GDPR Policy

GDPR Policy for The Emirates Advisor

Last Updated: August 25, 2025

1. Introduction and Commitment

The Emirates Advisor (“Website,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting the personal data of its users, particularly those residing in the European Economic Area (EEA). This GDPR Policy is a supplement to our main Privacy Policy and provides detailed information about how we collect, process, and protect the personal data of individuals covered by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).

Our data processing activities are conducted with a commitment to lawfulness, fairness, and transparency. This policy outlines your rights under the GDPR and how you can exercise them.

2. Data Controller

For the purposes of the GDPR, the data controller for the information you provide or that is collected by The Emirates Advisor is:

The Emirates Advisor Email for data protection inquiries: privacy@hosthip.com

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

We only process your personal data when we have a lawful basis to do so. The legal bases for our processing activities, as described in our Privacy Policy, are as follows:

  • Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose. This applies to activities like subscribing to a newsletter or consenting to the use of non-essential cookies. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Legitimate Interests: We process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests, provided that these interests do not outweigh your own rights and interests. This includes:
    • Responding to your inquiries and providing customer support.
    • Analyzing website usage to improve our content and user experience.
    • Ensuring the security of our Website and preventing fraud.
    • Serving contextual and personalized advertisements to sustain our business operations.
  • Legal Obligation: We may process your personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

4. Types of Data We Process

As detailed in our main Privacy Policy, we process the following categories of data:

  • Personal Identification Information: Name and email address, provided voluntarily by you.
  • Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, device information, and other log data collected automatically.
  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our Website, such as pages visited and time spent on pages, collected via cookies and analytics tools.

5. Your Rights Under the GDPR

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the following data protection rights. We are committed to facilitating the exercise of these rights.

  • The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data that we hold.
  • The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • The Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data, under certain conditions, such as when the data is no longer necessary for the purpose it was collected.
  • The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions, particularly where we are relying on legitimate interests as our legal basis.
  • The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, under certain conditions.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer at privacy@hosthip.com. We will respond to your request within one month.

6. Data Transfers Outside the EEA

The Emirates Advisor is based in the UAE. Information we collect from you may be processed in countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA). When we transfer your data to a country outside the EEA, we will ensure that the transfer is lawful and that your data is protected by implementing appropriate safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission, or by relying on an adequacy decision.

7. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this GDPR Policy and our main Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

8. Data Security

We have implemented robust technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. These measures are detailed in our main Privacy Policy.

9. How to Lodge a Complaint

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at privacy@hosthip.com.

If you are unsatisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. You can find contact details for your relevant data protection authority on the European Data Protection Board’s website.

10. Contact Us

For any questions or concerns regarding this GDPR Policy or our data protection practices, please contact us:

Email: privacy@hosthip.com