Overview
Global Secure Systems Ltd respects your right to privacy and are committed to ensuring your privacy. We are dedicated to building trust between our customers and ourselves and to provide the best of breed Information Security products, consultancy and testing services to our clients. Any information provided by you will be handled accordingly and in relation to achieving these goals.
GSS complies with, and is registered under the Data Protection Act in the United Kingdom and takes all reasonable care to prevent any unauthorised access to your personal data.
Privacy, information collection and use of this websiteUnder most circumstances you can visit the GSS website without telling us who you are and without revealing any personal information about yourself. On some occasions, however, we may need information from you.
We do collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone.
If you request certain documents or make an enquiry through our website we will ask for personal information such as name, telephone number, company name and email address. We may use this information in order to correspond with you or for us to provide you with further information. We may also associate your details with our internet log information in order to better understand your specific needs.
To provide you with the best possible service, we may sometimes share your data with a relevant product partner, for example when a pricing request is submitted to us. Your details will not be passed onto any other organisation.
Upon request, GSS will remove your details from our database, update any of your details, or amend your details to preclude any contact by any of the means identified above. Requests can be made using the contact details given at the bottom of this privacy statement.
Use of cookies on our websiteCookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
GSS uses one anonymous session cookie which is set on arriving at our site. You may delete and block all cookies from this site, but parts of the site will not work.
We ask you to accept further cookies from us when you arrive on our site. The following table summarises all cookies you can expect to be set by the our website:
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | More info |
| Essential site cookie | PHPSESSID | A session id cookie set on arrival to the GSS website. This cookie contains a single alphanumeric string only (no personally identifiable information) and is deleted when you close your browser. | |
| Google Analytics | _utma _utmb _utmc _utmz |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where vistors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Click here for an overview of privacy at Google |
| GSS site cookie acceptance | GSS_cookies GSS_cookies_perm |
These cookies hold a single 'true' or 'false' value and are used to record if a user has accepted the use of cookies on the GSS website either temporarily (until the browser is closed) or permanently (cookie will expire in 1 years time). |
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Protecting your informationThere is an element of risk involved with sending information via the Internet. We urge you to take appropriate precautions to protect your personal information when accessing on-line resources. Ensuring your operating system and Internet browser are updated with relevant security patches, and the use of other security products, can help reduce this risk.
Third Party SitesThis privacy notice does not cover other websites linked to from the GSS website.
Changes to our privacy noticeThis privacy notice was last updated on 1st June 2011. We will update this privacy statement in response to company, visitor and customer feedback and/or to comply with changes to relevant legislation.
Questions regarding this statementQuestions regarding this statement should be directed to info@gss.co.uk or by post to:
The Data Controller
Columbia House
Columbia Drive
Worthing
West Sussex
BN13 3HD
