Last Updated: September 2026

At GoldmanSachsWesternFinance, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal and financial information entrusted to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, disclose, and protect information when you visit our website, create an account, use our banking and investment services, communicate with us, or otherwise interact with our platforms.

By using our website or services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on the services you use, we may collect information that identifies or relates to you, including:

Personal Information

  • Full name

  • Date of birth

  • Residential and mailing address

  • Telephone number

  • Email address

  • Nationality and country of residence

  • Government-issued identification information

  • Account login information

  • Employment and business information

Financial Information

When necessary to provide financial or investment services, we may collect:

  • Bank account information

  • Payment information

  • Transaction history

  • Investment account information

  • Deposit and withdrawal information

  • Source-of-funds information

  • Information required for identity verification and compliance procedures

Technical Information

When you access our website, we may automatically collect certain technical information, including:

  • IP address

  • Browser type

  • Device type

  • Operating system

  • Referring website

  • Pages visited

  • Date and time of access

  • General website usage information

  • Security and authentication logs

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use your information to:

  • Create and maintain your account

  • Provide banking and financial services

  • Process deposits, withdrawals, payments, and transactions

  • Provide investment-related services and account information

  • Verify your identity

  • Conduct Know Your Customer (KYC) and compliance checks

  • Detect and prevent fraud, unauthorized activity, and financial crime

  • Protect the security of our website and systems

  • Communicate with you about your account and services

  • Provide customer support

  • Improve our products, services, and website

  • Maintain transaction and financial records

  • Meet legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, and reporting obligations

  • Enforce our Terms and Conditions

  • Protect our rights, customers, employees, and business operations

We only use personal information for legitimate business, contractual, legal, regulatory, or other permitted purposes.

3. Banking and Financial Information

Because our services may involve financial transactions and investment-related activities, certain information may be required before we can provide specific services.

We may request additional information to verify your identity, understand the nature of your transactions, satisfy applicable compliance requirements, and protect against fraud and financial crime.

We take reasonable measures to protect financial information and restrict access to authorized personnel and service providers who require the information to perform legitimate business functions.

4. Identity Verification and KYC

Where required, we may conduct identity verification and KYC procedures.

This may involve collecting and verifying identification documents, personal information, residential information, financial information, and other information necessary to establish and maintain an appropriate customer relationship.

Information obtained through these procedures may be used to prevent fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing, identity theft, and other unlawful activities, and to comply with applicable laws and regulatory requirements.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to improve your browsing experience.

Cookies may help us:

  • Remember your preferences

  • Keep you securely logged into your account

  • Understand how visitors use our website

  • Improve website performance

  • Maintain security

  • Analyze traffic and website activity

  • Provide relevant communications where permitted

You may configure your browser to refuse or restrict certain cookies. However, disabling essential cookies may affect some website functionality.

6. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information as a commodity.

We may share information when reasonably necessary with:

  • Payment processors

  • Banks and financial institutions

  • Identity verification providers

  • Technology and hosting providers

  • Cybersecurity and fraud-prevention providers

  • Professional advisers

  • Auditors and service providers

  • Regulators and government authorities

  • Law enforcement agencies where legally required

  • Other parties where disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable law or protect our legitimate interests

Third-party service providers are expected to handle information in accordance with appropriate confidentiality and security requirements.

7. Legal and Regulatory Disclosure

We may disclose personal information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

  • Comply with applicable laws or regulations

  • Respond to lawful requests from government or regulatory authorities

  • Prevent fraud or financial crime

  • Investigate suspicious or unauthorized activity

  • Protect the rights, property, or safety of our customers or organization

  • Enforce our agreements and policies

  • Respond to legal proceedings or court orders

Where appropriate and legally permitted, we may notify affected individuals of significant disclosures or security incidents.

8. Data Security

We use reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Security measures may include:

  • Encryption

  • Secure authentication

  • Access controls

  • Monitoring and logging

  • Firewall and network security

  • Security testing

  • Restricted access to sensitive information

  • Internal security procedures

However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You are also responsible for protecting your account credentials and should never share your password, PIN, authentication codes, or other security credentials with another person.

9. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including providing services, maintaining business and transaction records, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements, and satisfying legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, and compliance requirements.

When information is no longer required, we may securely delete, anonymize, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with applicable requirements.

10. International Data Transfers

Where personal information is transferred, stored, or processed outside your country of residence, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are applied and that such transfers are conducted in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.

11. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:

  • Request access to information we hold about you

  • Request correction of inaccurate information

  • Request deletion where legally permitted

  • Request restriction of certain processing

  • Object to certain processing activities

  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

  • Request information about how your personal data is used

  • Lodge a privacy-related complaint

Certain rights may be subject to legal, regulatory, contractual, security, or record-retention requirements.

12. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, applications, payment services, financial institutions, or other external platforms.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites or services.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party service before providing personal information.

13. Children’s Privacy

Our services are not intended for individuals who are not legally capable of entering into financial or investment agreements.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children for the purpose of providing financial or investment services.

14. Fraud and Account Security

For your protection, we will never intentionally ask you to disclose your password, PIN, or authentication code through an unsolicited email, text message, or social media message.

If you believe that your account has been compromised or that someone has obtained your login credentials, please contact us immediately through our official communication channels.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our services, technology, legal obligations, or privacy practices.

When we make material changes, we may provide notice through our website, account dashboard, email, or another appropriate communication channel.

The updated version will be effective from the date stated at the beginning of the revised Privacy Policy.

16. Governing Law

This Privacy Policy shall be interpreted and applied in accordance with applicable data protection, financial services, and other laws and regulations applicable to the services provided by GoldmanSachsWesternFinance.

Where the website or services are made available to customers in other jurisdictions, additional privacy rights and requirements may apply.

17. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, requests, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or the way we handle your personal information, please contact us through our official customer support channels.

GoldmanSachsWesternFinance
Email: [Insert official email]
Phone: [Insert official phone number]
Address: [Insert registered business address]

We will make reasonable efforts to review and respond to privacy-related requests within the period required by applicable law.

Your Privacy Matters

We are committed to handling your personal and financial information responsibly and maintaining appropriate safeguards designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and security of your information.