Privacy Statement
Privacy and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The Department 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 to this Department will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, strictly in accordance with the Data Protection Acts 1988-2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 is a regulation on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union. It came into force across the European Union on 25 May 2018. It replaces the previous data protection directive which has been in force since 1995 and forms the basis of our new Data Protection Irish laws (Data Protection Acts 1988-2018).
Collection and use of personal information
The Department does not collect any personal data about you on this website, apart from information which you volunteer (for example by e-mailing us or by using our online Contact Us form). Any personal information which you provide in this way is not made available to any third parties, save as required by law, and is used by this Department only in line with the purpose for which you provided it. You should also note that any personal information which you provide to us by way of completing an application form or provide in another format for any of the services we administer will only be used by us for the purpose(s) for which you provided it.
Sharing personal information
The Department does not routinely share your personal information. In limited cases, save as required by law, we may be required to share your personal data in order to verify or validate certain information in order to administer a service to you or on your behalf. In these instances, we will inform you about our data sharing processes.
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)
- 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.
- the version of the operating system used by the visitor
- the version of the operating system used by the visitor
The Department will make no attempt to identify individual visitors, or to associate the technical details listed above with any individual. It is the policy of the Department 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 and which is bound by confidentiality provisions in this regard), unless obliged to disclose such information by a rule of law. The technical information will be used only by this Department, 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 1988-2018.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or application. Your web browser (such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome) then sends these cookies back to the website or application on each subsequent visit so that they can recognise you and remember things like user preferences.
By continuing to use our website without changing the settings, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
| Cookie Type |
Name |
Purpose |
Expiration |
Who Provides the Cookie |
Opt Out Link |
| Third Party |
__utma |
This cookie is used to determine unique visitors to your site and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure. |
2 Years |
Google |
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
| Third Party |
__utmb |
Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exist. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
30 Mins |
Google |
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
| Third Party |
__utma |
This cookie is used to determine unique visitors to your site and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure. |
2 Years |
Google |
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
| Third Party |
__UTMT |
Used to throttle request rate. |
10 mins |
Google |
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
| Third Party |
__utmz |
Records whether the visitor came from a search engine (and if so, the search keyword used. |
6 Months |
Google |
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
| Third Party |
_ga |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
2 years |
Google |
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
| Third Party |
_gid |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
Session |
Google |
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
|
IDE |
Used by DoubleClick.net company for advertising via YouTube embedded Third Party videos. |
1 year |
Google |
N/A |
| Third Party |
ani |
A cookie for the adaptation of advertising. |
3 months |
.adnxs.com |
https://www.appnexus.com/en/company/platform-privacy-policy |
| Third Party |
icu |
The icu cookie is used to select advertisements and limit the number of times that a user sees each one. It contains information such as the number of times that an advertisement has been shown, how recently it was shown or how many advertisements were shown in total. |
3 months |
.adnxs.com |
https://www.appnexus.com/en/company/platform-privacy-policy |
| Third Party |
uuid2 |
A cookie includes a unique randomly generated value that allows an advertising platform to differentiate browsers and devices. |
3 months |
.adnxs.com |
https://www.appnexus.com/en/company/platform-privacy-policy |
| Third Party |
GPS |
Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. |
sessions |
Youtube |
N/A |
| Third Party |
PREF |
Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. |
8 months |
Youtube |
N/A |
| Third Party |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
179 days |
Youtube |
N/A |
| Third Party |
YSF |
TriesRegisters a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
session |
Youtube |
N/A |
| Third Party |
_qca |
This cookie track information about how the Vimeo Service is being used. |
2 Years |
Vimeo |
https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy |
| Third Party |
_ssid |
This cookies track information about how the Vimeo Service is being used. |
|
Vimeo |
https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy |
| Third Party |
_abexps |
ThisThis cookies track information about how the Vimeo Service is being used. |
1 year |
Vimeo |
https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy |
| Third Party |
Ceg.s |
ThisThis cookies track information about how the Vimeo Service is being used. |
3 months |
Vimeo |
https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy |
| Third Party |
_ga |
ThisThis cookies track information about how the Vimeo Service is being used. |
1 year |
Vimeo |
https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy |
| Third Party |
_gid |
ThisThis cookies track information about how the Vimeo Service is being used. |
1 Day |
Vimeo |
https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy |
| Third Party |
_uetsid |
ThisThis cookies track information about how the Vimeo Service is being used. |
1 Hour |
Vimeo |
https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy |
| Third Party |
vuid |
ThisThis cookies track information about how the Vimeo Service is being used. |
1 Year |
Vimeo |
https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy |
Managing cookies in your browser
Most browsers will allow you to see what cookies you've got and delete them on an individual basis, block third party cookies, block cookies from particular sites, block all cookies from being set and delete all cookies when you close your browser. To find out how to block cookies, see the ‘Help’ menu on your browser. Please note that if you turn off cookies or change your settings, some features may not work correctly. You should be aware that any preferences will be lost if you delete cookies.
Usage of Google Analytics
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.
Changes to our Privacy Statement
If in the future we make any changes to our privacy statement, the latest version of our statement will be posted on our website. If you would like further information about this privacy statement, please contact us at: dataprotection@dbei.gov.ie.