Privacy Policy
Website of caringforcaroline.org (the “Website”)
This statement relates to our privacy practices in connection with this Website.
General Statement
We fully respect your right to privacy, and will not collect any personal information about you on this website without your clear permission. Any personal information which you volunteer to this website / this Trust will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, strictly in accordance with the Data Protection Acts, 1988 and 2003. By using this Website or providing personal information to the Website, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Statement.
Links to Other Sites
Our Website may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. Any external links to other websites are clearly identifiable as such.
Cookies and Information that the Website collects from you as a visitor to this Website
When you use this Website, we may collect information about your computer (for example, your browser and/or your IP address) which we will use for administration purposes and statistical analysis. This information will not usually identify you personally. We do this by placing a “cookie” (i.e. a small file) on your computer’s hard disk. These are used for various reasons including (a) to recognise you when you return to the Website; (b) to store your personal preferences; and (c) to speed up your access to the Website. The vast majority of web browsers accept cookies. However, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted. However, by doing this you might not obtain the full benefit of the Website.
Log Data
We want to inform you that whenever you visit our Website, we collect information that your browser sends to us that is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser version, pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
Other Information that we may collect from you through the Website
Other than as set out above, the Website does not collect any personal data about you apart from information which you volunteer (for example, by making a donation, buying an item through the Website, by providing comments on the Website or if you are holding an event in aid of the trust). When you make a donation through the Website, we will collect your name, address, telephone number, and email address. We do not use your credit card details. By making a donation online, you are agreeing to submit your details (including your credit card information) to our payment partner, PayPal. This required information is necessary for us to process transactions, protect you against credit card and current account fraud and to contact you should the need arise to administer your account.
On making a donation via the Website (or otherwise), you are giving us your express consent to collect, store and process such personal data for the purposes of processing your donation.
The Trust will only use any information provided by you in line with the purpose for which you provided it and will endeavour to protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure, alteration or destruction. However, the Trust assumes no responsibility for the security of information.
How we use your personal data
We will use your personal data to operate the Website and deliver the service and information you requested when submitting your information. By providing you with a safe, smooth and efficient experience we can assure you that we will not pass your information onto any third parties (save for PayPal as set out above) unless you give us your express permission to do so.
Information Sharing or Disclosure to Third Parties
As set out above, we will not disclose your personal data to any third parties unless you have permitted us to do so. In addition, we will disclose your personal data without notice if we are required to do so under law.
Protection of your data
We employ security measures to protect your data from access by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, deletion or destruction/damage. We will retain your data for a reasonable period of time but only for as long as necessary for the purposes of collecting your data.
Information about other individuals
If you give us information on the behalf of someone else (including photographs), you confirm that you have obtained the consent of such person(s) and we may use that data in accordance with this Privacy Statement.
Accessing and Updating your data
You are permitted to see the information held about you and you may ask us to make any changes to ensure that it is accurate and up to date. You may also ask us to completely delete it. If you wish to do this, please email dataprivacy@caringforcaroline.org.
Contacting you by Email:
We will not contact you by email unless you have provided us with your express consent to receive such emails.
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics (Google Inc.)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out
WordPress Stats (Automattic Inc.)
WordPress Stats is an analytics service provided by Automattic Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy
Yandex Metrica (YANDEX, LLC)
Yandex Metrica is an analytics and heat mapping service provided by YANDEX, LLC. Yandex Metrica can be used to display the areas of a page where Users most frequently move the mouse or click. This shows where the points of interest are.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Russia – Privacy Policy
Analytics collected directly (this website)
This website uses an internal analytics system that does not involve third parties.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Backup Service Provider (for Website and Database)
We utilise a Cloud Service for storing backups of this website and database. You can read more about our Cloud Service Provider’s Privacy and Data Protection here.
Other Service Providers
We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:
To facilitate our Service;
To provide the Service on our behalf;
To perform Service-related services; or
To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
We want to inform our Service users that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.
Security
We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Changes to the Privacy Statement and the Website
From time to time we may make changes to the Privacy Statement and the Website. We encourage you to regularly check this Privacy Statement so you are made aware of any changes we make. This Privacy Statement is subject to change and we will not be issuing any notice when and if we make any such changes. This Privacy Statement and all issues regarding the Website are governed by the laws of Ireland and any dispute in relation to this Website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts.
Our Contact Details
All comments, queries and requests relating to the use of your information are welcomed and should be sent to dataprivacy@caringforcaroline.org. We will use reasonable efforts to promptly determine and resolve any problem.