Privacy

Privacy Policy
The GEM Foundation is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

The GEM Foundation may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from [7 March 2011].

What we collect
www.globalquakemodel.org collects personally identifiable information from the visitors to our website only on a voluntary basis. Personal information collected on a voluntary basis may include name, email address and name of your organisation. This information is collected if you request information from us, submit comments, sign up to join our newsletter or request some other service or information from us.

What we do with the information we gather
The information collected is internally reviewed and used to:

• internal record keeping
• improve the content of our website,
• notify our visitors of any updates
• respond to visitor inquiries.

In some cases, we may collect information about you that does not identify individual users. We use this information to:

• analyse trends
• administer the site
• track users' movements around the site
• gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.

The information collected is used solely for internal review and under no circumstances it may be shared with other organisations for commercial purposes.

Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.