Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines how Irish Chronicle Limited ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit and use our website, irishchronicle.ie (the "Website"). We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable Irish data protection laws.

1. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information to provide and improve our services. This may include:

  • Personal Identification Information: This includes your name, email address, postal address, phone number, and any other information you voluntarily provide when registering for an account, subscribing to our newsletter, participating in surveys, or contacting us.
  • Usage Data: This is information about how you access and use our Website. It may include your IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. We collect this data to understand user behaviour and to enhance the user experience.
  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Website and hold certain information. Cookies are small data files placed on your device that enable us to recognise you, remember your preferences, and understand how you interact with our Website.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Website and services.
  • To notify you about changes to our Website or services.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Website when you choose to do so.
  • To provide customer support.
  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Website.
  • To monitor the usage of our Website.
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
  • To send you newsletters, promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you, provided you have consented to receive such communications.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Data

We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent: Where you have given us explicit consent to process your data for specific purposes (e.g., subscribing to a newsletter). You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contractual Necessity: Where the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract (e.g., when you register for an account).
  • Legal Obligation: Where we are required to process your data to comply with a legal obligation.
  • Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests or those of a third party, provided these interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms. This includes improving our services, marketing, and preventing fraud.

4. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your personal information in the following circumstances:

  • With Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services, or to assist us in analysing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
  • For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
  • In Business Transfers: If Irish Chronicle Limited is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred as part of that transaction.
  • With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties with your explicit consent.

We do not sell your personal data to third parties. Any sharing is done in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

5. Data Retention

We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. The criteria used to determine appropriate retention periods include:

  • The length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide services.
  • Whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject.
  • Whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as in regard to applicable statutes of limitations, litigation, or regulatory investigations).

Once your data is no longer required, we will securely delete or anonymize it.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

Under GDPR, you have several important rights regarding your personal data:

  • The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal data we hold about you.
  • The Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
  • The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
  • The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
  • The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization or directly to you, under certain conditions.
  • Rights Related to Automated Decision-Making and Profiling: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.

7. International Data Transfers

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of Ireland or the European Economic Area (EEA) where data protection laws may differ. If we transfer your Personal Data outside the EEA, we will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This may include using Standard Contractual Clauses or other approved mechanisms.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Website is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from anyone under 16. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Website, prior to the change becoming effective, and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Irish Chronicle Limited
Head Office: 28 Ailesbury Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 E9E9, Ireland.
Phone: +353 43 360 077
Email: privacy@irishchronicle.ie

Our Data Protection Officer is Dr. Aoife O'Connell, who can be contacted at dpo@irishchronicle.ie.

Thank you for being a valued reader of the Irish Chronicle.