Privacy Policy
At GCC Brokers Limited, we are dedicated to upholding the highest standards of integrity. As part of our business operations, it becomes necessary to collect Personal Information about our potential clients. We approach this responsibility with utmost seriousness, striving to offer fair, secure, and appropriate methods for handling Personal Information. Our practices adhere to widely accepted privacy ethics and standard business protocols.
Rest assured that the collection and management of your Personal Information are conducted in compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We may share your Personal Information with a limited number of trusted partners and/or affiliates of GCC Brokers Limited. This sharing is solely for the purpose of managing your account and will not breach any elements of the GDPR.
Should you have any inquiries or feedback concerning our Privacy Policy, please don't hesitate to reach out to our Customer Support Team: cs@gccbrokers.com. We value your privacy and are committed to providing transparency and accountability in our data handling practices.
Personally Identiable Information
At GCC Brokers Limited, we consider the privacy and security of your personal data as of utmost importance. We process your personal data when you explicitly opt-in and provide us with your consent during the application process for opening a trading account. This processing is based on the lawful ground that it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you, as the data subject, are a party, or to take pre-contractual steps at your request.
When you open a trading account with GCC Brokers Limited, we will request information such as your name, address, employment details, and salary information. This is in compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations 2018, as well as our regulatory requirements and policies at GCC Brokers Limited, aimed at establishing proof of your identity and address during the onboarding process. We take the responsibility of verifying your identity seriously, and this involves requesting and processing copies of your Personally Identifiable Information. We may also engage trusted third-party services to perform electronic verifications on our behalf.
In some cases, if initial verification attempts are unsuccessful, you may be asked to provide additional information to support the verification process. Please note that, where applicable, we may use the personal information you provide to contact you in the future regarding GCC Brokers Limited's products and services. Rest assured, we only retain data that is essential for providing the services offered on our website, and we are committed to ensuring the confidentiality and appropriate use of your information.
Third Party Sites
At GCC Brokers Limited, our website may contain links to other websites. It is important to note that we cannot be held responsible for the privacy policies and practices of these external websites. We encourage all our visitors to exercise caution and read the privacy statements of each website that collects personally identifiable information.
As part of our commitment to safeguarding your privacy, GCC Brokers Limited strictly adheres to a policy of not sharing your Personally Identifiable Information with any unauthorized third party, under any circumstances. You can trust that we prioritize the confidentiality and security of your information. Rest assured that your data is handled responsibly and in accordance with applicable data protection regulations.
Privacy Statement Changes
GCC Brokers Limited reserves the right to update or modify this privacy statement as needed. In the event of any changes, we will notify you accordingly. We recommend that you regularly review the privacy statement to ensure that you are satisfied with the privacy conditions under which you provide us with your personal information. Your continued use of our services after any modifications signifies your acceptance of the updated privacy statement.
EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
At GCC Brokers Limited, we take data protection seriously, and as a Data Processor, we voluntarily commit to comply with the requirements and principles of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when processing your personally identifiable information.
We prioritize the security of the information we hold and have established and will maintain strict security procedures to protect your Personal Information against loss, theft, copying, and unauthorized disclosure, use, or modification. Access to Personal Information is restricted to our employees and authorized service providers who require it to perform their duties.
Public Area
When you provide your name and address on the public area of our website to request information about our products and services, you may voluntarily provide additional personal information. In this area, you will be asked to provide your Personal Information to register with GCC Brokers Limited and open an account.
Private Area
To ensure excellent service quality, we may monitor and record any communication you have with us, whether in writing, by phone, or by electronic mail. Please note that email communication is not encrypted to or from either the public or private areas of our website. For your security, we recommend that you do not send Personal Information to us via email.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They serve various purposes, such as remembering your preferences, enabling smooth navigation between pages, and providing personalized content and advertisements. Session cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies stay on your device until they expire or are manually deleted. Cookies help website owners analyze user behavior and improve the overall user experience. However, you have the option to control and manage cookie settings in your web browser.
Session Cookies
We use session cookies for the following purposes:
To enable you to carry information across different pages of our website and avoid re-entering information.
Within registration to allow you access to stored information.
Non-personal data for tagging purposes only (using random numbers).
Persistent Cookies
We use persistent cookies for the following purposes:
To recognize you as a unique visitor (using just a number) when you return to our website and tailor content or advertisements based on your interests or to avoid showing repetitive ads.
To compile anonymous, aggregated statistics to understand how users use our site and improve its structure.
To internally identify you with account name, email address, customer ID, currency, and location (geographic and computer ID/IP address).
To differentiate users on the same network and allocate bets to the appropriate account.
Within research surveys to ensure you are not invited to complete a questionnaire too often or after you have already done so.
Disabling Cookies
You can choose to accept or decline cookies by adjusting your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may limit the interactive features on our site.
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