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WEBSITE PRIVACY
STATEMENT
GENERAL STATEMENT
The Shannon Regional Fisheries Board respects your
privacy. In order to give you our customer the best possible
service, it is necessary that we request and retain a
sufficient amount of personal information. Personal data collected
on the website is always volunteered by you via our online forms, by email
or in your application to become an administrator in our Competition
or ClubZones etc. You can be assured that our internal routines do
not allow unauthorised access to your data. Credit card details
required with online fishing licence payments processing is of
course classified as extremely private and accordingly all
reasonable security measures are taken to safeguard such details. We
have a strict policy of not disclosing, exchanging or giving away
customer information of any kind
without your express permission. We only retain your information for
as long as is necessary and for the purposes intended as set out
below.
LICENCE ONLINE ORDERING SERVICE
Personal data gathered is required to process and
administer your online fishing licence orders and payments. Credit
card details supplied by you are processed in a secure environment.
GUESTBOOK
We retain this information on our computer systems
for reference purposes only to learn more about visitors to our
website.
ONLINE FEEDBACK FORM
We provide an
online feedback form to gain useful feedback, comment and
suggestions from the public. We retain this information on our
systems for reference purposes.
NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION
We invite
the public to subscribe to our newsletter whom we mail shot weekly
in season. To protect your identity we mail shot you via our local mail
client as a bcc HTML message in a group mailing list. Subscribers who
‘opt in’ to receive the newsletter, can ‘opt out’ at any time by
sending us an email placing the words ‘unsubscribe please’ in the
subject line.
ANGLING CONTRIBUTION
All angling reports/contributions received from you via our
online forms or email are published on the website stating some or
all of the following personal particulars - contributors name,
address, tel number and email address. Reports supplied must
always be verifiable for accuracy, hence we give out your personal particulars. We
state this clearly on relevant forms to allow you to make your own
choice concerning your privacy in this case. By submitting the
reporters form or emailing us with catch reports or angling notes and photos you agree to this condition.
SERVICES ADVERTISING
Advertisers are requested to
complete an official application form and submit to the Board for
approval accompanied by the appropriate fee. Application Forms are
downloadable or can be requested or sent by ‘snail mail’.
Application submissions received are used to generate your ad, which is
administered by Board staff and published online by the webmaster.
Each year, renewal notices are sent out with existing ad details,
requesting any ad amendments to be furnished with the renewal fee.
This is in compliance with your right of rectification or erasure
under the data protection act. Where renewal fees are not received
in time, we duly remove the ad from our database systems in
compliance with our audit obligations and your privacy.
ONLINE SURVEYS AND FUN COMPETITIONS
Information/feedback
received in Online Surveys is only used for statistical purposes or to give out a
prize, there will never be external disclosure of any personal data
supplied here.
LINKS
We
automatically allow website promoters to add and modify their own
links which is powered by Link Manager software. We control who is
approved or rejected in the process at our sole discretion.
Our website contains links to other websites. Please be aware that
we are not responsible for the privacy policies of other sites and
we would advise you to read the privacy statement of any website
that collects personal information from you.
TECHNICAL
The Board’s
website does not use cookies to place data on your computer. We use
log file analytics provided by the Internet Service Provider and
embedded java script in webpage source code, both of which are used
for generating statistical reports and for administration purposes.
IP Addresses (identifies your computer) are tracked in a user
session. However, no visitor in person is identifiable here and
therefore does not constitute ‘personal data’, nor do we make any
attempt to identify individuals.
If you have any further questions:
If you need further clarification or have any
question regarding the privacy statement here, please contact the
Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Angling Section. Email:
info@shannon-fishery-board.ie or Telephone 0509 21777. We will
be more than happy to facilitate in any way we can. This statement
complies with the Data Protection principals and good handling
practices set out in the Data Protection Act of 1988 and
2003. More info
http://www.dataprotection.ie/
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