GLC may collect the following information from users of our site: first name, last name, street address, area and city, phone and contact numbers, e-mail address, GPS location (mobile site) (collectively, “Personally Identifiable Information” or “PII”).
In addition, GLC may collect information regarding GLC account holders’ past GLC orders.
GLC also uses web analytics software to track and analyze traffic on the site in connection with GLC advertising and promotion of GLC services. GLC may publish these statistics or share them with third parties without including PII.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information (or “Non-PII”) is aggregated information, demographic information and any other information that does not reveal your specific identity. We and our third party service providers may collect Non-PII from you, including your MAC address, your computer type, screen resolution, OS version, Internet browser and demographic data, for example your location, gender and date of birth and we may aggregate PII in a manner such that the end-product does not personally identify you or any other user of the Site, for example, by using PII to calculate the percentage of our users who have a particular telephone area code. We and our third party service providers may also use cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, and other similar technologies to better serve you with more tailored information and facilitate your ongoing use of our Site. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to decline the use of cookies. To learn more about cookies, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.
IP Addresses are the Internet Protocol addresses of the computers that you are using. Your IP Address is automatically assigned to the computer that you are using by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). This number is identified and logged automatically in our server log files whenever users visit the Site, along with the time(s) of such visit(s) and the page(s) that were visited. Collecting IP Addresses is standard practice on the Internet and is done automatically by many websites.
Use of Your Information
GLC uses PII to create users’ GLC accounts, to communicate with users about GLC services, to offer users additional services, promotions and special offers and to charge for purchases made through GLC. Users may affirmatively opt-out of receiving promotional communications from GLC by visiting www.gulfleaderscircle.com. Personal account page and providing GLC with their email address via the opt-out link. GLC may also use PII to enforce GLC terms of use and service.
GLC uses cookies to remember users on the site and to enhance users’ experience on the site. For example, when users with GLC accounts return to the site, cookies identify those users and allow the site to provide certain user-specific information such as GLC login information, choice of website language and country selection in addition to any other information we might collect in the future. GLC does not sell the information it collects to third parties. GLC shares collected PII to third-party vendors and service providers with whom GLC works to provide application programming interfaces (“APIs”) and other functions for the site in connection with the delivery of GLC services. In addition, GLC shares users’ GLC order content, first and last name, street address and telephone number with publishers the users subscribe / purchase to the extent necessary to process those orders. GLC may also disclose PII to third parties such as attorneys, collection agencies, tribunals or law enforcement authorities pursuant to valid requests in connection with alleged violations of GLC terms of use and service or other alleged contract violations, infringement or similar harm to persons or property.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information. Because Non-PII does not personally identify you, we may use such information for any purpose. In addition, we reserve the right to share such Non PII, which does not personally identify you, with our affiliates and with other third parties, for any purpose. In some instances, we may combine Non-PII with PII (such as combining your name with your geographical location). If we do combine any Non-PII with PII, the combined information will be treated by us as PII hereunder as long as it is so combined.
IP Addresses. We use IP addresses for purposes such as calculating site usage levels, helping diagnose server problems, and administering the site. We may also use and disclose IP Addresses for all the purposes for which we use and disclose PII. Please note that we treat IP Addresses, server log files and related information as Non-PII, except where we are required to do otherwise under applicable law.
Your Email Address
To register for an account, we require you to supply us with your email address, or other information needed to contact you online and over the phone. We use your e-mail address and other contact information you provide us with to confirm your to communicate with you in case of an subscription problem, so one cannot register without an e-mail address. If you supply us with your email address, you may later access it, update it, modify it and delete any inaccuracies by accessing your account through my account information link on the user main page. You may also choose simply not to provide us with your email address; however you will not be able to register on the website and subscribe. We do not sell and will not divulge your personal contact information to third parties other than as specified in this Privacy Policy without your permission unless we are legally entitled or obliged to do so (for example, if required to do so by Court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime).
Payment Information
When you buy a subscription through the application, you are required to select a method of payment. GLC is not interested in your debit/credit card information nor do store any of your debit/credit information. For transactions with online debit/credit cards, we transmit your entire card information to the appropriate debit/credit card company in an encrypted format with globally accepted rules and applications during order processing. Upon your choice, we keep a part of your card information in an encrypted format, taking precaution to maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards over your credit card information.
Protection of Personal information
Our application has secure pages to collect user information and most critical data is stored in encrypted form. We use various technical and management practices to help protect the confidentiality, security and integrity of data stored on our system. Our servers use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and encryption technology.
Third Party
This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information or other practices of any third parties, including without limitation any of our affiliates and any third party operating any site to which this site contains a link. The inclusion of a link on the site does not imply endorsement of the linked site by us or by our affiliates.
GLC may change this Privacy Policy at any time by publishing the new version on the website.