This Privacy Policy outlines the general ways in which we or our agents may process your personal data, as well as some of the legal rights you may have with regard to data privacy. We reserve the right to periodically amend this policy and post updates on our website.
This policy is applicable to COINAGE MINING. and its worldwide subsidiaries (collectively, “COINAGE MINING,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), who may be the entities in charge of handling your personal data. These are the organizations that make decisions about the processing of your personal data, including its purpose. Furthermore, although we are the owners of our website, we have delegated management of it to a third-party website administrator, who is in charge of all personal data processed on our website.
Our privacy officer, whose email address is info@coinagemining.com, is in charge of monitoring adherence to this policy. Please email info@coinagemining.com with any general inquiries or requests to examine, remove, deactivate, or update any information you have already given us.
If you have any requests, inquiries, or concerns about how we utilize your personal information, our privacy officer will make a good faith attempt to address them as soon as possible.
Personal data that we might gather and utilize
We may gather, utilize, retain, and transmit several types of personal data about you, including:
- Identity information such as your age, gender, first and last names, title, company name, username, or other comparable identifier, and employment or professional background
- Contact information, such as your phone numbers, email address, and address
- Technical information on the devices you use to access our website, such as the operating system and platform, browser plug-in types and versions, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, internet protocol (IP) address, and other technology
- Details about your profile, such as your login and password, hobbies, preferences, comments, and survey answers, as well as information about the market or sector you work in and the events you've attended
- Usage Data, such as details about your usage of our website and the information you see there
- Data related to marketing and communications, such as your preferences on the timing and format of our marketing and other communications
Methods with which we gather your personal data
- The majority of your personal data is obtained directly from you. This may happen if you get in touch with us by phone, email, postal mail, or another method in addition to using our website's "Subscribe" form. In addition, we get information from you when you send us feedback, request investor communications, receive proxy materials as a stockholder, or subscribe to our publications.
- We may automatically gather technical data and usage data about your device and surfing habits as you interact with our website, together with our third-party website administrator. Server logs, cookies, and other related technologies are used for this.
- We may also receive personal information about you from third parties and public sources, including:
- Technical data from analytics providers, advertising networks, and search information providers.
- Identity data and contact data from publicly available sources, such as trade association or trade show registries, professional social media platforms (e.g., LinkedIn), investor relations groups, and government or national authority registries.
Reasons for processing personal data
We may collect, use, process, transfer, and store your personal information for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to:
- Providing Services: To deliver the products, services, and information you request from us, including subscriptions to our publications, investor communications, and proxy materials.
- Improving User Experience: To enhance your experience on our website by analyzing your browsing behavior, preferences, and interaction with our content, helping us to tailor our offerings and improve our services.
- Communication: To communicate with you regarding updates, newsletters, promotional materials, or any changes to our services, as well as to respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
- Legal and Regulatory Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes, such as fulfilling regulatory requirements related to investor communications or ensuring compliance with sanctions lists and other governmental mandates.
- Business Operations: To manage and operate our business effectively, including maintaining internal records, conducting audits, and carrying out business planning and forecasting.
- Security and Fraud Prevention: To protect our website, systems, and users from unauthorized access, breaches, or other security threats, as well as to prevent and detect fraud.
- Research and Development: To conduct research and analysis to improve our products, services, and website functionality, and to develop new offerings that better meet the needs of our users and clients.
- Marketing and Advertising: To deliver personalized marketing messages and advertisements that are relevant to your interests, based on your interactions with our website and other communication channels.
- Third-Party Collaboration: To share information with trusted third-party partners, such as analytics providers, advertising networks, and social media platforms, in order to enhance our services and reach a broader audience.
- Events and Engagements: To manage your participation in events, trade shows, webinars, and other engagements that we host or sponsor, ensuring you receive the necessary information and follow-up communications.
- Feedback and Surveys: To gather your feedback through surveys, questionnaires, and other means to improve our products, services, and customer experience.
Fulfilling our legal responsibilities and pursuing our legitimate business interests are the legal justifications for processing personal data for the aforementioned uses. These interests include, but are not restricted to, upkeep and improvement of our website, as well as establishing and fostering connections with counterparties and future and current investors.
Permission to Access and Move Personal Data
Your personal information may be transferred across international borders when necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy. This could involve transferring your data between Royal Gold, its subsidiaries, or third-party service providers that operate outside the country where you live or work.
Additionally, these cross-border transfers may occur for various reasons, such as facilitating global operations, ensuring efficient communication and service delivery, or enabling data processing by specialized service providers. We take appropriate measures to safeguard your personal information during such transfers, ensuring that it is handled in accordance with applicable data protection laws and industry standards, regardless of the destination country.
Securing Personal Data
We use strong organizational and technical safeguards to protect your personal data from unapproved or illegal processing, accidental loss, deletion, or damage. To secure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your data, our security processes incorporate a number of safeguards like encryption, access controls, and recurring security audits.
We've set up processes to react quickly and efficiently in the event that your personal information is suspected of being compromised. These protocols entail locating and isolating the breach, evaluating its effects, and putting remedial measures in place to stop it from happening again. We shall promptly notify you and any applicable regulatory authorities in the event of a breach that results in the discovery of compromised personal information, in compliance with legal obligations. In order to be compliant with data protection laws and respond to new threats, we also continuously assess and update our security procedures.
Duration of Personal Information Retention
We assess the reasons for why the data was gathered and processed, along with any applicable legal and regulatory requirements, to decide how long we keep personal information. We make sure that personal data is only retained for as long as is required to meet legal requirements and achieve the information's intended purpose. When the data is no longer required, it is anonymized or safely disposed of to protect privacy and stop unwanted access.
You have rights concerning personal data we store
Regarding your personal information, you might be entitled to the following rights, depending on your circumstances and the relevant privacy laws:
- You can request access to the personal information we hold about you. To process this request, we may need to verify your identity and gather specific details to locate your information. Access might be limited if providing it would breach legal obligations, be excessive, or compromise the privacy of others or sensitive company data.
- If you believe that your personal information is incorrect, out-of-date, or lacking, you have the right to request that it be corrected. These modifications will be applied right away and without unnecessary delay.
- In certain situations, you may request the deletion or removal of your personal information, such as when we no longer have a legitimate reason to process it. If we cannot fulfill your request, we will inform you of the reasons.
- In some situations, such as while we handle a request to repair errors, you may ask for a temporary suspension of the processing of your personal data.
- You have the right to object to the use of your personal data for direct marketing, including marketing-related profiling.
- In certain cases, you can request that your personal information be transferred to you or another third party in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- If you think your rights to privacy have been infringed upon, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate data protection body in your nation.
Please contact our privacy officer in writing at info@coinagemining.com to exercise any of these rights, excluding complaining. Please be sure to include all relevant information and supporting paperwork when contacting us so that we can handle your request quickly and effectively. We pledge to reply to your inquiries as soon as possible while abiding by all relevant data protection regulations. Do not hesitate to contact us if you need more help or if you have any questions about your rights.