Privacy & Security | Global Tax Network US, LLC

Priority focus on data privacy and security for you and your mobile employees

As your mobile employees travel the world, they expect that their employer is taking steps to safeguard their personal and confidential information. As your global mobility tax provider, it is GTN's responsibility to ensure you can hold true to their expectations. We make it our priority to protect the personal data you and your mobile employees provide by following industry best practices and delivering transparent communications related to our data management policies.

Compliance

GTN is in compliance with the former EU-US Privacy Shield and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Frameworks. We are on the authoritative Privacy Shield list that is maintained by the US Department of Commerce and is made available to the public on their website located here: https://www.privacyshield.gov.

We partner with VeraSafe, a well-established and respected organization to ensure we are up to date on global data security matters (e.g., General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) readiness) and that our web-based tools are secure.

We complete an annual SOC 2 Type 2 audit, and the most recent audit report is available by contacting privacy@gtn.com.

We monitor updates to laws as well as guidance issued by authorities and subject matter experts to confirm our data processing activities are fully compliant with applicable privacy laws.

Periodic updates are made to our policies and agreements with third parties (e.g., our Data Processing Addendums were updated to enable us to lawfully and safely transfer personal data outside of the European Union (EU) following the decision of the Court of Justice of the EU in the 2020 "Schrems II" case).

Security

To provide additional, high-level security, we have implemented Next Gen Firewall, Anti-Malware, and Intrusion Protection System tools; Multi-Factor Authentication, Encryption Solutions, and Email Management Security Services with advanced Spam and Virus protection capabilities including “Threat Emulation” and URL analysis.

Our third-party security consultant completes annual internal, external, and application-level vulnerability and penetration assessments. Our consultant also conducts external vulnerability scans monthly.

Randomized simulations to observe and educate on user security awareness pertaining to phishing, smishing, etc.

Required security training for company personnel.

Background checks for all employees and contractors with GTN.

Logging and Monitoring

SIEM tools are used to gather and report on events and logs providing a quick response to events that are outside normal operations.

Enhanced logging and auditing are used for accounts with advanced permissions.

User and Event logging enabled with our PaaS and Cloud services.

Access to data and data shares are logged, reviewed, and updated on a scheduled basis.

Policies and Procedures

Policies and Procedures are reviewed with the GTN Executive Team on a regular basis.

We have formal policies and procedures in place related to the following key areas:

Acceptable Use
Bring Your Own Device
Business Continuity (BC/DR)
Data Security
End User Security
Incident Response
Personal Data Standards
Risk Assessment
Shredding and Data Destruction
Technical Control
Vendor Management

Do you have questions about our privacy and security procedures?

Data Privacy and Security Questionnaire

You no longer have to be an IT specialist to understand that in our digital world, data security threats are very real. This is especially true for employees working overseas, relying heavily on the internet to share confidential information.

If you're looking for an easy-to-use questionnaire to review the data privacy and security processes of your current mobility tax services provider, download our checklist below.

GTN Privacy and Security