Privacy Policy for Dee McKiernan HR

This statement relates to our privacy practices in connection with this website. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites. Any external links to other websites are clearly identifiable as such. Some technical terms used in this statement are explained at the end of this page.

General statement:  Dee McKiernan fully respects 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 will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, strictly in accordance with prevailing Data Protection legislation.

Collection and use of personal information:  Dee McKiernan does not collect any personal data about you on this website, apart from information which you volunteer (for example by sending an email, using the “Contact Us” form or by completing online booking or payments forms. Any information which you provide in this way is used by Dee McKiernan only in line with the purpose for which you provided it. Any personal information which you volunteer will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, strictly in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.

Your rights regarding data supplied via this website:  You have a right to be given a copy of your personal data which you may have supplied via this website. To exercise this right, you must write to Dee McKiernan at the postal or email addresses below. You should include any personal identifiers which you supplied earlier via the website (e.g. Name; address; phone number; e-mail address). Your request will be dealt with as soon as possible and will take not more than 40 days to process.

You also have a right to have inaccurate information corrected. If you discover that Dee McKiernan hold inaccurate information about you, you have a right to request a correction. Such an instruction must be in writing or via e-mail. A request will be dealt with as soon as possible and will take not more than 40 days to process.

In certain circumstance you may also request that data which you have supplied via the website be deleted. To exercise this right you would generally be expected to identify some contravention of data protection law in the manner in which Dee McKiernan processes the data concerned.

Complaints about data processed via the website:  If you are concerned about how personal data are processed via this website, please do not hesitate to bring such concerns to the attention of Dee McKiernan at the contact details below.

Collection and use of technical information:  Technical details in connection with visits to this website are logged by our internet service provider for our statistical purposes. No information is collected that could be used by us to identify website visitors. The technical details logged are confined to the following items:

– the IP address of the visitor’s web server
– the top-level domain name used (for example .ie, .com, .org, .net)
– 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 type of web browser used by the website visitor.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Dee McKiernan will make no attempt to identify individual visitors, or to associate the technical details listed above with any individual. It is the policy of Dee McKiernan never to disclose such technical information in respect of individual website visitors to any third party (apart from our internet service provider, which records such data on our behalf), unless obliged to disclose such information by a rule of law. The technical information will be used only by Dee McKiernan, and only for statistical and other administrative purposes. You should note that technical details, which we cannot associate with any identifiable individual, do not constitute “personal data” for the purposes of the Data Protection Acts, 1988 & 2003.

Glossary of technical terms used: 

Web browser – The piece of software you use to read web pages. Examples are Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator and Opera.

IP address – The identifying details for your computer (or your internet company’s computer), expressed in “internet protocol” code (for example 192.168.72.34). Every computer connected to the web has a unique IP address, although the address may not be the same every time a connection is made.

Cookies – Small pieces of information, stored in simple text files, placed on your computer by a web site. Cookies can be read by the web site on your subsequent visits. The information stored in a cookie may relate to your browsing habits on the web page, or a unique identification number so that the web site can “remember” you on your return visit. Generally speaking, cookies do not contain personal information from which you can be identified, unless you have furnished such information to the web site.

Contact Details:
Dee McKiernan,
HR & Training Consultant,
Curraghmore,
Kiltoom,
Athlone,
Co. Roscommon.
Email: info@deemckiernanhr.ie