Global Ports Investments PLC, legal entity duly registered and acting under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus having its registered office at Omirou 20, Agios Nikolaos, CY-3095, Limassol, Cyprus (“GPI”) and together with our subsidiaries and affiliated companies (“GPI Group”, “we”, “us” or “our”) take your personal data protection seriously and understand that your privacy is important to you. We want you to feel secure when visiting our website (“Site”) and are committed to maintaining your privacy when doing so.This Data Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains how your personal data is collected and processed by us.Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. This Policy may change over time. You will find the most up-to-date version here.
Who is responsible for your personal data?
Your data controller will be GPI Group company which collected your personal data under this Policy. We will process any personal information we collect about you in accordance with applicable data protection laws, and where required, we will maintain appropriate registrations as data controllers with the local regulatory bodies.
When do we collect your personal data?
This Policy applies to individuals whose personal data collected and processed by GPI Group from you when you:
use our products and services;do business with us;download documents from us or subscribe for alerts or newsletters;apply for a position in one of our company;visit our Site.
What personal data do we collect?
The types of personal data that we collect and process will depend largely on the service you receive from us (and may also vary by country, and according to applicable law). However, the following is an overview of the types of information which we may process:
your name;email address;other personal contact details (including telephone number and postal address);job title;employer;corporate contact details (including business “direct dial” and office address);date of birth, address of registration and actual address, career history, references, professional background and other CV related information such as education, as well as information about passport, residence permit, visa, insurance certificate, social security number, military register, medical certificate, family status, including children if any, salary for the previous two years, as well as results of psychological and professional tests, information on close relatives (name and last name, date and place of birth, place of work and occupation and home address), information on participation in the companies, shares, social accounts (when you apply for a position, or you are a successful candidate for one of the companies within the GPI Group);financial information (where necessary to conclude services contracts with you).Your use of the Site and related online services involves the automated collection of certain types of information, some of which may be considered personal data under applicable laws or specific circumstances. This data includes:
IP address;browser type;operating system.In addition, the Site uses a range of cookies to improve and personalise your experience. More information can be found in the Cookies Policy.We may, in limited circumstances, collect certain types of sensitive personal data which is protected more strictly by law. These may include:
health-related data, including health certifications and disability information (when you apply for a position in one of the companies within the GPI Group );criminal history record (if required for a position you are applying).
How do we use your personal data?
Your personal data is collected and processed for the following aforementioned purposes. Please remember that additional information may be provided to you in a separate notice, or in our terms and conditions. In the event of any conflict between any separate notice and this Privacy Policy, the separate notice will prevail.All processing of personal data which we undertake on the basis that:
you have consented to the processing;the processing is necessary to perform a contract or to take steps to enter a contract;the processing is necessary for us to comply with relevant legal obligations;the processing is in our legitimate commercial interest, subject to your interests and fundamental rights.The purposes for which we process your personal data are to:
provide you with specific services in accordance with the contract you are entering or have entered with us;carry out background and screening checks (when we are entering into the contract with you or as a part of the pre-employment assessment);carry out regular reporting;provide you with newsletters you have signed-up on for on the Site;conduct market research and satisfaction surveys, where you choose to participate in these;reply to and answer your question(s);run competitions and tenders;analyse usage of the Site for statistical purposes and for compliance with the law (for more information refer to our Cookies Policy.
How long do we keep your personal data?
We generally keep your personal data only as long as it is required for the purposes specified above before it will be destroyed or erased from our systems, provided that we may retain your personal data in order to comply with applicable laws, regulations and rules.
Who do we share your personal data with?
We may disclose your personal data within GPI Group in order to provide you with our services. Access to your personal data is limited to those employees, agents and contractors of the GPI Group who need access to in order:
to provide you with our services;to communicate with you;to carry out legal or regulatory obligations.We may also employ the service providers to help us in certain areas, such as website hosting, cloud service, database physical security, marketing and market research. Where third-party service providers receive your data, we will remain responsible for the use of your personal data. We take appropriate steps to ensure that such third parties treat your personal data with the same consideration that we do. To the extent applicable law requires an individual’s consent before disclosing personal data to third parties, we will endeavour to obtain the individual’s consent prior to such transfer.We may from time to time to be required to disclose your personal data to law enforcement bodies, agencies or third parties under a legal requirement or court order. We act responsibly and take account of your interests when responding to any such requests.
Cross-border transfers of your personal data
We operate both inside and outside of the EU. Third-party service providers who handle data on our behalf may be based in locations around the world, and we may also be subject to scrutiny from courts or regulators in a number of different jurisdictions. For these reasons, your personal data may be transferred to other countries both inside and outside of the EU and the EEA. If your personal data is transferred to an entity in a country that does not provide an adequate level of protection of personal data, we will take measures to ensure that your personal data is adequately protected, by entering into EU Standard Contractual Clauses with these parties.By providing us with your personal data, you expressly consent to our transferring your personal data to countries or jurisdictions which may not provide the same level of data protection as your home country, including without limitation countries or jurisdictions outside the EU and EEA.
How is your personal data secured?
We store personal data on an electronic database. Such a database is maintained for us by a reputable services provider on the basis of appropriate contractual arrangements to protect the personal data.Although we make good-faith efforts to store the information we receive from and on behalf of you in a secure operating environment that is not available to the public, we cannot guarantee complete security. Further, while we work to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third-party “hackers” from illegally obtaining this information.
What about your rights?
Subject to applicable law, you may have some of the following rights in respect of your personal data:
to access your personal data and obtain a copy of your personal data together with the information about how and on what basis that personal data is processed;to ensure that your personal data is accurate and rectify it and complete incomplete personal data;to request that we delete your personal data (in limited circumstances, where it is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was collected or processed);restrict the processing of your personal data where:
the accuracy of the personal data is contested;we no longer require the personal data, but it is still required for the establishment, exercise or defence of a legal claim;to challenge processing which we have justified on the basis of a legitimate interest (as opposed to your consent, or to perform a contract with you);to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information (where that processing is based on your consent);to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority. As for Cyprus, there is the Commissioner for the Protection of Personal Data.If you would like to speak to us in relation to any of your rights, please contact us at globalports@globalports.com
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This Policy applies only to information collected by this Site. The Site may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy policies of such other sites and we would advise you to read the privacy statements of those sites.