Last Updated: 07/23/2018
The Data Privacy Policy explains how and what data GPD Global collects and how the Company uses the collected personal data. Personal data can be collected through sales representatives, website, exhibitions, phone calls, etc.
GPD Global cares about your privacy. For this reason, GPD Global collects and uses personal data only as it may be needed for the Company to communicate with you, issue quotations, and deliver products and services. Your personal data includes information such as:
GPD Global complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
Please note that data transmitted via the internet may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.
Some data are collected when you provide it to us on a request/contact form. Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you access the page. These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
Data Collected by Third Party Software
By default, a tracking cookie will NOT be enabled unless you ALLOW permission. This will log the date and time of this permission and enable the cookie for tracking.
If you allow permission, your data may be processed by an approved third party software company when GPD Global carries out e-mail marketing campaigns. This third party company will ensure the e-mail is delivered to your inbox. Your data will not be used for other purposes by the third party company.
Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data can be used to analyze how visitors use the site. When visiting our website, statistical analyses may be made of your surfing behavior. This happens primarily using cookies and analytics. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous, i.e. we will not be able to identify you from this data. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools.
You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You can contact us at any time using the address provided below.
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as address or e-mail), or if a user no longer desires to receive information from GPD Global, we will endeavor to correct, update, or remove that user’s personal data from our database.
We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Any mandatory statutory provisions, especially those regarding mandatory data retention periods, remain unaffected by this provision.
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked, or deleted. An informal e-mail making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.
The party responsible for processing data on this website is:
GPD Global
611 Hollingsworth Street
Grand Junction, CO 81505-1017 USA
Telephone: +1.970.245.0408
E-mail: request@gpd-global.com
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (names, e-mail addresses, etc.).
GPD Global reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend this Policy at any time, for any reason, which amendment(s) will be effective upon posting to our website. The date of the last revision to this Policy will be indicated by the “Last Updated” date located at the end of this Policy. GPD Global may occasionally notify you of changes or modifications to this Policy by e-mail. It is therefore important that you keep your account information accurate. The Company assumes no liability or responsibility for your failure to receive an e-mail notification if such failure results from an inaccurate e-mail address..
In order to obtain a product quote via the Request Form, a user is required to provide their contact information (such as name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address). Should you send us questions via the request form, we will collect the data entered on the form, including the contact details you provide, to answer your question and any follow-up questions. We do not share this information without your permission.
A cookie itself does not contain information, but when it is read by a browser it can help a website improve the service delivered. Cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on the web site. They are created when you use your browser to visit a website that uses cookies to keep track of your movements within the site, help you resume where you left off, remember your registered login, theme selection, preferences, and other customizing functions.
You can prevent these cookies from being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. However, doing so may mean you will not be able to enjoy the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website (including your IP address) from being passed to Google, and the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic and geographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in “server log files”. These are:
We may share demographic information with our advertisers. This is generally not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person. However, we may send e-mail or mail about special offers or information that may be of interest to the user based on the information we collect. We use an outside company (such as UPS, USPS, Fed Ex. etc.) to ship orders, and a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not to our knowledge, retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses “cookies”. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.
YouTube
Our website uses plug-ins from YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube plug-in, a connection to the YouTube servers is established whereupon the YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited. If you’re logged into your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of YouTube under https://policies.google.com/privacy.
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that GPD Global is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.
When users submit sensitive information via the web site, their information is protected both online and off-line. In addition to protecting sensitive online information, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, has restricted access at . Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, order clerk, sales representative, or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Access to the information is made via a password-protected site. Each time an employee needs to access information, they must enter their password to gain access to the information.
