General
Statement
Wicklow County Council fully respects your right to privacy in relation to your
interactions
with this website. Any information which you volunteer will be treated with
the highest
standard of security and confidentiality, strictly in accordance with the Data
Protection Acts,
1988 & 2003. Wicklow County Council is not responsible for the content or
privacy practices
of other linked websites.
Collection
and use of technical information
As you browse through our website, our web server collects information about
our visit for
statistical purposes. No personal information is collected.
Examples
of information collected
Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet
(e.g. 92.168.88.21)
Email address – if you email any of our public email addresses Computer
and connection information
such as browser type and version,
operating system, platform, referring URL and pages visited.
From this information we gather and monitor the following statistics:
What Personal
Information About Customers Does Wicklow County Council Gather?
The information we learn from customers helps us personalise and continually
improve your online
experience at Wicklow.ie and our other websites. Here are the types of information
we gather:
Information
You Give Us:
We receive and store any information you enter on our website or give us in
any other way.
We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your
requests,
customising our online services for you, improving our online services, and
communicating with you.
Where a user voluntarily provides personal information, the data will be used
for analysis, research
or customer service purposes only. Any personal data provided by you to us will
be held in
accordance with the data protection principles set out in the Data Protection
(Amendment)
Act, 2003, the Data Protection Act, 1988, Electronic Commerce Act, 2000, and
other relevant
EU and Irish legislation.
What Information
Can I Access Online?
Wicklow.ie and the other council websites will make as much public information
available online as
possible in order to improve the transparency of our organization
Links To
Other Websites
In order to make more information easier to find for our users, Wicklow.ie and
the other Council
websites link to content owned and hosted by other local authorities, government
agencies, companies, organizations, etc. We are not responsible for the content
or privacy practices of other websites.
We link to other websites that provide information relevant to members of the
public living in
Wicklow and to websites whose content we think would be of interest or assistance
to those planning
a visit to Wicklow. Wicklow County Council makes no promises or recommendations
about the quality
of services provided by groups owning the websites we link to.
Disclaimer
Wicklow County Council, its Councillors, directors, employees, servants and
agents, affiliates or other representatives and their respective parent and
subsidiary companies, shall not 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 the use and/or dissemination of personal information relating to you in
accordance with this
privacy statement and your consents.
This statement is subject to review in light of any legislative or other indications.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement please email:
mailto:webmaster@wicklowcoco.ie