GDPR Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
Welcome to GS Retirement ("we," "our," "us"). We take your privacy seriously and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.globesurvey.org ("Website"), in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable UK data protection laws.
2. Data Controller
globesurvey.org is the data controller responsible for your personal data. If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at contactus@globesurvey.org
3. What Data We Collect
We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:
Identity Data: Your name, username, or similar identifiers.
Contact Data: Your email address, postal address, phone number.
Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, and operating system.
Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.
Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.
4. How We Collect Your Data
We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including:
Direct interactions: You may provide us with your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise.
Automated technologies or interactions: As you interact with our Website or YouTube channel, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this data using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies.
Third parties or publicly available sources: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties, including analytics providers and advertising networks.
5. How We Use Your Data
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your data in the following circumstances:
To provide and manage our services: Processing necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.
To manage our relationship with you: Including notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy, or asking you to leave a review or take a survey.
To administer and protect our business and this Website: Including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting, and hosting of data.
To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you: And measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you.
To use data analytics: To improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships, and experiences.
To make suggestions and recommendations: To you about goods or services that may be of interest to you.
6. Legal Basis for Processing
We will only process your personal data where we have a lawful basis to do so. The lawful bases for processing under GDPR include:
Consent: You have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
Contract: The processing is necessary for a contract we have with you, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract.
Legal Obligation: The processing is necessary for us to comply with the law.
Legitimate Interests: The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
7. Data Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from accidental loss, unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Website.
8. Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure, and the purposes for which we process the data.
9. Your Legal Rights
Under GDPR, you have rights in relation to your personal data, including the right to:
Access: Request access to your personal data.
Rectification: Request correction of your personal data.
Erasure: Request erasure of your personal data.
Restriction of Processing: Request restriction of processing your personal data.
Data Portability: Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party.
Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contactus@globesurvey.org
10. Third-Party Links
Our Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
11. Cookies
Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them, please see our Cookie Policy
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical, or business developments. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on our Website with a revised effective date.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:
contactus@globesurvey.org
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 17/08/24.