Privacy Policy
Last Updated: May 1, 2025
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Irish Roads ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website irishroads.org (the "Website").
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Website. By accessing or using our Website, you signify your consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
We are a non-commercial, informational website only. We do not sell any products or services and are not affiliated with any tourism company, hotel, or transportation service.
2. Information We Collect
Information You Provide to Us
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:
- Fill out forms on our Website (such as contact or newsletter signup forms)
- Send us emails or other communications
- Respond to surveys or questionnaires
This information may include:
- Personal identifiers such as your name and email address
- Content of your messages or inquiries
- Any other information you choose to provide
Information Automatically Collected
When you visit our Website, our servers may automatically log standard data provided by your web browser. This may include:
- Your device's IP address
- Your browser type and version
- Pages you visit and the time spent on those pages
- The time and date of your visit
- Referring website addresses
We may also collect data about your use of the Website through cookies and similar technologies. For more information about cookies, please see the Cookies section below.
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To respond to your inquiries and provide customer service
- To send you newsletters or updates if you have subscribed to them
- To improve and maintain our Website
- To analyze usage patterns and develop new features
- To detect and prevent potential security issues
- To comply with our legal obligations
We process your personal data based on one or more of the following legal grounds:
- Your consent
- Our legitimate interests, which include providing and improving our services
- Compliance with legal obligations
5. Sharing With Third Parties
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties except in the following circumstances:
- Service Providers: We may share your information with trusted third parties who assist us in operating our Website, conducting our business, or servicing you (such as email service providers).
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
- Protection of Rights: We may disclose information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or as evidence in litigation.
Third-party service providers we may use include:
- Google Analytics (for website analytics)
- MailChimp or similar (for newsletter management, if you subscribe)
These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
7. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information under applicable data protection laws. These may include:
- Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal information.
- Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal information, under certain conditions.
- Restriction: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
- Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
- Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in the "Contact Us" section below.
8. Children's Privacy
Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take necessary actions.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- By email: [email protected]
- By phone: +353894608729
- By mail: 6 Finnsgreen, Finnstown Cloisters, Lucan, Co. Dublin, K78 D562, Ireland