Effective date: 04 November 2025

Privacy

Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences collects, uses, processes and protects personal information in line with the Zimbabwe Cyber and Data Protection Act [Chapter 12:07]. Personal information is any data relating to an identified or identifiable living individual.

The University may use personal information to provide and improve services, manage accounts, communicate, process transactions, send marketing where consent is required, personalise the experience, protect systems, and meet legal duties. It may be shared with employees acting for a lawful purpose, service providers, business partners, and authorities where the law requires it. Transfers outside Zimbabwe, including to South Africa for backup or services, follow the Act.

Your rights

• To be informed, to access your information, and to ask for correction.
• To ask for erasure, restriction, or data portability in the circumstances set by the Act.
• To object, including to direct marketing.
• Not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, where that decision has legal or similarly significant effects, unless there is a lawful basis.

Requests go to the contact details below. The University may ask for proof of identity and will respond within 30 days. Information is kept only as long as needed for the purpose, including legal duties.

Contact the Data Protection Officer at webmaster@msuas.ac.zw. If you are not satisfied, lodge a complaint with POTRAZ: https://www.potraz.gov.zw/?page_id=987.

University site: https://msuas.ac.zw/