Privacy Notice – Bulletin Signup

This privacy notice tells you about the information we collect from you when you sign up to receive our regular bulletin via our website. In collecting this information, we are acting as a data controller and, by law, we are required to provide you with information about us, about why and how we use your data, and about the rights you have over your data.

Who are we?

We are the GAC Group. Our address is Corporate Headquarters, Gulf Agency Company Limited, Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates. You can contact us by post at the above address, by email at [email protected]. We are not required to have a data protection officer, so any enquiries about our use of your personal data should be addressed to the contact details above.

What personal data do we collect?

When you subscribe to our bulletin, we ask you for your name, title, occupation, company, country, email address and contact number.

Why do we collect this information?

Depending on which bulletin you subscribe to we will use your information to send you daily port intelligence from GAC’s global network of offices and agents and/or our bulletin which contains news and updates from GAC globally and for ad-hoc GAC surveys.

We ask for your consent to do this, and we will only send you our bulletin for as long as you continue to consent.

What do we do with your information?

Your information is stored in our database and is not shared with any third parties. We will not use the information to make any automated decisions that might affect you.

How long do we keep your information for?

Your information is kept for as long as you continue to consent to receive our bulletin.

Your rights over your information

By law, you can ask us what information we hold about you, and you can ask us to correct it if it is inaccurate. You can also ask for it to be erased and you can ask for us to give you a copy of the information.

You can also ask us to stop using your information – the simplest way to do this is to withdraw your consent, which you can do at any time by managing your subscription preferences through the link in our emails or by emailing, writing or telephoning us using the contact details above.

Your right to complain

If you have a complaint about our use of your information, you can contact our Group GDPR Coordinator at [email protected]