SIRKS Web Privacy and Cookies Policy

SIRKS (The Sick & Indigent Roomkeepers Society) respects your privacy in relation to the Data Protection Acts 1988–2003 and 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR; EU 2016/679) and Directive 2002/58/EC ("ePrivacy Directive"). The Society is the data controller of any personal data held on or collected via our website, www.SIRKScharity.org

When you use our site the SIRKS collects the following data:

• Personal information you have provided, for example your name, email address, phone number and your IP address.

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide us with the data we collect when you:

• Make a donation online

• Sign up to our email list

• Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies

How will we use your data?

We collect your data so that we can:

• Process donations and for financial administration and reporting purposes

• Acknowledge receipt of donations

• If you have opted in to our Mailing List, we shall contact you from time to time to update you on our news, for example, when we issue our Annual Report, or with information about a new product or funding drive. You may opt out at any time.

How do we store your data?

• Your data are securely stored on our website and by our payment software system, Stripe. Please see Stripe’s Privacy Policy here: https://stripe.com/en-ie/privacy

• For revenue purposes your data are retained for 7 years after which the data are securely deleted.

Are personal data shared with third parties?

Apart from the payment providers, viz. Stripe, we do not share your data with third parties. Please be assured that your data would only be disclosed in circumstances where we were required by law to do so or where you have given prior permission to disclose your information.

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

For further information, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/