This privacy notice sets out how we use your personal information when you visit www.globalresearch.bm or when using our services.
Please read this document carefully and contact us if you have any questions. By using this website, you are agreeing that you have both read the document and understood its contents.
We value the importance of protecting personal information and this privacy notice has been drafted with Bermuda’s Personal Information Protection Act, 2016 (PIPA) ‘s requirements and obligations in mind.
- Who we are and contact details
Name: Global Research and Strategy Group Ltd.
Address: PO BOX GE119 St. George’s GEBX
Phone: 604-360-4051
Email: marketing@globalresearch.bm
- Privacy Officer
Our privacy officer can be contacted at:
- What personal information do we use?
We use information that you or another organization has received your consent for us to have.
This can includes:
- Full name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Mailing address
- Country/city/parish
- Social media handle
- Employer/company name
- Job title
- Demographic information (age, gender, race, parish, education)
- IP Address
- Geolocation data
- Interview or focus group recording
- Behavioural, technical, and research response information for the purposes of conducting market research, analytics, participant recruitment, and reporting. Research findings are reported in aggregated or anonymised form and do not identify individual participants.
- Why do we need your personal information?
We may use your personal information for the following purposes:
- to enable certain functions of our Website
- to improve your Website experience
- to send emails to those who have consented to receive e-mails from us
- to invite those who have consented to receive contact from us to participate in quantitative and qualitative research studies
- to address questions or complaints
- to provide services to clients who engage us to undertake research
- How do we collect your personal information?
We collect your personal information in the following ways:
- Directly from you by email, telephone, in person, or through the Website
- From our clients who have received your consent for us to contact you
- From publicly available sources (phonebooks, websites, social media)
- The legal conditions for our use
The PIPA requires us to identify the legal basis for our use of your personal information. Our legal basis for use will be:
- Your consent
- Your inferred consent though your accessing our Website
- Except in relation to sensitive information, that you would not reasonably request us to “not begin or cease” using your personal information and that the use does not prejudice your rights
- The use of personal information is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party
- The use of the personal information is reasonable to protect or defend the organisation in any legal proceeding
There may be other conditions that apply. Please contact the Privacy Officer for more information at privacy@globalresearch.bm
- Who has access to your personal information?
- Our Staff
Our staff understand their obligation to maintain customers’ personal information subject to conditions of confidence. Only relevant staff are allowed access to personal information. We disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the services you require to those staff members pertinent to the task.
- Third parties in Bermuda
We may transfer your personal information to third parties in Bermuda for the purposes of completing tasks relating to the delivery of our services. When we use third party service providers in Bermuda, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to those organisations and individuals relevant to the task. We do not sell or rent your personal information. We will receive your consent before sharing any information with a local third party.
When we provide the results of our surveys/research to our clients, we do not provide them with the names or contact information of the respondents of our surveys. They only receive anonymised information.
- International Transfers of Personal Information
We may transfer your personal information to third parties outside Bermuda for the purposes of completing tasks relating to the delivery of our services. When we use third party service providers overseas, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to those organisations and individuals relevant to the task. We will receive your consent before sharing any information with an overseas third party.
When your personal information is transferred to or accessed by third parties overseas, such as our software providers, we do so with security in mind, including the systems that these providers have in place to protect and secure the personal information that has been sent. We do not sell or rent your personal information.
- How long do we keep your personal information for?
We are legally required to hold some types of personal information to fulfil our statutory obligations. We will hold your personal information only for so long as it is necessary for the relevant activity, or for internal audit and quality control purposes. We review our retention periods for personal information on a regular basis.
- Security
We seek to use reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures to protect personal information. We monitor the security of our systems and we review our policies and procedures on a regular basis.
Information transmitted normally over the internet can never be guaranteed as 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us. Once we receive your personal information, we make all reasonable (and appropriate) efforts to ensure its security on our systems. Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
- What information is collected from or about Children (Residents under 18 years of age)?
This Website is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect or use personal information from or about children in the services we provide unless parental consent has been received.
In the event we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 18 without parental consent, steps will be taken promptly to remove that information. If you believe that we have or may have information from or about a child under 18 years of age, please contact us at privacy@globalresearch.bm.
- What are your rights?
We will do all we reasonably can to assist you with any issue arising from our use of your personal information. Under the PIPA, you have the following rights:
- to information about the use of personal information
- of access to personal information
- to the rectification, blocking, erasure, and destruction of personal information
- to prevent or stop the use of personal information for advertising, marketing, and public relations
- to prevent or stop the use of personal information that is causing or likely to cause substantial damage or distress
In the meantime, you may contact our Privacy Officer for assistance at privacy@globalresearch.bm.
Please note that not all privacy rights are absolute rights. They may be subject to specific conditions and exemptions. You will also be required to provide proof of identity to access these rights.
If you have any concerns, we encourage you to come to us in the first instance, but you are entitled to complain directly to the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda at PrivCom@privacy.bm or call 1-441-543-PRIV [7748]
- Website
- Hosting
The Website is developed, maintained and hosted securely in the USA.
- Cookies & Website Analytics
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to help the site function properly and to understand how visitors use and navigate our website.
We do not require visitors to create an account or log in to use our website. Most cookies used on our website are analytics or performance cookies that help us understand, for example, which pages are visited, how long visitors spend on the site, and how visitors move between pages.
The information collected through these cookies may include technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and referring website. This information is used to improve our website, understand visitor interests, and maintain website performance.
We do not use cookies to collect sensitive personal information, and we do not use cookies to sell personal information.
Some cookies may be provided by third-party analytics providers. These providers may process information on our behalf to help us analyse website traffic and usage trends.
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality or performance of some parts of the website.
By continuing to use our website, you acknowledge our use of cookies as described in this Privacy Notice.
For questions about our use of cookies or personal information, please contact us at: privacy@globalresearch.bm.