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Global Precious Metals Trading Company (UK) Limited (“We”) are committed to
protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy (together with our website terms of use and any other documents
referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from
you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully
to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we
will treat it.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the “Act”), the data controller
is Global Precious Metals Trading Company (UK) Limited of Wenham Manor Rogate Petersfield Hampshire GU31 5AY.
Our nominated representative for the purpose of the Act is GPMT administrator.
1.
Information
we may collect from you
1.1
We collect
and process the following data about you:
1.1.1
Information that you provide by filling in forms on our
site {www.gpmt.com} (“our site”). This includes information provided at the time of
registering to use our site, subscribing to our service, posting material or
requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our
site
1.1.2
If you contact us, we may keep a record of that
correspondence
1.1.3
We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for
research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them
1.1.4
Details of transactions you carry out through our site
and of the fulfillment of your orders
1.1.5
Details of your visits to our site and the resources that you access.
2.
IP
addresses
and cookies
2.1
We may collect
information about your computer, including where available your IP address,
operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report
aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our
users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual
2.2
For the same
reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a
cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain
information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to
improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalized service. They
enable us:
2.2
2.2.1
To estimate our audience size and usage pattern
2.2.2
To store information about your preferences, and so
allow us to customize our site according to your individual interests
2.2.3
To speed up your searches
2.2.4
To recognize you when you return to our site.
2.3
You may refuse to
accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to
refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be
unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your
browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies
when you log on to our site
3.
Where we store your personal data
3.1
The data that we
collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the
European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by staff operating
outside the EEA who work for us or for one of
our suppliers.
Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the fulfillment of your order,
the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By
submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or
processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data
is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy
3.2
All information
you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will
be encrypted {using SSL technology}. Where we have
given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access
certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password
confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone
3.3
Unfortunately, the
transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although
we will do our best to protect your personal
data, we cannot
guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is
at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict
procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access
4.
Uses made of the information
4.1
We use information
held about you in the following ways:
4.1.1
To ensure that content from our site is presented in the
most effective manner for you and for your computer.
4.1.2
To provide you with information, products or services
that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have
consented to be contacted for such purposes.
4.1.3
To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts
entered into between you and us
4.1.4
To allow you to participate in interactive features of
our service, when you choose to do so
4.1.5
To notify you about changes to our service
4.2
We may also use
your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, to provide you
with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and we
or they may contact you about these by {post or
telephone}.
4.3
If you are an
existing customer, we will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS)
with information about goods and services similar to those which were the
subject of a previous sale to you.
4.4
If you are a new
customer, and where we permit selected third parties to use your data, we (or
they) will contact you by electronic means only if you have consented to this.
4.5
If you do not want
us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for
marketing purposes, please tick the relevant box situated on the form on which
we collect your data.
5.
Disclosure
of your information
5.1
We may disclose
your personal information to any member of our group, which means our
subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in
section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006
5.2
We may disclose
your personal information to third parties:
5.2.1
In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets,
in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or
buyer of such business or assets
5.2.2
If Global Precious Metals Trading Company (UK) Limited
or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case
personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred
assets
5.2.3
If we are under a duty to disclose or share your
personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to
enforce or apply our terms of use -Website’s
Term of Use - or terms and conditions of supply –
Terms and Conditions -
and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Global
Precious Metals Trading Company (UK) Limited, our customers, or others. This
includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the
purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction
6.
Your
rights
6.1
You have the right
to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will
usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data
for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third
party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing
by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at
any time by
contacting us via Website’s
Contact Form
6.2
Our site may, from
time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks,
advertisers and affiliates. If you
follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have
their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or
liability for these policies.
Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these
websites
7.
Access to information
7.1
The Act gives you
the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be
exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee
of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we
hold about you
8.
Changes to our privacy policy
8.1
Any changes we may
make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where
appropriate, notified to you by e-mail
9. 9. Contact
9.1
Questions,
comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be
addressed to GPMT, 315 Regents Park Road, Finchley, London, N3 1DP or by
contacting us via Website’s
Contact Form