Privacy Notice

Last Updated: [09/02/25]

This Privacy Notice explains how Global Gold Protocol (“we,” “our,” or “us) handles your personal information. By accessing or using our various websites and services including this website (collectively the “Website”), you agree to the terms of this Privacy Notice and all of the terms incorporated herein by reference. 

Please read the following carefully to understand what Personal Information we collect, how it is used and the ways it can be shared by us.

[We will process Personal Information consistent with applicable privacy laws including but not limited to the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended “CCPA”), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GDPR”), and [insert other international laws as applicable]. 

Please review this Notice carefully to understand what we do regarding  your Personal Information and: 

• If your Personal Information is subject to the GDPR or UK GDPR, please review Additional Disclosures for Data Subjects in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom.

• If you are a California resident, please review our California Privacy Notice for additional disclosures, our notice at collection and a description of your rights under the CCPA.] 

1. What Information We Collect & How We Collect It

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect personal information from or about you. When we use the term “Personal Information,” we mean information that can help us directly or indirectly identify you. We may collect this information directly from you[, from other third-party sources,] and automatically from your use of our website. [We may also collect some information that could be considered “sensitive” or “special category” information under certain data protection laws.]

It is important that the Personal Information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your Personal Information changes during your relationship with us. We will endeavor to effect those changes within a reasonable timeframe.

1. Information You Provide to Us 

We may collect the following Personal Information about you when you use the Website or through our services:

• Identifying and Contact Information. This includes  your name, date of birth, copies of your government-issued IDs (e.g., passport or driver’s license), Social Security Numbers, physical and mailing addresses, phone number, email, and other types of contact information.

• [Financial Information. For example, digital token wallet addresses, deposit and withdrawals, deposits addresses, balance history, bank statements, bank account numbers.]

• [Employment and Business Information. This includes information such as employment status, employer name and address, certificate of incorporation, business registration, article of association, ownership and control structure, directors, authorized signatories, authorized signature list, board minutes, officer and director list, name of UBO, certificate of good standing.]

• Your Interaction With Us. Such information includes written communications between you and us, notes related to telephone calls between you and us, and information related to your IP address or other device identifiers when using our website or electronic delivery portals, content you provide in communications with us. 

• Other Information. You may choose to voluntarily provide other Personal Information to us that we have not solicited from you and in such instances, you are solely responsible for such information.

1. Information We Collect Automatically 

We may collect the following Personal Information automatically through your interactions with our Website:

• Wallet Address. We may collect the wallet address you use to connect to the Website to block wallets that are associated with certain legally prohibited conduct from the Website. Separately, we may collect your wallet address as part of “Usage Information” (as described below) to improve the Website and user experience of the Website.

• Device Information. We may collect information about the device you use to access the Website such as the device type, operating system, browser type, and screen height and width. This information helps us optimize the Website for different devices and troubleshoot any technical issues.

• Usage Information. We may collect information about how you use the Website including your wallet address, the time you access the Website, pages you visit, the features and assets you interact with, the links you click, and the search queries you make. By analyzing this data, we gain a deeper understanding of user behavior which in turn allows us to make continuous improvements to the Website and enhance the overall user experience.

We may collect this information through our use of cookies and other similar tracking technologies, please review Section 2 (Our Use of Cookies) below for more information. 

1. Information Collected from Other Sources 

Our service providers or other third parties that we partner with may collect certain Personal Information from or about you, including certain identifiers (e.g., driver’s license number or passport number), names, and requests. Depending on how you interact with us, we may receive some of this information. 

1. Use of Cookies and Similar Technologies 

Our website uses cookies, tracking pixels and other technologies (collectively “Cookies”) for various purposes, including to distinguish you from other users of our Website and collect certain information about your interactions with our Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website. 

[We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how people are using our website and learn common exit and entry content points. To find out more about how Google Analytics collects and processes data, please click here. Google Analytics has its own cookies that it uses to track and aggregate this information. You can prevent the use of Google Analytics relating to your use of our website by downloading and installing the browser plugin available here.]

1. What Types of Cookies We Use and How We use Them 

We may use the following types of Cookies on our website: 

1. How You Can Control Cookies 

You can control our uses of cookies through your internet browser or through third party tools: 

• Internet Browser. You can also control cookies through most browsers by changing your cookie settings. These settings will typically be found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. 

• Third Party Tools. Various third party tools exist that can help you manage cookies. For additional information you can also visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ where you will find information on cookie management and blocking. 

• [Cookie Management Tool. You can customize or change your cookie preferences at any time by accessing our cookie management system, available here, including, where applicable, withdrawing any consent you provided at any time.]
  
  

1. Do Not Track 

Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that users can set in their web browsers. When a user turns on DNT, the browser sends a message to websites requesting that they don’t track the user. We currently do not respond to DNT settings in your web browser. For information about DNT, visit www.allaboutdnt.org. 

1. Why We Collect Personal Information 

We may use the Personal Information we collect for the following purposes: 

• Establish and Maintain Our Relationship With You. This includes creating and managing   your account with us, processing requests for changes to your account. 

• Administering our Website and Services. For example, providing our products and services to you, understanding your needs and eligibility, process billing and collection of any fees, administering our website and services, system administration and detecting usage patterns (including broad demographic information for aggregated use). 

• Communicating with You. We may provide you with information on developments and new features or products and service announcements, and use information to  respond to your communications and requests. 

