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Privacy Policy

This website is operated by The Irish Epilepsy League, This statement relates to our privacy practices in connection with this website. If you have any queries or comments about the policy or our use of your personal data, please get in touch with using the membership contact form.

 

What information do we collect?

Web server logs

When you visit this website, a range of information is automatically collected, including:

  • IP address – this is the identifying address for your computer in Internet Protocol (IP) code, for example, 137.191.332.82
  • Web browser version
  • Pages visited and the time of those visits
  • Operating system
  • Device or device type
  • Search terms used
  • The previous website address from which you reached us, including any search terms used

What we use the information for

The information will be used for statistical and reporting purposes and to improve the website.

Cookies

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

What types of cookies do we use?

Strictly Necessary Cookies

This is the minimum set of cookies required for our site to function. You cannot opt out of storing them.

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable or improve non-essential functionality. Note that some features may not work correctly without these cookies, so we encourage you to consider consenting to their use.

Performance-Related Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use our services, and improve the user experience. We would appreciate your consent to their use.

Marketing Cookies

These cookies help marketing agencies understand the kind of advertising you may not enjoy, and avoid presenting it to you.

Managing cookies on this website

When you first visit this website you are asked to set your preferences relating to cookies. You can change any of your preferences at an time on your cookie preferences screen

Who we are

We are The Irish Epilepsy League

This privacy policy covers how we use information gathered from you when you use our website or contact us.. This policy does not cover the practices of companies that we do not own or control.

This policy explains how and for what purposes we use the personal data collected about you via the Site. If you have any queries or comments about the policy or our use of your personal data, please get in touch with us by using the membership contact form.


Security

We take security seriously and apply adequate technical measures to protect your personal data from loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. That said, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.

Links to Other Sites

Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites, and cannot assume responsibility for their treatment of your personal data. This privacy policy only covers our website and privacy practices.

Your rights

To the extent provided by applicable law, you may have the right to obtain confirmation that we hold personal data or other information about you, request access to and receive information about the personal data we maintain about you, receive copies of the personal data we maintain about you, update and correct inaccuracies in your personal data, object and withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data and have the information edited, deleted or have processing of this data limited. The right to access personal data may be limited in some circumstances by legal requirements. To exercise these rights, please contact us using the methods listed below. Upon your request, we will take reasonable efforts to delete all of your personal data and non-identifiable information that you have provided to us, though we cannot delete any aggregate or otherwise non-indefinable information derived from your personal data or from your use of our services. If you provide us with any information or material relating to another person(s), you are responsible for making sure that the sharing with us and our further use as described to you from time to time is in line with applicable laws.

To invoke your rights you should contact us using the contact details below.

If you believe it necessary you may also lodge a complaint about the way we have processed your personal data, with the Data Protection Commission, and you can contact them on info@dataprotection.ie

Contact us:

Please use the membership contact form.