Privacy Policy

1. Executive Overview & Commitment to Confidentiality

Gold Traders International ("GTI", "we", "us", or "our"), registered at Suite 1A 121 Giles Street, Suite 1A, Edinburgh, Scotland EH6 6BZ, GB, is committed to maintaining the absolute confidentiality, integrity, and security of all personal, institutional, and transaction data provided by our prospective and active physical gold investors.

Given the high-value nature of physical gold allocations, vaulting logistics, and international bullion transfers, we enforce stringent data privacy practices in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, and international Anti-Money Laundering (AML) & Know-Your-Customer (KYC) regulatory frameworks.

2. Categories of Information Collected

To facilitate accredited physical gold purchases, assay verifications, and insured vaulting, GTI collects specific categories of information:

• Identity Data: Full legal name, government-issued photo identification (passport/national ID), proof of address, and beneficial ownership documentation for corporate entities.
• Contact Data: Primary telephone number, direct WhatsApp communication details, verified email address, and physical delivery/vaulting destination address.
• Financial & Transaction Data: Bank account verification details for wire settlements, source of funds declarations, trade history, and specific bar/bullion serial number allocations.
• Technical & Usage Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser parameters, and encrypted session logs collected when accessing our digital catalog services.

3. Legal Basis & Purposes for Processing Data

We process your data under the following strict legal grounds:

4. Data Sharing & Third-Party Custodians

GTI strictly enforces a non-disclosure policy. Your information is never sold, leased, or rented to third-party marketers. Data is disclosed strictly on a need-to-know basis under binding confidentiality terms to:

• Accredited Vaulting Partners: High-security bullion depositories (e.g. Brinks, Malca-Amit, Loomis) for allocation execution.
• Armored Logistics Carriers: Specialized international bullion transit providers under full Lloyd's of London insurance coverage.
• Certified Metallurgical Laboratories: Independent assayers issuing official 24K purity certifications.
• Statutory Authorities: Regulatory or legal bodies when required under formal judicial court orders or AML compliance mandates.

5. Security Infrastructure & Storage Retention

All sensitive transaction data is encrypted in transit using TLS 1.3 encryption and stored within military-grade AES-256 encrypted databases. Hardcopy identity records required for statutory audit trails are retained in climate-controlled, biometric-secured archives for a mandatory 7-year period following trade completion, after which they are permanently shredded and purged.

6. Your Data Rights & Contacting the Privacy Officer

Under UK GDPR, you hold full rights to request access, rectification, restriction, or erasure of your personal records, subject to statutory AML retention overrides. To exercise your rights or submit a privacy inquiry: