Privacy Policy

Website: https://www.gmbdura.co.zw
Entity: Grain Marketing Board (GMB) Zimbabwe

1. Who We Are

The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is a parastatal organisation in Zimbabwe mandated to ensure national food security through the procurement, storage, and distribution of grain. Our official website, www.gmbdura.co.zw, provides information about our services, depots, and operations.

If you have any questions about this policy, you may contact us at:
Email: publicrelations@gmbdura.co.zw
Address: 179–187 Samora Machel Avenue, Harare, Zimbabwe

2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why

We collect only limited personal information that visitors voluntarily provide through our Contact Us form — typically a name, email address, and message. This information is used solely to respond to your inquiry or request and is not shared with third parties or used for marketing. We do not collect sensitive information such as ID numbers, medical data, or payment details through this website.

3. Cookies and Analytics

Our website uses cookies and Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site and to improve user experience.

Google Analytics collects anonymous information such as:

• Pages visited

• Duration of visit

• Device and browser type

• General location (based on IP, anonymized before storage)

This information helps us monitor site traffic and content performance.
We do not use Google Analytics for advertising, remarketing, or profiling.

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on available at:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

For more information about how Google handles data, visit:
https://policies.google.com/privacy

For more details about cookies, please read our Cookies Policy.

4. How We Protect Your Data

We use secure server connections (HTTPS), strong password protection, and controlled access to safeguard your information.
While we take all reasonable precautions, no online system is completely immune from security risks, and you acknowledge this by using our site.

5. Data Retention

Information submitted via our contact form is kept only as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry.
After correspondence is resolved, it may be deleted unless retention is required by law or for audit purposes.

6. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell, rent, or exchange your personal data with any third parties.
However, we may use secure, reputable service providers (such as our hosting provider and Google Analytics) that process data in compliance with global data protection standards.

7. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Request a copy of any personal data you have submitted

• Ask for the correction or deletion of that data

• Withdraw consent for us to hold it

To exercise these rights, contact publicrelations@gmbdura.co.zw.

8. International Data Transfers

Our hosting and analytics services may process data on servers located outside Zimbabwe.
We ensure such transfers comply with applicable data protection standards.

9. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect legal, technical, or operational changes.
The latest version will always be available on this page with an updated Effective Date.

10. Updates to This Policy

Pages on this site may include embedded content, like YouTube videos, for example. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you 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. Below you can find a list of the services we use:

Facebook

The Facebook page plugin is used to display our Facebook timeline on our site. Facebook has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from Facebook and your IP is not sent to a Facebook server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Facebook Privacy Policy .

Twitter

We use the Twitter API to display our tweets timeline on our site. Twitter has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. Your IP is not sent to a Twitter server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Twitter Privacy Policy .

Youtube

We use YouTube videos embedded on our site. YouTube has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from YouTube and your IP is not sent to a YouTube server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: YouTube Privacy Policy.