Confidentiality & Security

Kuwait Financial Intelligence Unit (KwFIU) of Kuwait is committed to protecting the rights of all visitors of this website. We recognize our obligation to keep sensitive information secure and have created this privacy statement to explain the current information management practices on our websites.

COLLECTION AND USE OF ONLINE INFORMATION

Sometime KwFIU website uses cookies. Cookies are generally used to make it more convenient for users to move around our websites. These types of cookies need to be stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies used by KwFIU website are encrypted to make the information in cookies unreadable to anyone except KwFIU website with which you are dealing. When you visit KwFIU website, we will not collect your personal information unless you choose to use and receive online services that require it. For transactions with KwFIU involving confidential information, KwFIU systems use up-to-date security protocols to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of information. And regarding to the new services in KwFIU website that need to upload personal documents, CAPTCHA "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart" has been added which is picture include some letters and numbers that required from users to enter them as a kind of checking that the user is a human.

SECURITY OF INFORMATION

The handling of all personal information by Kuwait Financial Intelligence Unit of Kuwait and entities is governed by the Kuwait Financial Intelligence Unit privacy acts. We are committed to protect your privacy while you are browsing for information with KwFIU website. In the case you want to cancel your personal data of register on the site or any other service available, according to KwFIU conditions, through Contact us using the inquiry form.

PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your personal information is available only to KwFIU employees who have a need to know it. It will not be available for public inspection. Also, no site user information will be shared, sold, or transferred to any third party. Access is given only to those qualified professionals who provide KwFIU services consistent with your interactions with KwFIU website. And we will contact you only regarding to your registered fields.

RIGHT TO EXAMINE, MODIFY OR CORRECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

A user who provides us with personal information has the right to examine, modify or correct such information in KwFIU website easily.

OTHER WEB SITES

Some of links to other sites created and maintained by other public and/or private sector organizations. We provide these links solely for your information and convenience. When you link to an outside website, you are leaving a KwFIU website and our information management policies no longer apply.