Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Purposes We Collect Your Personal Information
The business or commercial purposes for which we may collect or have collected your Personal Information are listed below.
- To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us.
- To fulfill or meet the reason for which the information is provided. For example, if you purchase a product from us, we will collect your address for shipping purposes or to fulfill our tax collection and reporting obligations.
- To contact you and/or provide you with email alerts and other notices concerning our products or services, or events or news, that may be of interest to you.
- To engage in marketing activities, including to help design products and services appropriate for our customers.
- To communicate with you in social media concerning our products and services.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights including those arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing, payment, and collections.
- To review, improve, and monitor our Website, applications, online services, and overall client experience, including to provide customization to meet the specific needs, ensure a consistent experience, and to assess trends, interests, and the demands of customers.
- To provide customer service and engage in quality control activities concerning our products and services.
- To engage in testing, research, analysis and product and service development.
- To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, governmental regulations, or other lawful processes.
- As described to you when collecting your Personal Information.
- As necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, security, and safety of us, our employees, our consumers, our information systems, and the public.
- To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Information held by us is among the assets transferred.
Purposes For Which We Will Use Your Personal Information
Our primary purpose in collecting Personal Information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience.
We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your Personal Information, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.
Note that we may process your Personal Information for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your Personal Information. Please contact us if you need details about the specific lawful ground we are relying on to process your Personal Information where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.
| Purpose/Activity | Type of personal data | Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest |
|---|---|---|
| Collect and process payments and complete transactions | (a) Identifiers(b) Contact(c) Financial(d) Employment(e) Marketing and Communications | Performance of a contract with you |
| Provide the products, services, and customer support you request | (a) Identifiers(b) Contact(c) Financial(d) Employment(e) Marketing and Communications | Performance of a contract with you |
| Verify your identity and account information in connection with products or services you request | (a) Identifiers(b) Contact(c) Financial(d) Employment(e) Marketing and Communications | (a) Performance of a contract with you(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation(c) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to study how customers use our products/services) |
| Provide you with recommendations for products and services that we believe would be of interest to you | (a) Identifiers(b) Contact(c) Employment(d) Profile(e) Usage(f) Marketing and Communications(g) Technical | Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our products/services and Capital Bullion ) |
| Provide you with our newsletter if you have subscribed to it | (a) Identifiers(b) Contact(c) Employment(d) Marketing and Communications | Performance of a contract with you |
| Assist you with setting up and managing your customer account with us | (a) Identifiers(b) Contact(c) Financial(d) Employment(e) Profile(f) Marketing and Communications | (a) Performance of a contract with you(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running Capital Bullion, provision of administration and IT services, network security |
| Resolve disputes | (a) Identifiers(b) Contact(c) Financial(d) Employment(e) Technical(f) Profile(g) Usage(h) Marketing and Communications | (a) Performance of a contract with you(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running Capital Bullion, provision of administration and IT services, network security(c) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation |
| Troubleshoot problems, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting data | (a) Identifiers(b) Contact(c) Employment(d) Technical | (a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running Capital Bullion, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a reorganization or restructuring exercise)(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation |
| Enforce our Terms and Conditions and the terms of this Policy | (a) Identifiers(b) Contact(c) Financial(d) Employment(e) Technical(f) Profile(g) Usage(h) Marketing and Communications | (a) Performance of a contract with you(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running Capital Bullion, provision of administration and IT services, network security(c) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation |
| Customize, measure and improve our services and content | (a) Identifiers(b) Contact(c) Profile(d) Employment(e) Usage(f) Marketing and Communications(g) Technical | Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how end users use our products/services, to develop them, to develop Capital Bullion and to inform our marketing strategy) |
| Inform you about our products, services, updates and promotional offers | (a) Identifiers(b) Contact(c) Profile(d) Employment(e) Usage(f) Marketing and Communications(g) Technical | Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our products/services and Capital Bullion ) |
| To protect our interests, including establishing, exercising and defending legal rights and claims | (a) Identifiers(b) Contact(c) Profile(d) Employment(e) Usage(f) Marketing and Communications(g) Technical(h) Marketing and Communications | (a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running Capital Bullion, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a reorganization or restructuring exercise)(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation |
| As necessary to comply with legal requirements, to prevent fraud, to co-operate with law enforcement and regulatory authorities, and to stop other prohibited, illegal, or harmful activities | (a) Identifiers(b) Contact(c) Financial(d) Employment(e) Usage(f) Technical | Necessary to comply with a legal obligation |
| For purposes disclosed at the time you provide/we request your Personal Information or as otherwise set forth in this Policy | As disclosed at the time your Personal Information is requested | As disclosed at the time your Personal Information is requested |
Do Not Track
“Do Not Track” is a privacy preference that you can set in your Internet search browser that sends a signal to a website that you do not want the website operator to track certain browsing information about you. However, because our Websites are not configured to detect Do Not Track signals from a user’s computer, we are unable to respond to Do Not Track requests.
Our Websites and Children
We do not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Information from children under 13 years of age. We are concerned about the safety of children when they use the Internet and will never knowingly request Personal Information from anyone under the age of 13. If the parent or guardian of a child under 13 believes that the child has provided us with any Personal Information, the parent or guardian of that child should contact us and ask to have this Personal Information deleted from our files. If we otherwise obtain knowledge that we have Personal Information about a child under 13 in our files, we will delete that information from our existing files so that it is not in retrievable form.
Security
While we use reasonable measures to protect our Websites and your information, the Internet is never 100% secure. The measures we use are appropriate for the type of information we collect. We cannot guarantee use of our Websites or mobile applications are 100% secure. We encourage you to use caution when using the Internet.
Applicable Law
This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the State, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under, or out of, this Privacy Policy shall lie exclusively with the state and federal courts within the State. If any provision of this Privacy Policy is found to be invalid by a court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Privacy Policy, which shall remain in full force and effect.
Notice to Website Users Located Outside the U.S.
Capital Bullion operates in accordance with the laws of the United States. When you access our Websites from outside the United States, we may transfer the Personal Information that we collect from you to a location outside of your jurisdiction, including the United States. The data protection laws in these jurisdictions may not provide you with the same protections as those of your jurisdiction. By using these Websites, you acknowledge that these laws may provide a different standard of protection and you consent to the transfer of your personal data to other jurisdictions, including the United States.