PRIVACY STATEMENT
This website, www.victoriahomes.ie (the “Site”) is operated by Victoria Homes Limited, a company registered in Ireland with company number 521210 and a registered address at 93 St Stephens Green (the “Company”, “us”, “we” or “our”).
This Privacy Statement (together with our Cookies Policy [insert link]) sets out the basis on which we gather and use any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us by using this Site. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.We are committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of users of the Site.
We will use your personal data only for the purposes and in the manner set forth below which describes the steps we take to ensure our processing of your personal data is in compliance with the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 (the “Acts”).
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT
By using this Site, you signify acceptance of this Privacy Statement and to our using and processing your personal information. If you do not agree with or you are not comfortable with any aspect of the Privacy Statement, PLEASE LEAVE THE SITE NOW. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time. Any changes to this Privacy Statement will be posted on the Site so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. Your continued use of any portion of the Site following notification or posting of such changes will constitute your acceptance of those changes.
If at any time we decide to use your personal data in a manner significantly different from that stated in this Privacy Statement, or otherwise disclosed to you at the time it was collected, we will notify you by email, and you will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in the new manner.
THE TYPES OF PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
When you visit or use the Site in any way, we may collect and process different types of information about you
Information You Provide to Us
In order to obtain access to information or services provided by us via the Site you may be required to provide personally identifiable information such as your name, postal address, e-mail address and telephone number. We may also collect and process demographic information such as preferences and interests. You can choose not to provide this information, however, you might not be able to gain access to our information and services. If you contact us for any reason, we may keep a record of the information you provide through the “Contact Us” function of the Site. We may also collect and process details of any transactions or usage you carry out through our Site and the fulfilment of orders.
Information We Collect Through Technology
We may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies help us to remember details of your visits to the Site including, but not limited to, technical information (e.g. traffic data, location data, your IP address, the type of browser you use, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform) or other information about your visit (e.g. websites you access from the Site, other resources that you access on the Site, page interaction information, information which you have viewed and the length of visits to certain pages). For further information on cookies and their use on the Site please see our Cookie Policy [insert link].
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
We may, from time to time, provide links to third party websites. In addition, third parties websites may also provide links to the Site. Should you choose to visit these third party websites, you should review their privacy statements to ensure you understand and are comfortable with their practices concerning your personal information. We do not accept, and we disclaim, any responsibility for the privacy statements and information protection practices of any third party website (whether or not such website is linked on or to the Site). These links are provided to you for convenience purposes only, and you access them at your own risk. It is your responsibility to check the third party website’s privacy statements before you submit any personal data to their websites.
USES MADE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We use personal data held about you in the following ways:
To provide you with general information on our Site and to provide you with our services;
To respond to your requests for information and other communication or correspondence you may submit to us;
To ensure that content on our Site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
To provide you with information or services that you request from us;
To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Site, when you choose to do so;
To notify you about changes to our Site, services or policies.
[We may also use your personal information, to use your personal information, to provide you with information about goods or services which may be of interest to you and we may contact you about these by email where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.][3]
WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The personal data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”), for the purposes described above. It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers who act on our behalf. Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the processing of your request for information and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your personal data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Statement and the Acts.
SAFEGUARDING YOUR INFORMATION
The security and confidentiality of your personal data is extremely important to us. As no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as 100% secure, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us and you transfer the personal data at your own risk. We endeavour to use and keep under review appropriate technical and organizational measures (including staff training and awareness) in order to protect against unauthorised or unlawful processing of your personal data, including unauthorised destruction, alteration or disclosure or access. We shall only hold personal data for as long as is necessary or as required by law.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, from time to time. Information in relation to members of our group can be found here [please insert link to group structure].
We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
In the event that they are working directly on our behalf for a specified purpose.
For the performance of services requested by you, including sales agents or business partners.
If the Company or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case your personal data held by us may be included in the transferred assets (for example, in the form of a database of users of the Site).
If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation or court order, or in order to enforce, establish, exercise or defend legal rights, the rights, property, or safety of you, us, our group, or employees.
We may also provide non-personal data to third parties, where such information is combined with similar information of other users of our Site. For example, we might inform third parties regarding the number of unique users who visit our Site, the demographic breakdown of our community users of our Site, or the activities that visitors to our Site engage in while on our Site. The third parties to whom we may provide this information may include our website design, development and hosting contractors.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have a right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can also exercise the right to prevent such processing at any time by contacting us at adrienne@victoriahomes.ie
You have the right to request a copy of the personal data held by us about you. We may charge a fee for this which will not exceed €6.35 or an amount otherwise permitted by law. You also have the right to access your personal data, have changed any inaccuracies in the details we hold about you, the right to object to the use of your personal data and the right to block any specific uses of your personal data by contacting us at adrienne@victoriahomes.ie
It is your responsibility to ensure that any information you have provided to us is accurate and up-to-date.
If any of the information that you have provided to us changes, please send us an email entitled ‘CHANGE OF DETAILS’ to adrienne@victoriahomes.ie
CONTACT US
Questions, comments, requests and complaints regarding this Privacy Statement and the information we hold are welcome, please contact us at adrienne@victoriahomes.ie or write to us at Victoria Homes, 93 St. Stephen’s Green,, Dublin 2