The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is a cultural landscape dedicated to the history and culture of ancient Egypt.

As the largest museum in the world dedicated to the display of a single civilisation, the GEM showcases the tangible and intangible heritage of over 30,000 years of human history along the Nile. Housing more than 50,000 unparalleled artefacts, the GEM’s collections illustrate the great accomplishments of the ancient Egyptian civilisation as they pursued the highest standards in art, literature, science, medicine, astronomy, and engineering.

The purpose of this policy is to regulate the processing of visitor data in terms of collection storage, access, use, and finally depreciation, in addition to any other form required by the museum to provide service.

The privacy policy applies to (GEM Website) as accessed through computer or mobile devices and a link to this policy is provided in the footer information on every page of the website.  

 

GEM is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to the website in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. Staff will take all reasonable measures (administrative and technical) to ensure the security of all personal information collected.

Personal Data and How It Is Used

Personal data is collected when a visitor supplies information voluntarily.
The purpose of collecting any visitor information is to provide services, inform visitors of products, promotions, and opportunities, collect statistics, and analyse trends to better improve customer experience. The data that is provided is maintained in a secure database.

The museum may disclose or share certain provided personal data with partner institutions that share the museum’s mission. If so, GEM will enter into data-sharing and protection agreements that ensure all parties are committed to information confidentially and will adhere to GEM privacy policy and all applicable privacy laws.

The museum may contract with third-party vendors to supply specific services that would not be performed by GEM. If so, all third-party vendors will be contractually bound to comply with GEM privacy policy and all applicable privacy laws.

GEM is dedicated to protecting and respecting the rights of children. GEM will not use the personal data of children 12 or younger for marketing purposes and this data will only be accessible by staff on a need-to-know basis. GEM does not sell or rent its data to any organization.

Respecting the confidentiality of the personal information of our visitors is important at GEM. The museum is committed to maintaining the security and confidentiality of visitors from around the world. To ensure that the information is properly managed, a variety of physical and technical measures will be used to protect the data. Every reasonable effort will be made to ensure that no unauthorized access or loss, misuse, modification, or disclosure of personal data is permitted. Strict procedures are in place to protect personal data. It is important that all users employ a secure browser, have up-to-date antivirus software, and close all unused applications.

GEM website uses cookies in order to provide an optimum experience. Some cookies are necessary to enable the visitor to move and use specific features of the website. Others aid in the functionality or performance of the pages visited. Finally, some cookies collect data about browsing habits to deliver a curated experience and targeted adverts. Further information can be found here (linked to cookies policy).

The website may contain links to websites and portals that may use various methods of information and privacy protection that differ from the museum’s methods. GEM is not responsible for the content or methods of these other sites. The museum encourages all users to refer to the privacy policies of those sites.

GEM will continue to improve visitor confidence in how personal data is dealt with by making amendments to the policy as needed. As part of this commitment, a regular review and updating of protection measures and controls that meet or exceed standards will be undertaken. Check here for updates as the current version of the GEM Privacy Policy will be posted on the website.