Global Self Storage's Privacy Policy

Global Self Storage, Inc. (“Company” or “We”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through this policy.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website (this “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

• on this Website; and
• in email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.

It does not apply to information collected by:

• us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Company or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries); or
• any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use this Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to our Privacy Policy below). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

This Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any personal information to or on this Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at info@globalselfstorage.us.

We collect several types of information from and about users of this Website, including, but not limited to, the following information:

• by which you may be personally identified, such as name, username, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, social security number, date of birth, gender, driver's license number, military status and any other information that qualifies as personal information or similar definition under applicable laws, rules or regulations (“personal information”);
• that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as business or employer information, payment history, unit rental information, comments, feedback, and reviews; and/or
• about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access this Website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

• directly from you when you provide it to us.
• Automatically as you navigate through this Website. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
• From third parties, including contractors, service providers and other third parties we use to support our business (for example, website hosting, data analysis, information technology, customer service, email delivery, audit, legal, and other services).

The information we collect on or through this Website may include:

• Information that you provide by filling in forms on this Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use this Website, subscribing to our service, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you provide reviews, comments, feedback, or report a problem with this Website.
• Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
• Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
• Details of transactions you carry out through this Website. You may be required to provide financial information before completing a transaction through this Website.
• Your search queries on this Website.

As you navigate through and interact with this Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

• Details of your visits to this Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on this Website.
• Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The information we collect automatically is only statistical data and does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve this Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

• estimate our audience size and usage patterns;
• store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize this Website according to your individual interests;
• speed up your searches; and
• recognize you when you return to this Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include, but is not limited to:

• Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of this Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to this Website.

• Web Beacons. Pages of this Website and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

• to present this Website and its contents to you;
• to provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us;
• to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;
• to provide you with notices about your account, including expiration and renewal notices;
• to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection;
• to notify you about changes to this Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it;
• to promote reviews and market our products and services;
• in any other way we may describe when you provide the information; and
• for any other purpose with your consent.

We may also use your information to contact you about our own and third parties' products and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please contact us at info@globalselfstorage.us. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information below.

Beyond the personally identifiable information you voluntarily provide to us, the Company utilizes analytics tools including third party technologies, such as Google Analytics, to collect non-personally identifiable information utilizing cookies. Certain types of information, including geolocation, device type, onsite website usage and behavior, demographic data, and purchase history, is collected and aggregated across Website users for our analysis and advertising efforts.

We may use Remarketing with Google Analytics and Google Adwords to display relevant advertisements to users who have previously visited our Website. Referred to as remarketing or retargeting, we may utilize previous session information to serve display advertisements to you on the Website and based on such session information Google may set a cookie and serve ads to you on third-party websites on the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors such as Google may display our ads on websites across the internet. Aggregated user data may be utilized to create remarketing/retargeting “lists,” or groups of users with similar onsite behaviors or demographics.

We may also use Google Display Network Impression Reporting and Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting and Interest-Based Advertising to display advertisements to users based on their inferred interests and demographics. 

Users may learn more about Google Analytics use of cookies by visiting the Google Privacy and Terms page at http://www.google.com/policies/. You may opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics by:  (A) turning off cookies in the preferences settings in your browser; (B) downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add on available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/; (C) Opting out of user interest and demographic categories in the Settings for Google Ads feature to manage or opt out of Google interest based ads; or (D) Managing cookies used for online advertising across multiple companies on the NAI's website.

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information and data generated by cookies and third-party analytics tools that we collect, or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

• To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
• To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
• To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Company's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Company about this Website users is among the assets transferred.
• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
• For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
• With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

• To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
• To enforce or apply our terms of use, terms and conditions and any other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
• If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Company, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

• Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe's website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly. This Website does not respond to “Do Not Track” or “DNT” signals.
• Promotional Offers from the Company. If you do not wish to have your email address/contact information used by the Company to promote our own or third parties' products or services, you can opt-out by sending us an email stating your request to info@globalselfstorage.us. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may unsubscribe from similar promotions or correspondence via the “unsubscribe” link within the email.

We do not control third parties' collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI's website.

This Website may provide links to other websites or resources over which we do not have control ("External Web Sites"). Such links do not constitute an endorsement by us of those External Web Sites. You acknowledge that we are providing these links to you only as a convenience, and further agree that the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates are not responsible for the content of such External Web Sites. Your use of External Web Sites is subject to the terms of use and privacy policies located on the linked to External Web Sites. 

You may send us an email at info@globalselfstorage.us to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

We may implement measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of this Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to this Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on this Website.

This Website and the services on this Website are targeted for users in the United States of America. Any information you enter on this Website may be transferred outside of the European Union to the United States of America which does not offer an equivalent level of protection to that required in the European Union. In particular, you are advised that the United States of America uses a sectoral model of privacy protection that relies on a mix of legislation, governmental regulation, and self-regulation. Article 26 of the European Union’s Data Protection Directive (Directive 95/46/EC, 1995 O.J. (L 281) 31) allows for transfer of personal data from the European Union to a third country if the individual has unambiguously given his consent to the transfer of personal information, regardless of the third country's level of protection. By using this Website or the services, you consent to the transfer of all such information to the United States of America which may not offer an equivalent level of protection to that required in the European Union and to the processing of that information by the Company on its servers located in the United States of America as described in this policy.

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy along with a change notice on this page. We may also notify you by email to the email address specified in your account. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting this Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes. Your continued use of this Website and/or services and/or your continued provision of personally identifiable information to us after the posting of such notice will be subject to the terms of the then-current privacy policy.

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

info@globalselfstorage.us