Privacy Statement for www.ryantubridy.ie

1. INTRODUCTION
   
   This website is owned and operated by Ryan Tubridy (“me” or “I”).  This privacy statement sets out how your information is gathered and used from your use of this website and how your privacy is protected.  The following policies have also been adopted to safeguard your personal information and to protect your confidentiality.  Any personal data which you provide via this website or otherwise will be treated in accordance with the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 and/or any amending legislation or replacement legislation as may be adopted from time to time in Ireland.
   
   
2. ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRIVACY STATEMENT
   
   You are strongly encouraged to read this Privacy Statement before using this website.  If you do not read or if you disagree with any aspect of the Privacy Statement, you should not use this website.  By using this website you are agreeing, and you are signifying your agreement, to be bound by this Privacy Statement. 
   
   
3. TYPES OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
   
   Two types of information are collected from your use of the website:
   
   3.1    Personal Data
   
   This is data that identifies you or can be used to identify or contact you and may include your name, address, email address, images, telephone number, any personal data in the Content (as defined in the Terms of Use) you submit to the website and user IP address in circumstances where they have not been deleted or anonymised.  Such information is only collected from you if you voluntarily submit it when you are registering to use this website or when you are uploading any Content to the website.
   
   3.2    Non-Personal Data
   
   Like most websites, statistical and other analytical information is collected on an aggregate basis from all visitors to the website.  This non-personal data comprises information that cannot be used to identify or contact you, such as demographic information regarding, for example, user IP addresses where they have been deleted or anonymised, browser types and other anonymous statistical data involving the use of our website.
   
   
4. PURPOSE FOR WHICH WE HOLD YOUR INFORMATION
   
   4.1    Personal Data
   
   Any Personal Data which you provide via this website will be processed for the following purposes:
   (a)    for possible use in the Publication (as defined in the Terms of Use); and
   (b)    to contact you if required in connection with your submission of Content that is uploaded onto the website or to respond to any communications you might send via the website.
   
   We will not be using users’ personal information for any purpose other than as set in this Privacy Statement or as may be required by law or to protect and defend my rights.
   
   4.2    Non-Personal Data
   
   Non-personal data gathered from visitors and registered users of this website in an aggregate form  will be used to get a better understanding of where the website’s visitors come from and to help in the continued design and organisation of the website.
   
   4.3    Cookies
   
   This website uses “cookie” technology.  A cookie is a small data file stored by the browser on your computer at the request of our server.  This website uses cookies to deliver content specific to your interests and to save your personal preferences so you do not have to re-enter them each time you connect to the website. Cookies are required on the website to allow registered members to access the member's section of the website. No personal information is recorded, and the cookie is automatically deleted when you log out or close your browser.  You are always free to decline the cookies, if your browser permits, or to ask your browser to indicate when a cookie is being sent.  You can also delete cookie files from your computer at your discretion. Note that if you decline the cookies or ask for notification each time a cookie is being sent, this may affect your ease of use of this web site.
   
   
5. RIGHT OF ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA
   
   You have a statutory right to request a copy of the personal data that is held about you submitted (for which you may be charged a small statutory fee) and to have inaccuracies in your personal data corrected.
   If at any time after submitting your personal information via the website you decide that you no longer wish for this information to be held or used, or if the information held about you becomes out of date, please email kate@ryantubridy.ie or send your written request to NK Management, Unit B2, Calmount Park, Ballymount, Dublin 12 and such data will be removed or rectified as soon as possible.  Your personal data is only collected and retained for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Statement or if it is required by law.
   
   
6. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
   
   You acknowledge that your personal data you submit to us (including your personal data in the Content) may be used in the Publication.  If your personal data is used in the Publication then it will be necessary to disclose your personal data to third parties in connection with (but not limited to) the publishing, marketing, distribution and sale of the Publication.  Save for this disclosure, your personal information is not rented, sold or shared with any other third party.  You acknowledge that your personal information is used to activate your user account and to process your Content that is uploaded onto the website.  In addition, you acknowledge and agree that if the Content that you submit to the Website is used in the Publication, your personal information will be disclosed in the Publication which will be made available on a worldwide basis and by accepting the terms of use when becoming a registered user you are consenting to this disclosure as set out above.  
   
   You further acknowledge and agree that in certain circumstances your personal information may need to be disclosed to third parties, for example, in order to conform to any requirements of law or to comply with any legal process, as well as to protect and defend my rights.
   
   
7. LINK TO THIRD PARTY SITES
   
   You should be aware that when you link to another website from this website, your use of that website is subject to the relevant terms and conditions and privacy statement of that website.  When you link to third party websites,  your use of that website is subject to its specific terms and conditions and privacy statement.  No guarantee can be made in respect of your privacy when you access and use third party websites.
   
   
8. CHANGES TO PRIVACY STATEMENT
   
   There may be occasions in the future when this Privacy Statement is amended or updated and you should check this Privacy Statement on a regular basis for any such changes. 
   
   
9. ASSISTANCE
   
   Should you have any queries about how your personal information that you have submitted to the website is being treated please email kate@ryantubridy.ie
   
   
10. DISCLAIMER
    
    NEITHER I, NOR ANY OF MY SERVANTS AND AGENTS, CONSULTANTS AND SUB-CONTRACTORS OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE LIABLE IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIMS, EMERGENCIES, DEMANDS, CAUSES OF ACTION, DAMAGES, LOSSES, EXPENSES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, REASONABLE LEGAL FEES AND COSTS OF PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE.
    
    
11. GOVERNING LAW
    
    This Privacy Statement is governed by the laws of Ireland and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish Courts.