PRIVACY NOTICE
( March 2021)
The purpose of this notice is to inform you of the data relating to you that we collect and use in connection with this Website and the uses (including disclosures to third parties) we make of such data.
General statement
We, Equity Holdings Unlimited Company (“Equity Holdings”, “we”, “us”, “our”), incorporated in Ireland under company number 31500, having its registered address at Ross House, Merchants Road, Galway, County Galway H91 FPK5, Ireland, herein set out our responsibilities under applicable data protection law, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation and implementing legislation such as the Data Protection Act 2018.
The purpose of this notice is to inform you of the data relating to you that we collect and may use in connection with this Website and the uses (including disclosures to third parties) we may make of such data.
We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of any linked sites or service providers. Any external links to other Websites are clearly identifiable as such. Some technical terms used in this statement are explained at the end of this page.
If you have any questions about our use of your personal data, please contact us: [insert email address].
Collection and use of personal information
Equity Holdings does not collect any personal data about you on this Website, apart from information which you volunteer (for example, by making a booking). This personal data may include:
your name and contact details, including your address, phone number and email address;
your credit/debit card or bank account details;
any other personal data relating to you that you provide to us or that we generate about you in connection with your use of this Website.
Collection and use of technical information
When you visit our Website, the following information may be retained about that visit:
the IP address of the visitor’s web server;
the top-level domain name used (for example .ie, .com, .org, .net);
the previous Website address from which the visitor reached us, including any search terms used;
Google analytics which shows the traffic of visitors around this Website (for example pages accessed and documents downloaded);
the type of web browser and operating system used by the Website visitor.
Equity Holdings will make no attempt to identify individual visitors, or to associate the technical details listed above with any individual. It is our policy never to disclose such technical information in respect of individual Website visitors to any third party (apart from any internet service provider, which may record such data on our behalf and which would be bound by confidentiality provisions in this regard), unless obliged to disclose such information by law. The technical information will be used only by Equity Holdings, and only for statistical and other administrative purposes.
Purposes of processing and legal basis
We may use personal data relating to you for the purposes of:
dealing with any queries that you have submitted to us via the Website;
processing applications and transactions submitted through the Website;
improving and developing this Website;
carrying out research and user surveys;
sending you promotional and marketing materials, subject to any preferences that you express when we collect your contact details or subsequently. You can opt out of receiving promotional and marketing materials from us at any time by contacting [insert email address];
generating and analysing statistics regarding usage of this Website, including the frequency of use of individual pages (where possible, personal data will be anonymised before being used for this purpose);
fraud prevention, investigation and detection;
establishing, exercising or defending legal claims.
The legal bases on which we process your personal data are that this is necessary for:
our legitimate interests in conducting our business in ensuring the proper management and functioning of Equity Holdings. We will not process your personal data for these purposes if to do so would constitute an unwarranted interference with your own interests, rights and freedoms
compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that applies to us; and
the performance of a contract with you or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract.
Recipients of Personal Data
We may disclose your personal data to other organisations or our service providers in connection with the above purposes, including:
to third parties who we engage to provide services to us in connection with this Website, such as outsourced service providers, IT services providers, professional advisers and auditors;
to competent regulatory authorities and bodies as requested or required by law; and
digital marketing and analytics service providers.
Transfers Abroad
In connection with the above, your personal data may be transferred outside the European Economic Area by enabling remote access to your personal data by our service providers for support and payment services, including to a jurisdiction which is not recognised by the European Commission as providing for an equivalent level of protection for personal data as is provided for in the European Union. If and to the extent that this occurs, we will ensure that appropriate measures are in place to comply with our obligations under applicable law governing such transfers. These may include entering into a contract governing the transfer that contains the ‘standard contractual clauses’ approved for this purpose by the European Commission. If you would like to receive further details of the measures that we have taken in this regard, please contact [insert email address].
Retention
We will not hold your personal data for longer than is necessary. We retain your personal data for as long as we need it for the purposes described in this Notice, or to comply with our obligations under applicable law and, if relevant, to deal with any claim or dispute that might arise between you and us.
