GLOBAL
GOLD PRIVACY POLICY
GlobalGold Network
Limited is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its user community
and consumers of its products and services.
The intent of this privacy policy is to
detail the information GlobalGold may gather about individuals who visit its
Web sites, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone,
and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to modify, the
information.
Please note that this policy applies only to
GlobalGold's Web sites. Links within this site to other websites are not
covered by this policy. These other sites may send their own cookies to users,
collect data or solicit personal information.
Site Usage Information
GlobalGold gathers "site usage" information like the number and
frequency of visitors to GlobalGold, in the same way that television ratings
tell the TV networks how many people have tuned into a particular programme. We
only use such data in its aggregate form to help us:
á determine how much our
customers use different parts of the site
á improve the overall
quality and efficiency of our site so that it is both relevant and appealing
Individual User Information
Individually identifiable information will not be released without that
individual's prior consent. Visitors are specifically asked for individually
identifiable information when signing up to use certain GlobalGold services.
In some instances, we may ask you for
personal interest and demographic information in order to create a more
customized user experience; however these fields will generally be optional.
What is clear is that the more we know about you, the better we will be able to
service your particular needs.
From time to time, GlobalGold may wish to
contact individual users regarding new service developments or to make
promotional offers. However, such communications will only be delivered to
registered users, who have previously approved them or to visitors, who have
requested to be informed about specific developments.
Where we conduct customer and service
research, again we will not disclose this information to any third-parties
outside of GlobalGold.
The information you provide to us will be
held on our computers in the UK. We will never rent, sell or share information
that personally identifies you for marketing purposes without your express
permission.
Where you have consented when providing to us
with your details, we may also allow carefully selected third parties,
including other companies in our group, to contact you occasionally about
products and services which may be of interest to you. They may contact you by
[post, telephone or fax as well as email]. If you change your mind about being
contacted by these companies in the future, please let us know.
Security and data
retention
The information you provide to us may be
accessed by or given to our staff working in the UK for the purposes set out in
this policy or for other purposes approved by you. The personal information
collected when taking payment is processed by Datacash and subject to their
user and privacy policies. We employ security measures to protect your
information from access by unauthorised persons and to make sure that external
parties cannot access or modify usersÕ personal information on our servers. We
will retain your information for a reasonable period or as long as the law
requires.
Cookies
A cookie is a small
data file that is sent to your computer when you first visit a website. As with
most website cookies our cookies include an identification number that is
unique to the computer. We use cookies for a number of reasons, such as
recognising you when you visit the site, displaying the site according to your
chosen user settings for language, and maintaining the security of your
account. We may also use the cookies to collect aggregated information about
the use our website to maintain, analyse and improve the service. If you prefer
however, you can reset your browser so that it refuses all cookies, or notifies
you when a cookie is being sent. Although, you will still be able to use some
parts of Global Gold, other parts of the site may not be available if you
refuse cookies.
Disclosure
We do not use or disclose information about your individual visits to
GlobalGold or information that you may give us, such as your name, address,
email address or telephone number, to any outside companies.
However GlobalGold reserves the right to
access and disclose individually identifiable information to comply with
applicable laws and lawful government requests, to operate its systems properly
or to protect itself or its users. Where practical, GlobalGold will attempt to
obtain the prior consent of the individual prior to disclosing individually
identifiable information. As mentioned above, we reserve the right to share
aggregated "site usage" information with third parties.
Transfer of
information
We reserve the right to transfer your
personal information in the event of a transfer or ownership of Global Gold,
such as the acquisition by or merger with another company. In such event,
Global Gold will notify you before information is transferred and becomes
subject to a different privacy policy.
Updating your
information
You are entitled to see the information held
by us and you may ask us to make any necessary changes to ensure that it is
accurate and kept up to date. If you wish to do this, please contact us. We are
entitled by law to charge a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with
details of the information we hold about you.
Data Protection Act 1998
We are registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 and
comply with the Act in all our dealings with your personal data.
GlobalGold Privacy Policy Changes
In the event that we decide to change our privacy policy for GlobalGold, we
will post those changes here, we therefore recommend that you revisit this
privacy policy regularly so that you will always know what information we
gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to
anyone.
Contact
All comments, queries and requests relating
to our use of your information are welcomed and should be addressed to info@globalgold.co.uk.