How Do We Collect Information About You and How Is It Used?
When you register with us as a user, you provide us with some personal data such as your name, location, postal code, e-mail address, telephone number and password which we will store in order to create your account.
Where you have consented for us to do so, we may use the data you have provided to us to contact you in relation to customer support, updates on service related issues and security, your communications with us, and to investigate and respond to service issues and complaints.
To use the service to advertise offered or wanted items, you will need to provide contact details in your ad in order for other website users to contact you. By accepting the website Terms and Conditions (User Agreement) you acknowledge that you understand that any contact details you provide when creating an ad will be publicly available for other users to view.
We may collect information about your tastes and preferences by analysis of customer traffic.
We may use personal information collected about you to personalise your visits to the Website. We also use the information to help us develop the design and layout of the Website to ensure that our site is as user-friendly as possible.
We may use personal information collected about you to let you know about functionality changes to the Website.
Traffic Data
We may provide aggregate statistics about traffic patterns and other site information to third parties, but these statistics will not include any information that could personally identify you.
Cookie Policy
The Website uses cookies, so a cookie may be placed in your computer browser. Cookies are small text files which provide us with information about how often someone visits the Website, and what they do during those visits. Cookies do not themselves contain any personally identifying information but if you provide information to us, it may be linked to the data stored in the cookie. We use the following cookies: Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website. Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
If you do not want your browser to accept cookies, you can turn off the cookie acceptance option in your browser settings. Further information on disabling or deleting cookies can be found on www.aboutcookies.org. Disabling cookie support may prevent the Website from functioning properly and you may not be able to utilise fully all of its features and information. The third-party Google Analytics cookies allow us to measure the traffic to the website, how long users spend on the website and how many pages are viewed. This information is only used for statistical purposes and all information collected by these cookies is anonymous.
Other Disclosures
We reserve the right to access and disclose the personal information we have collected on you to comply with applicable laws and lawful government or law enforcement requests, to operate our systems properly or to protect us and/or the other users of the Website. We also reserve the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. The Website contains links to other websites, which may be of interest. However, if you use the links to view another website, you should note that we do not have any control over that website. Therefore we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you may provide while visiting such websites and such websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy. You should exercise caution and look at the cookies policy applicable to the website(s) in question.
How Do We Protect Your Information
For the purposes of data privacy, the Environmental Protection Agency is the data controller of the personal information processed in relation to the Website.
When you provide us with your personal information, we offer the use of a secure server. We have security procedures covering the storage and disclosure of your information in order to prevent unauthorised access and to comply with applicable data privacy law. This means that sometimes we may ask you for proof of identity before disclosing any personal information to you.
Your Rights
You have the right to access the information held about you by us and to have this information amended if incorrect. If you wish to avail of these rights please contact us at info@giftsandthings.ie
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. The revised Privacy Policy will be posted to the Website so that you are aware of the information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it.
How to Contact Us
If you would like to contact us with any queries or comments in relation to data privacy or otherwise please contact info@giftsandthings.ie