Galadari Printing & Publishing LLC

Privacy Notice

Introduction

We are committed to protect and respect your right to privacy. This Privacy Notice (“Notice”) governs the collection and use of personal data by Galadari Printing & Publishing LLC (“Khaleej Times”). This Notice describes how and why we use any personal data you provide to us, as well as information we might obtain from other sources.

Your personal data may be used for any of the purposes specified in this Notice, or for additional purposes that we notify you of when your personal data is being collected. For more information about Khaleej Times, please see https://www.khaleejtimes.com

In this Notice, references to “our,” “us,” or “we” refer to Khaleej Times. Any references to “you” or “your” refers to the relevant individual who is the subject of the personal data.

Who are we?

Khaleej Times is the data controller for the purposes of any applicable data protection laws.

Definitions covered in this Notice

When we refer to “processing” your “personal data” in this Notice, we qualify this as any action done with or in connection with your personal data (this includes gathering, storing, and deleting such personal data). Any information that can be used to locate or (in)directly identify you is considered as “personal data”.

Examples of personal data include birth date, age, gender, nationality, passport, marital status, signature, country of residence, place of birth, photo, family details, voice recordings, religion, spoken languages, emergency contact information, insurance information, and driver’s license number.

What types of personal data do we collect from you?

We process different categories of personal data further described below.

• Contact Details : Contact details is personal data that helps us to contact you, such as your address, email address, and phone number.
• Identification Data : Identification data is personal data that helps us identify you, such as your name, title, copy of your passport, Emirates ID, driver’s license, proof of utility bills, etc.
• Sensitive Personal Data : This category of personal data is considered sensitive by law. Examples include your health data, biometric data, or a copy of your photo.
• Account Data : Account data includes security-related data (usernames, passwords, authentication methods, roles), service-related data (purchase history, account profiles), billing-related data (payment, shipping, billing information), etc.
• User-generated Content : User-generated content refers to personal data when you participate in a community forum or post content such as comments, your username, or profile picture.
• Geolocation Data : Geolocation data refers to personal data such as the location of your device.
• Web Data : Web data includes personal data collected via our websites such as cookies, user activity records, IP addresses, social media profiles, device identifiers, and information about your interactions on our websites.
• Financial Data : Financial data is personal data related to your finances, such as your bank and card information.

For what purposes do we process your personal data?

Retention of Personal Data

We only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes indicated in this Notice. After this period, we will securely delete your personal data, unless we are obligated to retain your personal data to comply with a legal or regulatory requirement or to deal with any potential disputes.

If we no longer need to keep your personal data, we will delete it from our systems and records and/or take steps to properly anonymize it so that you cannot be identified from it.

Your Rights

You have certain rights that you can exercise. Please send an email to dpo@galadaribrothers.com to exercise your rights. The following rights may be applicable to you, depending on the jurisdiction where your personal data is processed:

It is important to note that the rights stated above are not absolute and that not every request can be fully granted. In certain cases, for instance where we are required to retain your personal data by contracts or the law, we might not be able to delete it or limit its processing.

With whom do we share your personal data?

We may share your personal data with:

• i. Our service providers, business partners, and affiliates
• ii. Authorized third-parties
• iii. Other third parties required by law.

We regulate how and with whom we share your personal data. We may disclose your information for purposes such as payment processing, order fulfilment, product installation, customer service, marketing, financing, servicing or repair, and other similar operations.

How do we secure your personal data

We have adopted appropriate technological and operational security measures to protect your personal data against loss, abuse, alteration, or destruction. Only authorized people have access to personal data, and these individuals are contractually bound to keep it confidential. We require our suppliers and vendors to implement appropriate safeguards when they access or use personal data that we share with them.

Automated Decision Making/Profiling

Our artificial intelligence technologies may enable automated data processing in several fields. This is called “profiling”. If we make use of profiling, we will always obtain your consent. We will also conduct privacy impact assessments to implement appropriate measures to protect your rights.

When we make use of profiling, you have the right to object against it. This right can be invoked by using the contact details provided in the “Contact Us” section below.

International data transfers

When processing your personal data, we might share it with third parties in other countries to the extent required to achieve the purposes stated in this Notice. Khaleej Times is part of Galadari Brothers Co. LLC. Your personal data may be shared within this group of companies, as well as with Galadari Brothers Co. LLC’s subsidiaries located in countries outside of the UAE. Such transfers shall be continually done in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

We transfer personal data from the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area (“EEA”) to organizations outside the EEA in accordance with the EU Standard Data Protection Clauses. For more information regarding transfers, please contact us at dpo@galadaribrothers.com.

Privacy Center

Our Privacy Center enables you to customize your consent preferences. By clicking on Privacy Center, you can manage your consent given to us.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Notice, please contact us at dpo@galadaribrothers.com.

Updates to the Notice

This Notice may be updated on a regular basis to reflect new developments. We reserve the right to update, add, or remove portions of this Notice at any time. You are also advised to revisit this Notice periodically for updates.

The most recent update to this Notice will be indicated below.

Date Of Publication – 25th March 2024