Effective date: 13 September 2026 | Gold Coast Consolidated Minerals – Accra, Ghana
Introduction
Gold Coast Consolidated Minerals (“GCCM”, “we”, “us” or “our”) is committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information when you visit our website at https://goldcoastconsolidatedminerals.com, contact us, or otherwise interact with us. It also describes your rights under applicable law, including the Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843) of Ghana.
Please read this policy carefully. By using this website or submitting personal information to us, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this policy. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not use our website.
1. Who we are – Data Controller
Gold Coast Consolidated Minerals
Accra, Ghana
Email: info@goldcoastconsolidatedminerals.com | Telephone: +233 30 295 2772
For data protection enquiries, please contact us at the email above with the subject line “Privacy Enquiry”. We aim to respond within 5 business days.
2. Scope
This policy applies to personal data processed via our website, email correspondence, and the contact form provided on our Contact page. It does not apply to third-party websites linked from our site. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
3. Personal data we collect
We collect personal data only where it is necessary and proportionate. The categories we may collect include:
- Contact information – name, organisation, email address and telephone number that you voluntarily provide through our contact form, by email or by telephone.
- Enquiry content – the subject and message of your enquiry, and any files or details you choose to include.
- Technical data – IP address, browser type and version, device information, time zone, operating system, and information about how you use our website (pages visited, time spent, referral source) collected via cookies and server logs.
- Correspondence – records of communications between you and us.
We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal data through this website. Please do not submit sensitive data (for example, health, biometric or financial account details) via the contact form.
4. How and why we use your personal data
We use your personal data to:
- Respond to enquiries relating to operations, mineral projects, technical partnerships, sustainability, community matters, procurement or recruitment;
- Manage and improve our website, operations and stakeholder communications;
- Maintain the security and integrity of our website and systems;
- Comply with legal and regulatory obligations, and protect our lawful interests.
Our lawful bases for processing under Act 843 include consent (where you submit the contact form), necessity for our legitimate interests (responding to enquiries and securing our website), and compliance with legal obligations.
5. Comments and media
Comments are currently disabled on this website. If comments are enabled in future, visitor comments and the metadata associated with them may be retained to support moderation and spam prevention. An anonymised hash of your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service (Automattic) to display your profile image if you use Gravatar – see https://automattic.com/privacy/.
If you upload images to the website (where enabled), avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from publicly available images.
6. Cookies
Our website uses cookies – small text files stored on your device – to operate efficiently and improve your experience. Cookies we use include:
- Strictly necessary cookies – enable core functionality such as page navigation and access to secure areas. These do not require consent.
- Preference cookies – remember your screen display choices and, where you opt in, your name, email and website for future comments (stored for one year).
- Authentication cookies – when you log in, we set cookies to save login information (2 days, or 2 weeks if you select “Remember Me”) and screen options (1 year). A temporary cookie checks whether your browser accepts cookies and is discarded when you close your browser. Editing or publishing content sets a cookie indicating the post ID, expiring after 1 day.
- Analytics/performance cookies – where implemented, to understand how visitors use our website. These are used only with your consent where required by law.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect website functionality. For detailed guidance, see your browser’s help documentation or visit www.aboutcookies.org.
7. Embedded content from other websites
Pages on this site may include embedded content (for example, fonts, videos, maps or articles). Embedded content behaves as if you had visited the other website directly. Those third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including if you have an account and are logged in to that service. Our website currently loads Google Fonts (Inter and Space Grotesk) from Google’s servers to display typography consistently.
8. Who we share your data with
We do not sell your personal data. We share personal data only where necessary and with appropriate safeguards:
- Service providers acting on our behalf – website hosting, IT support and email delivery – under contractual confidentiality and data protection obligations;
- Professional advisers (legal, compliance) where required;
- Regulators, law enforcement or courts where disclosure is required by law;
- An automated spam detection service that may review form submissions to prevent abuse.
Where you request a password reset, your IP address is included in the reset email for security purposes.
9. International transfers
Our website is hosted in Ghana and managed with support from service providers that may process data outside Ghana (for example, for font delivery, hosting or spam filtering). Where transfers occur, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place consistent with Act 843.
10. How long we retain your data
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to meet legal, accounting or reporting requirements:
- Contact form enquiries and correspondence: up to 3 years after last contact, unless a longer period is required for contract, regulatory or dispute purposes;
- Website technical logs and cookies: as described in Section 6;
- User accounts (where created): for the life of the account and a reasonable period thereafter. You may view, edit or delete your profile information at any time (you cannot change your username). Website administrators can also access and edit this information.
11. Your rights
Subject to Act 843 and other applicable law, you have the right to:
- Request access to the personal data we hold about you and receive a copy;
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data;
- Request erasure of your personal data where there is no compelling legal reason for continued processing;
- Object to or request restriction of processing in certain circumstances;
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent (without affecting lawfulness of processing before withdrawal);
- Lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission of Ghana if you believe your rights have been infringed.
To exercise these rights, contact us at info@goldcoastconsolidatedminerals.com. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request. We will respond within 30 days, or inform you if additional time is needed. Erasure does not apply to data we are obliged to retain for administrative, legal or security purposes.
12. Where your data is sent and how it is protected
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction, including access controls, encryption in transit, and regular review of our processing practices. Visitor submissions from the contact form and any comment data (if enabled) may be checked through an automated spam detection service and may be stored or processed in accordance with that provider’s safeguards.
13. Children’s privacy
Our website is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided personal data, please contact us and we will promptly address the matter.
14. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology or legal requirements. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Material changes will be highlighted where appropriate.
15. Contact us
If you have questions about this policy, wish to exercise your rights, or have a privacy-related concern or complaint, please contact:
Gold Coast Consolidated Minerals
Accra, Ghana
Email: info@goldcoastconsolidatedminerals.com
Telephone: +233 30 295 2772
If we are unable to resolve your concern, you have the right to complain to the Data Protection Commission, Ghana.
Last updated: 13 September 2026. This policy replaces any earlier draft or template text previously displayed on this page.