• Security. We may use information and measures to maintain the security or integrity of our website and services, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks, investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the website and services, enforce our terms

• Legal Rights. We use information to exercise, establish or defend our legal rights, or to protect your vital interest or those of any other person. 

• Improve Our Products and Services. For example, we may conduct surveys, analytics, and troubleshooting. 

• Compliance with Law. We process information to comply with legal and regulatory requirements, including managing risk assessments for cryptocurrency transactions, checking your identity for authentication and KYC purposes and against money laundering and terrorist financing or answering your requests, and complying with industry self-regulatory, audit and security requirements.
  
  

[We may also aggregate personal and other data captured by us so that the data is no longer capable of identifying an individual. Aggregated data may cover patterns of usage or information and data that you provide to us, and we reserve the right to use this aggregated information for the purposes of improving and enhancing our Services, generating insights, for use in marketing to other users and current and potential partners and otherwise for the purposes of our business. Provided that such aggregated data does not directly or indirectly identify you as an individual, this data is not considered to be Personal Information and is not covered by this Privacy Notice.]

1. How We Share Personal Information 

We may share Personal Information to the following categories of recipients:

• Within our Company and Group. We may share information with our employees, officers, directors, partners, affiliates, direct or indirect subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and any other subsidiary of that holding company, including their respective shareholders, directors, officers, affiliates, employees, contractors, agents, partners, insurers, and attorneys or representatives.

• Service Providers. We may share your information with service providers that help us operate our business such as accountants, administrators, attorneys, auditors, compliance and IT consultants, custodians, SAAS (software as a service) providers, analytics providers, hosting providers and other third parties engaged by us to assist with or support our provision of services. 

• Authorities and Law enforcement Agencies Worldwide. We will share information where we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary (i) as a matter of applicable law or regulation, (ii) to exercise, establish or defend our legal rights, or (iii) to protect your vital interests or those of any other person.

• Transacitons. We may share information as part of a transaction, with third parties that require the personal information to execute the contemplated transactions.

We may also disclose Personal Information to third parties in the following circumstances: 

• In the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a reorganization, dissolution, or liquidation).

• If we are under a duty to disclose or share your Personal Information in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of Service and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our clients, or others, including to defend ourselves from legal claims.

[We reserve the right to share current and historical bids, asks, and market prices; opening and closing range prices; high–low prices; trade prices; estimated and actual trade volumes; settlement prices; and other aggregate data and information related to the digital tokens purchased or redeemed on the Website.]

1. [California Shine the Light 

[Under California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code section 1798.83), California customers can ask certain businesses to share details about their practices related to disclosing or sharing personal information. If you want to find out how this might apply to you and what rights you might have, just email us at [Support@globalgold.finance] and include “Shine the Light Request,” in the subject line.

1. How We Protect Personal Information 

We are committed to protecting the security of your Personal Information. We use reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect your Personal Information. As effective as modern security practices are, no physical or electronic security system is entirely secure. We cannot guarantee complete security, nor can we guarantee that information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. Any transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk. 

1. How Long We Keep Personal Information 

We keep Personal Information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, while we have a business need to do so, or as required by law (e.g. for tax, legal, accounting or other purposes), whichever is the longer.

1. Your Rights and Choices 

Depending on how you interact with us, you have certain rights regarding your Personal Information. Please note any rights described in this Policy are subject to exemptions and other limitations under applicable law.

You have the following data protection rights:

• Request Access or Change to Personal Information: We take reasonable steps to keep your data accurate and complete. If you would like us to consider providing you access to, or making a correction to, your Personal Information maintained in our records, please send your request to us at [Support@globalgold.finance]. 

• Marketing Communications: We may use your Personal Information to inform you about our products or services that we believe will be of interest to you and/or to provide you with our newsletter. We may contact you by email, post, or telephone, or through other communication channels. In all cases, we will respect your preferences regarding how you would like us to manage marketing activity with you. You can manage your marketing preferences in several ways:

  • Direct Marketing. You can ask us to stop direct marketing at any time.  You can ask us to stop sending email marketing by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link you will find on all the email marketing messages we send you. Alternatively, you can contact [Support@globalgold.finance]. Please specify whether you would like us to stop all forms of marketing or just a particular type (e.g., email).

  • Cookies and Online Tracking. You can change the way your browser manages Cookies, which may be used to deliver online advertising, by following the settings on your browser as explained above in Use of Cookies and Similar Technologies.

1. International Transfers 

The Personal Information that we collect or receive about you may be transferred to and processed by recipients who are located in a jurisdiction where the level of data protection may not be equivalent to the level of protection applicable at your location.

Where local laws require, we will take steps to ensure that any transfer of Personal Information outside of the originating jurisdiction is carefully managed to protect your privacy rights and ensure that adequate safeguards are in place.  If your location lacks international data transfer instructions or standard forms from the local supervisory authority, we may use other legally acceptable mechanisms from other jurisdictions.  

1. Children 

The Website is intended for general audiences and are not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe we have collected Personal Information of a child, please contact us at [Support@globalgold.finance].

1. Links to Other Websites 

The website may contain links to third-party websites. Any access to and use of such third-party websites is not governed by this Privacy Notice, but, instead, is governed by the privacy policies of those third-party websites. We are not responsible for the information practices of such third-party websites. 

1. Updates to this Privacy Notice 

If we make changes to this Privacy Notice, we may notify you by updating it with a “Last Updated” date at the top. The most current version of our Privacy Notice will be available on our website. 

1. How to Contact Us

Please contact [Support@globalgold.finance] with any questions about this notice or our data privacy and data protection practices.