Privacy Policy

**GTI-USA.com Privacy Policy**

**Last Updated: [12/5/2024]**

GTI-USA.com respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we handle your personal data when you visit our website, your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and how the law protects you.

1. Important Information and Who We Are
**Purpose of this Privacy Policy**

This privacy policy aims to give you information on how GTI-USA.com collects and processes your personal data, including any data you may provide through this website.

**Controller**

GTI-USA.com is the controller and responsible for your personal data.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data protection practices, please contact us at:
- Phone: [+1-203-929-2200]
- Address: [6 Armstrong Rd, Shelton, CT 06484]

2. The Data We Collect About You
**Personal Data**

Personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, which we have grouped as follows:

- **Identity Data**: Includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier.
- **Contact Data**: Includes email address, telephone numbers, billing address, and delivery address.
- **Technical Data**: Includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types, operating system, and platform.
- **Usage Data**: Includes information about how you use our website.
- **Marketing and Communications Data**: Includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us.

3. How We Collect Your Personal Data
We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including:

- **Direct Interactions**: You may provide us with Identity, Contact, and Marketing Data by filling in forms or corresponding with us by email.
- **Automated Technologies**: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment and browsing actions. We collect this data by using cookies and other similar technologies.
- **Third Parties**: We may receive personal data about you from third parties, such as analytics providers or advertising networks.

4. How We Use Your Personal Data
We will only use your personal data when permitted by law. The most common uses of your personal data are:

- To process and deliver your orders
- To manage your relationship with us
- To improve our website, products, and services
- To communicate with you regarding products, services, and updates
- To comply with legal or regulatory obligations

5. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data
Under GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases for processing your personal data:

- **Contractual Necessity**: Processing your data to fulfill our contract with you.
- **Consent**: We may process your data where you have given explicit consent.
- **Legitimate Interests**: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided these are not overridden by your rights.
- **Legal Obligation**: Processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.

6. Disclosures of Your Personal Data
We may share your personal data with third parties, such as service providers, professional advisers, and authorities where required by law. We require third parties to respect the security of your data and to treat it in accordance with the law.

7. International Transfers
Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure a similar degree of protection by implementing safeguards, such as the use of standard contractual clauses or data transfer agreements.

8. Data Security
We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way. We also limit access to your personal data to those employees and third parties who have a business need to know.

9. Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

10. Your Legal Rights
Under GDPR, you have rights in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

- Request access to your personal data.
- Request correction of your personal data.
- Request erasure of your personal data.
- Object to processing of your personal data.
- Request restriction of processing your personal data.
- Request transfer of your personal data.
- Withdraw consent.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at the information provided above.

### 11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy periodically. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we encourage you to review it frequently.

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Please consult a legal professional to ensure the policy is complete and compliant with any additional local or industry-specific regulations.