Privacy Notice
House at Ballycoose is a blog site providing readers with information about various subjects.
House at Ballycoose is the sole data controller for personal data in user accounts, email notifications and that included in comments.
A data controller determines how and why personal data is processed.
What data we collect
The personal data we collect from you will include:
· email address
· name
The legal basis for processing this data is that it is necessary for carrying out a transaction that you have requested, for example, subscribing to the blog or newsletter.
Why we need it
We collect personal data in order to:
· set up and send email notifications about new blog posts
· issue newsletters
· allow you to leave a comment
· know you’re a real person and respond to your comments on our blog posts
We will not:
· sell or rent your data to third parties
· share your data with third parties for marketing purposes
We will share your data if we are required to do so by law – for example, by court order, or to prevent fraud or other crime.
How long we keep your data
We will retain your account and email data for as long as you continue to want to receive a service from us.
Children’s privacy protection
Our services are not designed for, or intentionally targeted at, children 13 years of age or younger. It is not our policy to intentionally collect or maintain data about anyone under the age of 13.
Where your data is processed and stored
We design, build and run our systems to make sure that your data is as safe as possible at every stage, both while it’s processed and when it’s stored.
As your personal data is stored on our IT infrastructure, and shared with our data processors, it may be transferred and stored securely outside the European Union. Where that is the case it will be subject to equivalent legal protection.
How we protect your data and keep it secure
We are committed to keeping your data secure. We set up systems and processes to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure of the data we collect about you. We also make sure that third parties we deal with have an obligation to keep all personal data they process on our behalf secure.
Your rights
You have the right to request:
· information about how your personal data is processed
· a copy of any personal data you have provided in an accessible format
· that anything inaccurate in your personal data is corrected immediately
You can also:
· raise an objection about how your personal data is processed
· request that your personal data is erased if there is no longer a justification for it
· ask that the processing of your personal data is restricted in certain circumstances
If you have any of these requests, get in contact with the Privacy Team. Contact details can be found below.
Changes to this notice
We may modify or amend this privacy notice at our discretion at any time. When we make changes to this notice, we will amend the last modified date at the top of this page. Any modification or amendment to this privacy notice will be applied to you and your data as of that revision date. If these changes affect how your personal data is processed, House at Ballycoose will take reasonable steps to make sure you know.
How to contact us
Contact the Privacy Team if you either:
· have any questions about anything in this document
· think that your personal data has been misused or mishandled
Email: houseatballycoose@hotmail.com
The contact details for our Data Protection Officer are:
Data Protection Officer
Email nickymarcus@hotmail.co.uk
Cookies
We sometimes place small data files on your computer. These are known as cookies. Most websites do this.
They improve things by:
remembering settings, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
remembering information you’ve given (eg your postcode) so you don’t need to keep entering it
measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs
Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. They’re just here to make the site work better for you. Indeed, you can manage and/or delete these small files as you wish.
Find out more about how to manage cookies. Or please read on to find out more about how and where we use cookies.
How we use cookies
House at Ballycoose uses cookies in several places – we’ve listed each of them below with more details about why we use them and how long they will last.
Optional cookies
These cookies can be turned on or off using the Cookies panel. To access the panel, navigate to the bottom of the page and select the Cookies icon.
Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure it’s meeting its users’ needs and to understand how we could do it better.
Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are. We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies by visiting this page on Google.
Necessary cookies
These essential cookies do things like remember your progress through a form. They always need to be on.
Remembering if you’ve seen our introductory message
On your first visit to House at Ballycoose, you may be greeted by a pop-up message that welcomes you and provides information about the site. We’ll store a cookie so that your computer knows you’ve seen it and knows not to show it again (and again...).
Saving the details you put in comment forms
When you first leave a comment on a House at Ballycoose blog post, you'll be asked to enter your name and email address. So you don’t have to enter these again for subsequent comments, we save them in a cookie and fill the form in for you.