Privacy Policy

Updated 16/08/2010

Sponsor.ie is committed to preserving the privacy of all visitors to our website (www.sponsor.ie). Please read the following privacy policy to understand how we use and protect information that you provide to us.

By using this website or providing personal information to Sponsor.ie, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy
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If you do not consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy do not agree to the Terms and Conditions and do not use this website.

We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites. Any external links to other websites are clearly identifiable as such. By using this website, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.

1. Information that we collect from you as a visitor to this website.

When you use this website, we may collect information about your computer, such as your IP address and/or browser which we will use for administration purposes and statistical analysis. This information will not usually identify you personally. We do this by placing a 'cookie', which is a small file, on your computer’s hard disk. Cookies are used for several reasons:

• to recognise you whenever you visit this website;
• to speed up access to this website (so you do not have to log on each time);
• to store your personal preferences, to build a profile about you; and
• to better target our marketing and advertising campaigns.

The vast majority of web browsers accept cookies. However, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted. If you do this, you may lose some of the functionality of this website.

2. Information that we collect from you as a registered user (i.e. fundraiser) of this website.

If you register on this website, we will collect personal information such as your name, title, email address, postal address, contact numbers (where you have agreed to provide it) and your password. We may also obtain sensitive personal information such as race, religion, or political affiliations, if you volunteer it during the completion of the online form. In addition, we will collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as post code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favourites.

3. Information we collect from you when you make a donation using this website.

If you make a donation using this website, we will collect your full name, your declaration of tax status, your credit card or debit card details (including card information), and your billing address (if different to your postal address). We will only use your card details for processing your donation via our payment partner, RealEx. This required information is necessary for us to process transactions, issue a new password if you forget or lose your password, protect you against credit card fraud and current account fraud, and to contact you should the need arise in administering your account.

On making a donation using this website you are giving us your consent to collect, store and process your personal data for the purpose of processing your donation, and that Sponsor.ie may then transfer the aforementioned relevant data to the the nominated charity or to the third party, who may be located outside the European Union, in order to process, execute or otherwise deal and provide information about the payment.
4. How we use your personal information.

We will use and process your personal data to operate the Sponsor.ie website and deliver the services you have requested. By providing you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience we will enable your nominated charity to receive information about you. We will not pass on any personal data to any other third party, other than your nominated charity, unless you give us your express consent to do so.

You agree to the processing and administering of your personal information to:

• provide a full range of database management services such as data profiling, data hygiene, data capture;
• develop and personalize Sponsor.ie’s Services;
• provide customer services and retain a record of incoming and outgoing communications (e.g. email);
• keep you informed about new services and developments which we believe may be of personal interest to you;
• undertake advertising, marketing, direct marketing and public relation exercises;
• carry out activities necessary to the running of our business such as system testing, network monitoring, staff training, quality control and any legal proceedings;
• carry out any activities or disclosures to comply with any regulatory, government or legal obligations;
• use identity verification, anti-fraud and anti-money laundering services.

5. How the charities use your personal information.

Where you are a registered user and have given your consent as a person making a donation on the website to pass your personal information to a particular charity, we are not responsible for any use or processing of your personal information by such charity. If you wish to stop receiving any communications from a particular charity, please contact them directly.

6. Information Sharing or Disclosure of Information to Third Parties.

We will not disclose your personal information to third parties unless you have consented to this disclosure or unless the third party is required to fulfill your order. By written agreement, these third parties are required to implement similar security measures and to process your information only as authorized by Sponsor.ie to fulfill the service(s) that they have been contracted to provide.

In addition, we will disclose your Personal Data, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Sponsor.ie or the site;
• protect and defend the rights or property of Sponsor.ie; and
• act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Sponsor.ie, or the public.
  

7. Sale of Business

As with any other business, it is possible that Sponsor.ie in the future could merge with or be acquired by another company. If such an acquisition occurs, the successor company would have access to the information maintained by Sponosr.ie, including customer account information, but would continue to be bound by this Privacy Policy unless and until it is amended.

8. Keeping you data Secure

We employ security measures to protect your information from access by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage. We will retain your information for a reasonable period as long as the law requires.

9. Information about other individuals

If you give us information on the behalf of someone else, you confirm that that other person has appointed you to act on his/her behalf and has agreed that you can:

• Give consent on his/her behalf to the processing of his or her personal data;
• Receive on his/her behalf any data protection notices;
• Give consent to transfer of his/her personal date abroad; and
• Give consent to the processing of his/her sensitive personal data.

10. Accessing and Updating

You are entitled to see the information held about you and you may ask us to make any necessary changes to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date. If you wish to do this, please view our Access Request Policy and/or our Rectification and/or Erasure Policy here and follow the necessary guidelines. We are entitled by law to charge a fee of €6.35 to meet our costs in providing you with the details of the information we hold about you.

11. Contacting You and Opting-out

We will not send you our email newsletters at any time unless you have opted to receive them. All newsletters from Sponsor.ie include the option to unsubscribe. If you have a personal Sponsor.ie account, you can change your contact preferences at any time by visiting the section entitled "your details".

12. Changes to our Privacy and Security Policy

We will occasionally update this Policy to reflect company and customer feedback. We encourages you to periodically review this Policy to be informed of how we are protecting your information.This Policy is subject to change and any such changes to our privacy and security policy will be posted on this page without prior notification. This legal notice and all issues regarding this website are governed exclusively by Irish law and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts.

13. Our Contact Details

All comments, queries and requests relating to the use of your information are welcomed and should be addressed to info@sponsor.ie or you can call us on +353 (01) 884 8002. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.