Privacy policy
At Global Banks your privacy is important and we are committed to protecting your personal data. As used in this Privacy Policy (this “Policy”), the term “personal data” means data such as: your name, mailing address, e-mail address, internet service provider, telephone number, or other personal information that may be supplied by you or collected about you according to applicable local legislation. We hope that this Policy helps you understand what kind of personal data, if any, we collect at this site and how we handle and use any such personal data after collection.
Applicability
By accessing and using this site, your use indicates your agreement with the terms of this Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, please do not use this site.
This Policy is applicable to this and certain other Global Banks general informational web sites. All Global Banks sites to which this Policy is applicable are collectively referred to as this “site”.
Anonymous Use
In general, most of this site’s pages are provided for informational purposes and you will be able to use this site without telling Global Banks who you are or providing Global Banks with any personal data about yourself. There are times, however, when in connection with your use of this site Global Banks may need information about you.
Personal Data Provided by You
To respond to your questions, fulfill your requests or manage interactive customer programs, it may be necessary to ask for or obtain personal data. If you provide us with any personal data, we may use it to respond to your requests, customize your user experience with us, determine your satisfaction with Global Banks products and/or services or contact you via mail, e-mail, mobile message or phone, or, in accordance with local law, contact you via the aforementioned channels to inform you of new products, services or promotions we may offer. By providing information to Global Banks through this site, you acknowledge and consent to the collection, use and disclosure of personally identifying information of the type and for the limited purposes described in this Policy.
You expressly accept and give your consent that your personal data obtained in connection with your use of this site may be transferred, if permitted by applicable local legislation, across international borders to server locations supporting this site (including but not limited to transfers from those locations back to the country of your location) for operating and developing this site and Global Banks services, or for the purposes of storing the data in relevant databases, which may be located in Swiss or in any other country where Global Banks has operations.
Because Global Banks is committed to protecting your privacy, Global Banks does not engage in the practice of selling or trading personal data to other companies for promotional purposes.
Visitor Identification – Usage of “Cookies”
From time to time, information may be placed on your computer to improve this site and Global Banks’s services for you. This information is commonly referred to as a “cookie”, which many web sites use.
The use of cookies provides benefits to you, such as eliminating the need for you to enter your password frequently during a session, or, where applicable, re-enter items you place in a shopping cart from visit to visit if you do not finish a transaction on an earlier visit. If you do not wish to receive cookies, or want to be notified of when they are placed, you may set your web browser to do so, if your browser so permits. Please understand that if cookies are turned off, you may not be able to view certain parts of this site that may enhance your visit. Some of our business partners whose content is linked to or from this site may also use cookies. However, we have no access to or control over these cookies. This site also makes use of cookies for website traffic analysis and anonymous demographic profiling.
Security
Global Banks has endeavored to take commercially reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized access to and improper use of your personal data submitted to Global Banks via your use of this site. For example, Global Banks uses encryption technology when collecting personal data. If this site supports on-line transactions, it will use an industry standard security measure, such as the one available through “Secure Sockets Layer” (“SSL”), to protect the confidentiality and security of online transactions. If used, industry standard security measures like SSL authentication ensure that credit card information, as well as other personal data submitted as part of the buying process, is reasonably safe from third party interception.
While there are always risks associated with providing personal data, whether in person, by phone or via the internet or other technologies, and no system of technology is completely safe or “tamper”/”hacker” proof, Global Banks has endeavored to take reasonable precautions which are appropriate to the nature of the information to prevent and minimize such risks in connection with your use of this site.
Accuracy of Collected Data
Global Banks will on its own initiative, or at your request, free of charge, replenish, rectify or erase any incomplete, inaccurate or outdated personal data retained by Global Banks in connection with the operation of this site. Please consult the contact information posted below on this page, if any, or elsewhere on this site to determine how best to contact Global Banks to update and/or review your personal data and/or opt out of receiving marketing communications from Global Banks.
External Links
This site may contain links to other sites. Please note that Global Banks is not responsible for the privacy practices or contents of any other sites. We recommend that you read the privacy policies of such sites.
Changes to this Policy
Global Banks may from time to time change this Policy or change, modify or withdraw access to this site at any time with or without notice.
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