Privacy policy

  1. Introduction

1.1     We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; in this policy we explain how we will treat your personal information.

  1. Credit

2.1     This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (http://www.seqlegal.com).

  1. Collecting personal information

3.1     We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:

(a)     information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths;

(b)     information that you provide to us when submitting your interest in our services via our website including your email address;

(c)     information that you provide to us when using the services on our website, or that is generated in the course of the use of those services (including the timing, frequency and pattern of service use);

(d)    information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us or send through our website (including the communication content and metadata associated with the communication); and

(e)    any other personal information that you choose to send to us.

3.2     Before you disclose to us the personal information of another person, you must obtain that person’s consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in accordance with this policy.

  1. Using personal information

4.1     Personal information submitted to us through our website will be used for the purposes specified in this policy.

4.2     We may use your personal information to:

(a)      administer our website and business;

(b)      enable your use of the services available on our website;

(c)      send you non-marketing commercial communications;

(h)     send you email notifications that you have specifically requested;

(i)      deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to our website;

(m)   keep our website secure and prevent fraud;

4.3     If you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the licence you grant to us.

4.4     Your privacy settings can be used to limit the publication of your information on our website and can be adjusted using privacy controls on the website.

4.5     We will not, without your express consent, supply your personal information to any third party for the purpose of their or any other third party’s direct marketing.

4.6

  1. Disclosing personal information

5.1     We may disclose your personal information to any of our employees, insurers, professional advisers, or agents insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.

5.2     We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group of companies (this means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and all its subsidiaries) insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.

5.3     We may disclose your personal information:

(a)      to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

(b)      in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;

(c)      in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);

5.4     Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.

  1. International data transfers

6.1     Personal information that you publish on our website or submit for publication on our website may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.

6.2    You expressly agree to the transfers of personal information described in this Section 6.

  1. Retaining personal information

7.1     This Section 7 sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal information.

7.2     Personal information that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.

7.3     Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 7, we will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data:

(a)      to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

(b)      if we believe that the documents may be relevant to any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings; and

(c)      in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk).

  1. Security of personal information

8.1     We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

8.2     We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers.

8.3     All electronic financial transactions entered into through our website will be protected by encryption technology.

8.4     You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

8.5     You are responsible for keeping the password you use for accessing our website confidential; we will not ask you for your password (except when you log in to our website).

  1. Amendments

9.1     We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.

9.2     You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.

  1. Your rights

10.1    You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you; provision of such information will be subject to:

(a)      the payment of a fee (currently fixed at EUR 10.00); and

(b)      the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (for this purpose, we will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address).

10.2    We may withhold personal information that you request to the extent permitted by law.

10.3    You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal information for marketing purposes.

10.4    In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.

    11.  Updating information

11.1    Please let us know if the personal information that we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

    12.  Data protection registration

12.1    We are registered as a data controller with the Office of the Data Protection Commisioner, Ireland.

12.2    Our data protection registration number is 12826/A.

    13.  Our details

13.1    This website is owned and operated by the The Heights Medical Centre.

13.2   We are registered in the Republic of Ireland under registration number 601684 by the Registrar of Business Names and our registered office is at the Castlelawn Heights, Coolough Road, Galway, Co. Galway,  Republic of Ireland.

13.3    Our principal place of business is at Castlelawn Heights, Coolough Road, Galway, Co. Galway,  Republic of Ireland.

13.4   You can contact us by writing to the business address given above, by using our website contact form or by telephone on +353 (0)91 458 543.