Information: This refers to information that can identify you, such as your name, email address, and IP address. We collect this information when you voluntarily provide it to us, such as when you subscribe to our newsletter submit a comment, or contact us through the Website.
• Non-Personal Information: This refers to information that cannot be used to identify you, such as your browser type, operating system, and the pages you visit on our Website. We collect this information through cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience and analyze website traffic.

12. How We Use Your Information

We may use your information for the following purposes:

• To provide and improve the Website: We use your information to operate and maintain the Website, personalize your experience, and improve our content and services.
• To communicate with you: We may use your information to respond to your inquiries, send you newsletters and updates, and provide you with information about our services.
• To analyze website traffic: We use non-personal information to analyze website traffic and understand how users interact with our Website.
• To protect our rights and interests: We may use your information to prevent fraud, enforce our Terms of Service, and protect¹³ our rights and interests.

13. Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose your information to the following third parties:

• Service providers: We may share your information with service providers who assist us with website hosting, data analysis, and other essential functions. These service providers are obligated to protect your information and only use it for the purposes we specify.
• Legal authorities: We may disclose your information to legal authorities if required by law or legal process.

14. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect non-personal information about your browsing activity. You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but this may affect your ability to use certain features of the Website.

15. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure.

16. Children’s Privacy

Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

17. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on the Website and notify you as required by law.

18. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at shepherd@binduraeye.co.zw.