Data privacy and protection
The Gerber Company is responsible for ensuring that it uses your data in compliance with data protection law. The purpose of this notice (the “Privacy Notice”) is to explain what personal data The Gerber Company collects and how The Gerber Company uses it. For data protection law, The Gerber Company is a data controller in respect of your data. “Personal data” is any data that can be used to identify you or that The Gerber Company can link to you and which The Gerber Company has in its possession or control.
In this Privacy Notice when we refer to “The Gerber Company” or “we”/“us”/“our” we mean The Gerber Company and our Associates.
How we use your data
Personal data may be stored and processed by The Gerber Company in the following ways and for the following purposes:
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to provide The Gerber Company products and services, including processing instructions and providing confirmations, advice, and statements to our clients;
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verify your identity (including for fraud prevention purposes), assess your ability to meet your financial commitments (if any), and manage The Gerber Company's relationship with you and/or the client to whom you are connected;
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to contact you in connection with your work with The Gerber Company and the products and services that The Gerber Company provides to you or a client to whom you are connected;
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to perform the contract with you or a client/supplier to whom you are connected (including performing The Gerber Company’s obligations and exercising The Gerber Company's rights);
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to engage in marketing and business development activity and to advise you or a client to whom you are connected of other products and services similar to those which you or a client to whom you are connected receive from The Gerber Company and/or its Associates;
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to engage in Community Investment projects where you choose to participate;
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to notify you about changes to The Gerber Company’s service;
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to carry out financial risk assessments, risk mitigation activities, and risk reporting and risk management;
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to comply with The Gerber Company’s legal and regulatory obligations. This includes reporting to the relevant authorities, complying with anti-money laundering obligations and tax reporting obligations;
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to use it to prevent and respond to actual and potential fraud or illegal activities; or
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to use it to look into any complaints or queries you or a client/supplier to whom you are connected may have.
The Gerber Company is entitled to use personal data in these ways because:
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Consent - we may (but usually do not) need your consent to use your data. You can withdraw your consent by contacting us.
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Performance of a contract - we may need to collect and use your data to enter into a contract with you or to perform our obligations under a contract with you or a client to whom you are connected.
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Legitimate interest - we may use your data for our legitimate interests, some examples of which are given above.
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Compliance with law or regulation - we may use your data as necessary to comply with applicable laws/regulations.