ICAD (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website (www.icad.ie), interact with us online, or become a member. This policy complies with the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2002, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the ePrivacy Regulations.
We collect two types of information:
Personal Data: This information identifies you or can be used to contact you, including your name, address, email address, telephone number, social media links, photo, and biography (if provided). We collect this information when you voluntarily submit it to us, such as when you become a member, register for an event, or contact us.
Non-Personal Data: This is aggregated, anonymous information that cannot be used to identify you, such as website traffic data, IP addresses (clipped or anonymised), browser types, and other analytical data.
Website: We collect information through membership forms, online directories, event registrations, and newsletter subscriptions.
Third-Party Platforms: We may collect information when you interact with us on platforms like Eventbrite, Sage One, and Facebook. We do not store this information offline, except as required by these platforms.
Cookies: We use cookies to improve your website experience, track website usage, and personalise content. You can control cookies through your browser settings.
Personal Data: We use your personal data to:
Provide and deliver goods and services you have requested.
Communicate with you about your orders, membership, and inquiries.
Send you newsletters, event alerts, and other ICAD-related communications if you have subscribed.
Process payments and comply with legal obligations.
Non-Personal Data: We use non-personal data to analyse website traffic, improve our website design, and understand user demographics and interests.
Contract: To fulfil your orders and membership agreements.
Consent: To send you marketing communications and process data for purposes you have agreed to.
Legitimate Interests: To improve our website, analyse data, and prevent fraud.
Legal Obligations: To comply with applicable laws and regulations.
We may share non-personal data with third parties like Google Analytics to analyse website traffic and improve our services.
We will not disclose your personal data to third parties unless necessary to fulfil your order (e.g., courier services) or comply with legal obligations.
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, use, or disclosure. However, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, comply with legal obligations, and pursue our legitimate interests.
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Access: You can request access to your personal data.
Rectification: You can request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
Erasure: You can request deletion of your personal data, subject to certain exceptions.
Restriction: You can request restriction of processing of your personal data.
Objection: You can object to processing of your personal data.
Data Portability: You can request a copy of your personal data in a portable format.
To exercise your rights, please contact us at [email protected].