INTRODUCTION
Please read this Privacy Policy to understand how Alkhaleej Takaful Insurance and our
associated or affiliated group companies (“ALKHALEEJ TAKAFUL INSURANCE” “we” or “us”)
use and protect the information that you provide to us through any of the ‘ALKHALEEJ or
ALKHALEEJTAKAFUL’ or branded websites (together the “Website”). By accessing any part of
the Website or providing any information to us you consent to the use and transfer of
your information on the terms set out in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to
revise or supplement this Privacy Policy from time to time at our sole discretion and
you agree to revisit this page regularly to ensure that you are familiar with the most
current version. By continuing to access or use the Website you will be agreeing to any
such changes. If you are a Alkhaleej Takaful Insurance customer, details of the
information we collect and how we use it will also be set out in the terms and
conditions of the product or service which you hold. In the event of a conflict between
this Privacy Policy and the terms and conditions of your specific product or service,
the terms and conditions of your specific product or service will take precedence.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU
In general you can visit this Website without telling us who you are or revealing any
information about yourself. However, there are parts of this Website where we may need
to collect personal information from you, including without limitation your name, post
and email addresses, fax and telephone numbers, employment details, date of birth and
banking details.
USE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
Domain name information that we collect is not used to personally identify you and
instead is aggregated to measure the number of visits, average time spent on the
Website, pages viewed etc. We use this information to measure the use of our Website and
to improve its contents. When other personal information, such as your name and email
address is collected from you (for example through online forms or via email etc.) we
generally let you know at the time of collection how we will use that personal
information. We may also use the personal information you provide or which we collect
via this Website for the purposes of: providing you with services which you have
requested and notifying you about important changes or developments to these services;
updating our records about you; crime detection, prevention and prosecution; responding
to your inquiries and complaints or to process your requests in relation to your
information; administering offers, competitions and other promotions; evaluating the
effectiveness of our marketing and for research, training and statistical analysis with
the aim of improving our services; and making the Website easier for you to use and
providing you with access to certain parts of the Website. We may also contact you about
products and services available from Alkhaleej Takaful Insurance, and from selected
companies outside the Alkhaleej Takaful Insurance group, which we believe may interest
you or benefit you financially. We may do this by post or by phone unless you have told
us not to; and by email, text or other electronic means if you have told us that we can
or as otherwise allowed by law. You may tell us at any time if you change your mind. We
will treat your personal information as confidential but may share it with each other
and disclose it outside Alkhaleej Takaful Insurance if: you consent; it is needed by our
agents, advisors or others involved in running accounts and services for you, or
collecting what you owe us; the law or public interest permits or requires it; required
by us or others to investigate or prevent crime; we need to provide it to a third party
in anticipation of or following a sale, merger of the whole or any part of the Alkhaleej
Takaful Insurance group companies or in the course of a joint venture. We may run your
accounts and provide other services from centers outside the State of Qatar that do not
have the same standard of data protection laws as the Qatar. We may monitor, record,
store and use any telephone, email or other communications we have with you for training
purposes, so that we can check any instructions given to us, for crime prevention, as
evidence in any legal proceedings and/or to improve the quality of our customer service.
By using the Website you consent to us using your personal information for the purposes
described above.
PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY
The Internet is a global environment and using the Internet to collect and process
personal information necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international
basis. By browsing this Website you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal
information in this way. We accept no responsibility or liability for the security of
personal information transmitted via the Internet. Our Website may contain links and
banner advertisements to other websites which are outside our control and not covered by
this Privacy Policy (“third party websites”). If you access any third party websites
using the links provided, the operators of these third party websites may collect
information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy
policies, which may differ from ours. We do not accept any responsibility for any such
third party websites, including without limitation for their accuracy, security, the
products or services which they offer or for any information which is collected through
them. You are responsible for reviewing and abiding by the privacy policies and website
terms and conditions of any such third party websites.
You are responsible for informing us that your personal details have changed: for
example, a change of address or to your title. You can do this by visiting a branch or
completing and returning a change of name/address form.
