Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy was developed as an extension
of our commitment to combine the services with the highest level
of integrity in dealing with our members and the general public.
This Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we
collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide
to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using
our site and our products and services. This statement will be
continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices
and our members' needs.
What Information do we Collect?
When you visit our website you may provide us with
two types of information:
- Personal information you knowingly choose to
disclose that is collected on an individual basis, and
- Statistical web site use information collected
on an aggregate basis as you and others browse through our website(s).
Many of our interactive features require that you
use your email address (for example when joining a mailing list)
which is then stored in a file so that you are included in a list
of recipients. We provide the same protections for these electronic
communications that we employ in the maintenance of information
received by mail and telephone.
How do we use this Information?
Broadly speaking, we use personal information for
the purposes of providing online services to members such as sending
news, updates, notifications, press releases and so forth. Occasionally,
we may also use the information we collect to notify you about
important changes to our website and new services we think you
will find valuable.
The channels of communication are developed and
managed under our traditional trade union standards designed to
safeguard the security and privacy of our members' personal information.
In addition, each communication includes an opt-out
feature which enables you to remove your email address from our
mailing list(s).
Similar to other websites, our website utilizes
a standard technology called ‘cookies’ and Web server
logs to collect information about how our website is used. Information
gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date
and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our website,
and the websites visited just before and just after our website.
This information is collected on an aggregate basis. None of this
information is associated with you as an individual.
Information collected assists us to design and arrange
our web pages in the most user-friendly manner and to continually
improve our website to better meet the needs of our members.
Sharing Information with partners and third parties
We do not sell, share or otherwise disclose personal
or website information with partners or third parties.
How Can You Access and Correct Your Information?
You may request access to all your personally identifiable
information that we collect online and maintain in our database
by emailing info@into.ie In the vast majority of cases, this information
will state that a particular email address is on a list of email
recipients, or that an email address is on a database of email
addresses which the online fora uses for authentication.
Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information
We may disclose information when legally compelled
to do so; in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that
the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.
Your Consent
By using our website you consent to our collection
and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy
Policy. If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will
post those changes on our website to keep you aware of what information
we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may
disclose it.
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