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This document seeks to inform you how Landsbanki Íslands hf. (“Landsbanki”) uses the personal information visitors leave when they visit this website. When visitors access this website they leave an electronic trail which enables Landsbanki to identify the number of people who visit this website, their visitors’ IP addresses, the website they have viewed before this website, the pages they have looked at on this website and the ways this website has been used by them. In order to ensure that such visitor information remains confidential, Landsbanki has in place a Privacy Policy.
Landsbanki receives IP addresses as they are provided by an internet service provider or the visitor himself. IP addresses can and may be linked to a person. Landsbanki does not process the collected IP addresses in order to create links to such persons. The IP addresses are, however, an essential part of acquiring anonymous statistical information. Landsbanki does not pass on or sell any identifiable information in relation to IP addresses to third parties.
An electronic trail is created when a visitor accesses this website. This website uses cookies, or small text files stored on the visitor’s computer, to track visitors which may or may not share an IP address. These internet cookies are received from the visitor’s web browser and contain no identifiable personal information about visitors and are used solely to gather anonymous traffic statistics. The information gathered in this way is never passed on or sold to third parties.
Landsbanki uses the information solely to facilitate operational procedures and to create statistics, which together enable Landsbanki to improve the functionality of this website.
Information from which visitors can be identified is only gathered in cases where the information is required for a particular purpose. E-mail addresses are collected and used only for the purpose in which they are given, (for example when visitors subscribe to our mailing list or place an inquiry). The length of time Landsbanki stores the information depends on the nature of the visitor’s request.
In compliance with Data Protection legislation, (Act No. 77/2000 as amended on the Protection of Privacy as regards the Processing of Personal Data) Landsbanki and its employees are bound by confidentiality regarding personal information and may not pass on or use such information about visitors of this website except with the consent of the visitor or as required or permitted by law or regulation.
Landsbanki may pass on ordinary customer information, such as the visitor’s name and address, to other units within Landsbanki without the visitor’s consent, in order to facilitate the processing of visitor inquiries more efficiently. The other bank units that receive this personal information are also subject tothe obligation of confidentiality under the Data Protection legislation. Should Landsbanki’s stored data about visitors prove to be incorrect, Landsbanki will take steps to correct it immediately after the error has been identified.