Due to the global nature of our business, we may transfer Personal Information to parties located in other countries including the European Economic Area (EEA), the United States of America, the Republic of India, and the Republic of the Philippines for processing, storage, administration or any other use stated within this policy. We may transfer Personal Information internationally to our group companies, service providers, business partners and governmental, regulatory or public authorities.
When we transfer your Personal Information overseas we ensure an adequate degree of data protection is afforded to it by ensuring the following safeguards:
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We may transfer your Personal Information to countries that have been deemed by the relevant data protection regulatory bodies to provide an adequate level of protection for personal information, or to US entities certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield.
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Where we use certain service providers located overseas, we may use specific contracts approved by the EU Commission (e.g. the Standard Contractual Clauses) or the data protection regulatory bodies. You may obtain a copy of them upon request to dataprotection@gbg.com.
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Where we transfer data to our group companies, we require all of our group companies to follow the applicable data protection and privacy rules when processing your Personal Information.
The purposes and processing associated with any such transfer will comply with all applicable data protection regulations, including, for all persons located in the EU, the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"). Our companies in the US (i.e., Global Benefits Group, Inc., GBG Administrative Services, Inc., GBG Assist, Inc., GBG Holding Incorporated, GBG Insurance Services, Inc., Global Benefits Group, US Inc., Global Security Life Insurance Ltd., International Claims Services, Inc., Quality Health Management) are certified under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (“Privacy Shield”).
Further, please note that any communication you send to a "gbg.com" e-mail address will be routed through the United States.