Requirement to provide personal data
You are not under a statutory or contractual obligation to provide us with any personal data. However, where you submit a query to us as may be provided by the functionality of our Website or submit a booking or similar on our Website, we may ask you to provide certain information, such as your name, email address and other relevant information. If you do not provide this information, we may not be in a position to process your request.
Unsolicited Correspondence and Third Party Data
Equity Holdings may occasionally receive unsolicited correspondence from members of the public or others which contains personal data relating to third parties (“Third Party Data”). We may process such Third Party Data for the purpose of replying to correspondence, dealing with queries and complying with our legal and regulatory obligations. The legal basis on which we process Third Party Data is that this is necessary for our legitimate interests in conducting our business and ensuring the proper management and functioning of Equity Holdings. If you would like to receive further details about our use of Third Party Data, please contact us at [insert email address].
Your rights
You have the following rights, in certain circumstances and subject to certain restrictions, in relation to your personal data:
Right to access the data - You have the right to request a copy of the personal data that we may hold about you, together with other information about our processing of that personal data.
Right to rectification - You have the right to request that any inaccurate data that is held about you is corrected, or if we have incomplete information you may request that we update the information such that it is complete.
Right to erasure - You have the right to request us to delete personal data that we may hold about you. This is sometimes referred to as the right to be forgotten.
Right to restriction of processing or to object to processing - You have the right to request that we no longer process your personal data for particular purposes, or to object to our processing of your personal data for particular purposes.
Right to data portability - You have the right to request us to provide you, or a third party, with a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used machine readable format.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact [insert email address].
Updates
We may occasionally update this policy. We encourage you to periodically review this policy for the latest information on our privacy practices.
Queries and Complaints
If you have any queries or complaints in connection with our processing of your personal data, you can contact us at [insert email address].
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission if you are not happy with the way we have used your information or addressed your rights. Details of how to lodge a complaint can be found at on the Data Protection Commissioner Website or call the Data Protection Commissioner at 353 (0)761 104 800.
Glossary of technical terms used
Web browser: The piece of software you use to read web pages. Examples are Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Opera.
IP address: The identifying details for your computer, or your internet company’s computer, expressed in "internet protocol" code (for example 192.168.72.34). Every computer connected to the web has a unique IP address, although the address may not be the same every time a connection is made.
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COOKIES POLICY
( March 2021)
Cookies
We, Equity Holdings Unlimited Company (“Equity Holdings”, “we”, “us”, “our”), incorporated in Ireland under company number 31500, having its registered address at Ross House, Merchants Road, Galway, County Galway H91 FPK5, Ireland, herein set out our Cookies Policy for use of our Website by you, the user.
To utilise the functionality of our Website to the most productive level we may use “cookies”, in order to recognise you during your next visit. Your browser saves the cookie on the hard drive on your computer. To protect your privacy our cookies do not contain any personal information. This ensures that the data does not give any information about your person and that it is anonymous. Most of the browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can certainly visit our Website without cookies. If you do not wish the saving of cookies on your hard drive, you can select “no acceptance of cookies” (or similar) in your browser. Please note browser setting vary from application to application. Please refer to your help notes within your browser settings.
About Cookies
Cookies are small files which are stored on a user’s computer. They are designed to hold a modest amount of data specific to a particular customer / potential customer and Website, and can be accessed either by the web server or your computer. This allows the server to deliver a page tailored to a particular user, or the page itself can contain some script which is aware of the data in the cookie and so is able to carry information from one visit to the Website (or related site) to the next.
Are Cookies Enabled in my Browser?
Check whether your browser is configured to allow cookies, and then you can either enable them or delete them in accordance with your requirements.
Managing cookies in your browser
Note that, many modern browsers will allow you to:
See what cookies you have in place and to delete them on an individual basis.
Block third party cookies.
Block cookies from particular sites.
Block all cookies from being set.
Delete all cookies when you close your browser.
You should be aware that any preferences will be lost if you delete cookies. This also includes where you have opted out from cookies, as this requires an opt-out cookie to be set. Also, if you block cookies the Websites may not function accurately or as required.