DATA PROTECTION
At Ashbourne Parish, we value your privacy and are committed to upholding the Data Protection Acts 1988-2018 and the GDPR. The GDPR, which became effective on May 25th, 2018, superseded the previous data protection directive and serves as the basis for data protection legislation in Ireland.
When you visit our website, we may collect some information that does not reveal your identity, such as your browser type and version, Internet Protocol (IP) address, the pages you view, the date and time of your visit, time spent on each page, and other specifics. Furthermore, we may gather device data such as your operating system, type, unique device identifiers, settings, and geo-location data.
However, we will only collect personal information like your email, name, phone number, home or mailing address, and payment data when it is necessary to offer or improve a service. We will always inform you of the reason for collecting this information and how Ashbourne Parish will use it.
We may use your personal information to inform you about our website and services. Furthermore, we may send you promotional material that would interest you. If you do not wish to receive such content, you can opt out by following the instructions provided with any promotional message from us. We will delete your personal information upon request or if it is no longer relevant to our operations.
We ask for your permission before collecting any information from you. However, you can refuse to provide us with your information. Please note that if you choose to keep your information private, we may not be able to provide you with some of the services you desire. We may use both identifiable and non-identifiable information to understand our visitors, their usage patterns, and how we can improve their experience on our website in the future. We will not disclose this information publicly, but we may share aggregated and anonymised versions of this data in reports.
We collect and manage personal data in Ireland or facilities operated by our partners, affiliates, and third-party providers. We only transfer data between parties with laws to protect our users' privacy. We keep personal information only for as long as we need to provide a service or improve our services in the future. While we store this data, we use appropriate methods to ensure it is secure from loss, theft, unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.
We take all necessary precautions to protect your data. However, we must inform you that no electronic storage or transmission method is entirely secure, and we cannot guarantee complete data security.
