Privacy Statement
The purpose of this Website Privacy Policy is to outline how we deal with any personal data you provide to us while visiting this website. By visiting this website, you are accepting the terms of this Website Privacy Policy. Any external links to other websites are clearly identifiable as such, and we are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of these other websites.
General Statement
IDA Ireland and Invest Northern Ireland respect your right to privacy and will not collect any personal information about you on this website without your clear permission. Any personal data that you volunteer to the agencies, if retained, will be held on secure servers. The nature of the Internet is such that we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us via the Internet. No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. However, we will take all reasonable steps (including appropriate technical and organisational measures) to protect your personal data.
Collection and use of personal data
Personal data is data that identifies you or can be used to identify or contact you and may include, for example, your name, address or e-mail address. Neither Agency collects any personal data about you from this website, apart from information that you volunteer (for example by e-mailing us).
This personal data that you volunteer to us will be processed for the following purposes:
a) To contact you in response to communications you might send us;
b) To provide you with the information / service / product you have requested.
We will not disclose your personal data unless you have consented to this disclosure.
We would ask that you keep us informed (by email, telephone, or in writing) of any changes in your personal data and we will update or delete your personal data accordingly.
You have the right to request a copy of any personal data held by us about you. You also have the right to have such data corrected where it is inaccurate or misleading.
Collection and use of non-personal data
Like most websites, we gather statistical and analytical information collected on an aggregate basis of all visitors to our website. This non-personal data comprises information that cannot be used to identify or contact you, such as:
- Visitor's country of origin
- The previous website address from which the visitor reached us, including any search terms used.
- Clickstream data, which shows the traffic of visitors around this web site (for example pages accessed and documents downloaded)
The IP address of a visitor to our website is recorded as part of this statistical data. However, no attempt whatsoever is made by IDA Ireland or Invest Northern Ireland to link this IP address to any other information that may allow us to identify any individual visiting our site. We only use the non-personal data gathered from visitors to our website in an aggregate form to get a better understanding of where our visitors come from and to help us better design and organise our website.
Organisational Restructuring
We reserve the right to transfer information (including you Personal Data) to a third party in the event of a restructuring of our organisation provided that the third party has an equivalent privacy policy in place and all necessary legal requirements are complied with.
Changes to the Website Privacy Policy
Any changes to this Website Privacy Policy will be posted on this website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
Data Protection
IDA Ireland and Invest Northern Ireland are registered under the Data Protection Acts and will comply with the relevant legislation, so any personal data which you supply to us will be used solely for the purpose indicated on the relevant section of the website.
Data Protection Legislation (UK)
Data Protection Act 1998
Data Protection Commissioner (NI)
Information Commissioner's Office - Northern Ireland
51 Adelaide Street
Belfast, BT2 8FE
Tel: 028 9026 9380
Fax: 028 9026 9388
Email: ni@ico.gsi.gov.uk
Data Protection Legislation ( ROI )
Data Protection Act 1988 as amended by the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003
Data Protection Commissioner (ROI)
Canal House
Station Road
Portarlington
Co. Laois
Disclaimer
All reasonable care has been taken by Invest Northern Ireland and IDA Ireland in relation to the accuracy of the information in this web site. Neither Agency makes any warranties regarding the accuracy or completeness of the data of the site and the data within it.
Contact Details:
IDA Ireland, Portland House, Port Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
Invest NI, 5th Floor, Timber Quay, 100-114 Strand Road, Londonderry, BT48 7NR
Last Revised: January 2009
