Privacy Policy

The Global Banker publishes theglobalbanker.com (the ‘site’). In this policy, ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ refer to The Global Banker, which is responsible for the personal information described here.

For any question about this policy or about your personal information, write to [email protected].

We collect the information you provide when you:

• create an account or sign up for our newsletters: your name and email address;
• request access to Premium Intelligence, register interest in The Global Banker Awards or contact us about our research, media, events or accreditation services: your name, job title, institution, business email, telephone number if you choose to give it, and the details of your request;
• submit an entry to an awards programme: the information contained in your submission;
• write to us: the content of your correspondence.

If you accept analytics cookies, we collect information about how you use the site: the pages you visit, the site that referred you, your device and browser type, and your approximate location derived from your IP address.

When we send you a newsletter, we may record whether it was opened and which links were followed, so that we can improve what we send.

Cloudflare, which delivers and protects the site, processes your IP address to do so and records basic visit statistics without cookies: the page viewed, the referring site and the browser type. Our hosting provider keeps technical logs to protect the site against misuse.

We use personal information to:

• provide your account, send the sign-in links you request and deliver the newsletters you choose;
• respond to your enquiries and requests, and prepare any proposal you ask for;
• administer the awards programmes, including judging submissions and sending the programme updates you request;
• understand how the site is used, where you have agreed to analytics cookies;
• keep the site secure and prevent misuse;
• comply with our legal obligations.

We do not sell personal information, and we do not use it to make automated decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on you.

Where the law requires a legal basis for processing, we rely on your consent (for analytics cookies and newsletters), the performance of our agreement with you (for your account and the services you request), our legitimate interests in operating and securing the site and responding to business enquiries, and compliance with legal obligations.

You may withdraw your consent at any time. Doing so does not affect processing that took place before you withdrew it.

We use essential cookies and similar technologies to keep you signed in and to remember your cookie choice. The site does not work properly without them.

Analytics cookies, provided by Google Analytics, are set only if you select Accept in the cookie banner. To change your choice, clear this site's cookies and stored data in your browser settings; the banner will then ask you again.

We share personal information only with service providers who process it on our behalf and under our instructions: Cloudflare, which delivers and protects the site and provides cookie-free visit statistics; Ghost, which hosts the site and manages accounts and newsletters; Formspree, which receives the forms submitted on the site; and Google, which provides analytics where you have consented.

Awards submissions are shared with our analysts and the Independent Panel solely for judging, and are held in confidence.

We may disclose information where the law requires it, or to our professional advisers under a duty of confidentiality. We do not share your details with sponsors, partners or advertisers without your permission.

Our service providers may process personal information in countries other than your own, including the United States. Where the law requires it, we rely on the safeguards those providers maintain, such as standard contractual clauses, to protect information transferred across borders.

We keep personal information only for as long as it is needed for the purpose for which it was collected. Account details are kept while your account is active and deleted when you ask us to close it. Enquiries and awards submissions are kept for as long as is needed to handle them and to maintain an accurate business record. Analytics data are kept for the period set in our analytics account and are then deleted automatically.

The site is served over an encrypted connection, access to personal information is limited to those who need it, and our service providers maintain their own security measures. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect the information we hold.

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access the personal information we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to its use, to receive a copy of it in a portable format and to withdraw your consent.

To exercise any of these rights, write to [email protected]. We will respond within the period the applicable law requires. You may unsubscribe from any newsletter using the link it contains, and you may also complain to the data protection authority where you live.

The site is intended for professionals in banking and finance. It is not directed at anyone under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information.

The site links to the websites of central banks, regulators, companies and other third parties. Their privacy practices are their own, and we encourage you to read their policies.

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last changed. Where a change is significant, we will inform account holders by email.

Questions about this policy or your personal information: [email protected].

General enquiries: contact form.