Privacy Policy

El Gouna Times has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this web site.

Summary: We apply the opt-in e-mail standard according to the Belgian law, i.e. we only contact web sites visitors after they have submitted their own information. It’s always possible to opt-out of those mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our web site. Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information such as the country where the requests are coming from.

Details
Our site uses cookies to keep track of your queries and to make sure you don’t see the same ad repeatedly. We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests.

Our site’s registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email address) and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level). We use customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information about our web sites. The customer’s contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor the visitor’s experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences. This information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis – only global and broad information is being shared. No personal information about users is divulged.

This site contains links to other sites. El Gouna Times is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.

Our site uses an web form for customers to request information, products, services, tests results and to get in touch with us. We collect visitor’s contact information (like their email address). Contact information from the web form is used to send orders and special announcements our customers. The customer’s contact information is used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary and to send information about the web sites. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

Our online surveys ask visitors for contact information (like their email address), and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level). We use contact data from our surveys to send the user information about our company. The customer’s contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor our visitor’s experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences. This information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis. Advertisers receive a global overview about the demographics. No personal information about the user is divulged.

We may run contests on our site in which we ask visitors for contact information (like their email address), and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level). We use contact data from our contests to send users information about our company. The customer’s contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor our visitor’s experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences. This information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis. No personal information about the user is divulged.

We use an outside ad company to display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies. While we use cookies in other parts of our web site, cookies received with banner ads are collected by our ad company, and we do not have access to this information.

Public Forums
This site makes chat rooms, guest books, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. User information is stored on our servers in secure locations and cannot be downloaded. Data that is transferred to our staff is encrypted and password protected. Only those staff members who need to access the information can do so.

Choice/Opt-Out
Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us at the point where we request information about the visitor.

This site gives users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communicat
ions or to no longer receive our service.

1. You can send email to [email protected]

Correct/Update
This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.

1. You can send email to [email protected]

The Federal Trade Commission or in Belgium www.privacy.fgov.be can give you detailed information about your privacy on the Internet.
More interesting information can be found at: www.crid.be.

Out of courtesy and respect for fair trade rules, El Gouna Times will not communicate your personal information to companies outside of the El Gouna Times group. You have access to this information and you have the right to make changes (Belgian law of 8/12/92).For more information: Public Register Privacy Commission.

We want to be very clear: We will not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Website, you can contact:

1. You can send email to [email protected]